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Are your parents gapers?

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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
I am proud to say that my mom rides twin tips, does butter 1's, hits boxes straight, and knows who tom wallisch and jossi wells are. How about you guys?

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Jan 6 2011 7:41PM
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gus555
Posts: 4170 - Karma: 34
my dad skis in jeans a hat and a windbreaker, on around 195 cm skis from the 70's. gaper indeed.
Jan 8 2011 8:54PM
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Turner.
Posts: 1987 - Karma: 11,892
Both my parents are good skiers. my dad more so, he does touring and BC and shreds groomers hard. my mom is more cautious but can still keep up. both rock their descente/columbia outerwear so like middle aged steeze.
Jan 8 2011 8:57PM
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Crehm
Posts: 951 - Karma: 842
my mom has never skiied and my dad has never park skied but shreds off piste and moguls and everything else.
Jan 8 2011 9:38PM
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TheUngroomed
Posts: 1251 - Karma: 335
this. my parents are both really solid skiers, all that they just dont do park. although i have seen my mom pull  out a couple spreadeagels and daffies and 80s tricks
Jan 8 2011 9:53PM
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jeR.
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 58
my dad has s7s and some gnarly yellow pants and a mammut jacket. does touring and bc shit. my mom likes skiing but prefers drinking wine and getting massages.
Jan 8 2011 10:02PM
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tWalnuts
Posts: 1504 - Karma: 105

my mom is a huge gaper

my dad on the other hand was just taught, by yours truly, how to do a switch up on a box.

Jan 8 2011 10:48PM
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T-Holt
Posts: 5020 - Karma: 639
My parents rip. My mom won the Triple Crown (the culmination of 3 comps at Mad River Glen) in the women's category. And this is my pops back in the day:

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Jan 8 2011 10:55PM
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openmindportrait
Posts: 1157 - Karma: 818
my dad boards but he slays BC saw him drop a 40 footer the other day
Jan 8 2011 11:03PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,624
Mommy skis basically everyday on her Pandora's
Dad blew out his knee, but he usually rocks 189 Seths or a pair of Bacon's.

I think I'm in the clear. They're the people who got me into skiing.
Jan 9 2011 12:16AM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37386 - Karma: 120,076
I will admit that my parents are sort of gaper-ish. But my dad used to rip in his day. My mom didn't really get into it until she met my dad. I was born and raised on skis thanks to them. I probably wouldn't be so involved and in love with the sport without them raising me how to ski.
Jan 9 2011 12:25AM
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egg.
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Jan 9 2011 12:47AM
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Obi-Wan-Jenobi
Posts: 951 - Karma: 119
oh my bro is, hes got a 4cm gap on da helmet i measured.
Jan 9 2011 12:58AM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,549
Not really.

My dad rocks JJ's, has been shredding Retallack for 12+ years. Madre rocks twin tips, and I once said "t-hall" and immediately knew who I was referring to.
Jan 9 2011 1:13AM
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Simon.k
Posts: 918 - Karma: 1,053
my dad rips, he skis park, can slide boxes and hit every jump.
hes 53 and tellemarks
Jan 9 2011 1:30AM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
my dad rides skiboards with poles, and has been known to wear a fanny pack
Jan 9 2011 1:41AM
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OnePlank
Posts: 1212 - Karma: 60
my dad reps nomis, but has a fannypack. sigh
Jan 9 2011 1:57AM
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Daydreaming
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 48
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Jan 9 2011 1:58AM
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gaku
Posts: 225 - Karma: 64
my parents are skiing cross-country! fortunately they are pretty good at it and don't look like gapers at all haha
Jan 9 2011 5:07AM
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Toasty.
Posts: 6195 - Karma: 2,281

my dad does tip rolls on his armarda Arv's. he skis pow, and knows who alot of the pro skiers are.

my mom does not ski twin tips right know, but im buyin her k2's for her birthday. so i would say she is a little bit of a gaper.

Jan 9 2011 5:13AM
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ChrisSkisChronic
Posts: 1128 - Karma: 230
My pa can slay groomers and trees. I sometimes see him nollie over rollers and he throws the occasional spread eagle or cosak. He says Seth Morrison and Shane are the coolest cats to have ever lived and I agree.


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Jan 9 2011 11:10AM
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CMYK
Posts: 1101 - Karma: 336
My dad wears tightpants, and absolutely kill it on tele skis.... so definitely not a gaper
Jan 9 2011 11:24AM
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Matty_K
Posts: 575 - Karma: 222
My dad is a beast. My mom hates snow, skied once and never again. But anyways, My dad rocks some nice all mountain heads, and is buying some wide twin tips next year, he straight airs tons of jump at my local mountain, so 20-30 feet maybe a little more. He has the smith brim helmet and smith i/o's. I'm not embarrassed to ski with him one bit. Plus, he is CRAZY in pow...
Jan 9 2011 11:44AM
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Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
my parents can ski and my dad's pretty good i think
it was only once like 3 years ago when i tried snowboarding
but my mom probably is
both are too afraid to ski now because they're crazy about running
Jan 9 2011 12:37PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
Posts: 1128 - Karma: 230
I should also add that he currently wears a racer looking jacket, but wants to replace it with something "brighter and longer"

The steeze is strong in this one.
Jan 9 2011 3:00PM
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bkap
Posts: 446 - Karma: 23
yoo exact same story here. haha
Jan 9 2011 10:16PM
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phelps
Posts: 636 - Karma: 60
Don't really see the point in this thread, no offense to you're mom, but i don't see the significance of knowing two professional skiers.

