Personally, I would not give my personal details to anyone on the slopes. What is the point?
Later in you find your ski are trashed, where is it going to get you phoning me? You have insurance for that. It's not like we are driving?
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No matter what she looked like ????
Agreed.
Later on you find that bruise on your hip is actually a fracture, and even with insurance you are going to be out of pocket big time.
There may be criminal repercussions for leaving the scene of an injurious accident.
I have to say I am in complete agreement with this ...however there are exceptions notably when a boarder on his back edge jumps onto the piste (off the lip) with his back to you i.e. not looking uphill ..What can you do? very nasty incident here last year involving this action
P.S. This is not a dig at boarders in any way could be a skier but the stance on a board makes you more "uphill blind"
Not sure about the last part if your statement, is this more likely in the litigation keen opposite side of the Atlantic? 'Where's there's blame there's a claim...'
In Europe I have never seen such warnings, I am sure if there was a chance of that there would be warnings.
I would never give out details, it presents an.opportunity for people to hunt you down
Until it becomes law, like driving, I will never be doing it.
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Started by Smartski in Ski Chatter 14-Mar-2012 - 60 Replies
Iceman
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OldAndy
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Iceman wrote:Personally, I would not give my personal details to anyone on the slopes.
No matter what she looked like ????
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Iceman
reply to 'Wipe-out etiquette ' posted Mar-2012
Well......
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Smartski
reply to 'Wipe-out etiquette ' posted Mar-2012
Iceman wrote:Personally, I would not give my personal details to anyone on the slopes. What is the point?
Later in you find your ski are trashed, where is it going to get you phoning me? You have insurance for that. It's not like we are driving?
Agreed.
if I'm not skiing then I'm kayaking.
Trencher
reply to 'Wipe-out etiquette ' posted Mar-2012
Iceman wrote:Personally, I would not give my personal details to anyone on the slopes. What is the point?
Later in you find your ski are trashed, where is it going to get you phoning me? You have insurance for that. It's not like we are driving?
Later on you find that bruise on your hip is actually a fracture, and even with insurance you are going to be out of pocket big time.
There may be criminal repercussions for leaving the scene of an injurious accident.
because I'm so inclined .....
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Scapula
reply to 'Wipe-out etiquette ' posted Mar-2012
OldAndy wrote:His fault Smartski - plain and simple.
In all conditions, no matter what the lower skier does - uphill skiers gives way.
However daft, unpredictable, plain crazy is the "route" of the lower skier - uphill gives way and avoids.
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I have to say I am in complete agreement with this ...however there are exceptions notably when a boarder on his back edge jumps onto the piste (off the lip) with his back to you i.e. not looking uphill ..What can you do? very nasty incident here last year involving this action
P.S. This is not a dig at boarders in any way could be a skier but the stance on a board makes you more "uphill blind"
its all going rapidly downhill!
Iceman
reply to 'Wipe-out etiquette ' posted Mar-2012
Trencher wrote:Iceman wrote:Personally, I would not give my personal details to anyone on the slopes. What is the point?
Later in you find your ski are trashed, where is it going to get you phoning me? You have insurance for that. It's not like we are driving?
Later on you find that bruise on your hip is actually a fracture, and even with insurance you are going to be out of pocket big time.
There may be criminal repercussions for leaving the scene of an injurious accident.
Not sure about the last part if your statement, is this more likely in the litigation keen opposite side of the Atlantic? 'Where's there's blame there's a claim...'
In Europe I have never seen such warnings, I am sure if there was a chance of that there would be warnings.
I would never give out details, it presents an.opportunity for people to hunt you down
Until it becomes law, like driving, I will never be doing it.
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
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AllyG
reply to 'Wipe-out etiquette ' posted Mar-2012
If you are out of control what are you supposed to do to warn people below you?
That awful time I fell flat on my back in a lesson on a red run and whooshed downhill really fast totally out of control I just yelled blue murder (well it was very scary!) hoping that anyone below would hear me and get out of the way.
I suppose, legally, if I'd hit anyone it would have been my fault but morally it was just an accident - I mean I wasn't planning on falling over and hitting anyone. And I didn't know how to stop myself. And it wasn't like I was on a slope beyond my capability - I just did something wrong - goodness only knows what!
So, in Smartski's original story I would say that the 'learner' shouldn't have been on a red slope if he really was a 'learner' (depending on what standard of 'learner' he was) but that if he was out of control he couldn't avoid Smartski so it was an accident. But he and his friend shouldn't have tried to blame Smartski for it, as he was the lower skier. And I would have thought that legally, if there had been any damage/injury the other skier would have been liable for it.
Ally
That awful time I fell flat on my back in a lesson on a red run and whooshed downhill really fast totally out of control I just yelled blue murder (well it was very scary!) hoping that anyone below would hear me and get out of the way.
I suppose, legally, if I'd hit anyone it would have been my fault but morally it was just an accident - I mean I wasn't planning on falling over and hitting anyone. And I didn't know how to stop myself. And it wasn't like I was on a slope beyond my capability - I just did something wrong - goodness only knows what!
So, in Smartski's original story I would say that the 'learner' shouldn't have been on a red slope if he really was a 'learner' (depending on what standard of 'learner' he was) but that if he was out of control he couldn't avoid Smartski so it was an accident. But he and his friend shouldn't have tried to blame Smartski for it, as he was the lower skier. And I would have thought that legally, if there had been any damage/injury the other skier would have been liable for it.
Ally
Topic last updated on 15-March-2012 at 16:25