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Most bizarre way youve ever damaged your equipment?

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B.Quincy
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So working at a shop and rental season coming to a close, people return their skis etc damaged in crazy ways droppes it off a car blah blah.
Yesterday had a pair where the topsheet was bubbled out and the base was as well... they accidentally set the skis on fire.
So whats the strangest thing youve ever done to hurt your gear?
Apr 25 2018 9:02AM
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Johngreenacre
Posts: 626 - Karma: 4,557
lmao my room mate left his helmet at the hill overnight and in the morning it was fucking DESTROYED. looked like it got run over by a cat or something
Apr 25 2018 9:56AM
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chicknfriedsteak
Posts: 984 - Karma: 4,693
Idk if it applys since it's not skiing, but I got nachos stuck in the soundhole of my guitar once
Apr 25 2018 10:06AM
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Johngreenacre
Posts: 626 - Karma: 4,557
chicknfriedsteakIdk if it applys since it's not skiing, but I got nachos stuck in the soundhole of my guitar once


this has never happened to me yet somehow its so relatable
Apr 25 2018 10:08AM
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ponchodaddy
Posts: 43 - Karma: 245
Figured out my dog ate a glove when she shit out leather
Apr 25 2018 3:07PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
Posts: 12586 - Karma: 117,382
my roommate told me he used my glove as a condom. It felt so weird wearing it the day after
Apr 25 2018 3:32PM
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kalle.
Posts: 771 - Karma: 4,926
busted a sidewall from my ski when i caught a snowboard on the loose a couple years back.
Apr 25 2018 4:07PM
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DirtYStylE
Posts: 3652 - Karma: 8,891
My roofrack detatched from my car on the highway. Straight up ripped off and blew away. The car behind me ran over the rack. I was moving so I had all three of my skis up there. Only my pow skis survived (they still needed new bindings)
Apr 25 2018 4:28PM
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powpatrol
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**This post was edited on Apr 26th 2018 at 3:08:09am
Apr 25 2018 5:21PM
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Mahalo_shreds
Posts: 25 - Karma: 186
I’ve broken my fair share of the old rentals we train on at water ramps in whistler. They Snap right down the middle, got a whole “bone yard” out back there
Apr 25 2018 5:32PM
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Titus69
Posts: 9329 - Karma: 17,826
Going off a 70 ft jump I managed to eject a ski doing a heel clack basically, fell to my somehow harmless death but I turned one of my poles into a race pole from my rib cage landing on it.

Not really damaged but a few weeks ago I went to slide a huge death cookie out of a jump line and it was very frozen into the snow and even going over like 8mph I slammed into it and bent a buckle I think, almost damaged by whole leg tho.
Apr 25 2018 6:59PM
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CharlzHub
Posts: 1167 - Karma: 8,561
My sidewall started peeling out of my blends from the nose. I showed my coach and he says "nah its just a topsheet chip" and tries to pick off the 'topsheet'. He then rips out my sidewall from the nose all the way to my boot.
Apr 25 2018 7:12PM
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s.j.mitchell
Posts: 412 - Karma: 2,211
Slipped out on a dfd with my pole underneath me and bent it into a nice hook
Apr 25 2018 7:21PM
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GKS
Posts: 385 - Karma: 3,000
I did a tailpress on a box and the entire toe piece of my binding came off. sucked having to slide down the rest of the park on one foot holding a ski.
Apr 25 2018 10:16PM
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s.j.mitchell
Posts: 412 - Karma: 2,211
chicknfriedsteakIdk if it applys since it's not skiing, but I got nachos stuck in the soundhole of my guitar once


Even tho this is probably more suitable for non-ski gabber, I’m glad u put this here
Apr 25 2018 10:24PM
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Titus69
Posts: 9329 - Karma: 17,826
Also earlier this season I was on my season old pivot 14s and slid a dfdf to switch and one heel piece blew out, metal ring snapped. Homie worked at on site shop so I got cheap pivot 12s put on in 20 minutes.
Apr 25 2018 10:31PM
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270on420out
Posts: 7520 - Karma: 51,255
I was coming up to a midstation on a lift and I saw a sign that said “Keep poles up”. So naturally, I decided to keep my poles down. After dragging them awkwardly for 20 seconds I pulled them up and they were bent at 90 degree angles
Apr 25 2018 11:16PM
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liammorris
Posts: 140 - Karma: 275
Was smoking a joint after skiing, didn't realize because I was baked that I hadn't packed my skis into the car yet. Well I ended up throwin her into reverse & running them over bindings an all.. but somehow they survived unscathed
Apr 26 2018 12:48AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 52303 - Karma: 170,339
I pushed the tail tow edge of my board in about 3 inches chipping ice off a box in 05/06.

