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Funniest thing someone has asked you about your gear

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TreyDudski
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What is the funniest thing someone has asked about your skis, poles, boots, etc.?

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yesterday I had some lady, she had to have been in her mid 50's bless her heart, ask me if my visnhu wide beads were actually beaded and would not believe me til I took them off in the liftline and she felt the topsheet. Me and my friends were dying.
Apr 9 2023 7:46PM
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cracc
Posts: 73 - Karma: 759
TreyDudskiWhat is the funniest thing someone has asked about your skis, poles, boots, etc.?

Ill start
yesterday I had some lady, she had to have been in her mid 50's bless her heart, ask me if my visnhu wide beads were actually beaded and would not believe me til I took them off in the liftline and she felt the topsheet. Me and my friends were dying.


That one wins… funniest thing ive been asked is how do you turn without your sticks 😆
Apr 9 2023 7:55PM
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trippinnpete
Posts: 25 - Karma: 320
Had this one dude probably around his late 60s staring at my pivots that were rotated and he asked me what I did to my binding, musta thought I destroyed them but i told him bout the rotating pivots and he was in disbelief. To be fair this guy was in jeans with the visor on his helmet so idk
Apr 9 2023 8:20PM
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ski_salmon69
Posts: 1838 - Karma: 27,510
I literally have like 20 people a day ask me if my surface outsiders are broken
Apr 9 2023 9:45PM
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Lippamani
Posts: 1290 - Karma: 13,348
Are those full tilts
Apr 9 2023 9:50PM
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SchizoSkier
Posts: 2758 - Karma: 29,865
When old/middle age ppl get genuinely mad that I wear baggy pants. Especially when I bring out the anytides
Apr 9 2023 10:14PM
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armchair_skier
Posts: 2302 - Karma: 28,992
This french canadian guy pronuced ON3P as ohh-niept
Apr 9 2023 10:22PM
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mitt.nedlum
Posts: 54 - Karma: 523
An old liftie once said that my ON3Ps looked “left right and backwards, definitely anything but straight”
Apr 9 2023 10:30PM
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bootspace
Posts: 391 - Karma: 3,258
dads hating on my 2xl harlauts+no poles combo
Apr 9 2023 10:50PM
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supremeblientele
Posts: 986 - Karma: 5,682
adjusted my poles one time on the chair with a few randos from the midwest and absolutely blew their minds

"that could be on shark tank" lmao
Apr 9 2023 10:52PM
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PartyBullshiit
Posts: 3776 - Karma: 16,988
Why are you using kids skis?


Apr 9 2023 10:55PM
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Schoess
Posts: 2079 - Karma: 24,836
Sean White asked Reece Rule how to say ON3P... 3 times while filming for the Woodward ON3P edit last season.... And then said "O-M-P-3" while staring at the topsheet with the logo clearly spelled out lmao. Video is on ON3P's channel
Apr 9 2023 11:02PM
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Juviticus
Posts: 352 - Karma: 1,812
I have a pair of skis with like a neon pink almost salmon base that have crazy underglow in the sun and I had someone seriously ask if I had lights on my bases
Apr 9 2023 11:28PM
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bogust
Posts: 687 - Karma: 7,073
A lifty once asked me "what are ya keepin in those pants" in reference to my baggy r3valuates
Apr 9 2023 11:43PM
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Ole12
Posts: 13 - Karma: 95
armchair_skierThis french canadian guy pronuced ON3P as ohh-niept


gonna start saying it like that it sounds way better tbh
Apr 9 2023 11:55PM
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X_MEMESWERVE_XX
Posts: 3575 - Karma: 28,869
My homie and I were chillin in the lot about to go over to the lift and some lady walked past like “I love your skis what are they” (homie has the beadwork’s and I got wide+) he said they’re Vishnus and then she was like “oh I love Fischer, they make great skis”

he was like “nooo VISHNU” and she nodded but pretty sure she didn’t get it

we were dying
Apr 10 2023 12:10AM
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dmcdmc
Posts: 206 - Karma: 1,423
In a gondola a middle aged guy with a kid once said, "your boots look too big for you". I am 6' 1" and wear a size 28 boot. No clue why he cared.
Apr 10 2023 12:11AM
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muffMan.
Posts: 2764 - Karma: 25,974
Some people were talkin about my beadwork wides and randomly some lady said “they look like corn!” And called them the corn skis.
Apr 10 2023 12:44AM
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Str8Chedda
Posts: 161 - Karma: 1,236
Old people seeing Jiberish on hoodies and repeating it back to me like it refers to ‘gibberish’
Apr 10 2023 12:47AM
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Raf.Diaz.
Posts: 660 - Karma: 9,810
TreyDudskiWhat is the funniest thing someone has asked about your skis, poles, boots, etc.?

