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People watching you ski in the summer

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Peter.
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So today, i got home and decided to ski. My neighbors across the street were out on their deck, and started watching me. Like they had binoculars and everything. Anyone else got any weird stories?
Sep 5 2009 8:20PM
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Big_Spence
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My neighbor always told me to put a helmet on.
Sep 5 2009 8:22PM
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rj.
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ive had an old man walk off from the road into the backyard we were jibbing in and stare at me for 20 minutes without saying anything.
Sep 5 2009 8:23PM
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Twaddler
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to the untrained eye, summer skiing is kind of a strange concept
Sep 5 2009 8:25PM
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Eastcoastr
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a dumbass old guy came up to me and my friends if we knew there wasn't any snow in my backyard and then proceeded to tell us that he just skied down hills on rainy days in the summer.
Sep 5 2009 8:25PM
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WVskiing
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haha. it probably works
Sep 5 2009 8:47PM
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MidwestSteeze
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we were up at the 4th of july bowl last weekend in breck, and this 4 wheelers like stopped and just stared and watched us for like 45 minutes, and more and more of their freinds started catching up and watching us as well. they coouldnt belive how the rails got up there.
Sep 5 2009 8:49PM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
i was making a drop in with my friend and his neighbor came over (nothing against him hes awesome) and there was a flat part before the jump and he said "i think you're gonna stop right there"................he was right.
Sep 5 2009 8:55PM
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fountain.
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i had a little setup in my front yard and was doing this rail all by myself, and people walking their dogs just stopped and laughed at me forever then just walked away
Sep 5 2009 9:20PM
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Logey.
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a hot airbloon came over me and i could see them pointing and laughing
Sep 5 2009 9:25PM
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lydiaiskwllol
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Creepy

Sep 5 2009 9:27PM
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cashdebt
Posts: 2383 - Karma: 349
i was sessioning a summer set up and some lady in a coldasac below just got out on her long chair and was sippin beer and watching us
Sep 5 2009 9:58PM
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Keith_M
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my neighbors who live above me always watch me from their deck. and my thing is right by a slow gravel road. often times the cars just stop for a bit. But its mainly the same people over and over so they just keep driving now
Sep 6 2009 1:17AM
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Magnetic
Posts: 845 - Karma: 229
Ya I live on a fast busy street but when I am skiing there are cars which will sometimes pull over to the side of the road in front of my setup and just watch me ski. Not only is it inconvenient for the other cars who want to race down the road but its  very creepy.
Sep 6 2009 9:11AM
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Raptor.
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whenever my neighbors watch me i just stare at them until they leave
Sep 6 2009 10:25AM
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Oreos
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let them watch, they are only being naturally curious.
Sep 6 2009 11:26AM
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ace_
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ALPHA SKIERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Sep 6 2009 11:28AM
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nickyp
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LOL
Sep 6 2009 11:35AM
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EasyEast
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i havent had anything like this happen on the summer set up, but we did set up a rail in my friends front yard durring the winter and one time when we were hitting it up a couple came by on horses walked up his driveway and just stood there watching us then they left
Sep 6 2009 11:35AM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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me and my friend set up this dirty urban last winter in a semi busy place about 10 ppl walked by and it didnt even phase them i thought that was wierd
Sep 6 2009 11:42AM
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brogilvie
Posts: 2607 - Karma: 123
hahahhaha

Telling my friends german parents about how we just finished sliding a rail in may, and they thought I was nuts bcoz it was may. I thought it was kind of nuts bcoz we were having a campfire in may. The next day it snowed. And I went to the mountains.
Sep 6 2009 11:48AM
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Steeze-On-Toast
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reminds me of the scene in the movie Signs where the alien dude walks past that kids birthday party like nothings going on, haha
Sep 6 2009 5:42PM
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sirskizalot
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A little kid who lives next to me used to stare through the bushes for like 30min each time i seshed haha.
Sep 6 2009 5:46PM
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HamFaceGirl
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hahahaha that's creepy
Sep 6 2009 5:47PM
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SteevJee
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since my house borders a soccer field i'll have the spectators/ soccer teams watch...kinda awkward
Sep 6 2009 8:12PM
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joshua
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its always harder to ski with an non-skier audience
Sep 6 2009 9:25PM
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weskisea
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yea i just got back from my friends summer setup and my two friends who are the complete opposite of skiers were watching us sesh the whole time.

