Snowboarder Hits Kid on Skis>Kid's Dad Hits Snowboarder With Kid's Ski

Boarders fault, but clearly an accident.

and that dad had no fucking right doing that, maybe mouthing him off but slinging a metal edge at a kids head is not okay at all
 
Oh shit, this guy IS a fuckin' badass after all!

CLEAR THE FUCKING SLOPES PEOPLE, LAST CHANCE BEFORE THE BADASS TAKES A RUN!

 
That was a joke about me putting my foot in my mouth about you not skiing with kids :) It's important to make fun of yourself when you do that IMO.

 
The fact that you're arguing with me about the dad hitting a minor is fucked up. Like I said I am not a badass just a normal guy who learned from my parents how to handle situations like this and they certainly never taught me to hit minors no matter the situation. You must be pretty fucked up in the head if you think that's an okay thing to do.
 
False. This situation was entirely avoidable.

Both parties share some blame, but the snowboarder shares a higher proportion of the blame.

Skier Responsibility Code

[*]Always stay in control, and be able to stop or avoid other people or objects.

[*]People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.

[*]You must not stop where you obstruct a trail, or are not visible from above.

[*]Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others.

[*]Always use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.

[*]Observe all posted signs and warnings. Keep off closed trails and out of closed areas.

[*]Prior to using any lift, you must have the knowledge and ability to load, ride and unload safely.

Prior to the main collision, the snowboarder had a VERY near miss with another young girl. He was not entirely in control of his self in this situation and obviously was unable to stop or avoid people or objects in his path. Now the father did appear to have his son start downhill without looking uphill and yielding, but that does not mean that the snowboarder has a free pass on item #2. It is still the uphill skier's full responsibility to avoid them, and if in full control and skiing in a responsible manner, this is a non-issue. The only time I'll side with the uphill skier in a collision is when someone is camping in a landing in the park.

If you are cruising a trail and come across a congested section, ESPECIALLY when it is young children, ease up and slow down. Young kids don't always ski predictably and is creaming some little kid worth it?

 
Honestly your logic just blows everywhere so far. Yes, I'm sure your parents would have been SO proud if you hospitalized an adult for giving some retard kid who just fucking OWNED his toddler a whack that did literally nothing. Yep, that's the shit a parent can put right on the fridge and leave it there.

 
i was landing from a jump in carinthia last weekend and a snowboarder tried doing some weird lip trick and i collided with him really bad. he didnt look to see if anyone was on the jump.

i gave him two beers and we blazed on the lift. but initially i thought for sure i was going to get sued.
 
haha shit got all CSI and serious in here

honestly lets be real if this went to a courtroom it would be a lot easier to prove assault on a minor then to prove the snowboarder did something wrong.

one was intentional and one was an accident.
 
Did I ever say I would hospitalize him or even hit him? How do you know I wasn't talking legal action? See you assume shit and look like a jackass. In all reality I don't know what I would do unless I was in the situation but something would be done. Even if it was explaining to resort management that this adult shouldn't be allowed to ski at said resort again because he struck a minor. And I might hit the guy, idk what I'd do but I know I wouldn't just sit there and let that happen. The kid may have been an idiot but he didn't deserve to be hit.
 
This is an honest inquiry here. How would the snowboarder be held legally responsible in this situation? All resorts require that you sign a waiver of liability that frees them of legal action so I can't see why any INDIVIDUAL can be held accountable for an honest MISTAKE (yes I agree the snowboarder was the primary person at fault and could have avoided the situation. Regardless, aside from being impaired on the mountain and causing an accident like this are people really liable for an accidental collision? If so it seems like another place where the judicial system in our society is failing miserably.
 
From the video the dad hits the snowboarder with the palm of his hand, not the ski. So not as crazy as it seems. The snowboarder messed up, and so did the dad. And to Mr. Huck, honestly your posts are all true but when you first posted about how when it comes to your own kids "all bets are off" or whatever you just sound lame. Kids with parents like that are the ones who grow up not learning to take care of themselves or handle their own problems.

Either way for some reason I keep laughing at his buddy when he air humps right before the accident and after when hes screaming at the dad.
 
That waiver releases the RESORT from liability of injuries incurred as a result of using their facilities, it does not protect individuals from litigation against each other in the event of an accident.
 
As a degenerate father with a kid who skis, I will say that dad is a fucking dumbass who should be smoked in the face with a skateboard. I bet he wouldn't have hit the guy if he was a 40 year old racer in lycra. With a temper like that, dude is prolly just weekend dad anyways.

Not saying the boarder wasn't an awful rider who didn't know how to cruise through a busy run. If that would have been my kid, I would have checked on him, checked to see that the other CHILD was OK, and then punk the shit out of him with words and make him feel really stupid in front of his friends.
 
Shared blame, idiot ski dad chilling like a villin in middle of populated green run & snowboarder tryna bust a slick move by squeezing in between two kids who are moving.

