How To Ride Old Chairlifts on a Snowboard
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There is a much more practical way to get on these chairs. Yes they are fixed to the cable and don't slow down. But you can completely kill their speed and momentum with your hand if you put your hand out behind you and let your had take the impact (instead of your legs), the chair's speed is radically reduced, this is when you sit on it, then it will swing back to full speed having scooped you up if you sat down as it was practically static.
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I have also found that you can give hand signals to the lift tech at the top to slow down - a big thing I have noticed is folks don't let the momentum of the chair give you the push - they try and push hard off of it, and the chair just swings back and they go no where - I let the chair do the work
in Kimberley its thumbs down to slow down
100%
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Thanks for coming to Kimberley Kevin and Yanick, it was great to meet you guys! We love our old chairs. I hope you managed to get some laps in the park too.
Just went to Baldy. Needed this 2 days ago.
My bad
We have single person chairlift that is just wooden slats in a metal frame, it is called the cliffhanger and can be daunting for new snowboarders. But I love it, its just adds to the experience of snowboarding in Scotland
Like the pizza boxes in Japan?
What resort is that?
is that in Glencoe?
Is the season predictable in Scotland, and what’s generally the best month to go? There are no resorts in Ireland and always having to go to mainland Europe is expensive and a hassle!
@@shanedavid9923 I've heard you cant book too far in advance, like 3 days out 🤣 although ive never tried
Worth flicking your rear binding highback down as these chairs can be really low and the binding can catch under the chair when you sit. Also worth crouching slightly and catching the front of the seat with your hands.
Spot on, also if the clearance between ground and chair is low, then wait a few seconds before pulling the safety bar down, until the embarkment area is cleared, as board could get stuck if not careful
Majority of lifts at Liberty in Pennsylvania are fixed like this
This is all we have at my home hill and what I learned on I didn’t even know the new ones stop that’s pretty cool lmao
These things are all over the place in most European resorts. I prefer them to the automatic bars on some new ones, but nothing beats the ones with heated seats
You wanna see old sketchy lifts…check out ski bowl on Mt hood!
That one is nice compared to the ones hanging from the middle lol
I am a ski instructor. There is a thumb down gesture that every lifty understands. Just establish an eye contact with the lift supervisor and show him/her thumb down. They will slow the lift for you. Is it Kimberley BC in the video?
Thanks for the tip
It was so awesome to meet you there! Did you ever get the chance to ride black forrest lol
I actually like how the old ones shoot you out at the end. My local mountain here doesn't even have a safety bar.
yah! some really slow down and stop the momentum
Same I even push off of them with my hand to get the most speed out of it that I can
Love these man. Fasts all lift chairs do give me anxiety. Also the video quality looks great.
Kids today…
theres chairlifts that arent like this?!?
Oh wow, when were you at Kimberley?
These are what I had to learn on because it’s all we have at my home mountain 😅 sometimes I feel like I’m riding a bull
Steven’s ski area here in Washington has a chairlift that is so sketchy to ride. Doesn’t have much of a cage around you nor the sides and the only place to hold on to for stability is the poll itself which is attached to the cable. On top of that the drop off at the top is sooooo freaking steep it’s not even worth it for me to hit that chair again
lol imeediately thoght of that chair too. its kerrs chair
@@xxURUHAxx lmao yes that one! Literally shat myself after going on that chair this past Friday lol
@@Table_Topper_Tony when you're new its super scary lol. After riding that I'm good on all lifts lol. It literally yeets you out the top and it's steep af off the lift.
Like, literally literally? That sucks, dude.
@@NateBuczacz maybe just a tute
Bogus basin has some old chair lifts lol
Welcome to Kimberley 🤙
safety bar? what is that :P
Most of Kirkwood's lifts are like that. Once in awhile, the liftie doesn't slow the chair down enough. I always use my hand now as an extra safety net to slow the chair just in case the liftie messes up.
I learned on these lol
We only have these in Michigan. I was like wym old ski lift lol
My buddy met you in kimberly! He had a 686 jacket
The biggest mistake I see people do is holding onto the chair for too long as they’re getting off, causing them to get swung around as the chair goes around the bull-wheel.
I know what you’re saying and agree. But there is also a sweet spot for me using the lift’s speed to my advantage, as long as the back foot is on the board and board is on a flat base, the lift’s momentum can assist, if needed
That's the only type of chairlift I've every seen 🤔
The lifts around me must be super old cause we don't even have safety bars
Ive never been on any other type. Mine doesnt even have a security bar
I have never gotten the hang of the old chairlift, but I have built a little technique that doesn’t hurt me 😂. So I’ll get off and immediately crouch down on my board and just slide on down😂😂😂
The lift operator is supposed to bump the chair for you. However, some lifties are lazy and don't do that so the chair will hit you right in the calf. So I do the same thing which is turn around and bump it myself.
Mt Baker locals be like: wait there's other kinds of chairlifts?
Kids these days don’t know how well they have it..
I work a fixed grip the best thing you can do is just sit down as soon as the chair hits your legs, nothing more nothing less
can anyone tell me which resort this is please ?
If you have been snowboarding for more then 20 years like me most mountains only had these type of lifts when I started
It’s my home hill
I appreciate anything educational but I'm not really understanding how this is any different from getting on a chairlift, period.
This is why there are lifties.
Wait until SBer start seeing Tbar which is everywhere in Europe… that shit is a bxxxh
Looks like a normal chairlift in the small French town we go to every year. ;-) But French lift operators don't hold the lift for you...
Snowboard "Pro" camp : How to ride chairlift
Are you expecting only pro tips, like How to XV?
No ideas of new content anymore I see...
And then people like me are super grateful for this type of video, wow, who knew that the world didn't revolve around you.........
Is this a joke???! Seriously. This is all we really ride in the east😂😂
xd
Safety bar is for kooks.
Jfc people are soft.
A good lift operator has eyes all all disembarking and can slow the lift if given the signal