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Park Skiers Being Discriminated Against at "Racer Mountains"

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MSandy
Posts: 2 - Karma: 10
Do you ever find that just because you're hyphy you get looked at funny and Ski Patrol pays extra attention to you?
What can we do to stop this short of changing mountains?
Jan 20 2010 1:10PM
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beowulf
Posts: 893 - Karma: 164
Don't be hyphy?
Jan 20 2010 1:15PM
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hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
boo fucking whoo
Jan 20 2010 1:17PM
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Sheldon
Posts: 351 - Karma: 61
I've never had a problem with ski patrol, and since most 'ski' patrol are 'skiers', I doubt they're going to pay extra attention to you unless you deserve it.

Maybe the racers are jealous, or depending on how 'hyphy' you are, they could be just having a laugh.

Jan 20 2010 1:17PM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296

what do you expect when you wear clothes 5 times too big. are going to stare no matter where you are if thats how you dress.

Jan 20 2010 1:23PM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296
*People are going.....
Jan 20 2010 1:24PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
does this wonder you?

have you ever looked at how some parkrats look like?!
they look like gangster with a dress; no wonder people look at them....
Jan 20 2010 1:25PM
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El_Barto.
Posts: 11661 - Karma: 24,353
i dont have a problem with racers, its mostly just ski patrol. i was heading back to my car early this year and had to go down the baby run, so instead of goin on the run and getting my pass pulled i ducked into the trees and figured i would be good because there shouldnt be any newbies in the trees. apparently that wasnt good enough for the ski patrol who saw me going to fast in the trees adjacent( i was probably 15 yards deep in the trees) the baby run because he tracked me down and started the typical ski patrol dick head speech, blah blah blah. fuck ski patrol, bunch of fuckin weekend warriors who picked up skiing at 25 and patrol just to get the free pass....of course i am generalizing here
Jan 20 2010 1:29PM
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yaaaie
Posts: 333 - Karma: 536
The fact you guys have ski patrols in the USA seems kinda funny to me.
I've never heard of a skipatrol in europe!

I can actually ride as fast as i want, where i want and how i want..

an exception would be the swiss people, there are some regions where you arent allowed to ski in the BC because the wanna prevent damage to the nature...
Jan 20 2010 1:44PM
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Blandct
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 37
lol my dads a patroller and he always looks at me funny.
just like will smith said parents just dont understand
Jan 20 2010 1:50PM
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Malcolm
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the OP lives in canada
Jan 20 2010 2:01PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
smoke blunt and blow the hits in thaaa faaaace
Jan 20 2010 2:03PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
troll says om nom nom to the food you give him
Jan 20 2010 2:23PM
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ridgetop
Posts: 34 - Karma: 109
a belt and a real ski coat usually does the trick
Jan 20 2010 2:42PM
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fratskier69
Posts: 1868 - Karma: 1,272
yeah there is alot of that around Ottawa
like no matter what, people will look at you kinda funny, but i like it cause im letting them know what freestyle skiing is all about!
Jan 20 2010 2:57PM
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pomme-de-terre
Posts: 3915 - Karma: 703
easier said than done.
Jan 20 2010 3:01PM
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yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
it's called profiling and it happens everywhere. yeah, you look like a thug so naturally patrollers are going to assume your they type of asshole that skis all out of control or switch through learning zones and endangers other skiiers on the hill, and keeping skiiers safe is one of their number one priorities on the hill.
Jan 20 2010 5:41PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
You could realize that in the long run it doesn't really matter, as it's such a trivial matter and not worry about it so much.

There's stereotypes involved with dressing like most park skiers do. Just realize they exist, and do your best to not perpetuate them.
Jan 20 2010 6:01PM
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Gnams
Posts: 891 - Karma: 31
I laughed
Jan 20 2010 6:12PM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
im at a small racer mountain (white pass, the mahre bros). ski patrollers arent douches. its the management.  they just favor the racers- not allowing the park to build bigger features or expand, giving their team jackets but not the FS team and demolishing a really good mogul course so they could move their gates 10ft to the left (no exaggeration here).
Jan 20 2010 7:55PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072
yeah, I hate when trolls chew with their mouth open.
Jan 20 2010 8:30PM
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funkyskunk
Posts: 46 - Karma: 11
who cares? we're different than them, they treat us different. life goes on it happens every day. now you know what its like to be black in a country club
Jan 20 2010 8:40PM
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steveys
Posts: 268 - Karma: 10

Some ski patrol have a "cop complex".  Like maybe 1 in 100.  Most have a medical background and just want to help people.

