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Who hates the safty bar...

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JER-Z
Posts: 73 - Karma: 16
personally i enjoy the freedom of not havign to out down the bar.. dont get me wrong its a great rest after youve been shreding but laws forcign us to put them down... kinda wack
Jun 4 2008 8:42PM
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KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
i like the saftey bar its nice to rest on but it just sucks when they force it down and it like hits u in the head or something
Jun 4 2008 8:43PM
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MEGAZORD
Posts: 4531 - Karma: -8
That safety bar has saved me countless times in high wind.  beyond that its only purpose is to hit me in the head when gapers slam it down before the chair even gets off the ground.
Jun 4 2008 8:43PM
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JER-Z
Posts: 73 - Karma: 16
ohhh gapers and their need to slam the bar
Jun 4 2008 8:46PM
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Shadows
Posts: 8068 - Karma: 43
what law forces you to put the bar down? thats bullshit
Jun 4 2008 8:49PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
Only when the zealous bastards don't warn me. Another reason to wear a helmet, but that doesn't save the groin.

Frankly, sometimes my feet need a rest.
Jun 4 2008 8:49PM
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JER-Z
Posts: 73 - Karma: 16
i wish there was another way to block them from slammgin it ive tryed putting my arm back and holding the back part and putting my arm on the side where it closes but it always ends up getting crushed and me gettign reported to ski partol
Jun 4 2008 8:51PM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
its sate law in Vermont but they don't really enforce it at most places
Jun 4 2008 8:53PM
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Shadows
Posts: 8068 - Karma: 43
you got to jump the gun... get to it before they do and SLAM!.
Jun 4 2008 8:53PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
i love it. you can rest on them. they sometimes provide foot rest thingies and the one at where i ride makes noise unless you put it down so we always do.
Jun 4 2008 8:54PM
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JER-Z
Posts: 73 - Karma: 16
smashing a gaper with the bar is almost as lucky as rubbign buddahs belly.. it almost entitles you to a great run
Jun 4 2008 8:56PM
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corona
Posts: 12811 - Karma: 32,916
safety bar is the shit! specially when wearing a bag
Jun 4 2008 9:06PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
omg it's a rule now so I must rebel and start hating it!!
Jun 4 2008 9:09PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
i dont mind it
sometimes i put'er down and sometimes i dont
Jun 4 2008 9:09PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
i like it after my legs get tired..
Jun 4 2008 9:15PM
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GorillaSteez03
Posts: 344 - Karma: 65
at my home mountain (Tyrol Basin in Wiscomtpon) it honestly seems like 99.9% of the people don't ride with the bar down.  i bet you could sit on the hill for 10 minutes and watch the lift and not see one chair with the bar down.  shit, one time I rode up with two ski patrolers and they didn't even put the bar down, it's not enforced at all
Jun 4 2008 9:19PM
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Grube
Posts: 962 - Karma: 14
whoa slow down people since when is it a law to put the saftey bar down.....but its a good rest for my feet when my boots sometimes get uncomfortable at the end of the day
Jun 4 2008 9:23PM
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Leeyum
Posts: 1285 - Karma: 168
i fuckin hate getting smacked in the head it seems to only happen on days i don't rock a helmet
Jun 4 2008 9:26PM
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tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
same.

if its a hard day, ill usually leave it down for like the first half to stretch my legs, then put it down for the rest to rest them on. but the majority of the time i just put it down
Jun 4 2008 9:32PM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
id rather be safe than sorry..using protection is better than nothing..
Jun 4 2008 9:35PM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
i love it when the gapers or old guys have the bar put almost all the way down and THEN say "uhh comin down".
Jun 4 2008 9:37PM
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schism
Posts: 1705 - Karma: 389
in ontario it's the law and you have to put the bar down.
Jun 4 2008 9:41PM
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K.C.Deane
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 315
I am afraid of Heights. enough said.
Jun 4 2008 9:44PM
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nkinsman10
Posts: 1088 - Karma: 45
gapers always smash my phone in my pocket and fuck up my poles when they put the bar down
Jun 4 2008 9:45PM
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zylstra
Posts: 3613 - Karma: 125
hurts the package sometimes
Jun 4 2008 9:49PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
hahaha yeah
Jun 4 2008 9:50PM
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mtbakerteacher
Posts: 4185 - Karma: 20
What is this "safety bar"? These don't exist where I come from...
Jun 4 2008 9:52PM
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GetPitted
Posts: 3443 - Karma: 2,299
On my nuts. 
Jun 4 2008 9:54PM
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sol.
Posts: 231 - Karma: 181
(claim ik) but i ski in the east and when i went to alta there were like no safety bars at all it was sick
Jun 4 2008 10:00PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
when the gapers put the bar down to fast, you gotta start singing ridiculous music to annoy them back.
Jun 4 2008 10:07PM
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huge-go
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 33
I don't always put it down, usually cuz I forget, but I try to put it down.  One of my buddies was at nakiska, near calgary, and he fell like 30-40 ft to ice and broke both of his legs.  That scared the shit out of me.
Jun 4 2008 10:14PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,027
yeah id say im a halfer
half the time down, half the time not
Jun 4 2008 10:18PM
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TheMoostafian
Posts: 4504 - Karma: 9,439
i just put it down for the footrests
Jun 4 2008 10:22PM
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1080ski
Posts: 4424 - Karma: 191
the resort would be fucked if somebody fell off b/c there was a bar not down though, so they sort of have to do it.

