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dave44
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This one?
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/120795/
I think there's another one too
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/120795/
I think there's another one too
freeski1620
Active member
ah 720 small girl tap. Still a classic after all these years!
rtav
Member
All I can think after watching this is how badly it probably played out for the kid who hit the jump. I'm sure the parents of the girl went over to him and yelled at him quite a bit, making it out to be his fault when it was obviously the fault of the little girl. That is the prejudice other people on the mountain have against freeskiers.
astralboy15
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This is absolutely wrong. It's the jumpers fault. Let me tell you why:
Reason #1:
The girl is down hill and therefore has the right of way
Reason #2:
The filmer, who can easily see the landing, has no sense about him. He didn't notice the little girl standing in the landing before his 'bro' got wicked....*
Reason # 3:
The jumper has no sense about him. He didn't notice a little girl riding around in the park. And then he failed to notice that after she went behind that next jump she never reappeared?**
* Obviously said filmer was focusing on his gnarly bro. However, how do you not notice a little girl coming down the hill and then standing in the landing of the jump. I really doubt that the little one busted out of the gnar trees unseen and then tried to kitty-afterbang on that landing. Even if she rode around the far side of the jump and pulled up on the landing, that still shouldn't be hard to miss.
** Obviously the skier is focusing on his ub3r r4w line and can't focus on everything. However, before he dropped in did he not see the little girl skiing the park beneath him? Should probably set off some "I'll just wait till she comes out the other side style red flags."
So, in conclusion, the jumper is 100% at fault. Little girl was doing her own version of getting rad (I'm sure most you kids on here ride the park the EXACT same way). She is just as entitled as your are to be there; and because she has the right of way you MUST yield to her. Let me guess, but she sucks? Dudes, she's probably six.
Anybody with any sense would see her from above and realize I'd be a smart thing to do to wait until she pops out of the far end of the park before you go and get gnar points.
After writing all this, rtav, may very well have been being sarcastic, I hope so. But the post is a general rant of park-non-stupidity for all to follow. Short version: if some kid is riding the park, just wait for them to finish. You get a few extra seconds to talk to your friends and having to wait won't kill you - but not waiting might kill her. If you ever run into someone else skiing, and they are down hill, it will ALWAYS be your fault. Period. Zero exceptions. If you have to straight line green circles to get your jollies (you should learn to ski better), you should got straight line something that is difficult instead, switch.
Epilogue:
I've had two bad experiences hitting things blind when either:
1) Waiting an extra minute or two to make sure all nearby traffic is clear using my eyes
2) Not hitting the feature without a spotter or something.
Event one happened at Mt. Hood Meadows. Short version, high speed collision of my helmet to an innocent ladies face in the runout of a chute. Large cut, lots of blood, very pissed off boyfriend. Offered to help, was asked to leave, felt very bad, took two more runs, sans jacket of interest, and went home.
Event two happened last winter at Targhee. Hitting a gay little drop near the bottom of the lift. I was always nervous rolling up to it because it is 100% blind into the merger of two trails. The landing seems far enough out traffic and not very side accessible for real concern, but it scares me. Nevertheless, I still hit it on occasion. The last time I hit (it really will be my last time) some kid was sitting in the landing. I yelled, he moved over a foot or two, I didn't land on him. If he didn't move (this is my plug to not ride with music in him - you never know what you need to hear) he and I would be in bad shape.
Reason #1:
The girl is down hill and therefore has the right of way
Reason #2:
The filmer, who can easily see the landing, has no sense about him. He didn't notice the little girl standing in the landing before his 'bro' got wicked....*
Reason # 3:
The jumper has no sense about him. He didn't notice a little girl riding around in the park. And then he failed to notice that after she went behind that next jump she never reappeared?**
* Obviously said filmer was focusing on his gnarly bro. However, how do you not notice a little girl coming down the hill and then standing in the landing of the jump. I really doubt that the little one busted out of the gnar trees unseen and then tried to kitty-afterbang on that landing. Even if she rode around the far side of the jump and pulled up on the landing, that still shouldn't be hard to miss.