Ghetto fixed it super legit but board got stolen in the spring anyway.
Apr 26 2018 1:03AM
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PeppermillReno
Posts: 4884 - Karma: -785
More stupid than bizzare but I burned my liners badly trying to warm them by the fire in the lodge.

I thought since there was a metal crate blocking the flame it would be all good. Toes got entirely burned through.

Dumbass.
Apr 26 2018 1:03AM
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kopas10
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skied into a ditch once with my brand new ON3Ps
Apr 26 2018 1:12AM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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s.j.mitchellSlipped out on a dfd with my pole underneath me and bent it into a nice hook


Now you can use it for other things

Apr 26 2018 11:35AM
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PistilHerbal
Posts: 17 - Karma: 113
My flatmate at uni ruined one of his full tilt liners in the oven, he was trying to heat it it to mold it better but it just shrank away and sorta melted.
Apr 26 2018 11:50AM
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LukeTheWaffle
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 8,867
I scraped my bases up grinding my brothers snowboard
Apr 26 2018 3:03PM
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Camerontaylor158
Posts: 69 - Karma: 164
Skiing down a little green run with interactive stuff for kids, was quite drunk and hit a metal bell with my pole as hard as I could and consequently snapped my pole.
Apr 26 2018 4:29PM
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Eat.Pant
Posts: 116 - Karma: 392
Is summer stair skiing considered bizarre?
Apr 26 2018 4:37PM
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dropimg
Posts: 89 - Karma: 109
pissin around on a green slope, put poles between legs, skied over said poles, edge musta been sharp cause they split right in two.
what sucked more was that that day was the first day i skied on em.
Apr 27 2018 9:01AM
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nxtyrsfulltilts
Posts: 430 - Karma: 1,533
Tried to bend a brake with my pole and accidentally folded my pole in half.
Used a snowboard as a jump and cracked one of the high backs on it.
Tried to dry the cores on some janky skis with a campfire and melted the topsheet & base.
Apr 27 2018 10:09AM
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LukeTheWaffle
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 8,867
nxtyrsfulltiltsTried to bend a brake with my pole and accidentally folded my pole in half.

Done this just I snapped it
Apr 27 2018 10:53AM
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Jah-Beef
Posts: 69 - Karma: 88
A sure fire way to get your ski equipment damaged is to trust an airline company with it. 100% of the time they will throw your equipment around like it's a gaddam football.
Apr 27 2018 11:14AM
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Stolpskott
Posts: 38 - Karma: 195
Swell_DudeIs summer stair skiing considered bizarre?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lQHP9NSzQ Is this you?
Apr 27 2018 2:21PM
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Puopg
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I busted a fat nut on my CT 5.0s. Never locked in the same way again
Apr 27 2018 2:56PM
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Non_State_Actor
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PuopgI busted a fat nut on my CT 5.0s. Never locked in the same way again


Are you a goat? Otherwise wtf?
Apr 27 2018 4:59PM
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Eat.Pant
Posts: 116 - Karma: 392
DavidCarlssonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lQHP9NSzQ Is this you?


I wish, I usually just hit gravel and eat shit
Apr 27 2018 6:07PM
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brogoldenhair
Posts: 177 - Karma: 690
TRVP_ANGELmy roommate told me he used my glove as a condom. It felt so weird wearing it the day after


Felt even weirder in my ass
Apr 27 2018 7:37PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Jah-BeefA sure fire way to get your ski equipment damaged is to trust an airline company with it. 100% of the time they will throw your equipment around like it's a gaddam football.