its not my favorite thing on some lifts but i put it down if im the lift alone. usually i let othe rpeople keep it up, but depending ont he lift (really high off the ground or just a shitty lift) i put it down
Jun 4 2008 10:44PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,274
i had a bruised elbow for a few weeks because a gaper closed the bar on my arm so hard, i fucking hate it. i never use it so when i ride the chair with gapers they always hit me because i'm not expecting it. vermont also never enforces the state law, i've never been asked to put it down
Jun 4 2008 10:46PM
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asfffffffffdd
Posts: 1554 - Karma: 1,103
well son they sure are convinient when ya'll been jus skiing down a whole run without stoppin and ya'll's thighs are just burnin like a burger patty on the fourth of july!
Jun 4 2008 10:56PM
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Franny
Posts: 3980 - Karma: 77
I like the safety bar cuz my friends will try to push me off if there isn't one. Plus, I fell insecure without a bar.
Jun 4 2008 11:43PM
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Scott~
Posts: 2551 - Karma: 49
Im fine with it if they ask first, which it seems like most people do... but come to think of I pretty much went the entire year without having someone put it down, but I guess I dont ride the safety bar lifts that often~
Jun 4 2008 11:48PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
I like the bar, say if i'm taking my backpack with me, or if i wanna rest/bend over the bar.
Jun 4 2008 11:49PM
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St.Steezy
Posts: 4228 - Karma: 20
I like to lean over the bar and look down.. i uno.. I just do.
Jun 5 2008 4:14AM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
I hate getting on the lift with gapers if the bar has foot rests. you can pretty much guarantee they will pull it down before you have your poles out the way. otherwise they will find some way to hit you in the head with it. or god forbid, if the bar has vertical handles on it to pull down on.. no doubt they will slam the bar down and crush ya nuts. honestly whats the need to pull it down so fast. the first wee bit you're hardly even off the ground.

aside from crazy gapers pulling it down way too fast I like having the bar down. its stopped me falling off a coupla times if we've had an emergency stop or something. also its nice having it down if you have a pack on too.
Jun 5 2008 4:52AM
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Shorton
Posts: 2889 - Karma: 13
its nice to rest on and its saved my life a few times

only thing i don't like is when it slams down and lands on some part of your body, i had my hand crushed by one once and this guy sitting next to put his skis on the rest thing which put more pressure on my hand, and he was french, so he didn;t understand the problem for ages..that really hurt.
Jun 5 2008 5:44AM
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FJibber
Posts: 1494 - Karma: 1,291

In Europe it's always been obligatory, it really surprised me that it wasn't in the States. I think it's actually really useful in windy days

Jun 5 2008 7:00AM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
this is why i wear it. I like my legs
Jun 5 2008 7:06AM
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davar6
Posts: 555 - Karma: 24
i put it down if it has footrests
Jun 5 2008 7:31AM
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MEGAZORD
Posts: 4531 - Karma: -8
Its funny when people freak out when you dont put it down.  Like the chair is going to fall off the cable or something.
Jun 5 2008 9:16AM
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FJibber
Posts: 1494 - Karma: 1,291

mmm it's not the chair that's going to fall down, it's the MOFO sitting in it

Jun 5 2008 10:04AM
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K2skipunk
Posts: 2837 - Karma: 111
Yes, what is this safety bar you speak of? I have no idea what you guys are all talking about.
Jun 5 2008 10:31AM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52
meh, I have no problem with it, its a good place to rest those heavy pow skis on a pow day, or if your tired at any time, and sometimes i like to lean forward on it for even more relaxation
Jun 5 2008 10:47AM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13125 - Karma: 19,222
I dont like the safety bar myself, but when you are with little kids, it really helps to make sure they dont jump off.
Jun 5 2008 11:48AM
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