Were You Ever a Gaper?

Redrobin

Redrobin

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I was a few years ago and I would go off the side of jumps until my brother told me that that is illegal and then I stopped doing that and started to be good.
 
I'm originally from the south of England and used to ski one week a year ... Of course I was
 
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I was born a thug. I would be rollin round the mountain goin faster than my parents in a neon 1 piece when I was 2. If that aint thuglife I dont know what is
 
I was the biggest gaper ever. When I was too little for poles, I would pretend I was racing and would pretend to pole plant. So imagine some little 8 year old gaper planting his imaginary poles, haha.
 
exactly. this is what makes gaper day so fun. tap into your inner gaper and remember how sick even the dumbest skiing is and start fucking around! a fresh mindset with beefed up skills means your gonna have an epic day, especially when added to a few brews.

the day you lose track of your inner gaper is the day skiing stops being fun
 
Shredded Gore Mountain (Gaper capitol of the east coast) on some hand me down alpine skis decked out in stickers from zumiez, eating shit trying to 5050 everything because i was too much of a bitch to go sideways.
 
hell yes i went hard fucking side jumps even went off the table of jumps onto the ground to the side went hard as motha fuuuu
 
I was never a gaper in the sense of being an idiot and getting in the way/hitting sides of jumps because I knew skatepark etiquette and understood it transferred to parks on the mountain.

However, I dressed like a fucking loser. and in that sense, yes at one point I was a gaper.
 
I think that everyone who is a reformed gaper should go on a gaper outreach mission. Every gaper you see, go give them some super friendly and helpful tips for how to survive in the park.

They'll avoid some hostile encounter with a mad semi-pro, the park will be that much safer and you'll make good on your sins of the past.

 
I try to do this on a regular basistt, sometimes you'll run into a douch bag who thinks they're doing everything perfectly, but for the most part people are really chill and great full for advice/pointers
 
My first year skiing park (5 years ago) I didn't have twin tips and would straight air and straight grind jumps and boxes. I tried a few tiny rails too. I dressed in your standard issue columbia jacket and black snowpants with handmedown boots and skis. 5 years later Im the best skier on the mountain. You now know my lifes story.
 
yes i thought wearing a big Iron Pigs T-shirt (local triple A baseball team for the Phillies) looked good and i would wear the matching hat when it was warm
 
When I was ten I remember getting so pissed when a park guy asked me to not jump off the lips for the rails, didn't understand the logic behind it at all lol
 
This exactly. You didn't know you were but you were. When you finally figured it out you changed or you just said the hell with it and kept doing what you liked and stopped caring about people calling you out.
 
Who hasn't argued with their friend at least once about who went further off that sweet kicker.
 
Agreed. You should have seen Laax's closing day. Fucking hell, all the german pricks thinking they own the wallrides and trannies and everything
 
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