Wipe-out etiquette

Trencher wrote:

Tony_H wrote:


Its also obvious from what Smarty said it was not just the other guys fault, but that he was rude and negligent. I may have pointed that out to him if it was me.

Civility goes out the window when you've got the mates of someone who's out of their depth who has just ploughed into you shouting at you telling you you're the problem.

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Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:The 10th FIS rule is that following an accident everyone involved including witnesses should exchange names and addresses:

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/fisgeneralrules/10fisrules.html

Ally

The FIS rules are guidelines only and not enforceable.

There are not "enforceable" until collision results in injury to one or both parties involved. When I see people skiing too close to me I tell them off and I don't care if they are beginners. Being a beginner doesn't mean someone can ski in his own bubble and disregard safety rules.

verbier_ski_bum wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:The 10th FIS rule is that following an accident everyone involved including witnesses should exchange names and addresses:

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/fisgeneralrules/10fisrules.html

Ally

The FIS rules are guidelines only and not enforceable.

There are not "enforceable" until collision results in injury to one or both parties involved. When I see people skiing too close to me I tell them off and I don't care if they are beginners. Being a beginner doesn't mean someone can ski in his own bubble and disregard safety rules.

When I was stretchered off in VT, the Police attended and I was asked if I wanted to bring a charge of assault against the woman who ran into me and broke my collarbone.

The Skiers Code is printed on most lift maps and usually prominently displayed at lift stations. Purchasing a ticket obliges you to meet the co.'s t&c's. A Court will use the Skier's Code to determine who is at fault as both parties are deemed to know about it.

bandit wrote:

verbier_ski_bum wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:The 10th FIS rule is that following an accident everyone involved including witnesses should exchange names and addresses:

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/fisgeneralrules/10fisrules.html

Ally

The FIS rules are guidelines only and not enforceable.

There are not "enforceable" until collision results in injury to one or both parties involved. When I see people skiing too close to me I tell them off and I don't care if they are beginners. Being a beginner doesn't mean someone can ski in his own bubble and disregard safety rules.

When I was stretchered off in VT, the Police attended and I was asked if I wanted to bring a charge of assault against the woman who ran into me and broke my collarbone.

The Skiers Code is printed on most lift maps and usually prominently displayed at lift stations. Purchasing a ticket obliges you to meet the co.'s t&c's. A Court will use the Skier's Code to determine who is at fault as both parties are deemed to know about it.

I will be surprised at the way people ski that any of them know the skier code :evil:

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:

verbier_ski_bum wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:The 10th FIS rule is that following an accident everyone involved including witnesses should exchange names and addresses:

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/insidefis/fisgeneralrules/10fisrules.html

Ally

The FIS rules are guidelines only and not enforceable.

There are not "enforceable" until collision results in injury to one or both parties involved. When I see people skiing too close to me I tell them off and I don't care if they are beginners. Being a beginner doesn't mean someone can ski in his own bubble and disregard safety rules.

When I was stretchered off in VT, the Police attended and I was asked if I wanted to bring a charge of assault against the woman who ran into me and broke my collarbone.

The Skiers Code is printed on most lift maps and usually prominently displayed at lift stations. Purchasing a ticket obliges you to meet the co.'s t&c's. A Court will use the Skier's Code to determine who is at fault as both parties are deemed to know about it.

I will be surprised at the way people ski that any of them know the skier code :evil:

They propably do but they don't take them seriously and sometimes they get rude awakening. I saw last year a scene when a girl about 18 hit a 9-10 year boy and how seriously it got very fast. her parents who tried to turn everything into joke looked clearly shaken when two instructors asked them to leave details and told them when they tried to say something about 50-50 that there can't possible be 50-50 when one person is standing in a lift line and another one skiing and hitting him fron behind. The boy was OK so it ended there, but hopefully those people realised that posters with the code are not there just for decoration. You can ski recklessly as much as you like but once you cause an accident it may be not very different from causing an accident on a road.

I would like to see ski police with the balls to say " Come here sunshine I'm taking away your ski pass" wouldn't that be loverly .... I feel a song comming on :twisted:

there have been ski police in Italy for years and coming back from 3V last week i notice may posters on the lift pylons advising of piste patrolers and the penalties..so something is happening...One of the reasons I am not keen on helmets is that it restricts your awareness....mind you people tend to ski round me as I am 6'4" and 115k

The only wipe out that I've seen so far was in the fridge at Castleford Xscape!

We were there last year for a couple of hours summer skiing practice. A group of 3 or 4 'lads', probably in the 14 to 15 year old range were having a great time, skiing backwards, doing little jumps over ramps etc. No problem with that...but they were certainly not accomplished skiers and didn't seem to be totally in control. Anyway, the inevitable happened. One of the yooooths, leapt off a ramp, landed out of control and careered straight through the orange netting and wiped out a family group doing some sledging towards the bottom of the slope. No one injured as far as I could see. Interestingly there was no sign of an apology from the boy, he and his pals thought the whole thing to be a joke. No input from the staff as well. It doesn't take that much speed on snow to send people flying in all directions.....