** Obviously the skier is focusing on his ub3r r4w line and can't focus on everything. However, before he dropped in did he not see the little girl skiing the park beneath him? Should probably set off some "I'll just wait till she comes out the other side style red flags."
So, in conclusion, the jumper is 100% at fault. Little girl was doing her own version of getting rad (I'm sure most you kids on here ride the park the EXACT same way). She is just as entitled as your are to be there; and because she has the right of way you MUST yield to her. Let me guess, but she sucks? Dudes, she's probably six.
Anybody with any sense would see her from above and realize I'd be a smart thing to do to wait until she pops out of the far end of the park before you go and get gnar points.
After writing all this, rtav, may very well have been being sarcastic, I hope so. But the post is a general rant of park-non-stupidity for all to follow. Short version: if some kid is riding the park, just wait for them to finish. You get a few extra seconds to talk to your friends and having to wait won't kill you - but not waiting might kill her. If you ever run into someone else skiing, and they are down hill, it will ALWAYS be your fault. Period. Zero exceptions. If you have to straight line green circles to get your jollies (you should learn to ski better), you should got straight line something that is difficult instead, switch.
Epilogue:
I've had two bad experiences hitting things blind when either:
1) Waiting an extra minute or two to make sure all nearby traffic is clear using my eyes
2) Not hitting the feature without a spotter or something.
Event one happened at Mt. Hood Meadows. Short version, high speed collision of my helmet to an innocent ladies face in the runout of a chute. Large cut, lots of blood, very pissed off boyfriend. Offered to help, was asked to leave, felt very bad, took two more runs, sans jacket of interest, and went home.
Event two happened last winter at Targhee. Hitting a gay little drop near the bottom of the lift. I was always nervous rolling up to it because it is 100% blind into the merger of two trails. The landing seems far enough out traffic and not very side accessible for real concern, but it scares me. Nevertheless, I still hit it on occasion. The last time I hit (it really will be my last time) some kid was sitting in the landing. I yelled, he moved over a foot or two, I didn't land on him. If he didn't move (this is my plug to not ride with music in him - you never know what you need to hear) he and I would be in bad shape.
Nathan_the_G
Member
me either
ny300z
Active member
nice attempt at making it appear as the skiers fault
but thats bullsh*t
its not the little girls fault its her stupid fucking parents and i woulda flipped on them.
Not because she got in my way on a jump but because i dont wanna live with the fact that i hurt some little girl, even if its not my fault.
but thats bullsh*t
its not the little girls fault its her stupid fucking parents and i woulda flipped on them.
Not because she got in my way on a jump but because i dont wanna live with the fact that i hurt some little girl, even if its not my fault.
crab_pretzel
Active member
what makes something cab??
also, this just reminds me how much i hate it when careless gapers wander through the park and endanger both themselves and other people. i remember once i was standing where you would drop in from a rail and some old guy on these classic 210's was bombing the park and did sort of a quarter lincoln off a knuckle. he landed in an out of control carve and missed slicing the back of my knees by only about 2 inches. even tho he missed i was so pissed of he was so reckless
also, this just reminds me how much i hate it when careless gapers wander through the park and endanger both themselves and other people. i remember once i was standing where you would drop in from a rail and some old guy on these classic 210's was bombing the park and did sort of a quarter lincoln off a knuckle. he landed in an out of control carve and missed slicing the back of my knees by only about 2 inches. even tho he missed i was so pissed of he was so reckless
HamFaceGirl
Active member
only ns can turn a funny video into this...
Buzz_Lightyear
Member
at this point the ammount of stupidity involved is pointless, this video is sick
rtav
Member
Boy, look at all the bullshit I caused. I simply posted what I did because if this happened to me I'm sure I would be getting yelled at by some angry parents. I think this was the little girls fault because she has no place in the park. If she hit the jump and fell, I 100% agree that it would not be her fault. However, from what I can see in the video she was skiing down the trail and turned into the landing of the jump. That is something that is impossible to anticipate. If you were in the park and someone (probably a snowboarder) was sitting on their ass in the middle of the landing, would it be your fault if you hit them? Didn't think so.