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Were You Ever a Gaper?

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Redrobin
Posts: 196 - Karma: 935
I was a few years ago and I would go off the side of jumps until my brother told me that that is illegal and then I stopped doing that and started to be good.
Apr 13 2013 5:07PM
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VD.
Posts: 4054 - Karma: 4,565
I'm originally from the south of England and used to ski one week a year ... Of course I was
Apr 13 2013 5:13PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
ever? shit, i still am! i gape hard, bro! i the biggest gaper on the mountain!
Apr 13 2013 5:14PM
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Tacocat
Posts: 658 - Karma: 356
Everybody was a gaper once
Apr 13 2013 5:14PM
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gotti
Posts: 4269 - Karma: 4,550
yeah. rocking that full spyder outerwear.
Apr 13 2013 5:14PM
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
Nailed it, From England too, shld try to get out more i think
Apr 13 2013 5:14PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
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Apr 13 2013 5:17PM
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Steezy_Peazy
Posts: 411 - Karma: 1,146

Apr 13 2013 5:31PM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
This.

I was one of those kids who's parents brought them on vacation and I had rental skis. Before skiing was a passion
Apr 13 2013 5:38PM
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Park.
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 4,582
I was born a thug. I would be rollin round the mountain goin faster than my parents in a neon 1 piece when I was 2. If that aint thuglife I dont know what is
Apr 13 2013 5:48PM
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stupendous-man
Posts: 8637 - Karma: 13,293
nah moment i clicked in for the first time i headed straight for the big park and stomped a trip. bein a gaper is for pussies
Apr 13 2013 5:52PM
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Royal-bamboo
Posts: 294 - Karma: 105
Lets end this tread at this because its true so that's that
Apr 13 2013 5:55PM
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J-T
Posts: 269 - Karma: 697
I was the biggest gaper ever. When I was too little for poles, I would pretend I was racing and would pretend to pole plant. So imagine some little 8 year old gaper planting his imaginary poles, haha.
Apr 13 2013 5:59PM
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aj_everly
Posts: 563 - Karma: 213
came out the womb wearin that 4xl jiberish mofucka
Apr 13 2013 6:01PM
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wasatch_rat
Posts: 1772 - Karma: 2,951
exactly. this is what makes gaper day so fun. tap into your inner gaper and remember how sick even the dumbest skiing is and start fucking around! a fresh mindset with beefed up skills means your gonna have an epic day, especially when added to a few brews.

the day you lose track of your inner gaper is the day skiing stops being fun
Apr 13 2013 6:12PM
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Balbertt
Posts: 1585 - Karma: 4,723
Yup I was a gaper. used to go off rail lips like a boss.
Apr 13 2013 6:56PM
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Karkoskier
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 4,661
Shredded Gore Mountain (Gaper capitol of the east coast) on some hand me down alpine skis decked out in stickers from zumiez, eating shit trying to 5050 everything because i was too much of a bitch to go sideways.
Apr 13 2013 6:59PM
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louie.mirags
Posts: 6015 - Karma: 5,029
i learned how to snowboard first, there is my answer
Apr 13 2013 7:06PM
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MEOWMIXXX
Posts: 549 - Karma: 2,578
I did a double out of my mothers womb, the illest since day 1
Apr 13 2013 7:25PM
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hippy.
Posts: 3106 - Karma: 14,364
hell yes i went hard fucking side jumps even went off the table of jumps onto the ground to the side went hard as motha fuuuu
Apr 13 2013 7:33PM
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Randy_Quench
Posts: 5447 - Karma: 4,343
I was never a gaper in the sense of being an idiot and getting in the way/hitting sides of jumps because I knew skatepark etiquette and understood it transferred to parks on the mountain.
However, I dressed like a fucking loser. and in that sense, yes at one point I was a gaper.
Apr 13 2013 7:38PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
I think that everyone who is a reformed gaper should go on a gaper outreach mission. Every gaper you see, go give them some super friendly and helpful tips for how to survive in the park.

They'll avoid some hostile encounter with a mad semi-pro, the park will be that much safer and you'll make good on your sins of the past.

