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snowcone

December 3, 2004

Member since 09/27/2002 🔗

589 posts

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Probably they will pay squat attention to the video .. and then what happens? If they don't play nice in the terrain park are they relegated to the regular slopes with the rest of us? Why not make the video mandatory for EVERYBODY ... ski or board. I have seen any number of skiers and non-park riders that could sure do with safety instruction. I also think SS should beef up their courtesy patrol and not be afraid to pull passes for those that disregard basic slope safety.
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jimmy

December 3, 2004

Member since 03/5/2004 🔗

2,650 posts

Way to go, snowcone! Good for snowshoe for being proactive. It's hard to know the rules of courtesy and ettiquette until someone makes a point of explaining them. I know the skier's responsibility code isn't a secret but some days i'd think it was.

kennedy

December 3, 2004

Member since 12/8/2001 🔗

792 posts

I think largely it's a culture thing. So many kids think it's a rebellion to be stupid and do what they want. It's something that I think is perpetrated in magazines and movies too. It's funny, I used to buy snowboard magazines in Europe like Onboard and White Lines where the focus is on interviews with the riders most of which came off as pretty chill and courteous. Has anyone here ever "read" Transworld Snowboarding or anything similar. It's 99% ads. So what happens is you get so many groms coming into the sport, and I mean both boarding and skiing, who believe that this is how they are supposed to be. A group of numb brained morons with no idea of what is considered normal. The fact is snowboarding, skating etc. are not alternative sports anymore, they are mainstream and becoming more so every year.

jimmy

December 3, 2004

Member since 03/5/2004 🔗

2,650 posts

Sometimes the vigilante approach is unavoidable. I rarely see safety patrol doing much in the way of behavior modification in W Va or 7 Springs. Few years back I was @ Timberline w/ my cousin and uncle, who's definitly a "veteran guy". Cuz and I stopped halfway down Upper Dew Drop to wait for Uncle. We were watching a guy making tele turns pass by and decided to keep waiting to let him clear out a little bit. Just after he got by and uncle looked up before he stopped, we see a teener on i think they're called snow blades, in a tuck and screaming, straight-lining dew drop. He by the grace of God threaded the needle between uncle and telemark and finally exploded just before he went into the woods. Cous said watch this and we lagged behind Uncle and telemark.

Uncle got to teener first, helped him up, determined he was not injured and gave him safety code frontwards and sideways. Just when that was finished, telemark, who didn't see teener coming got there and gave it to him again. They were gentlemen about it, but they both got the point across. Funny thing about this, the next day at Snowshoe, Uncle got busted by two young ladies for jumping line. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

jimmy

Roger Z

December 3, 2004

Member since 01/16/2004 🔗

2,181 posts

Snowcone- probably nothing happens. Sounds like a liability thing. Now if someone gets hurt in the snowpark Snowshoe can say "we did everything we were required by law are therefore not libel." It's like sexual harrassment training at work. The company lays the rules out so if you say anything stupid they can't be sued whether you paid attention to the video or not.