0151 0 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Whats you experience with patrol in places other than Japan? How do they compare with what you have experienced here? Don't particularly want this to become a slangfest, but interested to hear any comments. Link to post Share on other sites
rigor mortis 0 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 in new zealand ive never struck them. however when i went boarding there i never went too far from the groomed slopes. Japan seems to have heaps of out of bounds areas. didnt notice much in NZ. I think it mostly comes down to japan being over-cautious and NZ being under-cautious. Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 No negative interaction in Whistler/Blackcomb, in fact found them to be rather helpful with information. Had a patrol dude at Sunshine Village approach my posse when we were hiking an in-bounds kicker, because our stack of packs looked like a dead body. He was cool when he found out what we were doing - I think he was mostly concerned that we weren't constructing a hazard. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Actually I hardly noticed much patrol in Japan at all the times we have been there. Certainly not many and looking back at times we went for days without noticing anything. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I don't usually notice many. Perhaps we should have a handy list of friendly and not-so-friendly resorts. Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 The ones we've experienced in J-Land were always well-mannered and professional - communication skills sometimes lacking but we're the fly-ins after all. Similarly, the same goes for Oz, USA, Canada and NZ. At the end of the day, they know we're out there for fun, and their aim is to maintain enjoyment for all users. Link to post Share on other sites
ortwin 0 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 No patrol here in Austria Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 No patrol? Who does all the maintenance/safety stuff? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 The Austrian patrol were all driven off by brave German snowboarders. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Are they snowboarders because they are laying all across the run that the skiers are trying to get get down? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Classic picture and a first class response from Beanie. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 it would be good if skiers carried bayonets to stab any snowboarder sitting down in the middle of the run. Being a boarder, I would carry a bayonet too, actually a bazooka would be better to blow the **** out of the skiers standing on top of the [enter feature here] that I want to jump Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 touche Kuma! I totally agree! Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 the other day, I was on my last run of the day and I want to hit a little cutout to practice my grab open 180s. Final run, final hit so I definitely wanted to hit it well to go home with a smile on my face. To my chagrin, a lady skier came and stopped at the top. Damn, I thought, I have to wait til she moves. Then...oh no! why is she unbuckling her skis????? and digging through her backpack and.....getting a video camera out??? I look upslope and see the dad and a little kid doing the slowest snowplough down the slope. OMFG what is this nightmare???I was determined to wait it out though so I stayed put. then when the kid finally made it, the mom pulled out some snacks and they all had some. Then the kid and the dad went off and she filmed them from behind! I couldn't wait any more and went for it. I ended up jumping right in front of the camera and I gave her the finger as I landed the 180 and yelled 'asoko abunai, boke!'. I was so pissed. so now this lady has a video of her little kid doing its first turns on skis and then a gaijin flies across the screen giving the finger and screaming. I love internationalization! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 >'asoko abunai, boke!' Nice touch but a bit too soft dont you think? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Kuma do you land switch after the 180 or jump switch? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 class kuma! Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 i can do both but here's the explanation: open 180 = regular to switch halfcab = switch to regular Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Then I can do halfcab but open 180 is out of the question for the time being. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 a bit soft? I don't know. There's a limit to some people's understanding of why standing at the top of a jump or sitting behind a ridge is dangerous. Yelling at them on the way by doesn't really enlighten them I don't think. They prob think 'what a prick' Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Boke's a perfectly acceptable insult in western Japan, if I remember correctly. Oh, and skiers standing at the top of jumps and ridges are annoying.. and I'm a skier Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Never heard boke, is that a variation on baka? same meaning? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 boke comes from boketeru. You use that word for example when a picture is out of focus. boke is kind of like country bumpkin tsondaboy, it's really quite easy as you can start with just landing 90 degrees on flat land. It's harder to do that on backsides since you will prob catch an edge. find a mogul or a convex roll and practice, practice practice Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Love that pic there! Do people say "inakajin" for that (country bumpkin) as well? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 not really. at least not where I am since we are all bumpkins here! Link to post Share on other sites
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