People Falling Off Lift Pics

[SuperKat]

I was waiting at the top for my sister and amused myself by taking shots of people I don't know getting off the lift.

I'm becoming a mean person in my old age.

[kelly]

haha, nice

[SnoChica]

That last one just looks bad... Those skier kids are standing up well though... hahaha! :)

[DPancoast]

man, I've been riding for 10 years (officially in May) and I still fall. Getting better tho because I have the hop going on now.

[RideLsDh]

That last one was me!



No jk, but those pics were hilarious. I fall only when my friends and I are hit by the random guy on our lift and causes a chain reaction or somone is standing in the middle of the ramp.

[ftblplyr46]

Those are always fun to watch... My skiier buddy happen to stick his pole right in front of my board last night, so when I tried to go forward, just kinda toppled over and had to duck under the chair goin over my head and roll out from under it. Sucked

[powder1978]

http://files.photojerk.com/sugie77/liftfall.jpg

how's this...weeee

[Naked Hiker]

yeah Spottyfish and I had one for the books on superbowl sunday...... good times

[DPancoast]

lol@powder1978

[brneyedbdrchicky]

Haha those were funny. It seems to me that no matter how good you are at snowboarding, getting off the chair lift is always going to be a hassle. My bf who has been riding for 20 yrs, still falls off the chair lift from time to time.

[phillyboy]

lol powder. that just struck me as hilarious.

[powder1978]

I meant to make a whole series of them for the Pre-season contest...but never got around to it...I'm actually standing on my board on top of my waterbed in that picture

[sheil21ob]

I had a friend who was riding for 5 years, and very frequently, and she would hop on her unstrapped boot off the lift every time! Lifting the board behind her and hopping out of the way.. that seems more painful than learning to slide off! (post note, she went back to skiing after her 5th season..)

[missinsnow]

ha ha those are funny... but no pics of pile ups! too bad

[igotlaid_0ff]

i was expecting to see people actually falling off the lift.

[boardbunny]

Ok so you should follow me for a day you'd get hilarious pics, I always fall off lifts and many other places too.....already was a clutz before I became a boarder so it's inevitable

[New2me]

Those are always fun to watch... My skiier buddy happen to stick his pole right in front of my board last night, so when I tried to go forward, just kinda toppled over and had to duck under the chair goin over my head and roll out from under it. Sucked

This happend to me a few weeks ago. Random skier sticks his pole right in line with the nose of my board. there is a little drop so his pole was at an angle and without his straps around his wrist I ran right over it and pulled it out of his hand. Did not feel to bad since it was a rental, and he should watch where he sticks his poles. lol

[chach3]

I fall off of the lift a lot. I am a good rider too, but for some reason i struggle with getting off of the lift. It also doesn't help that there is always a bunch of idiots standing in front of where the lift where you get off.

[Weasel Sp]

haha that last one mustve sucked...

i dont know i =never fell like that ever

[Proximate Platypus]

hehe, crazy old noobs...

I had a couple of really good head-over-heels falls getting off the lift at the beginning of the season. I wish someone could've gotten them on film... no more funny falls for me lately, though. I guess that's a good thing.

[asteink1]

if u can ride a snowboard how hard is it to ride down a tiny lift slope...i dont see how people struggle witht that

[unconsiousmind1]

Haha those are pretty good the last one is the best.

[sunsh1nedaydr3am]

In a way i sympathize with people that fall off the lift bc even though we have been boarding for a few years now, every time i ride the lift with my bf he somehow manages to run into me or otherwise knock me over getting off... one time he owned me so bad i dislocated my shoulder!! its the people who just lay there who should be run over by the next person

[brneyedbdrchicky]

I don't that often but when I do it's worth a video at least. Last time I fell off the chair lift I bumped a tree....LOL

[burton621]

that looks like me the first time I snowboarded, I must've fallen after the lift at least 4 times lol

[deeAnna]

haha yeah when i first started i did that ... i haven't fallen off of a chairlift once this whole season. but i still do it at times... i still have yet to fall this season, before it gets over haha but i got so close a couple times.
this person crashed in front of me, and i was like screaming move...but they just sat there! i was like omg! but luckily i went around them, it was a close call...haha and then i almost ate it cuz my friend that was in the middle hit my board with her board...that was another close call haha

[honiedew]

i blame the ignorant ppl who stand in the way of ppl getting off the lift. how do u ppl get off the lift? i never push myself off on my own, i always stand up at the last possible second and let the chair push me as it swings around to give me the momemtum to go down the slope. it works like really well.

