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Safety bar up. or down...

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styl.tweakit
Posts: 198 - Karma: 14
your preference.
Jan 17 2008 10:20AM
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CamBrowne
Posts: 1830 - Karma: 99
in ontario u have to put it down. we have no chioce.
Jan 17 2008 10:21AM
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TheButterHashira
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I usually have it up. But some of the chairs at my hill have foot rests so I use those sometimes. and whenever I take my little cousin skiing they always tell me to put the bar down even though we really don't need it.
Jan 17 2008 10:23AM
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GangstaKid
Posts: 464 - Karma: 3
up up up up
Jan 17 2008 10:27AM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
up unless you're riding with a little kid or you're on peak or harmony on whistler
Jan 17 2008 10:29AM
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sirskizalot
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up unless someone else puts it down
or if i wana use the leg rest things
Jan 17 2008 10:32AM
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skiP.E.I.
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up unless I'm riding with soemone who wants it down, which is usually. or when its really windy and I'm on a high chairlift.
Jan 17 2008 10:36AM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Up except im in chamonix right now and they riquire you to have it down
Jan 17 2008 10:38AM
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mntelebumper
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down makes safety meetings so much better
Jan 17 2008 10:46AM
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T-Time
Posts: 231 - Karma: 11
up unless its windy or theres little kids or other people that want it down.
Jan 17 2008 10:49AM
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Darhuuk
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Down, wouldn't like to fall 30-40 meters towards the ground. It's required anyway in the Alps.
Jan 17 2008 11:16AM
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rightcoastskier
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down. i love the footrests
Jan 17 2008 11:25AM
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RudyGarmisch
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If little kids are on the chair with me, I'm okay with it. Its the stupid assholes that drop that shit like its nobody's business that piss me off. I have a dent in my helmet from an incident last spring, we were still on the ground when they reached up and pulled that shit down like their life depended on it.
Jan 17 2008 11:28AM
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flatlander08
Posts: 93 - Karma: 10
I hate it when idiots bring the bar down almost immediately when you sit down... its not like you are going to die from a 4 foot fall. chill out.
Jan 17 2008 11:32AM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
i always put it down when im cold
Jan 17 2008 12:05PM
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GUZ
Posts: 1371 - Karma: 255
up unless i feel like resting my feet
Jan 17 2008 12:18PM
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purplejumpsuit
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I have a messed up ankle that sometimes cant handull the weight of my legg, ski and  boot so if theres a footrest on the safety bar it always goes down for me, ifnot then I dont really care

Jan 17 2008 12:26PM
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Journey
Posts: 421 - Karma: 16
up unless youre a huge vagina
Jan 17 2008 12:27PM
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SGLogi
Posts: 1078 - Karma: 13
im usually to lazy to put it down but i will if i want that footrest or its something like the peak chair
Jan 17 2008 12:27PM
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Shorton
Posts: 2889 - Karma: 13
down, id rather that then fall off. Plus, you have to in alps like the guy above said
Jan 17 2008 12:28PM
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BMB
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yeah right away they say watch your head then ity comes crashing down on you, i hate that, or what else i hate is when u dont know when to lift the bar up awkward when ur about to get off
Jan 17 2008 12:32PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
Yes, when they get really anxious and haul it down on my head it is pretty annoying.
Jan 17 2008 12:34PM
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,880
I usually keep it down, the lifts here in norway are pretty high.. I really hate the ones bringing them down too early too, but the ones who think you need like 300 ft to take it up before you reach the top station isannoyingas hell too!
Jan 17 2008 12:35PM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
i ski with snowboarders so they have to strap in so i dont wait for them.
Jan 17 2008 12:49PM
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sneveTs
Posts: 179 - Karma: 10
i liek it to rest my feet.. other than that i don't like having it down.
Jan 17 2008 12:50PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
harmony is fine with it up, but peak, now way, gotta be down
Jan 17 2008 1:11PM
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notomatoplz
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up unless you have to rest your feet or your have a grom with you
Jan 17 2008 1:13PM
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Tinga
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sometimes if im tired i like to lean on them but the foot rests are nice but other than that its usually up.
Jan 17 2008 1:21PM
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Valind
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HA, at Loveland they dont even have bars on the chairs.
Jan 17 2008 1:26PM
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B.Snow
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 92
ur supposed to put it down here in ottawa ... I mostly like it up but when my legs are tired i put it down
Jan 17 2008 1:32PM
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-Nick-
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up unless there is foot rests or other people that like it down
Jan 17 2008 1:34PM
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hawaiiansteeze
Posts: 3255 - Karma: 3,226
down
Jan 17 2008 1:39PM
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ginty
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 163
depends if i remeber to put it down, i usually forget
Jan 17 2008 1:43PM
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Machete23
Posts: 444 - Karma: 9
UP!
When I'm even on a chair that has one.