at first it was a little awkward, but it was dope to have extra people stoked for me when i landed shit.
Sep 6 2009 9:39PM
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SKETCHY_D
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mines not tht good but we were transporting snow in the back of a truck in middle of summer and some old guy was taking pics of it
Sep 6 2009 9:53PM
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quixotic
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Word. There are a few little boys that live around me that are like 4-6 and whenever my friends and I are out seshin' whether it is winter or summer they come over to my yard and don't say anything but watch. Same thing when we jump on the trampoline... sometimes they stare through the bushes or throw tennis balls at us. It's weird.
Sep 6 2009 10:01PM
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musick13
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I took my sterio system and put it next to my set up and a couple nieghbors came out and yelled at me (something about thier kids learning new words) and yea




I know, cool story hansel
Sep 6 2009 10:15PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
it just gets awkward after a while, because you know they are thinking "man this kid's an idiot"
Sep 6 2009 10:42PM
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50in07
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There either like "Thats so cool i ove watching it" or "God what an idiot"
Sep 6 2009 10:46PM
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JsNeagle
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We had some spectators at a Leddy session the other day. They came right up and were like cheering and taking pictures, pretty funny
Sep 6 2009 10:47PM
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pmw
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haha one time me and fellow member m+a+t+t were having a sesh, and this guy drives by super slow, then backs up and watches for like, 30 seconds then just drives away
Sep 7 2009 12:26AM
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Turner.
Posts: 1989 - Karma: 11,892
when my buddy and I were hitting our summer setup in his front yard, every single person who passed slowed down and stared and then laughed when they realized what we were doing.
the best is when the asian tourists walk by and point and laugh and ask you what the hell your doing in broken english.
Sep 7 2009 12:30AM
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OrangeName
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ya people just stop and watch or they keep driving by. and or laugh

this one lady was walking her dog and she walked all around my block and through the back of my house where theres an alley and she went through and walked really slow.

also the mayor of my town drives by and watches us. we stole the pvc from a road and it seems like hes trying to see where we got it from and stuff idk its weird

Sep 7 2009 12:44AM
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Funnel
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I'm going to go down the the park near me and bring my turf and rails and I'm sure we will get tons of weird looks.
Sep 7 2009 12:48AM
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K_Fresh
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Everyone skis in Juneau. So nobody stares awkwardly. they never watch either haha. they just pass by.
Sep 7 2009 3:24AM
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SHampson
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When i was at Big_Spence's house his neighbor was acting funny, then his other neighbor came out right after i told their dog to shutup, and she totally heard me.
Sep 7 2009 3:30AM
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jayo.
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i like your old icon better!
Sep 7 2009 2:27PM
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GORlLLA
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Lol I didn't think that this happened to other people. I have a setup in my backyard and these 8 year olds are always at the chain link fence watching me. Like, everytime I land and shit they are like "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh" cuz they think its so cool. There is like four 8 year olds watchin me every day and I just wanna punt them.
Sep 7 2009 2:30PM
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Big_Spence
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:-(
Should I change it back?


Sep 7 2009 2:43PM
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jayo.
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i say yes.
the old one made me happy
Sep 7 2009 2:46PM
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Brock.
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i really dont like when you have a non skier audience. My parents dont even know what a rail is....
when i was building it they thought it was a waterski ramp.
Sep 7 2009 3:00PM
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Big_Spence
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What if I come up with some equally as creative and original incorporating the new logo and run it by you before I make the swap? haha
Sep 7 2009 3:41PM
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jayo.
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haha as long as you run it by me
Sep 7 2009 3:48PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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My neighbors were positively convinced I was high on meth or something when I was hitting my setup. Then they called the cops. The cops came by and thought it was really funny, and got mad at my neighbors for wasting their time.
Sep 7 2009 3:49PM
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SHampson
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no.  Spence's new icon is the shit.  Because he is amazing at ski runner.  I think the new icon is better.
Sep 7 2009 10:29PM
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Big_Spence
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Clearly the only way to settle this is if I make a logo combining both Bill Nye and Ski Runner.
Sep 7 2009 10:33PM
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thelizards
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I showed a rail I built to this worker guy at home depot and he was like "Ohhhh, now I know what our building, a snow luge(sp?). the resemblance between the rail and snow luge was absolutely nothing
Sep 7 2009 10:48PM
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Brock.
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yeah i find my self lying to people sometimes because its hard to explain how and why you would want to ski during the summer. especially old people.
Sep 7 2009 11:10PM
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