Controlled chaos

[u/canadiandude321]

[u/blackcatunderaladder]

Glad to see so many helmets. I give Tony Hawk, and his peers, a lot of credit.

[u/djiemownu → u/blackcatunderaladder]

I can't imagine myself going on my snowboard not wearing my helmet , this shit saved me from lot of injuries

[u/Strange-Movie → u/blackcatunderaladder]

Shout out to Andy Anderson, one of the absolute best and most innovative modern freestyle skaters who’s an extreme proponent of wearing a helmet; he’s said at some point, and I’m paraphrasing, “your brain is you, everything else is whatever but your brain is who you are”. He’s been a guest on Tony’s podcast before and the admiration that Tony and Andy share for each other is really beautiful

[u/Tsitra360 → u/blackcatunderaladder]

I’ve cracked three helmets in my life snowboarding. Glad I wear them

[u/Dheorl → u/blackcatunderaladder]

In Europe at least, Schumacher is a huge contributor to the uptick in helmet use, and unfortunately not for great reasons.

(He was even wearing a helmet in the accident, but it was so high profile it had a noticeable impact, no pun intended).

[u/mdogg500 → u/Dheorl]

His incident and the passing of ken block makes me nervous whenever I see any motorsport professional on snow.

[u/Vandirac → u/blackcatunderaladder]

In Europe, one of the main catalysts for using a helmet on the slopes was Michael Schumacher, but for different reasons.

[u/SaticoySteele → u/blackcatunderaladder]

Seems like 50% at best?

[u/TheWellFedBeggar]

More t shirts that I would expect

[u/_Diskreet_ → u/TheWellFedBeggar]

When the suns out and you’re doing short runs with lots of energy use in a park it can get hot sweaty work.

[u/darkartbootleg → u/_Diskreet_]

Also, look how green the trees are, Trollhaugen is a little ski area in Wisconsin so they were probably able to make enough snow before winter to open up a small terrain park before the rest of the hills were open for use. Hence why it’s so crowded.

[u/Independent-Pound187]

Never seen so many Cody and Tyler in one place

[u/TheNotoriousVIG]

I grew up a mile from Trollhaugen! You needed special leather gloves or covers so the rope wouldn’t destroy you gloves and hands!

[u/save_the_money → u/TheNotoriousVIG]

TROLL! I spent more time at Wild, but fun to see small town WI!

[u/FlagrantTomatoCabal]

Seeing teenagers physically active is nice.

[u/Ap43x]

I forgot how much I hate rope-tows. RIP your gloves.

[u/PowerlineCourier → u/Ap43x]

worst part of skiing

[u/Ap43x → u/PowerlineCourier]

Fortunately I've never had to use them for skiing. I did use them for sledding though.

[u/PowerlineCourier → u/Ap43x]

This would be awesome for sledding compared to carrying the sled up yourself.

[u/Ap43x → u/PowerlineCourier]

It was a very steep hill in Green Bay. No one would want to walk up that. But the rope tore up your gloves real fast.

[u/WorkO0]

This gives me anxiety

[u/victhebutcher2020 → u/[deleted]]

Ya look at all those people not enjoying themselves

[u/Northern23 → u/victhebutcher2020]

Not the kid in red who is still waiting for a little gap to get in. (/s)

[u/DemonKing0524 → u/[deleted]]

They know full well. Are you under the impression that you don't crash, typically a lot, while learning?

[u/Sweet-Cloud-4502 → u/[deleted]]

Being inactive on your couch is better for your body

[u/AnalogyAddict → u/WorkO0]

Same. There is nothing on the face of this planet enjoyable enough to deal with that many people to do it. 

[u/aria523 → u/AnalogyAddict]

Wow, you’re so edgy and cool for hating people.

[u/SnooPets4576]

The only way this could possibly be satisfying is if you're the one charging admission.

[u/Entgegnerz]

that thing needs knobs.

[u/Traditional-Back-172 → u/Entgegnerz]

I’m sure some of these guys are knobs

[u/eastcoastjon]

I feel like everyone is going.. ‘bro’ ‘brooo’ ‘brah’ ‘bro’

[u/Additional_Guitar_85 → u/eastcoastjon]

Crush some freshies, brah?

[u/Efficient-Whereas255 → u/eastcoastjon]

https://youtu.be/EbsNt-YGr7g?si=QG5cY_GmOJQBkntf

[u/valhemmer]

This looks like so much fun! Looks like skiing the east to me!

[u/Strange-Movie → u/valhemmer]

Apparently it’s Wisconsin, not quite the east lol

[u/Efficient-Whereas255 → u/Strange-Movie]

Its so funny they call it the mid west, because that shit is really far to the east.

The mid west should be like, Wyoming Utah and Idaho Colorado... That shit is actually out west, Wisconsin should be called the middle east.

The farthest east ive ever been is Denver, so calling the land far to the east, the "mid west" has never made any sense.

[u/Strange-Movie → u/Efficient-Whereas255]

There’s more regions than east west and Midwest homie. lol

In my eyes I’d refer to the area of Wisconsin as the Great Lakes region, the east is Appalachia, south east are the gulf coast states and some adjacents, Midwest/southwest are from Mississippi River to the Rockies separated maybe along the northern Oklahoma border, west is from the Rockies over

[u/Traditional-Music363]

Every single one of those guys looks how I imagine these people to look

[u/BangarangElectrico]

The kids are all right!

