oragejuice
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Gangster pants. Big baggy trendy... yeah.
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Ski slang.
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oragejuice
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Sometimes. Yeah. Mine fit perfectly though.
skimomma24
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Re: "flat light," everyone's favorite 
-- there's a mid-winter phenomenon at my resort, Sugarloaf, that's (non) affectionately referred to as "blue light." Which, basically, is flat light, see you one, raise you two.
The mountain is clearly a "cone" with a ridge to the west. At winter solstice, and for at least a month beyond, the sun never crests the mountain or ridge in the afternoon. So starting at about 1-1:30 p.m., the entire mountain goes blue-dark. If it were lit for night skiing, it would be dark enough for lights to go on!
Talk about skiing by braille! At least there is some daylight when there's flat light! Not in this case. Wow.
By mid-Feb, the sun is again high enough to crest the ridge. And by early March, it has crested the summit, so it's sunny again everywhere.
But in December and January.....the locals call out "blue light special." Very strange phenomenon. The mountain virtually empties. Will have to take a pic of it this winter.
-- there's a mid-winter phenomenon at my resort, Sugarloaf, that's (non) affectionately referred to as "blue light." Which, basically, is flat light, see you one, raise you two. The mountain is clearly a "cone" with a ridge to the west. At winter solstice, and for at least a month beyond, the sun never crests the mountain or ridge in the afternoon. So starting at about 1-1:30 p.m., the entire mountain goes blue-dark. If it were lit for night skiing, it would be dark enough for lights to go on!
Talk about skiing by braille! At least there is some daylight when there's flat light! Not in this case. Wow.
By mid-Feb, the sun is again high enough to crest the ridge. And by early March, it has crested the summit, so it's sunny again everywhere.
But in December and January.....the locals call out "blue light special." Very strange phenomenon. The mountain virtually empties. Will have to take a pic of it this winter.
skigrl27
Ski Diva Extraordinaire<br>Legal & Environmental A
GAPER
Ok ladies...I'm in Aspen and well, gaper is simply a necessary term.
They're everywhere - and it comes from (like said previously) people who stand in something or someone's way (streets, trails, wherever) staring, mouth ajar, with blank and clueless looks on their faces.
Gaper = one who gapes.
Definitions of gape on the Web:
goggle: look with amazement; look stupidly
an expression of openmouthed astonishment
be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
See...it's totally legit!!!
Ok ladies...I'm in Aspen and well, gaper is simply a necessary term.
They're everywhere - and it comes from (like said previously) people who stand in something or someone's way (streets, trails, wherever) staring, mouth ajar, with blank and clueless looks on their faces.
Gaper = one who gapes.
Definitions of gape on the Web:
goggle: look with amazement; look stupidly
an expression of openmouthed astonishment
be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
See...it's totally legit!!!
dloveski
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It's been a long time...
since last winter and I forget some of our "host" terms......
Slang terms that come to mind.....
Face shots
Freshies
Stashes (post-pow day caches of untracked soft stuff)
Skanky (odoriferous boarder or host coat about March 15)
Pow pow or poodlay a.k.a. "sick day"
Snake a run (sneak away from duties)
FOG (fat/f*&@# old guy/girl)
BB a.k.a. Boarder Brat
since last winter and I forget some of our "host" terms......
Slang terms that come to mind.....
Face shots
Freshies
Stashes (post-pow day caches of untracked soft stuff)
Skanky (odoriferous boarder or host coat about March 15)
Pow pow or poodlay a.k.a. "sick day"
Snake a run (sneak away from duties)
FOG (fat/f*&@# old guy/girl)
BB a.k.a. Boarder Brat
Kiragirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
eh? I'm looking forward to the meaning of that one!
And re Gaper, I've heard it all over, not on ski slopes, meaning an outsider, or as previously mentioned, one who gapes looking at new things such as tall buildings, the beach (due to being an outsider)
my all-time favorite (I think it's slang) is:
WIPE OUT
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Affectionately borrowed/stolen from surfing!
How about:
YARD SALE?
Seems very "mountain-sport-specific!"
ignortion is apt on at least two different types of skiing.
Don't like moguls -ignore em thats active ignortion
afraid to drop off a cornice or the run is just tooooooo darn steep, practise slope ignortion
but you still have to do it.
how about spindrift?
the visible snow blowing off the tops of the mts
Don't like moguls -ignore em thats active ignortion
afraid to drop off a cornice or the run is just tooooooo darn steep, practise slope ignortion
but you still have to do it.
how about spindrift?
the visible snow blowing off the tops of the mts
Kiragirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
My tele friend informed me this weekend that "going to the darkside" also refers to a telemarker giving in and buying AT gear. I told him he could call me Darth fuggin' Vader.
