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Ski Patrol

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skiskiboy
Posts: 40 - Karma: 10
So yesterday up skiing me and my friends are buildin this step-up booter below this pretty large bowl. We look up and see this patroller tryin to come down this face. He is side slippin down and can hardly turn both ways! How am i supposed to rely on him if i get in trouble? I think that resorts need to come out with some stricter standards. It kind of scared me. Im not really worried about me but what about the rest of those people up there who are less talented and not familiar with the mountain.
Jan 1 2006 3:40PM
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Adamskinick
Posts: 3353 - Karma: 126
This reminds me of people at the ski shop who say "i dont need a helmet", I always tell them. It's not about how well of a skier you are, its the lunatic behind you that can steamroll you down..
Jan 1 2006 3:48PM
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blkmskier
Posts: 112 - Karma: 11
dude i don't what mountain you were at but they should have rules when i applied for patrol i had to go through some pretty intense stuff. that is wierd about how we could barely ski it. hmm
Jan 1 2006 4:20PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
thats sketchy
Jan 1 2006 4:21PM
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MrPantyDropper
Posts: 5016 - Karma: 65
id have to say i can outski every single ski patrol on my mountain and most at other mountains..its amazing to see how some can barely get down moguls
Jan 1 2006 4:27PM
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KillerMonkey
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 109
i would be ski patrol if it wasnt for all that rescue stuff
Jan 1 2006 4:38PM
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ihatemyscratches
Posts: 753 - Karma: 9
i got fucking smashed by a ski patroller ON THE FLAT AT THE BOTTEM OF THE HILL. I've had a broken clavicle for two weeks cause he couldn't take a few feet of slight ice. I can't ski for another two to three.
Jan 1 2006 4:39PM
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MrPantyDropper
Posts: 5016 - Karma: 65
yeah my dad got hit by a ski patrol too..he was skiing down the side of a trail and the ski patrol cut across the trail from the other side and went straight into my dad..
Jan 1 2006 4:55PM
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freeride5999
Posts: 252 - Karma: 521
idk about your moutions but at sugarbush if you r staf and see one fall you can have him bring you beer i like it a lot since most of them cant ski
Jan 1 2006 5:02PM
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dan.b
Posts: 866 - Karma: 10
yeah, ski patrol all have mustache and they dont know how to ski...
Jan 1 2006 5:11PM
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BLKOUT
Posts: 1287 - Karma: 20
wat mt is this?
Jan 1 2006 6:07PM
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sneather
Posts: 6672 - Karma: 19
most of the ski patrol at my resort can ski pretty good
Jan 1 2006 6:15PM
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CBROOKS
Posts: 4979 - Karma: 10,708
the ski patrol at waterville are like mediokere skiers. I could proboblly out ski all of them. There is one nasty goy on an alpine board tho
Jan 1 2006 6:52PM
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i_ski_switch
Posts: 589 - Karma: 58
i saw a ski patrol fall off the lift right after getting on where i ski...needless to say i never want to get hurt there.
Jan 1 2006 7:01PM
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Adrenaline
Posts: 1264 - Karma: 552
and needless to say the weekend patrollers are just volunteers so they are there to do a job, but they don't get paid for it...
Jan 1 2006 7:04PM
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$tezzyStu
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 11
no, im pretty sure ski patrol gets paid all the time
Jan 1 2006 7:09PM
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aws32
Posts: 9 - Karma: 10
Not sure, but around here ski patrol is always volunteer work, unless they are employed directly by the ski resort. Which is a rare occasion. I'm pretty sure they have to put in specific hours (sorta like a time clock) to maintain their ski patrol status though. I have to agree some of them are rediculously dangerous on the slopes, like giving a powerhungry cop a gun and saying shoot anything or anyone that gives u shit.

...I thought the rocky mountains would be a little rockier then this...
...Yea that john denver's full of shit...
Jan 1 2006 7:14PM
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BumPskiA
Posts: 196 - Karma: 10
I have a hard time believing that all you guys can outski the patrollers. At my mountain all of them are the real deal. The may not ski park but everyone of them can shred the whole mountain.
Jan 1 2006 8:17PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,622
some of them are on real power trips. be careful all you who enjoy skiing switch fast on the way to the park thay are watching. I nearly lost my pass at the begining og winter break cause of one what would I of done all brak without it.
Jan 1 2006 9:31PM
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BillyGoteMan
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 12
hahah the ski patrol at blue hills (shitty mtn in MA) absolutley suck, but i can bacsically hike up the mountain in under 10 minutes so im not worried
Jan 1 2006 9:43PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,622
holy shit are you the flash or something
Jan 1 2006 9:45PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
I am better than all the park rangers at my mountain, they suck
Jan 1 2006 10:41PM
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blkmskier
Posts: 112 - Karma: 11
hah, nopemajority are all volentier but we do it becasue of the benifits for other mountains and most of the the patrolers are either emt's, firefighters, or nurses for occupation.
Jan 2 2006 10:16AM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
Well, at my mountain, the ski patrol are can shredd pretty good. But the ski school is another story. This year, they had a shortage on instructors, so they hired everyone who applied. No joke, there were guys there that never ski before!! It was their first time! That is scary.
Jan 2 2006 10:23AM
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marik
Posts: 556 - Karma: 10
same, but ther is 1 patroller that is younger and cool, he is the only one
Jan 2 2006 1:34PM
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