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Gapers going off the lips to rails

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noreasterprod
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this is just the most annoying thing. Guy cut me off today coming into a rail and then yelled at me cause he got messed up and didn't get "big air." If you can't hit the rail, stay away from it
Jan 6 2013 1:10PM
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ILLinoisance
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No, I don't. But, the problem is really gapers snaking in the park and not side jumpers.
Jan 7 2013 4:39PM
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MRSICKNASTYNESS
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Ik what your talking about. That was my friend and I agree that was stupid
Jan 7 2013 5:03PM
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Plankton
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Jan 7 2013 6:53PM
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-dAvE-
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I think it's kinda funny seeing them go off, if they cut me off though, then it pisses me off.
At my mountain though, we have to buy a park pass for the big park so there are no gapers which is nice...
Jan 7 2013 8:34PM
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theabortionator
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As much as it happens all the time, gets posted all the time, I think it's valid.


Fuck those people. I've had the same thing happen myself. One guy tried to explain that the jumps were also meant for that. I was like bro, I put that rail in and built that jump myself, I know what it's intended for.


Fuck gapers. When they do it in the spring you end up with one of those gnarly V's in the takeoff going from the center out and it it fucks with your rail approach.


Mountains should make a park that's all rail take off with no rails, some jump landing that gapers can roll across with no takeoff. Shit like that. They should make one trail called the rad air grind cool mega xgames shaun white park.

And then maybe the rest of the mountain would be cool.
Jan 7 2013 8:43PM
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Executive.
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i have contemplated hard and i believe that gapers have something genetically wrong with their eyes and brains, i do not think that they see the rail, all their brains can comprehend is the little jump that they for some reason go off the side of. they also are unable to tell if they are standing/sitting in front of or on the landing of any feature, this is a serious problem, hopefully a cure is feasible
Jan 7 2013 9:36PM
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theabortionator
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^ Gaper death
Jan 7 2013 9:45PM
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noreasterprod
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haha good reply. And my god your icon is so sick
Jan 8 2013 3:42PM
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Puns
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what about this thoughts: if people take the time to wait their turn and call their drop and all that good stuff, shouldn't they be able to 'get creative' and use or progress on the feature however they want. I know a lot of resorts could have only have jumps that might be intimidating to hit first. So what do you think? I know it can wear the jump down but so does normal use, and the 'enjoyment factor' is the same for the damage done.
Jan 8 2013 3:59PM
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johnnyBuz
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That is a dope edit, sick song.
Jan 8 2013 4:11PM
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Gr0mo
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That happened to me once, fucking boarder sits down 10 feet from the nuckle
Jan 8 2013 4:13PM
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sNaubi
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gapers gonna gape^^
Jan 8 2013 4:14PM
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Dibs
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Jan 8 2013 4:29PM
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-dAvE-
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I think gappers jsut don't realize what theyre doing.
I work at a skate shop and all the shoes on the wall face the same way, but it happens every day that someone will put a shoe back the wrong way. Looks so wrong and its obvious to me that its wrong. i think its kinda the same thing. gappers, i dont think they realize really what theyre doing and think that every one is kinda doing the same thing as them...
It is annoying and i'm not trying to find an excuse or make it acceptable, but i think mountains have found ways to make it harder for gapper to do this. At my mountain u need a park pass to enter the park. In the parks u dont need a pass, there are signs every where saying one at a time, wear a helmet, get out of the way, don't stay in landing area, etc...
Jan 8 2013 4:33PM
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CalebT
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wut
Jan 8 2013 6:52PM
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a_burger
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Parks should just start building a few lips to rail and then not putting in the rail itself, that way gapers can jump off the lips to rails to there hearts content without pissing anyone off.