[snobug]

yeah I use the chair to push off also and always try to hang back from the rest of the people getting off. And, I definitely have my favorite side and hate getting stuck in the middle if its a triple or quad.
There is a lift at Bolton where the chairs are sloped slightly forward so you have to hold on tight as soon as you get on. I saw a bunch of people fall off that lift all in one day, it was too funny, but at least there was plenty of snow, they had a soft landing.

[vlcomsnow]

ha yeah that last one was classic

[Shelbycobra2008]

I meant to make a whole series of them for the Pre-season contest...but never got around to it...I'm actually standing on my board on top of my waterbed in that picture

yea i was gunna say photoshop?

and this thread reminds me of this story:
http://snowboardaddicts.com/showthread.php?t=3881

[Explosivo]

Hahah those are sik! I like the last one though, whattya call that trick? Lift fakie faceplant

[katie_taylor]

hahaha i like the last one

[blgdesign]

Its funny what little things can make you day great!! The last one is my favorite.

[smilesthegreat]

I don't understand how you people have been riding for 5+ years and still can't get off a lift without falling... That's pretty sad.

[123taylerlee]

funnny pics funny pics....
i dont fall of the lift usually someone falls on me

[thedude]

http://files.photojerk.com/sugie77/liftfall.jpg

how's this...weeee

hahahaha, nice


the only times i fall out of the chair is if the chair gets crowded and the one lone japanese guy pushes everyoen over. i love japanese poeple, hell i studied the language for 4 years (don't remember any of it, but still), but the onyl thing i can't stand are the japanses skiers when they come to the resorts, they act liek ********, until you step on their ski poles and they topple over when they get off the lift next tiem arodun, then they leave you alone

[that one kid]

i fell not too long ago but i was unfortunate to have a chinese lady for her first time on a snowboard and i guess the first thing that went through her head when she was falling was to grab onto me. Pretty much sucked but hey what can u do...i guess just dont let randoms hop on with you..

ps. last pic looks like the guys gonna take out the little booger on skis

[deeAnna]

i blame the ignorant ppl who stand in the way of ppl getting off the lift. how do u ppl get off the lift? i never push myself off on my own, i always stand up at the last possible second and let the chair push me as it swings around to give me the momemtum to go down the slope. it works like really well.

yeah seriously...common sense says get out of the way! haha oh and i push myself mostly...

[ethizzle]

that is gay

[bluhavoc]

Now that is some funny a$$ shyt! Did you stand there and wait for them to fall?

[powder1978]

I've never fallen off the lift, but i've knocked a few people off when we're gettin on..damn skiers just slide right up last min, don't say anything, not even a simple hello...then they get pissed when you 'accidentally' crowd them out...bitch, announce yourself, duh

[sgmpornstarr]

i hate the douche tools that sit there and almost impale your foot with their ski poles when they're getting on the lift, and people that fall down getting on. look, its a chair, i'm gonna sit on it, you frickin dummy. cheese and rice, go back to the bunny lifts until you figure it out.

if anyone has seen warren millers cold fusion movie, when the people fell off the lift back in the day, the operators pulled them out of the way, took their skis and threw them. why the hell don't they do that anymore.

that is all.

[kelly]

uh.. angry ever?

[Monika]

o god, thats kick ass ****!

