Side Jumping, Why So Appealing?

[Johngreenacre]

In the wake the controversy surrounding my last thread, i decided to have a laugh.

Alright, so we all sucked at park at one point and admired and aspired to be like the badasses who had enough courage to hit the seemingly huge features (from the height of our 10 year old heads).

As a kid, i was never the ballsy one when it came to park but i loved hitting the smaller jumps and getting air off rollers. But there was one thing i never did.

Side Jumping.

From a young age i learned how nice park skiers can be, laughing on the lift when you fall trying new things etc and so therefore i would stay clear away from features i knew i could not hit.

So what is the deal with the gapers of today? Are we becoming to nice as a community, or do these kids have wicked self confidence? They don't feel lame riding up to a feature and seemingly pussying out? Enlighten me because i, like all the gapers share the desire for flight, but not of the side of a rail I'm to pussy to hit.

So NS, i task you with studying the movement and mental patterns of the gaper in its natural habitat and reporting back.

 

[SammyDubz]

 

[fries]

As a veteran gaper (I was a vacation "one week a year" warrior for most of my life and still am) I can honestly say that for me it was that I loved terrain parks but due to my lack of knowledge about park etiquette and just my general lack of skill I jumped off the side of rails because after the jump line there was nothing else i knew how to hit and i didnt know sidejumping was bad, i just was trying to 'send it' off everything i found

Even though with that history it kindve makes me a hypocrite i still get frustrated when someone attempts to side jump

tl;dr : I was a side jumping gaper because i knew nothing about skiing, i know frown upon side jumping because i learned park etiquette

 

[Shoey-Ski]

I feel like I side jumped because I was never educated on the "park etiquette " and it was easy to do and "fun" when I look back I now see how much of a gaper I was and am pretty embarrassed haha

 

[270on420out]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

 

[JichelMusten]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

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**Wipes tear

 

[gnar_whal]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

shit that was sad

 

[Triscuit]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

Holy fuck this is hilarious, quick question tho why role with all white?

 

[fries]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

Hahaha some kid at timberline came up to me one time and said asked me if i was good at skiing so i said, "uh i guess" then he said "well give me some tips" and rode away to do a frontflip on a small jump.. I guess he thought i was a gaper (not suprised) and that i'd be mind blown by seeing an invert but it was pointless and he came off as really arrogant

 

[SammyDubz]

Holy fuck this is hilarious, quick question tho why role with all white?

 

[Johngreenacre]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

haha Jesus kids are douches at your home mountain

 

[270on420out]

Holy fuck this is hilarious, quick question tho why role with all white?

At the time, I was also a competitive mogul skier and my coach told me it would help hide any mistakes I made during a run.

 

[addie.]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

beautiful

fucking beautiful

 

[Park.]

At the time, I was also a competitive mogul skier and my coach told me it would help hide any mistakes I made during a run.

Holy shit I feel that. back in the day competing in moguls was all I cared about, and I only went in the park to learn jumps for the moguls. I learned 3s and just left it at perfecting my 3s.

But before that, I remember a vivid memory of mobbing into the "big jumps" at my mountain that are legit like 15 feet, and losing a ski mid air. I hiked back up to it where it was chilling on the knuckle and a 1planker sent it over me to gucci. Dude freaked out when he saw me under him and lost his shit when I got down.

This was in 2007 where my mountain has snowboarders that werent very friendly to skiers, so me being decked out in gaper shit did not help when I got to the bottom and got told off by how Im the most retarded kid hes ever met.

I was definitely one of the side hitters. I remember knuckling jumps hard, sending it off side hits of rails, and all that shit. I can be proud to say I would always go as fast as my 60lbs body would let me and never rolled over the lips.

 

[theabortionator]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

Cool story hansel. but really not a bad read.

 

[Shoey-Ski]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

Best thing I've read all day

 

[tris10radeka]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

Yeah I remember being afraid to try stuff when I first started so I ended up building a few rails and occasionally a jump in the hill behind my ski condo and practiced until I was good enough to not be made fun of. Then I started dressing like a park skier and I was accepted.

