Another snowboarder vs skier fight

[TheArchitect]

Violent Altercation Between A Skier And Snowboarders @ Mount Snow

An altercation between a father and snowboarders turned violent just outside of the liftline at Mount Snow. This video sent to us from one of our

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If you slow down the video you can hear the short snowboarder say "you turned right in front of me" before the tall snowboarder throws the skier headfirst into the ground.

 

[Tom K.]

Skier: I'm sorry, I forgot to put the eyes in the back of my head this morning........

I can only see forward.........

But at least I can see right AND left!

 

[RobSN]

Why (tf) were ski patrol not notified: there are a whole load of passes that should be pulled, probably permanently ...

 

[KingGrump]

Dude. You're in my line.

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

It's so ridiculous. Whatever happened to self control?

 

[chris_the_wrench]

Body slam and a broken pole. Covid tempers are real.

 

[Fuller]

If you're going to throw down - get out of your skis!

The same advice goes for road bike altercations, get out of your cleats before you go mental!

 

[Scrundy]

Kids being kids, a dame to impress probably didn’t help. I remember when I had hormones raging...that was a long time ago.

 

[Average Joe]

Violent Altercation Between A Skier And Snowboarders @ Mount Snow

An altercation between a father and snowboarders turned violent just outside of the liftline at Mount Snow. This video sent to us from one of our

unofficialnetworks.com

If you slow down the video you can hear the short snowboarder say "you turned right in front of me" before the tall snowboarder throws the skier headfirst into the ground.

Of course, we all know that skiers must always yield to snowboarders at all times.

 

[KevinF]

As if I needed another reason to avoid Mt. Snow...

 

[Snowfan]

Tae kwon do and Jiu-jitsu are great exercise. They teach you NOT to fight unless necessary, like to defend someone being bullied or assaulted. Just jump in if words fail and end it before anyone hurts someone. "Tough guys" and big mouths are cowards.

 

[François Pugh]

Tae kwon do and Jiu-jitsu are great exercise. They teach you NOT to fight unless necessary, like to defend someone being bullied or assaulted. Just jump in if words fail and end it before anyone hurts someone. "Tough guys" and big mouths are cowards.

LOL, I used to have a savior complex, but I eventually realized it wasn't my job to save the whole world. Now, it's "Not my circus; not my monkeys", unless something really outrageous is going down. Still, when I see someone bullying someone else, and that someone appears to have enjoyed the benefit of being bigger and stronger and pushing folk around for many years, it get's my goat. These days, I only hope they will pick on me. If I'm fortunate I'll outgrow that too, before I lose all my ability to defend myself.

 

[fatbob]

And VVS thrown into the crime mix. Some NY attitude being thrown into the mix given the Nets jersey tall guy is wearing?

 

[AtleB]

There was a violent altercation at my home resort this weekend, between two groups of skiers, where one individual ended up with a hospital visit.
Idiots are idiots wether they ski or snowboard, and drunk idiots even more so..

 

[Tony Storaro]

No bueno...

 

[anders_nor]

Skier DIN was .. 4? :p

 

[oldschoolskier]

Couple of things, the guy slammed looks 60+ old, examples why for the looser bindings, lucky for him actually.

If that was in Canada, Assault would be one charge and the other would be Intentional or Unintentional harm of a Senior, which is a Federal Charge.

Personally I glad the skier didn’t react as the boarder could be impaled and serious injured with a broken pole.

I would be filing charges, ski patrol or not.

 

[oldschoolskier]

LOL, I used to have a savior complex, but I eventually realized it wasn't my job to save the whole world. Now, it's "Not my circus; not my monkeys", unless something really outrageous is going down. Still, when I see someone bullying someone else, and that someone appears to have enjoyed the benefit of being bigger and stronger and pushing folk around for many years, it get's my goat. These days, I only hope they will pick on me. If I'm fortunate I'll outgrow that too, before I lose all my ability to defend myself.

You and me both, brother.

 

[ADKmel]

Ridiculous- I've been hearing more about rage in lift lines at Gore. The anti maskers beating up maskers that ask them to mask up and not be the reason to end our season- people going fist to cuff and out right fights over who had the ROW on the trail or in line! CRAZY!

The sad thing is (like in this video) NOT ONE STAFF Person from the Mt comes to stop or help the situation (s). Perhaps If Staff would Take away tickets and boot them off the mountain others will think twice- I know, Sadly bullies rarely think, they just react.

 

[fatbob]

Couple of things, the guy slammed looks 60+ old, examples why for the looser bindings, lucky for him actually.

Well if we're speculating as to facts maybe the guy did come from behind and cut right in front of the boarder. It's not unknown, happened to me when I was a relatively new boarder, skier carrying a bit more speed as you slow up towards a lift maze sneaks by your blindside and cuts you off. As I got more experienced I learnt it was going to happen anyway and just be chill.

I'm not saying that's what went down but realistically all you can tell from this sort of video is one or both parties are angry about something. And this thread alone provides examples of some of the "get off my lawn" biases that older skiers have about snowboarders.

The throwdown is bizzare and probably is assault. What's not clear is what causes dude 3 to rush in first for a bit of a bump before tall guy throws him on the ground. Something the vic said triggered them?