To answer the question though, my dad isn't, but can't really shred in the park and ain't much of a skiier in the backcountyry. My mom is....
Jan 9 2011 10:23PM
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.Ian.
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 72
Ya my parents are gapers. I don't go into the park with them though just cause for some reason I feel like i can't do anything with them watching, anyone else feel like that? Since my dads really never seen me do any park skiing he believes i can't do it and constantly claims i can't do it because "you have to be a gymnast to freestyle ski". hahaha
Jan 30 2011 9:59PM
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DirtyDan
Posts: 1576 - Karma: 158
my dad is the plow-master pizza wedge pro.
Jan 30 2011 10:19PM
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smile=]
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 86
ahah same. dad skied hard in whistler and jackson and now is settled down with ma fam jam.

momma, well she learned to ski 3 or 4 years ago and yea.. not the greatest
Oct 16 2011 9:42PM
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funpow4
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kinda dont where funny stuff and my dad still skis a bit of backcountry stuff but they think park is dumb and stuff
Oct 16 2011 9:45PM
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twsnow22
Posts: 1285 - Karma: 488
I just tried to give my dad some pretty decent twin tips..he said no he wants to keep his straight skis from the 70's..He kills at at skiing but wont try anything new.
Oct 16 2011 9:47PM
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ReignMan
Posts: 1852 - Karma: 226
my mom skis like a boss. on her blue bandits. atleast she rides a 180 and is 5'8". gapers gon' gape.
Oct 16 2011 9:51PM
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manutdsaol
Posts: 906 - Karma: 56
My dad hates snow but my mom is better than me, except in the park
Oct 16 2011 9:54PM
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smile=]
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 86
oh yea and daddas rocking 189 surface one lifes
Oct 16 2011 9:54PM
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TheAfterBang
Posts: 189 - Karma: 10
Cool story hansel, bro
Oct 16 2011 9:56PM
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SShield
Posts: 252 - Karma: 65
My dad accidentaly aired 15 feet out of the okemo halfpipe /claim
Oct 16 2011 10:01PM
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ForeverYung
Posts: 8385 - Karma: 2,060
My dad shred pretty hard on groomers and in the trees and stuff, my mo
Oct 16 2011 10:06PM
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ForeverYung
Posts: 8385 - Karma: 2,060
My mom, not so good
Oct 16 2011 10:07PM
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BmoChop
Posts: 2071 - Karma: 96
My mom used to ski pretty seriously back in the day, my dad was more casual. Neither of them ski much today but we went out to aspen a few years back and then deer valley the next year and they both had a great time. They're by no means experts, but they know their way around a mountain for sure.
Oct 16 2011 10:07PM
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Shark.
Posts: 3158 - Karma: 270
my dad used to fuckin rip. hes got pics posted up all over the house of him skiing/kayaking back when he was in college, him and his buddies were throwin flips and shit way back. He ski bummed a couple winters in Jackson as well. im jealous of his post-college life
Oct 16 2011 10:19PM
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Boooshank
Posts: 1650 - Karma: 160
Some funny posts in this one.

Neither of my parents have even tried skiing. Not their thing.

I however am looking forward to my kid (if/when i have one) finding a thread like this one when he/she gets a NS account and posting that;

"My pops rocks it everywhere on the mountain! He taught me everything I know, Grabs and everything, definitely not a gaper"

























Assuming I wont still be a gaper by then!! Ha.


Oct 16 2011 11:22PM
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Shlogan
Posts: 4942 - Karma: 430
im surrounded by good skiers, its kinda the outdoors lifestyle of santa fe. my friends dad litlerally can coach us through any new trick, and is probably the best skier i have ever skied with so hes pretty much our shred buddy all year. all of my moms fam is or has been ski patrol and grew up skiing squaw, and my rents are adiquate but nothing special. my dad is from kansas so that doesnt help his case but was a snowboard bum in denver for a few years
Oct 16 2011 11:28PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
My mom was a provincial level racer growing up and is a pretty damn good techincally perfect skier. Doesnt rip to aggresively anymore but I have seen her shred the trees before. My dad is a super athletic dude with no formal training and skis hard and fast. Certainly not a gaper though.
Oct 16 2011 11:32PM
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GavinW
Posts: 574 - Karma: 89
some might say
Oct 16 2011 11:34PM
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-KJ-
Posts: 118 - Karma: 24
My mom is scared of the moderat runs... (one level above the easy runs hahah) also she doesnt ride twins..
Oct 16 2011 11:37PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,624
My mom rocks Pandoras every day, and knows how to use them.
My dad has been out for the past seasons from a knee injury, along with work. But he rocks Bacons every day too, and knows how to use them.

They taught me the basics of skiing, and my dad taught me the basics of big mountain.

I think they did a pretty good job.
I love skiing with my parents. Especially on a powder day. My mom is so happy when I do runs with her all day in powder.

That's one of the best feelings I get, knowing that I can ski with my parents, and they're just as happy as I am when we ski.
Oct 16 2011 11:40PM
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DayMan
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 8,748
My dad has skied longer than anyone on this website and used to heli ski and such, so no, hes not a gaper. As for my mom, she dresses a bit gaperly but has skied for quite a while skis pretty well just a bit more conservatively than me or my dad.
Oct 17 2011 12:01AM
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-KYLE-
Posts: 3390 - Karma: 603
yes.
Oct 17 2011 12:02AM
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Peppy
Posts: 346 - Karma: 341
hah me too.. born florida boy
Oct 17 2011 12:04AM
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J.M
Posts: 2854 - Karma: 254

thisssss

pointless thread is pointless.

i dont know about you, OP, but i dont want to see my mom wearing tall tees and 5xl jiberish. Not even any saga, orage, or causwell.  I dont know about everyone else but usually older people tend to ruin things that we (younger folks) enjoy.  That being said, im glad she is a "gaper".

Oct 17 2011 12:11AM
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