[Shelbycobra2008]

i hate the douche tools that sit there and almost impale your foot with their ski poles when they're getting on the lift, and people that fall down getting on. look, its a chair, i'm gonna sit on it, you frickin dummy. cheese and rice, go back to the bunny lifts until you figure it out.

if anyone has seen warren millers cold fusion movie, when the people fell off the lift back in the day, the operators pulled them out of the way, took their skis and threw them. why the hell don't they do that anymore.

that is all.

im guessing you recently had some troubles with stupid people and lifts

[sgmpornstarr]

well, i usually go up during the week to avoid lines and crowds, but it i forgot it was spring break this week, and there was a ridiculous amount of people up there.

[nrwood]

haha.....the last 1s the funniest lol

[Twiztedazn]

hahaha...yo that's jkz..the last one looks painfull..lol

[Lifewithoutdangerisawaste]

I got pushed off a lift once when I was boarding with my friend. It was like way high up and I broke my wrist when I fell haha

[daniyoung88]

ahahahahaha that last one is the funniest! that boarder is about to take outthose skier kiddies lol
and im allowed to laugh cos i fall off chairlifts a lot too lol :redface:
so im just returning the laughs for when people laughed at me ;]

[i.once.loved.you]

haha... thats sad.

[flipsk8xx21]

everyone falls sometimes i personaly cant stand getting off lifts when its realy windy, its just hard to stay balenced then.

[SnowBoarded4Life]

funny stuff rite there

[S B4thethrill]

haha you must really have to suck to fall, unless people like me purposly cut u off on the lift jsut for there own amusement

[Shelbycobra2008]

oh ok story:

this one time i was boarding with two of my friends who are skiiers and we were all on a 3 chair which was kinda tight. and i was on the right side and since waterville sucks the landing was crappy. so i go to stand up and my friend like cuts me off i face plant and even get snow all up my nose. and i stand up at the bottom and she blames me while she made it down fine. haha but it was cool it wasnt really her fault waterville just really sucks

[needforspeed]

I fall about 3/4 of the time lol

[snowbunnie4216]

haha...rookies... i love it

[iVTECHdoyou]

last one is the best

[kent]

i hate people who suck

[fs-sleeper]

thats funny

[jessicerrr]

hahaha are those pictures taken in hunter by any chance?

[tahoemassacre]

i was disapointed, whe i seen this on a bullitn on myspace, i pictured them like literally falling off the chairlifts, not while exiting, jsut plain falllin like 20 some odd feet.

[Snow Wolf]

I don't understand how you people have been riding for 5+ years and still can't get off a lift without falling... That's pretty sad.

Its called booze.......LMAO

[WasillaKatie]

I am SO doing this when I go riding tomorrow!

[kelly]

I did this today.. I REALLY need a stomp pad for my new board.. which is no longer that new...

[eva]

Wow, was it that hard to get off that lift?
I've never seen so many persons falling off the same lift!

[Snow Wolf]

Sometimes the ramp gets so screwed up and the liftie sleeping in the shack never comes out and does anything with it. One night at the top of Hood Express, the center got trenched out so it funneled everyone on the quad into the center....it was comical and the liftie never did anything with it....bet he spent the evening laughing his ass off!. They need to slope those things like a two lane road with a crown in the center so people slide away from each other instead of together. The only way to get off the thing was to hop on your free foot away from the ramp.

[SpottyFish]

One of these days when the Blue lift is running at Meadows I'm going to stand there and videotape people getting off it. That has to be the single WORST lift ramp I've ever seen (for boarders that is, I don't see skiiers having much of an issue on it).

[Proximate Platypus]

This is a good reason to take care getting off the lift... Sometimes I still fall if I'm tired or distracted :P heh..

[Monika]

every time i look at these i almost piss myself, there soo funny

[RazvanTheMan2]

I dont see why its soo hard for people to get off the lift. My brother and sister are 7 and I took then snowboarding for the 1st time last week. They made it off the lifts fine. but the last one is funny.