Make the bag heavy enough that it can't be thrown ;) I keep having edges and bases separate as one from the rest of the ski for no apparent reason. Also got a gnarly compressed edge on the tail curve of brand new skis and I have no idea how it happened.
Apr 28 2018 12:10AM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13160 - Karma: 19,525
Its pretty ordinary, but getting gapers walk in to the rentals skis snapped half of the top ski off and have to excuse: I dont know what happened...it just broke like that.
Apr 28 2018 7:26PM
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highpeak
Posts: 426 - Karma: 2,209
I had a cheap pair of poles and on a cold day my friend went, "how strong you think these are" and he smacked my pole with his, thing split clean in half.
Apr 28 2018 10:34PM
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thehighestllama
Posts: 81 - Karma: 464
Not my skis or my fault, but a ski got caught in the freight lift at work. The deck sheared about two inches through the edge, sidewalk, core, base, everything. Pretty surprising how much damage was done, and how clean the cut is. Almost looks like someone tried to cut them in half with jaws of life. Will update with pics if anyone is interested.
Apr 29 2018 3:55PM
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casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,752
Used a ski strap to strap my skis to the side of a skidoo. There wasn’t a rack welded onto this particular doo, so there wasn’t a great place to do it, so I did the best I could.

Well, I did a shit job and the skis fell off the running board / foot hold and i was mobbing up a groomer at the time so the skis dug in but the ski strap didn’t allow them to fall off completely, so one of my skis snapped at the toe piece.

Wasn’t stoked.
Apr 29 2018 10:40PM
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raw_dawgg
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liammorrisWas smoking a joint after skiing, didn't realize because I was baked that I hadn't packed my skis into the car yet. Well I ended up throwin her into reverse & running them over bindings an all.. but somehow they survived unscathed


Ha, I did that exact same thing this season....threw a fucking fit afterwards but the sticks were all good.
May 1 2018 6:19PM
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weastcoat
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Split a huge hole in my crotch one time (yes the pants were too small) when I spread my legs and my friend would ski thru my legs.
May 1 2018 7:43PM
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b.janders
Posts: 53 - Karma: 32
I was on a snowboard on a flat stretch. Asked for a ski pole to push myself along and as they handed it to me, I fell on it and bent at 90°
May 1 2018 9:05PM
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iced
Posts: 3070 - Karma: 17,983
got drunk and spraypainted half my ski poles black, and some of my stone patio

tried to ride my skis through the lot once as there was a fresh coat of snow (didnt want to walk after work), and the rocks made my bases look like they went through a cheesegrater
May 1 2018 9:54PM
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Dash69
Posts: 57 - Karma: 147
Was instructing on the bunny hill. Little girl fell at the top of the rope tow so I stopped to help her. While I was bent over, one of the grips on the tow hooked my knee and torqued my knee funny. Snapped my brand new FKS's at the heelplate. Luckily it was cheap to fix
May 1 2018 10:34PM
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sklermang
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Went into unmarked woods trail that was pretty tight with trees. Once we were pretty far in, we smoked a J then continued down, but the trees kept getting tighter and tighter until the only way forward was a knee-high path that looked like it was carved out by an animal (there were animal tracks, no ski tracks). Being high and kind of freaked out, we decided the best thing to do would be to take off our skis and crawl through this tiny, claustrophobic animal path. Well we got through the path/tunnel but my jacket was totally ripped up from the branches, like 3-4 huge tears. It was a brand new jacket too, one of those tall fitting Orage ones that looks like a skittle...thing was held together with duct tape for the rest of its sorry existence.
May 2 2018 4:58PM
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Dddsz
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Titus69pivot 14s one heel piece blew out, metal ring snapped.

I feel like this is a really massive issue that Look needs to fix before it kills someone. I had this happen on a narrow ass run with a 20 foot ledge on one side. It's totally unacceptable that they can just snap like that.
May 2 2018 10:46PM
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Titus69
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QuaffI feel like this is a really massive issue that Look needs to fix before it kills someone. I had this happen on a narrow ass run with a 20 foot ledge on one side. It's totally unacceptable that they can just snap like that.


Yeah i think my friend broke some piece connected to the heel (dick) part too doing a 4 on a few years ago. Luckily I was just sliding a dfdf to switch, then got the 12s on a half hour later. Skis being damaged on park shit is inevitable but bindings should be pretty capable of handling it.
May 2 2018 11:12PM
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Casey
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I had to lol at the skis that were lit on fire. People are about as nice to rental skis as they are to rental cars.
May 3 2018 4:34PM
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chafe.
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Smashed through the safety fence and hit a tow rope operator booth when I was ass at skiing: snapped the core all the way across my tail giving me super early rise
May 6 2018 6:33PM
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drumbumocdp
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I watched a jerry damage himself while taking a closed terrain rope to his neck... and then i found five dollars.
May 7 2018 12:09AM
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