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Z_rob
Posts: 3076 - Karma: 152
I had mine today.

I left my boot in the parking lot

not both boots.

just one.

and drove all the way home before realizing i only had one.

now i have to buy new boots.

not necessarily gaper but pretty fuckin dumb.
haha.

hopefully im not the dumbest one out here.
post your gaper story and make me feel better =]
Jan 20 2009 12:48AM
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[BRI]noceros
Posts: 2319 - Karma: 40
this isn't me, but it happened to a friend of mine last winter. we were up at stowe with our high school's ski club, and we were just going down a normal run, and somehow he fell and his ski fell off. now normally not a big deal, but his skis were to small and so the breaks didn't release and the skis went rocketing into the woods. and it wasn't like stowe glades wood, just thick brush. he had to go trecking in for about 10 minutes getting his ski. what made it even harder was that about halfway through there was  like stomach deep powder or something like that, so walking through it was a bitch. it was annoying waiting for him, but it's a pretty funny story

oh and this happened to me on the same trip. we were heading down to the park, and there was this part of the trail that had ice chunks on it. it wasn't that long of a patch so i figured, eh i'll just wait it out. after a while i caught an edge and fell right on my face and cut it up pretty bad. it actually hurt like a bitch, but i bet it was mad funny for my friends
Apr 4 2009 7:58AM
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neon1peace
Posts: 998 - Karma: -1
The small hill that I work at has one decent sized jump (20ish feet) at the bottom of its park, but the park is flat so you have to climb into the woods at the top, drop a small cliff, and bomb the whole park to get speed. Well I come flying down to hit it, and between a couple of other features and little kid comes snowboarding in front of me, so I swerve to avoid him. I lost some speed but I was like "fuck it, I dont want to hike it again." So I sit on my skis the whole rest of the way. As i go off the lip, I stood up really weird, making me lean back and wave my arms like a total gaper the whole way through the air. I end up knuckling the jump, double ejecting, then superman-sliding my way into the line of people watching.
Apr 4 2009 1:25PM
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Dylan_
Posts: 9824 - Karma: 1,404
when i didn't afterbang hard enough.
Apr 4 2009 1:29PM
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Kcin
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 58
k so i was just messing around on groomers with my friends(on ridge run for those that know meadows) and i see a little dip into a bowl that looks like it will pop out into a jump back onto ridge run so naturally i take it and see the jump i was expecting. then as i was in the air all i can see is this big fucking rock that im about to land right in front of that i couldnt see before...all i could think was fuck and then hit it and double ejected into a front flip landing on my knees. a snowboarder behind asked me if i was ok so i told him ya get my skis and he did....good boy
Apr 4 2009 6:32PM
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shortdawg
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 19
double release on a frontflip... SUCKED ASS
Apr 4 2009 6:42PM
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Kcin
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 58
it was quite the ass sucking yes
Apr 4 2009 7:12PM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
not the most gaper thing but a couple big fails just messing around this year:

1. went to tap this flag thing sticking out of the side of the trail, and hauling ass towards it it looked like it was made of plastic. it was solid metal, didn't give way at all, and i got flipped over it pretty hard.

2. Threw my weight into a nollie over a roller a little too hard, dug my tips in and slammed straight down onto my face. Bruised ribs and second bad concussion of the year, pretty much putting an end to me skiing park for the season for fear of brain damage.
Apr 4 2009 8:43PM
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shortdawg
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 19
lol yeah i can imagine. But i was talking about this time i was in blackcomb terrain garden, and there was like 50 people at the top of a small, and i just cut infront and started my butter front, when i heard this pop and i did a full frontflip without skis, landed on my boots and faceplanted...