[jc18241]

as funny as those are we have all been there..............but not anymore hahaha

[mtv ruins]

haha those are funnnnny

[PredaTAZ]

I spent the whole season in resorts, i only fell off the first lift of the season and that was cos i was pushed... 6 stiches in the back of my head, from my mates board...

[sgmpornstarr]

I spent the whole season in resorts, i only fell off the first lift of the season and that was cos i was pushed... 6 stiches in the back of my head, from my mates board...

snaps, that is no bueno. the first time i took my little brother up, he v-lined it for me while i was sitting down the slope waiting for him, and didn't know how to stop. little bastard almost took my head off.

[JesterBOOM]

I once shoved psiu's little brother off the lift.

little bastard deserved it

[Shelbycobra2008]

thats nice :becky:

[ride jersey]

hahah squares

[ride jersey]

yea me and my friend usually have who falls of the first game when we got off
first when to get knocked over loses, i usualyy do pretty good cause im bigger than them roar

[I Lie... Honestly]

the only time i feel was when just started or if some one pushed me
that last one really looks like it hurt

[snowboardnguy90]

hey those pictures are from mountain creek! on the sugar slope!

[RideTheory]

I was getting off the lift this season in one of the terrain parks at parkcity and my damn glove got caught on a screw on the back of the chair and as i was getting off it jerked me around...now i was hopping along with my snowboard trying to get my glove unstuck and not loose it at the same time cuz they were a nice pair of sessions..needless to say the lifty had to stop the lift and help me rescue my glove from certain doom:) chairlifts...got to love em'

[hausome]

waffles man

[w1LL13]

LOL ha ha ha, noobs

[Paulina]

Aww, I feel for them... I can't even BS, I've done my fair share of falling off the lifts while learning too ;)

[Char]

hey those pictures are from mountain creek! on the sugar slope!

hell yeah. ive seen some crazy falls comin off this lift. i fall there every once in a while cuz theres usually a group of little kids who fall immediately after gettin off the lift.

[Shelbycobra2008]

LOL ha ha ha, noobs

thats like my one pet peeve. people making fun of noobs cuz we have all been there eatin snow, plowin runs and laying down in pain while people go flying by

[SnowGeek]

One time, getting on an old-style lift, I noticed just at the last second that someone had left the safety bar down (very funny, grrrr). I couldn't get it up in time, and ended up diving into the snow so it wouldn't hit me in the head. Must have looked pretty funny.

[kelly]

I've had two people this year dive off the lift while sitting down next to me... at first I thought they were comical mishaps, but now i'm wondering if they were trying to avoid sitting with me.

[SnowGeek]

Was this after the chair took off? Were you, maybe, correcting their grammar?:-)

[kelly]

are you implying that I'm annoying? ;)

[SnowGeek]

Let's see... I might want to board in Colorado someday... so I'd say... No! 'Course not.:-)

[kelly]

I have the power to ban people from CO? who knew. ;)

[SnowGeek]

I have the power to ban people from CO? who knew. ;)
Well, I heard you were with the grammar police.:lol2: I wouldn't want to get a ticket for, say, "splitting an infinitive".

[thedude]

are you implying that I'm annoying? ;)

now you catch on? jesus ****ign christ, about time! lol, jk

[snowboardnguy90]

One time, getting on an old-style lift, I noticed just at the last second that someone had left the safety bar down (very funny, grrrr). I couldn't get it up in time, and ended up diving into the snow so it wouldn't hit me in the head. Must have looked pretty funny.

oh man. this one guy i was boarding with once told me he put down the bar and then raced the lift back down to see the people fall. must've sucked for whoever got that.

[TRSskatr7]

would those pics be from moutnain creek

[shredding c0ws]

i'm amused

[grimjack1971]

man, I've been riding for 10 years (officially in May) and I still fall. Getting better tho because I have the hop going on now. The same here, my brutha. I fall like a humpty dumpty from a wall. it's a pisser sometimes. Even worse is when you fall because some jack-hole decided to wait for their 'friends' in the middle of the lift exit point. Half of me wants to run them over...but I'm afraid I might scuff my board on their assholicness.