Ill start
yesterday I had some lady, she had to have been in her mid 50's bless her heart, ask me if my visnhu wide beads were actually beaded and would not believe me til I took them off in the liftline and she felt the topsheet. Me and my friends were dying.


Same but some one asked me "how did you do? and is that heavy?"
Apr 10 2023 2:38AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24725 - Karma: 29,944
I was tele skiing one day and some guy who had obviously never seen them before was absolutely losing his mind over the concept... Asking me 'how I modified my boots to allow myself to ski so weird' and all this stuff...

I had to explain to him about 5 times that I didn't just like DIY all this stuff myself, but rather this stuff is made specifically like this and he just straight up refused to understand it haha.
Apr 10 2023 3:16AM
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AlmostCooler
Posts: 584 - Karma: 3,631
In vail, while looking at my pivots: “are those ski touring bindings?”
Apr 10 2023 3:38AM
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fucintight
Posts: 268 - Karma: 728
that dude is such an asshat, he also treats lifties and demo techs like dogshit
SchoessSean White asked Reece Rule how to say ON3P... 3 times while filming for the Woodward ON3P edit last season.... And then said "O-M-P-3" while staring at the topsheet with the logo clearly spelled out lmao. Video is on ON3P's channel
Apr 10 2023 4:07AM
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Rparr
Posts: 5561 - Karma: 45,575
Some rando in jeans that I rode up the lift with asked me if my on3p’s were rentals
Apr 10 2023 4:48AM
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whatscore
Posts: 988 - Karma: 6,232
Can I pee on your cc Vs?


Not gear related but someone asked me if I was Edouard Thériault yesterday found it kinda funny
Apr 10 2023 7:34AM
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nmwninjart
Posts: 2992 - Karma: 15,061
I rode the chair with a couple of old guys who asked me how to say ON3P. They couldn't remember that so they called them C3PO --the gold guy on Star Wars.
A very recent one, I rode up with a kid and his dad. The little guy asked if the sidewalls on my Vs were metal.
Apr 10 2023 7:51AM
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Jacobthesadskier
Posts: 491 - Karma: 4,840
Few months ago a lady in the gondala asked if I'd painted the topsheet on my revolt 104's myself.
Apr 10 2023 7:55AM
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Sht_eatn_dog
Posts: 114 - Karma: 1,382
Is that a crushed banana oozing from your hoodie pocket?
Apr 10 2023 8:29AM
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tutipups
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 10,559
PartyBullshiitWhy are you using kids skis?



are you that one fucker who posts skiblade videos of him on reddit
Apr 10 2023 8:55AM
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Icant_kfed
Posts: 1274 - Karma: 11,538
bogustA lifty once asked me "what are ya keepin in those pants" in reference to my baggy r3valuates


You can fit anything you want in those pants
Apr 10 2023 9:08AM
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Static
Posts: 8553 - Karma: 4,089
SchoessSean White asked Reece Rule how to say ON3P... 3 times while filming for the Woodward ON3P edit last season.... And then said "O-M-P-3" while staring at the topsheet with the logo clearly spelled out lmao. Video is on ON3P's channel


Nah, dude tryna go up and get some impromptu celebrity quote is cringe as hell. Didn't seem like he had a clue what you were taking about, off guard, some random acronym that's kinda like .Mp3. You didn't enunciate the "n" very well either telling him what to say.
Apr 10 2023 9:12AM
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Schoess
Posts: 2079 - Karma: 24,836
I didn't tell him what to say. I didn't say anything actually.
StaticNah, dude tryna go up and get some impromptu celebrity quote is cringe as hell. Didn't seem like he had a clue what you were taking about, off guard, some random acronym that's kinda like .Mp3. You didn't enunciate the "n" very well either telling him what to say.
Apr 10 2023 9:35AM
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soup
Posts: 6343 - Karma: 4,415
ski_salmon69I literally have like 20 people a day ask me if my surface outsiders are broken


Dude. I used to rock them when they were called live life's and same thing. It wasn't until I saw someone else on some that I completely understood what they were talking about.
Apr 10 2023 9:51AM
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oldmanski
Posts: 3306 - Karma: 23,750
Ive got the common question of how to say ON3P and are your poles wood as I have some Panda Poles, good conversation starters really.
Many years ago when I was young, we use to tie bandanas around one leg thinking we were cool. I was maybe 10 and I had a Coors beer one tied around my leg just above my ski boot and this older guy in the gondola at Big Sky asked me if I thought I was cool because of that and I answered him saying "cooler than you". His buddy laughed so hard for the rest of the ride. I guess I thought I was pretty cool.lol
Apr 10 2023 10:47AM
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stokedelic
Posts: 1525 - Karma: 3,987
if i’m not touring i ski with really small poles still. i had one pair that was super banged up, missing a basket, duck tape, etc.