Dont be a out of control douche.  You are straightlining it in beginner areas and you wonder why ski patrol has a problem with you?  What are you, a 12 year old psychopath?

IT IS NOT YOUR CLOTHES, IT IS YOU!!

Jan 20 2010 8:44PM
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doublexl
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racial profiling.
Jan 20 2010 8:48PM
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ScuffDUFF
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its what i would do
Jan 20 2010 8:53PM
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skijunkiedtm
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i don't know if I've ever felt discriminated against but my hill definitely cares more about their race programs then their parks.
Jan 20 2010 8:56PM
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cool.
Posts: 3457 - Karma: 1,724
what the fuck are "Racer Mountains"?

but about your post, people are going to stare at you if you wear tall apparel, thats how it is. if you don't like people staring at you wear different clothes. it shouldn't matter to you if people are staring at you or not, your skiing and thats what matters.

and on a little side-note rant, people reallyyy need to stop making threads about hating on racers/racing. if you they really are as mean as you say talk to them about it and stop making bitchy threads on NS because that is not going to change anything.
Jan 20 2010 8:58PM
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Dan-Man
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I stay HEFTY. fuck hyphy. the pats and all love me..
Jan 20 2010 9:05PM
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jeremy.g
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BLASPHEMY!
Jan 20 2010 9:23PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
crystal mt. washington = the epitome of park rats being discriminated against

my friends were going "a little too fast" and ducked a rope and literally came back in FIVE FEET LATER and they got their tickets pulled

honestly 5 feet.
Jan 20 2010 9:43PM
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.caleb
Posts: 225 - Karma: 186
same dad thinks its real cool but the other patrolers just look at me weird
Jan 20 2010 10:16PM
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spliff.Life
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then dont be a little hyphy pak skiing faggot i bet those racers can kick your ass at skiing and in real life
Jan 20 2010 10:19PM
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crazyskir05
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That's probably because you're just a bunch of roller bladers that need to think outside the box and learn how to ski real mountains, on real snow, with real skis, with real helicopters... DUH!
Jan 20 2010 11:41PM
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swagburg
Posts: 798 - Karma: 4,706
a ski patrol threatened to pull my pass for going like 10 miles an hour while making small turns in a slow zone when a racer bee lined it rite by me and he saw him too and still stoped me
Jan 21 2010 12:44AM
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BMskier
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at loon the other day i was hitting the jump line and i came over the last jump and a ski patrol tele dude was making turns down the landing. i didnt hit him, but when he stopped on the knol below i him this. "excuse me, but could you please not ski on the landing of the jumps? i am blind when coming over the jump and could not see you on the landing and i could have hit you if you were 10 feet to the left"

he then goes on the tell me about how he has every right to ski down the landings because its a public park and that i need a spotter for every jump ( 6ish jumps if i rember). i tell him it is dangerous and that its in the park rules and code to clear the landing as quickly as possible and stuff like that.

i was very kind, but he just seemed to not understand and i wanted to punch him becuase i actually could have gotten hurt.

that is my story.

Jan 21 2010 1:32AM
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foreverwinter
Posts: 181 - Karma: 29
this is true. OH and fucking racers that spread their skis everywhere as if they're too good for the racks or fucking ski check SUCK. just use them as jibBonKs
Jan 21 2010 1:34AM
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shabinka
Posts: 743 - Karma: 10
lol really? is that why I'm like snowplowing like everyone else in a slow area and ski patrol almost takes my pass for going too fast? I laughed so hard. I was going slowed than traffic.
Jan 21 2010 1:57AM
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Kotke
Posts: 696 - Karma: 15

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against, I have, i've been protested and demonstrated
against

Jan 21 2010 2:55AM
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