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Gapers and "putting the bar down"

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Casey
Posts: 7849 - Karma: 24,327
our quad is like 5 feet long, why put the saftey bar down. has anyone else noticed this? the weird thing is that, people always think that everyone puts the bar down, so they don't bother to ask, and then it hits you in the back of the head (if you are tall). people are maniacs, dude.
Mar 22 2007 8:05PM
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*DwC*
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 28
haha no shit
May 3 2007 12:10AM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
i hate it when me and about 3 other friends get on the lift and we get paired up with some dude from florida or other tourists and they put the bar down. it is very annoying the handle goes in between my legs and crap then i hit my head on the top of the bar. it annoys me theres no need for the bar if you lean back
May 3 2007 12:13AM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
and my legs are to big for the footrest so that annoys me to
May 3 2007 12:15AM
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keystoner1
Posts: 2143 - Karma: 11
ya i love how the bar doesnt really do anything except for comfort when the truth is its not liek you are going to lean forward so far that you are gonna fall off without realizing you are doing it...to sum it up

BARS SUCK!
May 3 2007 12:22AM
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lechef
Posts: 1111 - Karma: 36
im probably not cool like you guys!! because i often put the bar down for the footrest
May 3 2007 12:29AM
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ride-rider
Posts: 1761 - Karma: 20
we gave ours a nick name, we call it the pussy bar at stevens! but i still put it down it keeps the pain down! haha
May 3 2007 1:20AM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
my legs start to hurt.
May 3 2007 1:34AM
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cab_D
Posts: 1602 - Karma: 51
i guess if your leaning forward and the lift stops suddenly and you fall off. 60ft to your death on a hard pack groomer. There's no point of the bar. It's there as a safety restraining device. Use it if you want or don't. Seems like some of you guys think it's cool not to put the bar down?????????????
May 3 2007 4:16AM
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zesty_buddy
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28
wel put. i rekon its sketchy if u dont put the bar down at sum point.
May 3 2007 4:57AM
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illianceblock
Posts: 154 - Karma: 10
it actually pisses me off a bit when people dont put it down. its not cool and when im wearing a pack or something i feel a lot safer with it there. its always park rats that dont drop it for some reason.
May 3 2007 7:06AM
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MrScruff
Posts: 575 - Karma: 10
Some of the longer chairs in Yurp have a big screen you pull down as well as the bar if the weather is bad, they're badass
May 3 2007 9:05AM
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aja_kiki
Posts: 2354 - Karma: 51
yup..and the ski patrollers sit on snowmobiles under the park lift and yell at you from below to put it down haha

but its kinda funny and not a big deal so i just put it down. ah dont currr
May 3 2007 9:31AM
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khyber.pass
Posts: 519 - Karma: 13
Wot are your legs like 7 feet long?
May 3 2007 9:54AM
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PeteP
Posts: 482 - Karma: 110
My helmet has probably protected me more from idiots who slam the bar on my head than actual crashes when im skiing
May 3 2007 10:52AM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
if im feeling tired and I want something to lean on i put it down, or if im in a staff uniform. Otherwise i dont like it
May 3 2007 11:19AM
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flux-capacitor
Posts: 317 - Karma: 42
some douche in france slammed the bar down without telling me. it was a scary moment i tell ya ..... i was literally inches away from being castrated on a chair lift even my shity attempts to speak french dident work to tri get him to lift it " parle vo onglay ?" " ahhh ala balls stuk in le shatow " it was prob the most aquard / painful chairlift ride ever
May 3 2007 11:58AM
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timoski
Posts: 3036 - Karma: 45
after coming back from alta and getting used to not having abar nothing is more infuriating than getting slammed in the visor as soon as your feet leave the ground.

i maniacly plan the gapers demise but so far have only come up with cursing at their children. i am going to try this "chikcen/hold-bar-down" manouver.
May 3 2007 12:12PM
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almostaskier
Posts: 13809 - Karma: 93
Putting the bar down is just a reflex. I've been on some gnarly lifts in the alps, with sheer cliffs and stuff below you and the wind is literally pushing you off the seat. It was nice to have the bar then.

i also get good cases of vertigo, or at least an urge to jump to see what would happen; then it's nice to have the bar down. Plus footrests and stuff.
May 3 2007 12:32PM
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illianceblock
Posts: 154 - Karma: 10
yeah i forgot that actually. US lifts dont usually go over huge chasms and stuff! there is a deadly one in alpe d'huez that has about a 200 foot drop i think
May 3 2007 12:57PM
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wilksker
Posts: 188 - Karma: -16

my favorite is

you get cracked in the back of the head AND THEN they say bar down :D

Jan 11 2010 12:32AM
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rsvp
Posts: 1516 - Karma: 2,611
bars are nice... but they almost broke my thumb once
Jan 11 2010 12:43AM
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Samckoy
Posts: 381 - Karma: 66
BC people are smart for the most part, it's the damn gapers from elsewhere that come to BC and slam the bar down. I can show you a dent in my helmet from where someone brought the bar down on me. Didn't just let it fall, yanked it into my head. That guy was wearing a helmet too and since it was the two of us, I punched his helmet as hard as I could. Then he was like "What the fuck was that for?!". Dumbass douchebag...but I got him really good.
Jan 11 2010 12:51AM
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vincentlee223
Posts: 1571 - Karma: 382
At my home mountain, if the bar doesnt come down, they stop the lift until you drop it. So we just put it down, its not that big of a deal anyways.
Jan 11 2010 1:13AM
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Mr.Feeny
Posts: 990 - Karma: 11
if your not a skier than when the bar comes down all unexpectedly, i mean you cant rest your board on it like skiers can, its just completely in the way.
Jan 11 2010 1:34AM
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factory81
Posts: 3967 - Karma: 63
its fun to rest your legs and chill. plus ski patrol thinks that helmets you are wearing...is there for a good reason.

i like to rest my dinner tray on it sometimes and have a bowl of soup on the way up.
Jan 11 2010 1:42AM
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TheMoostafian
Posts: 4504 - Karma: 9,435
haha i love keeping it down and laughing when gapers go crazy the closer you get to the top
Jan 11 2010 2:07AM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
I never put the bar down. As long as you're leaning back on the backrest, it's physically impossible to fall off of a modern detachable or fixed grip in normal operation (normal stops and starts). If it's windy and snowing, I might put the bar down, but usually I try to avoid doing so.
Jan 11 2010 3:59AM
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blong131
Posts: 2193 - Karma: 59
its fine aslong as i get a warning, but i HATE when people smack me right in the back of the gopro
Jan 11 2010 8:37AM
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