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The Chairlift Game

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xoxxooxo
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I don't know if it is human nature or maybe I am just a dick but generally when I am on the mountain with my mates we often subconsciously play a game called the "The Chairlift Game". It doesn't need to be in the park it can be on any feature and moguls are actually my favorite but generally speaking you just ski directly under the chairlift solely for the short lived glamor of having a slew of gapers oogle at you. I do not consider myself to be a vain person but am I alone here or are other people more likely to casually 360 butter on a red run if you happen to see a 6 seater chairlift of people staring at you?


Jul 23 2011 9:14AM
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LolklonVolkls
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I stopped doing this after tried to air under the lift and bonk a pillow on a tree but my ski got caught in the branch and i crashed. The whole chairlift was like " maybe next time buddy..." and cracking up
Jul 23 2011 10:12AM
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SKIU4EA
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when i was younger, i was the gaper staring down from the lift and seeing cool shit is what made me want to progress.

But i can relate.  Skiing under the chair makes me want to throw hard tricks, unless i'm sliding a rail then i pussy out.

Jul 23 2011 11:21AM
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J.Shep
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It's fun until you eat shit and people laugh. Sure you can just not eat shit and be cool, but it will happen eventually. This is why filming yourself doing cool stuff is much more fun.
Jul 23 2011 11:23AM
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xoxxooxo
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Agreed if you bottle it when you are showing off you end up looking like such a tit but this rarely discourages me.
Jul 23 2011 11:27AM
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RIP_leos_shack
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Red run lol you must be from europe

But yeah under Chair 4 at Vail there's this nice line of cliffs that are fun to drop and you always get some cheers from the lift. Or the best is when the gapers say, "you're gonna kill yourself if you go that way" or something to that effect.
Jul 23 2011 12:52PM
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sammy_
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yeah i always get nervous at my mountian becaus eone of our park runs is under a lift and i rode alone most of the time..so intimidating
Jul 23 2011 1:16PM
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wintersway
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i always use the chairlift crowd to push myself. springtime shenanigans are always more fun with a crowd as well.
Jul 23 2011 1:44PM
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xoxxooxo
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I bottled it off of a knuckle just doing a 5, caught an edge and went flying
Jul 23 2011 4:42PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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i tried doing this a panorama once and ate shit and landed in a very awkward position, it took me like 10mins to get out of from under the chairlift
Jul 23 2011 4:48PM
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3mania
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I ski under Storm Peak Lift here in the Boat so much, I have take unofficial possession of the trail name.
Jul 23 2011 5:00PM
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802Valley
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i stopped trying to impress the ppl on the chairlift only cuz i was on a mogul trail and i threw a 360 off of one and there was someone i knew on the chairlift who called my name, bad thing i did was look up halfway through the rotation and i ate shit soo....
Jul 23 2011 5:15PM
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xoxxooxo
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soo.........that was stupid
Jul 23 2011 6:31PM
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Heinzler
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i love how some of the most badass powder runs in vail are right underneath the chairlifts. i do this all the time
Jul 23 2011 6:37PM
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dispatchQ_main
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Yah, doesn'nt bother me all that much. It's kinda fun but not when trying a new trick. Our lift at my home mountain can see the 2 biggest jumps in the line so it can get pretty emberassing if you wipe.
Jul 23 2011 6:56PM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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the best is standing ontop of a gnarly line from the lift and having old women being like "omg do you know thats a cliff" stop!! ahh and u just pretend like you dont know and ski off but actually stomp that 15 foot double drop and ride away like a boss
Jul 23 2011 7:06PM
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Shenanigans
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I just fall and get laughed at and/or heckled.
Jul 23 2011 7:17PM
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xoxxooxo
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K for honesty but kinda of a sad response
Jul 23 2011 8:13PM
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Jennings
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I like being the ones on the trail and dropping snow on people....i know dick movie

OR you callout gapers on slower trail and tell them they dropped their pocket..prettyfunny if you can get one to fall
Jul 23 2011 8:18PM
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ironic
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There's a great spot at Wolf Creek for this, if you're good at moguls that is..

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It's called Alberta Face and it's directly to the left of the lift.

Jul 23 2011 8:25PM
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xoxxooxo
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Shit see I would be like amy winehouse at a horcrux store if I had the option ski that
Jul 23 2011 8:27PM
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malux94
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yeah i do the same haha

it kinda happened to me that i would get laguhed at by gapers, but they're mostly 12 year olds, so i just wait a couple of mins for them to get down and either bump into them when they ride and make them fall, or just spray them like shit (funny with heavy-chunky spring snow)
Jul 23 2011 8:28PM
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ryan.c
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i always thought a chairlift game was for when you're on the chairlift...
Jul 23 2011 8:28PM
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xoxxooxo
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Thank god i made this thread then ey
Jul 23 2011 8:31PM
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.squirrely.
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your analogy (correct term?) is winning

i always do stupid flat ground tricks like butters and taps under the trail down to the park which is under a lift and for some reason people seem to only notice when i eat shit
Jul 23 2011 8:33PM
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james6345789
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I thought this was going to be about that thing Logan Imlach had on Freeskier
Jul 23 2011 10:37PM
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extravert
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it annoys me when I'm just skiing switch and people yell at me for "showing off"
Jul 23 2011 10:46PM
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wreck.yoself
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this
unless its gapers that are yelling, then I laugh
Jul 23 2011 11:06PM
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lgski
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i was trying to play once for my illinois fans on the lift, tryed a 360 over a row boat, got 270 stabbed myself with a pole and the face planted..... they liked it!
Jul 23 2011 11:10PM
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NickSki.
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Edel! Hahahhaah yes! Love watching people eat shit.
Jul 23 2011 11:22PM
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Utard
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The best is utterly destroying the Gad Chutes under Gadzoom at Snowbird because that chair is always packed with gorbs
Jul 23 2011 11:23PM
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GavinW
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At my mountain on any powder day i always ski under the chair
its always fun to show off until you eat shit

Jul 23 2011 11:54PM
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