needless to say i raised my DINs later that day
Apr 4 2009 8:58PM
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slidesomeice
Posts: 111 - Karma: 14
Mine was definitely when I ran into a tree last year. No idea how i did it 
Apr 4 2009 11:03PM
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Kcin
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 58
ya dude you got me there that sounds bad...worse then mine anyway. i would raise my din too if that happened lol. but you reminded me of this time me and my bro found a kicker coming out of some trees and my brother is like im gonna backflip. so the lift stops(which is right above us) and i yell hey this kid is gonna try his first bacflip watch! so everyone is looking at him and he goes off and lands with his skis straight down into powder and faceplanted haha funniest shit ever
Apr 4 2009 11:43PM
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skiierrrrrrr
Posts: 998 - Karma: 694
I was speed checking a down flat down and didnt stop quick enough cause it was really icy, tapped the front, and fell off the side of the jump on like ice chunks and had to climb back up the side.
Apr 4 2009 11:52PM
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Walkawalka
Posts: 314 - Karma: 43
skiing down a long road switch, ripping beginner skiers struggling to get down the hill, let alone backwars... right at the end i was stopping and at like 2 mph i caught an edge and fell n front of a group of like 20 people. I felt like such a noob -.-
Apr 5 2009 5:25PM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
dropping my glove off the damn lift...twice in a day.
Apr 5 2009 6:38PM
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MiniStunt_Holla
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i was at big boulder and it was soo crowded. i went to go in the lodge and i leanded my skis against the deck. there was atleast 30 other skis/snowboards leaning against the deck. well i went to walk away and my boot grabed the edge of my ski and it was like dominos. they all went down. i was so embarassed, and i sat there picking shit up and applogizeing for at least a half hour. felt like i was from texas or something, awful!
Apr 5 2009 7:38PM
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a--1
Posts: 484 - Karma: 23

i did the same thing

haha

Apr 5 2009 8:12PM
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Aaaron.
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it was around 70, tons of puddles, patchy snow.   me and the boys were just jibbing around.  we were hitting this long, mild green run, with alot of switchbacks, trying to bonk signs, and bamboos.
after a few runs, all the signs and bamboo were knocked down, so we started sliding them.  the trail signs are made of PVC, so they were EPIC, but i had the bright idea of trying to slide some bamboo.
as soon as my skis hit it, i stopped and wrecked myself into a massive puddle.

sparkys: bamboo doesn't slide.
Apr 5 2009 8:24PM
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Dr._Handsome
Posts: 202 - Karma: 10
I got one, So ridin' my new anthems, here come some real mellow rollers. It was at the bottom of a black, so I had a ton of speed. I though I'd just revert to switch. A popped a little, caught a ski and it flew off. I was still goin switch with one ski. The shop had set me dins and 5, fuck me.
Apr 8 2009 9:58PM
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mBall
Posts: 1690 - Karma: 2,827
I have gaper moments everyday...
Apr 8 2009 11:57PM
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Oli_jgb
Posts: 985 - Karma: 95
I just typed in skischoolers.com instead of newschoolers.com .... LOL
Apr 9 2009 11:17AM
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wolf.
Posts: 958 - Karma: 115
one time i was sitting there talking to a friend and i had my pole planted and somehow it got under my ski and when i went to like turn i tripped over my pole and like rolled. it was really gaperish but my friends thought it was hilarious
Apr 9 2009 2:58PM
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Oli_jgb
Posts: 985 - Karma: 95
The amount of times I have done this in pow, standing still, where my pole has sunk more than I anticipated, it really throws you off balance!!
Apr 9 2009 5:25PM
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wolf.
Posts: 958 - Karma: 115
yeah i know it sucks. i also hate it if like on a good pow day and youre going through the trees and your pole gets stuck by a tree or your ski gets stuff and you fall over then its really hard to get up. but i suppose thats pretty a gaperish moment too
Apr 9 2009 5:57PM
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.jesus.
Posts: 2288 - Karma: 22
my most gaper moment was on the last day at my hill Schweitzer
OK so im riding switch out of the park and just as im about to revert back i ran into a duder wearing full tilts and line mother ships talking on his phone in the middle of the run he falls over starts yelling at me and i help him get his crap then ride off it was terrible l
Apr 12 2009 1:29PM
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.jesus.
Posts: 2288 - Karma: 22
^dude sorry bout the double post
Apr 12 2009 1:31PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
I was really baked and really tired, and i hit this box, and didn't turn or anything out of it, just landed sideways and flipped onto my side and slid down the landing on my side.

Many times I have also just lost my balance in lift lines and just fallen over, for no apparent reason.

Earlier this season, nollie-ing, caught my tips cause i leaned into it to hard and fell flat on my face.
Apr 12 2009 4:14PM
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