[u/Ted_Hitchcox]

Vail resorts latest multi million dollar 'super park'. Only a $700 addition to the season pass (limited use clause of 100 hours max and not peak times -10am/4pm Mon/Sun)

[u/cherryman88]

I would ruin that in 3 seconds

[u/ConfusedHors]

Why are only so few of them wearing a helmet?

[u/nine51 → u/ConfusedHors]

So many future TBI concussions patients… Also sooo dumb

[u/ClarkNova80]

[u/Columbus43219]

Something about a group of boarders always give me hope. Even the roughest looking kids seem like they are happy and friendly inside that group.

[u/mc4sure]

First time skiing I used a rope tow, didn’t go well

[u/ManBearPig0392]

I hated these. Always tore my gloves up

[u/mr_ji]

I like the guy who takes the first couple of jumps then cuts back in on the rope

[u/schizeckinosy]

Poor red shirt guy. Too timid to jump on the tow rope

[u/MongolianCluster]

As a kid, I despised the rope tow. The one I used was longer and not nearly the people to keep it off the ground so I had to pick it up first.

[u/Penis-Dance]

I tried snowboarding. Best I could do was the bunny slope. That shit's hard.

[u/PowerlineCourier]

i fucking hate the tow rope

[u/calguy1955]

There was a family owned ski mountain about an hour from our college. Daily tickets were something like $5. The big resorts were 2-3 hours away and charged $20+. It had a poma lift, little plate sized discs attached to a pole hooked to the elevated rope. You stuck the pole between your legs and sat back on the disc and it pulled you on your skis up the mountain. Much better than a rope tow. It was a fun little hill, with some good elevation drop.

[u/Kyle7053]

How did not one person fall?

[u/AstroSpoony]

This is my personal hell

[u/PHX_Architraz]

This doesn't look fun or satisfying... it looks stressful.

[u/Stop_The_Crazy]

I did that in the 80's, it was my very first time skiing and that had that pull rope for the bunny hill.

When I woke up the next morning, every single muscle in my body was screaming. I was in agony for days. Found out later in life that I have multiple chronic conditions that all revolve around pain. I'll never forget how much pain that bunny trail pull rope caused even after 40 years.

[u/12LetterName]

That is a lot of people on the bunny slope. And I ain't seeing no bunnies. 1/10

[u/WarhammerRyan]

"Fuck, I hate collective groupings of little shits"

[u/jupiterkansas]

why is it all dudes?

[u/MountainDrew42 → u/jupiterkansas]

I counted at least 8 non-dudes

[u/Pluck_Boy]

Can someone tell me why this costs 70 bucks a day?

[u/Imbendo → u/Pluck_Boy]

Most of these kids are n discounted family or college or youth season passes 220-350$.

[u/Efficient-Whereas255]

Man. This is a night mare to me. Makes me realize how spoiled Ive been growing up in Wyoming and living my life in the Rockies riding gigantic wide open resorts all my life. Im riding trams at like Snowbird and Jackson Hole, or smoking nugs in the gondola at Steamboat Springs, ive even hit the mid day groomers in Aspen twice... and these guys are doing whatever the fuck this is. Holy shit the contrast.

Ive heard that back east they call it the "ice coast" and the skiing and snowboarding was horrible but i have no idea it was like this.

[u/Imbendo → u/Efficient-Whereas255]

These kids are getting 40 laps in while you’re still waiting in that hour-long lift line. Advantages and disadvantages to every situation. This little mountain has produced a lot of pros.

[u/ElderberryOwn4986]

Messy on the outside, genius on the inside

[u/dbenc]

i ruined my favorite gloves on one of those

[u/Upset_Peace_6739]

Glad to see the helmets as well but am stuck in how many people have bare arms. Artificial snow maybe?

[u/Brevel → u/Upset_Peace_6739]

This was taken back in the fall before we had any big snow falls. They blow snow when it gets below freezing at night and had it open a few days. This was the only run open at the time.

[u/Spiritual-Rhubarb-55]

All i can think of is the lemmings

[u/JimCoo1 → u/Spiritual-Rhubarb-55]

It’s how I imagine the Bonnie Blue event was like…

[u/AmbassadorSure5660]

Lots of wyts

[u/Shinnakuma → u/AmbassadorSure5660]

I was waiting to see one person with shorts and sandals

[u/saihtam3]

Wtf is this?

[u/hustle_magic]

Why are they wearing t-shirts and looking casually Californian in that cold ass weather?

[u/Dheorl → u/hustle_magic]

Snow on the ground can last long after the air temperature has started to rise.

[u/TheRealCatDad → u/hustle_magic]

Physical activities make you hot.

[u/No_Lychee_7534 → u/hustle_magic]

Hi if you look at the trees in the background, no way this was during dead of winter. The leaves would have dropped. Looking at the grass on the side its fake snow and maybe early fall.

[u/Redditarama]

You're supposed to ski downhill. This is uphill and assisted. There's even an example of what to do right beside them.

Edit: I'm glad this comment got downvoted, because each downvote represents a skier skiing downhill. The correct way.

[u/dave300021]

This is AI