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MPoub
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Why do people think that having the bar up when riding the chairlift is cool?
Already seen it a few times kinda ticks me off, especially when i put the bar down and get chirped for it.
Whats wrong with safety?
Nov 30 2019 10:01AM
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skierman_jack
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SKRockiesWas it Steve stunt?


I have no idea who that is so prob not
Dec 2 2019 6:40PM
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GKS
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we have loudspeakers on the lift towers at my home mountain and the lifties yell at you from them if you don't put the bar down. I swear MSLM has the most analed lifties, I saw a lifty fully stop the lift to yell at a dude who held on to the back of the chair in front of him
Dec 2 2019 7:46PM
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ScootSkiLyfe
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Back home in MN I don't think I've ever seen bar for the chair. Except for at Lutsen

**This post was edited on Dec 2nd 2019 at 7:50:13pm
Dec 2 2019 7:49PM
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ASSholebomber22
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GKSsaw a lifty fully stop the lift to yell at a dude who held on to the back of the chair in front of him


You ever see some dumbass accidentally drop the bar on a group of peeps trynna load? Shit's super whack. This is probably why the lifty got heated.
Dec 2 2019 10:54PM
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PeppermillReno
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A little kid fell down getting on the chair in front and couldn't ride with his dad/brother today at Monarch their chair was in the air. Only one lift has bars. So liftie throws him on my chair with me and some boomer. Not being an asshole I put the bar down cause were talking small maybe 4/5 y/o (too small to get off on his own I had to carry him off the lift and give him to his dad.) The boomer is all shocked when the bar hits his poles (I didn't crank it on his head and did it slowly) and comments that he forgot the things existed and the dad looking back to make sure his kid is OK puts his bar down after I do but probably would have rode with the 2 little ones without it if he didn't see me do it.
Dec 2 2019 11:21PM
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DASZ.mp4
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The few times I’ve skied with my family from Germany they are always hilariously cautious. I’m talking bar down right as we leave the station and bar up once we are in the station. I remember I once tried unknowingly putting the bar up a bit after the last tower and I got lectured by my uncle about how dangerous it was and how I should take it very seriously. Legit told me with a straight face I would slide right off if the lift stopped(he’s an experienced skier and an engineer lmaoo). It’s a whole different culture over there. I was lucky enough to ski Mayerhofen for a few days and over there people don’t even ask they just give a quick “bar” right as you take off. Seems like they can’t even imagine riding without one
Dec 3 2019 1:44PM
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iSki13
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/946690/Terrifying-Video-Ski-Chairlift-Rollback-Malfunction-At-Georgia-Ski-Area
Dec 3 2019 4:27PM
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iSki13
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leaving it up makes it easy to jump off
Dec 3 2019 4:28PM
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skierman_jack
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iSki13https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/946690/Terrifying-Video-Ski-Chairlift-Rollback-Malfunction-At-Georgia-Ski-Area


Forgot about that vid. Terrifying stuff

Any lift in the US should have and roll back mechanisms tho. I have never seen one without and I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s a law that lifts in the US are required to have them
Dec 3 2019 5:44PM
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SavageBiff
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iSki13https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/946690/Terrifying-Video-Ski-Chairlift-Rollback-Malfunction-At-Georgia-Ski-Area


Proper way to shred the lift line
Dec 3 2019 8:22PM
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GKS
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BiffbarfYou ever see some dumbass accidentally drop the bar on a group of peeps trynna load? Shit's super whack. This is probably why the lifty got heated.


fair point but this lift only served the park and everyone hung onto the chair in front of them because no one had poles
Dec 3 2019 9:37PM
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Nuno812
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Sugarloaf a few years back had a rollback on kingpine. The drop dog mechanism that should stop the bull wheel failed to deploy and people jumped. Not as bad as that video but shit can hit the fan in the US.

As for bar down? I’m cool with it especially on higher lifts... nothing like an emergency stop/panic stop to launch you forward out of your seat and 30ft into the stream bed below, no thanks
SkylineGTR_R32Forgot about that vid. Terrifying stuff

Any lift in the US should have and roll back mechanisms tho. I have never seen one without and I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s a law that lifts in the US are required to have them
Dec 3 2019 10:28PM
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gengar.
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Where I'm from, the bar down isn't very common, and when it is down, its usually when there's kids next to you.

By myself, i usually don't put it down simply because i didn't grow up using one and honestly, i forget its there. Once you get to a certain point it really is just sitting in a chair. I wouldn't really think of it as thinking that its "cool" to ride with it up.

I don't mind when people i'm riding with put the bar down at all. As long as they let you know they're going to do it. Especially with the footrests, I've had people accidentally knock my skis off by smacking them with them
Dec 4 2019 3:01PM
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FruitBootPro
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Putting the bar down probably costs you 10 seconds of very minimal effort per chairlift ride.
I really don't understand people who don't put it down, and it even kinda pisses me off that people will leave it up. You have no good reason to do so.
Dec 4 2019 3:17PM
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e.littt
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I like putting the bar down cause it's something I can lean against/clip my helmet too to fiddle with my stuff. I've been on some chairs that swing a tonn when they have to come to an emergency stop too
Dec 4 2019 3:36PM
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prince_polo
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BiffbarfSame reason you don't wear a seatbelt, huh


Two completely different scenarios. No one in the history of skiing has ever been rear ended or t-boned by another lift chair there for your argument is invalid.
Dec 4 2019 7:57PM
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ASSholebomber22
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Prince_PolloTwo completely different scenarios. No one in the history of skiing has ever been rear ended or t-boned by another lift chair there for your argument is invalid.


Somewhere at this very moment, there's a highschool debate teacher drinking heavily because of posts like these.
Dec 4 2019 8:07PM
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prince_polo
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BiffbarfSomewhere at this very moment, there's a highschool debate teacher drinking heavily because of posts like these.


Are you a high school debate teacher?
Dec 4 2019 8:18PM
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ASSholebomber22
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Prince_PolloAre you a high school debate teacher?


Nope just paid attention in class
Dec 4 2019 8:22PM
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prince_polo
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BiffbarfNope just paid attention in class


Yeah but Brian Sugon didn't
Dec 4 2019 8:31PM
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ASSholebomber22
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Prince_PolloYeah but Brian Sugon didn't


6.9/10 effort. +9 for being clever, -2.1 for originality.
Dec 4 2019 8:42PM
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prince_polo
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Biffbarf6.9/10 effort. +9 for being clever, -2.1 for originality.


ya got me
Dec 4 2019 9:08PM
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dan4060
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CLQNot even close to the same thing. Putting the bar down is like wearing a seatbelt while sitting on your couch. Also no one is leaving the bar up to be "cool."

Your couch is 50 feet off the ground? You put a seat belt on because you are in a moving car. If you were on a car seat in your living room you would not wear a seat belt.

When I was a kid back east I never put the bar down. I was definitely doing it to be cool. When I was 12 at Belleayre I once refused to put the bar down. The lifties told me they would not start the lift up until I did. I'm curious as to why you think no one is doing it to be cool? There are certainly plenty of people who do it for that reason exactly.

I wish people would ask before putting the bar down, that goes without saying. I usually put it down, I don't see any good reason not to do so.
Dec 5 2019 3:14PM
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dan4060
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B_KBar down = - 500 points

You would have to do a naked 720 off Schmidiots after yelling "hey, check me out, I'm about to rip the shit out of this" in order to make up for that!
Dec 5 2019 3:18PM
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