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Dealing with gaper siblings

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Wrenn
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Does anyone else have siblings that are total gapers?

**This thread was edited on Dec 13th 2014 at 7:01:05pm
Dec 13 2014 6:59PM
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mikemoose
Posts: 53 - Karma: 543
yes, unfortunately... my little sister shes only been skiing a handful of times but when she goes all she does is scream pizza and french fries at the top of her lungs. She then keeps her lift pass on her jacket until it falls off.
Dec 13 2014 7:03PM
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little1337
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My cousin has horrendous sty. He's about 8 years old but still. I partially blame the parents and to let them know, I punched him in the throat like 10 times until he couldn't breath. That'll show them for getting him orange light tinted Carrera goggles.
Dec 13 2014 7:14PM
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Mr.noodle
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My dad is quite the gaper, but when I don't have any friends at the mountain I ski with him because he buys some of my equipment and he thinks the whole concept of free skiing is cool
Dec 13 2014 7:46PM
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MAMERON
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my little brother whos 7 was but me and my older brother pimped him out by buying him some baggy stuff and new helmet
Dec 13 2014 7:53PM
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VD.
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I did...
Dec 13 2014 7:55PM
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Mingg
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Nope. My brother used to kill it and taught me a lot of what I know now.
Dec 13 2014 8:01PM
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JGWI
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My sister (9 years old) has only been out a couple of times with me. But I have to say they are some of the most memorable days of skiing I have had.
Dec 13 2014 8:55PM
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kemosabe
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its even worse when your sibling races. Thats even worse then dealing with gaper siblings. If you have gaper siblings then maybe you're not a good sibling and helping them out by teaching them tricks.
Dec 13 2014 9:09PM
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[tk]
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My bro is the ultimate gaper
Dec 13 2014 9:12PM
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caucasian_chad
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Nope, my brother is a nordic skier and usually only alpine skis when he comes out West, but somehow he still rips. He's obviously not at the level of people who ski all the time, but he definitely knows what he's doing out there.
Dec 13 2014 9:21PM
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LukasSchroeder
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*SBCmingg*Nope. My brother used to kill it and taught me a lot of what I know now.


then you were the gaper?
Dec 13 2014 10:23PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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My brother skis in demin with a tight batman tshirt

He's 14 aswell
Dec 13 2014 10:28PM
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zwilly
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My brother just got all of my old stuff. He literally decided to wear everything I had including facemasks and gloves. Its pretty funny to look at him as the 11 year old self I used to be.
Dec 13 2014 10:35PM
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GoodasGold
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who gives a shit? just ski with them.
Dec 13 2014 10:39PM
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Mingg
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Free306skierthen you were the gaper?


I don't think so...I mean from the ages of 3-8 maybe, if that even counts. My brother taught me park etiquette the season I was 9/10. So I was never one of those obnoxious gapers in park. At least I don't think I was. Then I raced for a couple years. So I had decent form and skied well for that age. Maybe I looked like one but I really don't remember.

Overall though I think my brother did a really good job at making sure I wasn't a gaper/didn't look like one haha. Big thanks to him for that actually.
Dec 13 2014 10:50PM
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jackdonovan
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seesawsaredeadlyDoes anyone else have siblings that are total gapers?

**This thread was edited on Dec 13th 2014 at 7:01:05pm


i disowned them
Dec 14 2014 12:16AM
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Al.Capone
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My little brother is the raddest dude out. He's 11 and skis like a lot of kids his age but I've tried to do a good job. He's actually pretty good skiing switch through some gapers on sunny side at Alta. I can't blame him for his red spyder jacket or outerwear choices because they're my parents and quite frankly when you're that young you don't really give a shit about what you look like as long as you're warm. He's down with the butter (when others butter) and staying on the top of your boots though. If its a powder day I can usually talk him into hitting reasonably sized stuff. He'll even give some steezy as fuck eagle arms sometimes after he hits a drop and lands clean haha. He hasn't landed a 360 yet but is always eating it and not giving up. He's gonna get it soon. He knows what a gaper is so I wouldn't define him as a gaper haha.
Dec 14 2014 1:51AM
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_anderson_
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my sister is afraid of the chairlift.
Dec 14 2014 12:58PM
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Old-schooler.
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NzeskibroMy brother skis in demin with a tight batman tshirt

He's 14 aswell


How could he be a gaper? He is obviously batman.
Dec 14 2014 1:24PM
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MACK.
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not necessarily siblings but skiing with my schools ski team makes me cringe every time I see them. So many bolle goggles...
Dec 14 2014 7:43PM
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HabitualShred
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*SBCmingg*Nope. My brother used to kill it and taught me a lot of what I know now.