[kelly]

I usually fall over after I get off the lift, when I'm just standing there and have absoultely no excuse.

[YERRWACCKK]

Lol Is It Rude Of Me Too Say That Aint **** :croc: I Expected Some Wipeouts. Those People Lacked Some Serious Brain To Limb Motor Functions. Haa Like Butta <3 Ooo It Looked Like Silky Smoothness I Miss It.... The Ramp N Those Pics Would Let U Walk Off The Chair For All It Mattered.

Ahh Im Bent I Want Snow!
:boom:

[w1LL13]

thats like my one pet peeve. people making fun of noobs cuz we have all been there eatin snow, plowin runs and laying down in pain while people go flying by

Well, you got laughed at then, and it didn't kill you, so now you can laugh, because we've all been through it, and it won't kill you. it's not like i said I hate them or anything.

[Shelbycobra2008]

Well, you got laughed at then, and it didn't kill you, so now you can laugh, because we've all been through it, and it won't kill you. it's not like i said I hate them or anything.

yea but did you like gettin laughed at? we are supposed to learn from our past

[sgmpornstarr]

oh man. this one guy i was boarding with once told me he put down the bar and then raced the lift back down to see the people fall. must've sucked for whoever got that.

Thats pretty messed up, bro. bet it was funny.

[no7ah]

That last one was me!



No jk, but those pics were hilarious. I fall only when my friends and I are hit by the random guy on our lift and causes a chain reaction or somone is standing in the middle of the ramp.
THAT'S NO REASON TO FALL!!!!

[snowboardnguy90]

Well, you got laughed at then, and it didn't kill you, so now you can laugh, because we've all been through it, and it won't kill you. it's not like i said I hate them or anything.


RAWR I HATE THEM I"M GONNA GO AND KILL ALLL OF THEM WITH MY TOOTHPASTE LASIDWEIFCNEWIFJSLDIFNEDCIEJFkljLKSJDfliewjrlifhgk sjdrhngalkhe:SIrhjfkhrK<JHESrkf

lol but yea... lots of people always fall off the lifts. the biggest problem most people have is that they dont' sit on the edge of the lift, which is the only position where you can really get your board pointing straight, and where you can stand up directly over your board, and not leaning backwards. Then from there it's just a matter of putting your unstrapped food on your board and riding it out.

[snowboardnguy90]

would those pics be from moutnain creek

i called it first bro... =)

[ChaosTigger]

Another thing I love about riding my click-in bindings. I'm usually clicked back in shortly after getting on the lift.

My friend Liz used to wreck me constantly getting off the lifts - when she went to stand up, she'd usually put her hand on my leg to push herself off, which in turn sent me tumbling and hilarity ensued.

[alexx37]

My auntie fell off a 4 man chair lift a couple of years ago.. My mother never noticed until they were half way up when one of the other people on the lift said, wasn't your friend with you when you got on.. haha =]

[ride227]

yeah... i work the lifts at a resort here in PA, and I always laugh at the people that fall. My friends and I sat 6 people on a Quad-Chair and we were all able to get off without falilng...

[Kateus]

haha, oh gosh, that reminds me of the time i got hit in the head by a chair lift after falling off it... just couldn't get out of the way in time!

[pixi]

...thankyou...after a looong day at work..i wasnt sure anything was gona put a smile on my face! Genius!!

[Kateus]

haha well im glad i could cheer you up, with my miss haps! I'm so accident prone

[snowboarding_bear]

lol ive fallin like 50 times gettin off a lift n the other week (last weekend ) i was in california n 1 of the lifts sucked ass at the top it would like stop dead..it was a pain in the ass..i hated it lol

[Jingo]

I honestly hate chair lifts but there a neccessary evil!