 

[Shawleen]

What wrong with people :0

I cant say that everyone is nice at my place ... but usually yes. Just helping each other what ever level they are. Some people are so good and so modest !

Hopefully cause this peer pressure would probably have made me stop skiing ... or going into the park at least.

 

[Denise_Reynolds]

What wrong with people :0

I cant say that everyone is nice at my place ... but usually yes. Just helping each other what ever level they are. Some people are so good and so modest !

Hopefully cause this peer pressure would probably have made me stop skiing ... or going into the park at least.

This is an english forum

 

[Shawleen]

This is an english forum

I dont get it ?

 

[ChoomaChad]

you think that was bad, enter sun valley. You will literally get roasted beyond comprehension because you wore the wrong lenses one day. (tru story) there are many more that i could tell but do not have the energy to type.

Dude that's never happened.

 

[fries]

I dont get it ?

I think she's reffering to the fact that your post made it seem somewhat like English was your second language

 

[Shawleen]

I think she's reffering to the fact that your post made it seem somewhat like English was your second language

Well sorry ... does my writing is that bad ?

 

[fries]

Well sorry ... does my writing is that bad ?

Your grammar could use a little work but it's fine.. You'll get the hang of it eventually

 

[freeskibum82]

park rats side jump because they cant ski well enough at the speed needed to hit the jump the way it was intended..

/troll

 

[Aharrelson358]

Yeah I just got a park setup after several years of not skiing park and I'm scared to go in Park Lane or A51 at Breck and Keystone when I go out in a month. I want to learn and progress but I've always heard stories about how brutal everyone else is to gapers.

 

[Jamartini]

came here expecting side hits and banks gilberti

This thread is now dedicated to side hits [video]https://vimeo.com/124957427[/video]

 

[dyer]

I feel the majority of park skiers are getting nicer

 

[Denise_Reynolds]

I feel the majority of park skiers are getting nicer

fuck you

 

[Deepskier]

shit that was sad

Sounds about right park skiers are either really dick or really nice.

Dude that's never happened.

it has

oh but it has.

I can vouch it has kids are such dicks here.

 

[steezburgereddie]

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wow. you do look like a sperm cell

 

[Auschie]

Yeah I just got a park setup after several years of not skiing park and I'm scared to go in Park Lane or A51 at Breck and Keystone when I go out in a month. I want to learn and progress but I've always heard stories about how brutal everyone else is to gapers.

I just got back from a trip to Colorado and every day that we were lapping A51 or Park Lane everyone was super chill. I felt like it was way less judgmental skiing those parks compared to Seven Springs and other east coast parks. A51 also has areas geared towards beginner and intermediate park skiers so you'll be able to learn and progress there. Just send it and have fun and others will pick up on the good vibes and encourage you.

 

[McNoche]

Park skiers were massive dicks when I first started.

Memory 1:

Me: "Hey can you please give me some tips on how to Lincoln loop?"

Parkrat: (Really snobby tone) "Ski up to the jump, do a Lincoln loop, and land"

Memory 2:

Me: "So, pop any inverts yet?"

Guy: "Yeah, pop any cherries yet?"

Memory 3:

Me: *Wearing white jacket and pants*

Guy: "Hey has anyone ever told you that you look like a napkin?"

Oh yeah and I remember when I was 12, some college kid tried to fight me cause he snaked me and I was like "What are you doing".

Or the time some kid approached me and goes "Hey bro, if you're so extreme, how about you 180 tap this barrel down here"

Or when I first learned 360s I overheard "wow those were the shittiest 3s I've everseen"

And then someone called me sperm cell cause of my outerwear (All white)

And then I saw some guy with the same skis as me and I said "Nice skis" To which he replied with "Thanks sperm cell"

But I had a redeeming memory:

I remember I rolled up to the park one day looking like a massive gaper. I get to the top of the jump line and the one kid sarcastically said to me "Do something crazy". Cooked it into the 30 foot jump and threw a massive frontflip straight to the gucci plateau. I skiied off with a huge grin and a crowd of stunned park rats screaming. I had finally been accepted into the park. This was back in 2010-2012.

Well done poop bubble, well done