Apr 13 2013 7:43PM
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Nate.Dog
Posts: 1672 - Karma: 2,098
I try to do this on a regular basistt, sometimes you'll run into a douch bag who thinks they're doing everything perfectly, but for the most part people are really chill and great full for advice/pointers
Apr 13 2013 7:51PM
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coolflash8
Posts: 3171 - Karma: 2,048
Yup. Everyone was.
Apr 13 2013 8:05PM
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dadunda
Posts: 447 - Karma: 219
I am the best gaper on the mountain by far.
Apr 13 2013 8:08PM
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Charlie_Kelly
Posts: 11954 - Karma: 12,298
My first year skiing park (5 years ago) I didn't have twin tips and would straight air and straight grind jumps and boxes. I tried a few tiny rails too. I dressed in your standard issue columbia jacket and black snowpants with handmedown boots and skis. 5 years later Im the best skier on the mountain. You now know my lifes story.
Apr 13 2013 8:10PM
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Jewschoolers
Posts: 1785 - Karma: 1,142
not as a skier. when i switched to skiing i already knew how shit worked. but as a snowboarder fuck yeah i was
Apr 13 2013 8:10PM
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hippy.
Posts: 3106 - Karma: 14,364
I helped a kid learn to hit a rail so stoked to help that kid learn to ski!
Apr 13 2013 8:24PM
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SwaggerAsFucc
Posts: 353 - Karma: 13
yes i thought wearing a big Iron Pigs T-shirt (local triple A baseball team for the Phillies)  looked good and i would wear the matching hat when it was warm
Apr 13 2013 8:53PM
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pink_squid
Posts: 1188 - Karma: 368
I rocked a pink mohawk on my helmet for a full season as a dare


straight thug from the beginning
Apr 13 2013 9:42PM
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a_burger
Posts: 5235 - Karma: 20,715
When I was ten I remember getting so pissed when a park guy asked me to not jump off the lips for the rails, didn't understand the logic behind it at all lol
Apr 13 2013 9:44PM
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Saga.
Posts: 3812 - Karma: 45,331
This exactly. You didn't know you were but you were. When you finally figured it out you changed or you just said the hell with it and kept doing what you liked and stopped caring about people calling you out.
Apr 13 2013 9:54PM
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Plankton
Posts: 3226 - Karma: 6,840
gaper edits are needed! here's my first gaper edit:


Apr 14 2013 12:55AM
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PsychedelicMoose
Posts: 792 - Karma: 3,568
Everyone starts out as a gaper.
Apr 14 2013 1:00AM
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edai
Posts: 4988 - Karma: 4,658
I used to take the side lips sooooooo deep
Apr 14 2013 1:05AM
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Saga.
Posts: 3812 - Karma: 45,331
Who hasn't argued with their friend at least once about who went further off that sweet kicker.
Apr 14 2013 1:10AM
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128368798788
Posts: 0 - Karma: 1,167
Asking if you were once a gaper is like asking the pope if he's ever read the bible

It's pretty much a requirement
Apr 14 2013 2:58AM
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johnnyBuz
Posts: 1438 - Karma: 1,270
I've never experienced a Gaper Day but this looks like it would be really fun and laid back.

Apr 14 2013 10:09AM
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dompuch
Posts: 1449 - Karma: 1,186
funny shit, I like the girl using old brooms as poles
Apr 14 2013 5:31PM
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Dingo69
Posts: 1330 - Karma: -171
I had a one piece when i was young
Apr 14 2013 5:36PM
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cheerio
Posts: 1032 - Karma: 3,415
being a gaper is part of the process while becoming a skier
Apr 14 2013 5:47PM
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YouAllSuck
Posts: 632 - Karma: 1,177
I straighted the shit out of boxes with long poles back in the day.
Apr 14 2013 10:34PM
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turducken
Posts: 749 - Karma: 601
But isn't being a self-righteous, hypocritical cunt a prerequisite for today's park rats?
Apr 14 2013 10:44PM
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
No I have never been a fish
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Apr 14 2013 11:17PM
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25443 - Karma: 13,844
Sean petit was never a gaper.
Apr 15 2013 1:04AM
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Turkelton
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 8,558
Agreed. You should have seen Laax's closing day. Fucking hell, all the german pricks thinking they own the wallrides and trannies and everything
Apr 15 2013 6:12AM
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TristonHall
Posts: 194 - Karma: 564
If anyone wants to see the worst gaper edit ever behold:
http://youtu.be/xy7VHHveY6M
Apr 15 2013 9:52AM
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