I've never rd up with the board on my feet cos i know ill go ass over tit at the top, but i suppose i should get on with it and learn. also i've gotten away with never using a drag lift on a snowboard so better get used to that to!

this year i have:

got my the tops of my boots stuck under the seat thus throwing me on the floor so i had to duck the next chair and makin me look like a total tool!

then a couple of days later i decided to try and get the better of the lift by jumping off early, this didnt work either as the snow wasnt compacted so i sunk, leaving my head at just the right height to get whalloped round the back of the head by the next chair lift, thus leaving me concussed and bleeding. but most distressing of all i lost my cool! :P

[abbe]

haha we all do it from time to time no matter how good...or bad.
However their will always be one mean **** hanging around with a camera to catch those perfect moments
well done whoever took those photos, nice one!

[Orangejuicepunk]

I worked at a ski resort as a liftie and spent most of the day picking people up as they fell off my lift... you should've seen some of the crazy things that went down this season!!! I havent fallen off a chair lift in years, but I did have a bit of an accident of the rope tow... bars at the top of the mountain are the worst idea ever, are really supposed to be able to ride back down drunk and not get hurt!?!?!

[snowboardnguy90]

i've never used a rope tow... all they have at mountain creek and hunter are lifts, and a gondola at creek.

if you fall off of a gondola i don't think you ahve the coordination to be snowboarding at all =P

[Clash360]

haha did you just stand there and take pics of people falling, haha i love it.

[SuperKat]

Wow...I didn't know there were so many responses to this thread!
Yep, it was the beginner slope at Mountaincreek and I was at the top waiting for my sister and I was bored so I just started shooting.
I'll do it again this season if you guys want!
Later,
Kat

[deeAnna]

haha i love it too! we've all been there...you know whats weird? i am goofy but i used to get off the chairlift regular...my friends and other people were like thats really weird....has anyone else ever done that? now i just get off the chairlift goofy since i figure i might as well since i am goofy.

[Jart]

haha i love it too! we've all been there...you know whats weird? i am goofy but i used to get off the chairlift regular...my friends and other people were like thats really weird....has anyone else ever done that? now i just get off the chairlift goofy since i figure i might as well since i am goofy.

That's actually pretty common..

Last season was my first year and I would ALLWAYS fall off the lift. I hated the damn lift. I would get the wind knocked out of me almost every time. Now this season has been better. heh

[deeAnna]

That's actually pretty common..

Last season was my first year and I would ALLWAYS fall off the lift. I hated the damn lift. I would get the wind knocked out of me almost every time. Now this season has been better. heh

^you mean its common that people get off the chairlift the opposite of what they are? well i geuss i didn't know it was common...my friends that snowboard just tell that its weird that i do that...but i'm glad i'm not the only one that does that, or did haha. good job on improvement on the chairlift! it takes awhile for some to get the hang of the chairlift!

[Matt Carl]

i usually do that when the lift stops right when i get off because i use the lifts motion as a push an it helps alot

[kreator]

if you cant even get off a lift
you shouldnt f*cking be snowboarding
i mean come on
ya my first few times i fell
but i mean like come on dont even bother

[Jart]

if you cant even get off a lift
you shouldnt f*cking be snowboarding
i mean come on
ya my first few times i fell
but i mean like come on dont even bother


Your sayin people who fall off the lift shouldn't be boarding? Dude why would you even say that riding is fun and why the hell would it matter if someone has trouble getting off the lift.. so what? Some people just aren't told how to get off properly and that's usually the problem. Let em ride.

[thejebidiah]

every one has to start somewhere.. your basically saying that if you fall off the lift, then turn in your board and stop trying..

falling off the lift happens, but should stop when you get good.. if someone is still falling off the lift after 3 years or more, then they need to start going more, and stop putting there feet on the ground as soon as the hit the snow..

[dirtyjerz]

me and my friends still fal off the lift and still piss our pants laughing who cares wat ppl think its absolutely hysterical

[get me out of GA]

The only times its a problem with me is when at the end of the lift they have a steep hill, so if you cant skate that well you are going on your ass.