I hate when people pull it down with no warning.
Jan 17 2008 2:05PM
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mmallender.
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Ya I don't know how many of you guys have experienced this, but when some idiot pulls that bar down like their life depends on it, and your leg, sack, hand, or whatever is where the bar rests against the seat, and it gets put down on said body part, that is THE WORST (especially sack)
Jan 17 2008 2:24PM
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Machete23
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exactly.


Basterds.
Jan 17 2008 2:25PM
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freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,057
this has been discussed already in Skiing magazine. down.. being "cool" isnt determined by if you leave the bar up or not.
Jan 17 2008 3:08PM
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wunderskier
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donw because if  the lift stops short you could fall out, or if the engines fail and the lift starts going backwards, you would fall off ond fall to you painful death
Jan 17 2008 3:13PM
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Meh42
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You're not going to fall off just riding a normal lift.  Up.

There's only one time I wished I had a safety bar, and that was riding this super steep, tiny and fast chair back down the mountain.  I had to hook an arm over the back or I seriously would have taken a loooonnngggg fall.
Jan 17 2008 3:22PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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i have it up unless im on a high speed quad, just because when the stop short when some joey falls getting on or off, there have been times were i could have taken a plunge
Jan 17 2008 4:20PM
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Canuker
Posts: 4730 - Karma: 165
uh since when? they never enforce that shit. I have never been asked to put the bar down by a patrol( even though i usually have it down anyway)

lol, just like BobYohan said, for some reason i also put it down when im cold...wierd.

and i usually have it down, i love the  foot rests plus i would rather have some stupid bar down then fall 30feet onto hardpack and/or rocks. I hate it when people put down the bar without warning. Some dumb bitch fucking slammed it down on my knee.

she was with her little kids and the second we get on the chair like the exact second she reaches for the bar and literally slams it down! landed right on my fucking knee( and at my hill like none of the chairs have rubber on the handles, so it was pure steel) it hurt bad. She didnt even say sorry, she just said " Move your leg next time" ( and i know there was little kids, but whatever they will be introduced to swear words in a year or two anyway) so im like " FUCK YOU, WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THIK YOU ARE JUST SLAMMING THE BAR DOWN WITHOUT WARNING?" so i try to lift the bar up (my pants are stuck under the bar) but i cant because she is leaning on it, so i ask(slightly calmed down, but still extremely pissed) "uhmm could you get off the bar so i can get my pants out from under?" she goes " No need well lift the bar when we get to the top"
me-" Uh how about no, you already slammed it down on my knee, so im lifting this bar!"
Her-"NO!, i have two little kids which you already cussed infront of, and i dont want them falling"
Me-" FUCK YOU, im lifting this bar when i want ot now get the hell off"
she refuses, but in the end i over power her and lift up the bar for liek a second and get my pants out and put it back down.
me-"see that wasnt so hard"
her-" how dare you, you little unrespectful brat! i am notifying the ski patrol the moment we egt to the top so dont go anywhere!!"
me-"hahahahahaha!, ya like im going to listen to you. Thats funny. hahahaha!"
her-"have some respect, maybe ill be nice and not tell the patrol to tell your parents about this incedint"
Me-' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! oh my god that is funny!"
we are now at the top so she lifts the bar and i ski away still luaghing my head off( sincerely laughing, not fake just trying to rub it into her face type laughing)


good times.....
Jan 17 2008 4:53PM
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deezy.
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im so badass so i say up

Jan 17 2008 4:55PM
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jimmychung
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hahaha having it down is considered uncool? you kids are trying too hard. personally, it all depends on my sitting position mood. if i just want to sit back and relax, i might keep it up because i don't feel like reaching up for it. but sometimes i like to lean against it and just stare at the ground, in which case i would bring the bar down. other factors like foot rests and wind block are key as well.
Jan 17 2008 4:59PM
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Carrphotography
Posts: 590 - Karma: 95
At Alta we don't have bars. yea we must be that hardcore or something
Jan 17 2008 5:02PM
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thejackal1177
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^
Jan 17 2008 5:03PM
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alexL
Posts: 512 - Karma: 28
theres one liftie who doesnt care otherwise they yell to put it down
Jan 17 2008 5:05PM
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eheath
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Usually up unless someone wants to rest their knees or feet.
Jan 17 2008 5:07PM
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efritzz
Posts: 114 - Karma: 10
It's usually up.
My friends and I get comfy on the chair.
Jan 17 2008 5:20PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,889
you must not get out much, lifties ask you to put the bar down everywhere in ontario (dagmar, kirby, blue, moonstone, craigsleith, alpine, georgian, osler, snow valley)

most places will even stop the lift if you don't put it down.


the only place where it hasn't been an issue is the badlands lift, but even that's changed.
Jan 17 2008 5:20PM
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poofartpee
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up
Jan 17 2008 6:24PM
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olly.
Posts: 147 - Karma: 13
up
Jan 17 2008 6:26PM
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