yeah same here
Dec 14 2014 9:10PM
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JahLiam
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my little brother is jelly sildaru, so no
Dec 14 2014 10:25PM
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Young_patty
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One of my sisters snowboards :/ and the other is just straight trash at skiing
Dec 14 2014 10:35PM
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skiersupreme
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JahLiammy little brother is jelly sildaru, so no

jelly rips
Dec 14 2014 11:04PM
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Goldstein
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My cousin from LA came up to visit. Decked him out in my old FD setup, was the gangest mane out there. massive gaper crisis averted
Dec 14 2014 11:16PM
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youngloaf
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Nah my sibs fucking kill it
Dec 14 2014 11:41PM
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frickindarn
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I'm the gaper in my family. I'm also the only one who has ever skied so FUCK EM.
Dec 14 2014 11:56PM
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tac0.slayer
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After quickly realizing my 11 year old little brother was a total gaper, I pushed him off the lift so that he wouldn't pass on his gaper genes and taint the family name. So I guess you could say I dealt with it.
Dec 15 2014 12:15AM
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BumpzNtrees
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It's time to focus on the real issue: gaper girlfriends. They're just as common and 10 times more devastating.
Dec 15 2014 7:40AM
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password1968
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After I saw my five year old brother with a goggle gap last season, I bought him a complete new setup. Obermyer bibs and jacket, poc receptor bug, kids oakleys, and now he's the only kid under 10 at my mountain who can hit the 10-15 ft. Jump line and he carves better that most the race team.
Dec 15 2014 8:39AM
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.GUCCI.
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haha i ski with my dad all the time and he looks like a gaper, but can really throw a mean switch 3. hes 50 btw.
Dec 15 2014 2:01PM
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John18_6
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Roan.can really throw a mean switch 3. hes 50 btw.


That's actually crazy for being 50, your dad sounds O-OG
Dec 15 2014 3:12PM
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.GUCCI.
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john18061806That's actually crazy for being 50, your dad sounds O-OG


he was original before there was such a thing as original
Dec 15 2014 4:12PM
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gnarballsianm
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dmski, you know what you do...
Dec 15 2014 4:18PM
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Bum.Life
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my little sister has way more steeze than me
Dec 15 2014 5:36PM
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theabortionator
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My dad is terrifying. He used to ask what I wanted to go down and follow me. He still does but I keep us on blues these days. You're pretty sure he's going to go off the trail then some how makes a terrifyingly sketchy turn only to repeat the whole time down. Sometimes catching an edge in said sketchy turn and having to take a round two right before the end.


Him and my sister had to get carted off the upper mtn at gore back in the day. I was like 7or 8. Ski patrol found me on the flats below cloud and stopped me to make sure I was alright and told me they would be waiting for me at the bottom. LOL. Got down and wasted the end of the day waiting for them. Went through the pipe might have done a round on the double to hit the pipe again and then looked everywhere for them.

Stupid patrollers just didn't see my steeze. Ihad gone down 3/4 of icy chatemac, up the quad and bombed down cloud was almost to the triple probably before they even got the snowmobile up to them. But I was little and believed everything authority figures told me and thought they'd be there.


WHY WERENT YOU THERE.

I haven't slept in a while if you couldn't tell.
Dec 15 2014 5:46PM
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Cheeko
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My brother thinks urban is stupid and shouldn't exist, and my dad always has a gaper gap. Always.
Dec 15 2014 5:46PM
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GoodasGold
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ski-for-lifemy dad always has a gaper gap. Always.


And there is no reason why he shouldn't have it
Dec 18 2014 11:43AM
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numnuts
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MACK.not necessarily siblings but skiing with my schools ski team makes me cringe every time I see them. So many bolle goggles...


dude for real everyone on our school team treats me like a god because I can do an inverted trick
Dec 18 2014 11:52AM
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.GUCCI.
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That is the most awesome thing ever. Just gave my dad some ft's for christmas so yeah haha
Dec 18 2014 12:21PM
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DANIELMORTENSEN
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Dec 18 2014 12:55PM
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GayWolf420
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me and my sisters gaped it up hard when we were little, but they became racers and are now phenomenal skiers. One sister coaches racing part-time in Michigan and my other sister coaches for the freeride team here.
Dec 18 2014 1:05PM
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flurry*
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My brother, who is 11, just got into park skiing last year after snowboarding. I gave him some of my saga stuff I didn't use and made sure he looked okay. I taught him the basics and now the kids doing well.
Dec 18 2014 3:14PM
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