On flat ground its no big deal, but when you get a ton of sped getting off and cant control yourself skating very well, its hello snow, meet my ass........

[Chello0o]

thats great! im deff going to do that sometime

[deeAnna]

every one has to start somewhere.. your basically saying that if you fall off the lift, then turn in your board and stop trying..

falling off the lift happens, but should stop when you get good.. if someone is still falling off the lift after 3 years or more, then they need to start going more, and stop putting there feet on the ground as soon as the hit the snow..


i agree with you about how everyone has to start somewhere!don't quit if you keep falling, just keep on practicing! don't give up on a fun sport!

and i also agree that after 3 years one should probably have a good grasp on getting off the lift! i only fell a couple times off the chairlift during my first year of snowboarding....but then there were those other times where i have fallen because of other people. like this one time a kid ate it and wouldn't move and there was no going around because i was in the middle...so i just dropped....i would never want to hit a kid! everyone was screaming get up, but that didn't really work....and then one time when i was trying to get on the chairlift the ground was so icy that i slipped, and the guy stopped the lift just in time for the chair to catch me.....and my friend grabbed me and pulled me up on the seat. talk about being quick on their feet. i barely made it!it was scary... has that ever happened to anyone?

[grimjack1971]

[quote=deeAnna;167345]i agree with you about how everyone has to start somewhere!don't quit if you keep falling, just keep on practicing! don't give up on a fun sport!
quote]

I think I wrote this before, but I've been riding for close to 15 years and I STILL fall off the damn lift. It happens, especially with snowboards. I miss the days of control straps on the inside of the board. My old Sims had one, and it helped alot.

[Proximate Platypus]

I've had one or two close calls getting on the lift, haha.. :P
But doesn't everyone fall getting off the lift once in a while, regardless of their level? I fall maybe once or twice per day I go up on my stomp padless board. Not huge fumbles like way back when, so it's not a big deal I guess.

[deeAnna]

[quote=deeAnna;167345]i agree with you about how everyone has to start somewhere!don't quit if you keep falling, just keep on practicing! don't give up on a fun sport!
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I think I wrote this before, but I've been riding for close to 15 years and I STILL fall off the damn lift. It happens, especially with snowboards. I miss the days of control straps on the inside of the board. My old Sims had one, and it helped alot.

oh well i don't fall anymore....well i haven't fallen in a really loooong time so i hope it stays that way, but stuff happens....i will prolly fall now since i just said that...knock on wood.

[burton brder]

i just don't want to fall off when i'm riding the lift I have the whole gettong off thing mastered but it amazes me that, that little line holds up so many people

[Chello0o]

i just don't want to fall off when i'm riding the lift I have the whole gettong off thing mastered but it amazes me that, that little line holds up so many people


I read that WAY too fast and saw "getting off" and "masturbate"

[thejebidiah]

lol...

i can see how that happened.. lol

[deeAnna]

lol...

i can see how that happened.. lol

me too...thats funny haha

[cynicalRider]

yeh so workin at a resort now and i dont see people fall gettin off as much as people fall getting on. some of the people that are those skiers and boarders who come once a year are just retarded. there is a wait here sign for a reason! people try to rush it and get nailed with the lift! and then i have to stop the damn thing and reset the box. we had one kid fall off and one of our guys made a divin catch for him. it was one of the best football plays ever.

[board_chicky]

I always seem to fall not as much as b4. I have been going for awhile now but not always concitent. When i put my foot on the board it slips off and i get nervous and put my foot on the snow and wam fall down. I sucks. I am sure ppl take pics of me cause i would lol.

[jon1976]

I honestly hate chair lifts but there a neccessary evil!