went skiing with some fam for the first time. a friend they brought berated me all day about them, so i hit a couple cliffs and straight lined a few mogul fields to show them what’s up. we don’t see that guy anymore 😂.
Apr 10 2023 11:58AM
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J-Dunn
Posts: 1113 - Karma: 1,846
From up top yelling something ...... comes down and says Jesus dude I didn't think you had any hair from up there. Turns out I don't so that was nice. Was wearing a hat at the time
Apr 10 2023 12:21PM
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ReturnToMonkey
Posts: 6394 - Karma: 69,424
Some dude asked why all 4 tips on my beater skis were "rubberized" (they had duck tape) and how my bindings brakes sticking out sideways like antennae. He ended up revealing he was on shrooms and it all made sense then. Beat up skis apparently are a good convo starter, he ended up giving us acid lmao
Apr 10 2023 1:02PM
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PartyBullshiit
Posts: 3776 - Karma: 16,988
tutipupsare you that one fucker who posts skiblade videos of him on reddit


That’s gonna be a no from me dawg. Don’t have a Reddit account
Apr 10 2023 1:04PM
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tmwtrmash
Posts: 148 - Karma: 1,044
While at the top of my tour a guy came up to me while i had my pivot toe and the cast toe in my hands and asked if i broke my toe piece and how i was gonna get back to the car.
completely understand the confusion just made me n the homies crack up.
Apr 10 2023 1:27PM
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BrandoComando
Posts: 1486 - Karma: 18,753
My buddy gets asked constantly if his Meridians are on backwards. Randos see the tips and think they're some sort of goofy mismatched directional ski
Apr 10 2023 1:33PM
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PartyBullshiit
Posts: 3776 - Karma: 16,988
BrandoComandoMy buddy gets asked constantly if his Meridians are on backwards. Randos see the tips and think they're some sort of goofy mismatched directional ski

Oh I’m expecting this one a lot honestly. Could you not get a left and right ski? Why are you skiing the same ski on both feet? What’s the slant tip for? Makes them turn better?




Apr 10 2023 2:24PM
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silent_giraffe
Posts: 1290 - Karma: 2,116
doesn't it hurt your ears to wear your goggles under your helmet?
Apr 10 2023 8:30PM
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Itsnotmywallet
Posts: 303 - Karma: 3,824
If my vishnu’s are soft
Apr 10 2023 9:11PM
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Farmville420
Posts: 4694 - Karma: 60,327
someone asked me name I said finesse they said are you a blood I said I don't bang
Apr 11 2023 1:09AM
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Lemuel
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PartyBullshiitOh I’m expecting this one a lot honestly. Could you not get a left and right ski? Why are you skiing the same ski on both feet? What’s the slant tip for? Makes them turn better?






I had a guy on the lift ask why I had two left skis lol. Other than that I haven’t gotten many comments/ questions on my Meridians
Apr 11 2023 4:30AM
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little1337
Posts: 8241 - Karma: 47,851
Not skiing but when I used to work at a surf shop we had a guy come in asking if we sold lubricant to make it easier to get into wetsuits
Apr 11 2023 9:21AM
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SofaKingSick
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little1337Not skiing but when I used to work at a surf shop we had a guy come in asking if we sold lubricant to make it easier to get into wetsuits


funny timing, i happened to see this yesterday on Booster Strap's site. mahalo and all, locals only bro you can't surf this break, but maybe that kook was onto something brah

Apr 11 2023 9:37AM
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switchlip2
Posts: 2140 - Karma: 25,003
Some rando on the lift asked me if my jets were unreleased Line blends
Apr 11 2023 12:06PM
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littleman34
Posts: 1355 - Karma: 4,146
The old Salomon spks had a sick design with red and black but they were opposite colors and people always would ask me I was wearing 2 different boots. I think Salomon never did the same design cuz everybody would get asked this
Apr 11 2023 12:11PM
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BrandoComando
Posts: 1486 - Karma: 18,753
SofaKingSickfunny timing, i happened to see this yesterday on Booster Strap's site. mahalo and all, locals only bro you can't surf this break, but maybe that kook was onto something brah



Oh shit I gotta get me some of this. My chunky cankles have a time and a half getting into my Tecnica Zero Gs when it's cold out
Apr 11 2023 12:35PM
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Dobbyda
Posts: 56 - Karma: 249
Race coach that I did not even know yelled at me for not using poles. I don't know why he has such a problem with me but this happens regularly.
Apr 11 2023 1:39PM
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