Jan 8 2013 7:35PM
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skiSBmaine
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Would just be a waste of park crews time, gapers ain't gonna stop gapin'
Jan 8 2013 7:39PM
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Top_5_Worst_NSer
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i see this has happened to a lot of ppl besides me, but dumbass ski teacher and his five year old kids park themselves at the bottom of the jump. i can't see them, but i saw that no one fell because none of them cleared the knuckle, i go ahead, do something steezy, and almost truck the entire group, and this ski coach has the damn nerve to yell at me about park safety when he clearly doesn't know that he was in a series of hits, and that even so, no one EVER stops their group RIGHT at the bottom of the jump. also, i hate when i'm hitting a jump, a gaper comes right up behind me, and goes of the side of the jump right as i'm popping off the lip. god damn it dude, wtf? anyways, in general i hate park outsiders who are grown ups yelling at me because they think that because i'm young and i don't wear my clothes tight like them that i'm irresponsible, when they're the ones who aren't calling their drops, they're the ones snaking people and hitting features when i'm hitting them, and they're the ones who don't know hot to stop on the goddamn side of the trail. well, that was my rant for the day.
Jan 8 2013 9:08PM
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MRSICKNASTYNESS
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Hate ski school that does this. Once a teacher took 10+ kids up to a 30ft gap and told us all not to drop then half the kids ride straight over it and get no air an the other half can't even make it up the jump and fall back...
Jan 9 2013 10:09PM
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Peter.
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i legitimately landed on a little kid coming off a down rail one time. found his parents and just tried to explain why they should at least watch out if they are gonna come through the park with their 4 year olds
Jan 9 2013 10:19PM
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BlackCupid
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Wait, you actually call your drops?

I only ever do that as a joke.
Jan 9 2013 10:22PM
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theabortionator
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You're probably fun to ride with at crowded skateparks or at the start of terrain parks or rail settups.

Jan 11 2013 4:20PM
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Stickity
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don't you just hate it when someone goes at the same time as you and you both end up wasting a run? calling your drop avoids that.
but i only do it when it's busy/everyone's dropping constantly
Jan 11 2013 4:27PM
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BlackCupid
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That has never happened to me. If somebody goes at the same time as me, I give them a little time to get in front of me then I follow them off the jump.

I could see it being necessary if you're skiing at some shitty park where the in-run doesn't give you enough speed to clear the jump, but that's about it.
Jan 11 2013 4:37PM
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theabortionator
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Clearly you've never ridden a rail jam or pre/post season rail settup.

Good luck at just " I give them a little time to get in front of me". Honestly if you don't call your drop you'll probably get run over.

Fuck snaking people. Call your drops.
Jan 11 2013 5:18PM
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BlackCupid
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I don't know what kind of shithole mountain you ski at, but at Breck and Keystone almost nobody ever calls their drops, and it's never an issue.
Jan 11 2013 5:30PM
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theabortionator
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Idk man. It's not like I wasn't specifically thinking of mount snow or anything. Especially the preseason and post season settups. They pretty much suck at that mountain too, such a shithole.

Also for pretty much all jam format rail jams. You call your drops so people no when you're going, nobody get's snaked, nobody hits each other.

Also when a random sesh goes down on a feature or two and people start hiking. Any time you get multiple people looking to drop.

Maybe you don't get out enough. When it's not crowded its no big deal, but when there are a bunch of kids waiting to drop
it's pretty much necessary and at the very least courteous.
Jan 11 2013 5:41PM
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BlackCupid
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No, It isn't. Breck's park routinely has 30-50 kids waiting atop the jump line. People get along just fine without calling their drops.
Jan 11 2013 5:45PM
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theabortionator
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You proly think it's all good but when you drop they're all saying "That fucking gaper kid snaked me again"
Jan 11 2013 5:55PM
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HamFaceGirl
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This never happened
Jan 11 2013 5:55PM
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BlackCupid
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LIke I said, almost nobody calls their drop. The only people who call their drops are gapers.

Also, I don't know what you think "snaking" means, but you're using it wrong. Snaking the line is when you push past or ski around the line so that you can go ahead of people who have been waiting before you. You can very easily snake the line and still call your drop.
Jan 11 2013 6:11PM
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theabortionator
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Jan 11 2013 6:15PM
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_____alfredo____
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this is quite true
Jan 11 2013 7:01PM
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Sky.
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bahaha i was gunna say the same shit
Jan 11 2013 7:52PM
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pussy_puncher
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make it a habit to do a few shoulder checks before you drop. problem solved
Jan 12 2013 4:03AM
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