I've never rd up with the board on my feet cos i know ill go ass over tit at the top, but i suppose i should get on with it and learn. also i've gotten away with never using a drag lift on a snowboard so better get used to that to!

this year i have:

got my the tops of my boots stuck under the seat thus throwing me on the floor so i had to duck the next chair and makin me look like a total tool!

then a couple of days later i decided to try and get the better of the lift by jumping off early, this didnt work either as the snow wasnt compacted so i sunk, leaving my head at just the right height to get whalloped round the back of the head by the next chair lift, thus leaving me concussed and bleeding. but most distressing of all i lost my cool! :P

I am laughing at this guy so hard that I can't breathe. I know this is an old one, but seriously man....

The only times its a problem with me is when at the end of the lift they have a steep hill, so if you cant skate that well you are going on your ass.

On flat ground its no big deal, but when you get a ton of sped getting off and cant control yourself skating very well, its hello snow, meet my ass........

Are you kidding? Steep...flat, there is no difference. Plant your foot on the deck against the binding and lean forward. You will be amazed at how easy it is to not fall. Just act like you have your foot strapped in. It's the same thing basically. You can still carve and control your board without your foot in the binding.

[get me out of GA]

Well when your boot is sliding off, and not to mention the boot is much larger than the waist of your board, so your heel and toe are digging into snow it becomes a problem, but you are right thats its not as hard as it seems.

[Jutty]

i freak out when im on a quad chair packed...since i dont know how the others are going to handle it...and im usually stuck in the middle giving the gf the outside seat...so i panic and sometimes fall...but i try to get up and push off the lift to get ahead of the others on the chair.

[jon1976]

Well when your boot is sliding off, and not to mention the boot is much larger than the waist of your board, so your heel and toe are digging into snow it becomes a problem, but you are right thats its not as hard as it seems.

You aren't one of these cats that refuses to use a stomp are ya? Get a good stomp that has plastic spikes...doesn't have to be huge. Dakine makes good ones like that. Also, push off from the chair. Don't let the chair push you.

You probably already know this....but...line your hips up as you're nearing the off-load. (You should be able to swivle your hip around...pretty much like when you are skating on flat. You aren't hop chopping are you?) Get your foot over the deck ...stomp pad or none...before your board even touches the snow. This way when it does, you just stand up and push away with mostly your hand, but also a little with the side of your knee as you are standing. Mostly your hand though. Go speed racer. That simple. Carve around the ding-a-lings.

No one should be crashing getting off the lift if they have been riding for more than 20 days. If that.

[board_chicky]

the stomp pad makes a huge diff? I dont have one of thouse maybe then my foot wont slide. My boots are too small also and i think they are jsut as wide as my board.

[get me out of GA]

Nah, I only fall when its super steep cause I am bad at trying to come to a stop with only one foot on.

Yeah I pretty much refuse to get a stomp pad, even if it may help. Its just when I lean back to stop my foot usually comes off and yea know... **** happens. Up to that point I am good and I already do what you say.

[jon1976]

favor your front foot a little more, while keeping your weight almost centered. You can still rock with out a stomp, but you have to "feel" things more. ie feel if you are about to back foot banana peel.

I'd say get a stomp if I was yous.

[jon1976]

the stomp pad makes a huge diff? I dont have one of thouse maybe then my foot wont slide. My boots are too small also and i think they are jsut as wide as my board.

Yes it will help you tremendously. IMO, no beginners shouldn't have one. When you say that your boots are too small, do you mean for your feet? That's not good.

[board_chicky]

Yes it will help you tremendously. IMO, no beginners shouldn't have one. When you say that your boots are too small, do you mean for your feet? That's not good.

Ya for my feet. I have smaller feet and they felt fine when I bought them but now they hurt my feet after awhile. I am gonna try the stomp pad and I hope that will work, as well as getting new boots.

[jon1976]

Good deal, and I think that Dragon was helping you out in another thread....that paired with the stomp pad and boots that are working with your feet rather than ailing them, will definitely make things much better.

Plus with boots that fit well, your feet will stay warmer. Better circulation.

[AlphanumeriK]

It's all funny till people start stopping the lift every 2 seconds

[board_chicky]

Yes he was helping me and thanx I am going to get new boots this week. My feet sometimes feel numb after awile so that is not good.