Shit happens, dad shouldn't of hit the kid, and kid shouldn't have bm'd away and at least checked on the little skier dude.
 
stupid snowboarder. but, the dad shouldnt really be all that surprised, crazy shit happens on hill all the time. especially on that run at that mountain.
 
OH SHIT! Hahahahahahha.

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snowboarder was at fault.. the little girl on the left and the little kid who got hit popping out were definitely tough breaks but that's part of runs like that and if the snowboarder didn't suck he would've been able to get out collision free (or, wouldn't have been between the kids at all)

that being said, he gets points for trying to apologize sincerely, and it's worth noting that the dad freaked out on the snowboarder before even checking on his kid, and the kid didn't even start crying until the yelling started (could've been a delayed reaction period but it leads me to believe he wasn't hurt, just freaked out at the whole situation and once the yelling started it was his cue to cry as kids do)

run the numbers...enhance...zoom into the reflection of the dad in the little girl's goggles in frame 34:23...enhance..run the numbers again..

VERDICT: i'm way better than everyone in this video
 
not the snowboarders fault at all.

If you look at the shadow you can see the snowboarder actually got hit by that other kid which caused him to collide into someone who was cutting perpendicularly across the hill and failed to look uphill.

if you come across the trail and then FAIL to look uphill then it is your fault if you get hit.
 
I just read a few pages of this site:

http://skisafety.com/category/recent-ski-cases/

It's where I got that earlier example. Pretty much the common theme in all of them is that, if you are the uphill skier or boarder and you hit someone and cause them injury; you are truly fucked. These settlements are huge. We tend to look at it as "shit happens", but the legal system is pretty consistent on this.

Anyway, I'm done with this thread. I apologize for coming across as "Dickhead Dad". There are other dads on NS, and they will tell you that your perspective changes a lot when you have kids. Rational thought goes out the window when one of them is threatened.
 
In El Gato's second forensic picture, the snowboarder can very clearly see the little kid he's about to take out. They should have some sort of skier/snowboarder safety class for skiing out of control, like wreck less drivers have to take. The snowboarder was clearly at fault here, the dad should've checked on his kid, THEN hit the snowboarder. When you see your kid get hit, its an awful feeling. Common sense takes a back seat to emotional reaction
 
multiple people have said this, but this in no way justifies hitting a teenager. It provides an explanation for what happened but in no way makes it alright
 
yea this guy was not in control. you can tell by how oddly he chooses his line through people. the dad got way too mad and shouldn't have hit him, but the dude coulda really hurt that kid and barely made sure the kid was ok aside from "you okay dude?" that snowboarder's a sissy for just leaving like that.
 
Lets compare internet boners and all say how we woulda beat up that dad. No

Snowboarders a pussy barely got hit and it wasn't even by the ski. Totally at fault and probably continued on to cry harder than the kid he nailed even did

 
haha mouthbreather.

but yeah that posse sucked at snowboarding that one homeboy claimed the fuck outta that washed out rodeo thing and i think i saw someone tail tap a blade of grass. I laughed when his friend showed up sounding like scooby doo.

Stopping in the middle of the trail is never a good idea but seriously after attempting to watch the whole video how is anyone rooting for the snowboarder
 
Dude took a weird line and got way to close to people who werent moving. Dad shouldve looked uphill before he let his kid go, both were really at fault.
 
I woulda taken my board off and fucked that dad up and taken the kid to patrol to have him checked out. Some people dont understand how terribly easy it id to knock someone out with one shot. He wouldve gotten his ass handed to him by a crew in the midwest anyway
 
Got hit by a boarder on my first ski trip to Keystone when I was seven, dude broke my leg, then rode away. screw this guy, obviously out of control for how crowded those slopes are
 
The fuck is some of your guys's problem. I may ski and hate snowboarders but come on. He probably could have controlled a little better. But did you not see the kid start fucking pizza'ing right as he was passing. He tried to get out of the way but snowboards don't cut very well. And he seemed very sincere with the kids well being until he was hit with a ski. FUCK that dad.
 
The dad does not hit the snowboarder with the ski. you can clearly see how he swaps it into his other hand and proceeds to clap the snowboarder on the helmet with his HAND. still not cool, but nothing to get worked up about …

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What I find amusing in all of this is the amount of claims by people that they would "beat the dads ass in front of his kids". If you were genuinely put in this situation, I'd be willing to bet that about 90% of you guys would have just got up and skied away.

He didnt get hit with a ski.

He got bitch slapped.

Both were at fault.

End of story.
 
That trail is way too condensed, it is the only one open, and everyone has to go on it. The dad should not have stopped in the middle of the run.
 
I ski at snowbasin 2 times a week. That run is a blue run called Sweet Revenge. Right were they crashed it is always packed with people and always very icy. 3 runs merge into that single hill where they collided. Collisions happen alot right there and ive almost been in a couple. Thats the only run open top to bottom at snowbasin right now. But this was just an accident, dad has no reason to hit the kid with the ski or use language like that in public as an adult.

 
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