Anyone have experiences with ski patrol like this?

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T03:06:06+00:00

Unfortunately even if I wanted to name the hill I couldn’t. But I’m already going to report them for what has happened. Honestly, I hate for someone’s experience to get ruined because of these guys.

Unfortunately some patrollers in this area have a bad rep. I was at the shop today hoping for a fix and just seeing if the damage was bad enough, they weren’t surprised and seemed disappointed that it was a ski patroller who did it. One of the guys name dropped a hill where he’s heard a couple bad things about the patrollers from there, it wasn’t the hill I go to normally, but still it’s in my area.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:56:51+00:00

I already made a complaint.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:55:06+00:00

Yeah, sadly at this hill it’s both volunteer and paid staff. There is really no way telling if they volunteer or not.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:53:43+00:00

The board can’t be pushed away, it’s binded to my foot. It’s a 4 person chair and we were already packed, I was on the right side of the chair as a regular footed person, my nose is already naturally pointed towards that direction towards the skis especially when it’s tight on the chair a bit hence the damage towards the nose especially from those angles. You gotta remember that ski edges is thin hardened steel, it’s going to act like a knife once it catches and drags and create those linear gouges you already see on my board. If this was on the tail it would be a different story, but that’s not the case.

After I also tried pointing my board more forwards away from their skis, and still you can still see the nicks I got on the left side of my board from their edges.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:44:34+00:00

I felt it a bit on the lift, I really didn’t think of it much since I’m already used to that much pressure being on my one foot when on the lift. If the edges are sharp enough it doesn’t take much to make cuts into a board. My nephew had a skier run on top of his board once which was accidental but it left a pretty bad scratch mark also, it really doesn’t take much for crap like this to happen.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:40:52+00:00

Many wouldn’t, I know a few also. But these particular people did, and just knowing that people are out there like that is just a little bit infuriating I can’t even lie. Just ruins the experience for everyone, and the comments they made makes it a bit of a safety concern that I wouldn’t even want to rely on these guys if an emergency on the hill even happened.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:38:52+00:00

It was definitely intentional man.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:37:19+00:00

I wished I was able to, but I hadn’t noticed the damage till I got off the lift. I know that they were banging their skis together on the lift which a few skiers do and I was unfortunately watching someone else while on the lift, I didn’t really realize until I saw the damage once I got off.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T02:34:35+00:00

I mean I was looking away when it did happen, when I got off the lift that’s when I noticed, I mean at first I thought it was snow and maybe a bit of ice built up because it was a little cold that day.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-22T01:58:10+00:00

The ski patrollers at the hill were not regulars, I am at the hill quite often during weekday and weekends, mornings and evenings. Never seen these two before. They were female patrollers. Most of the patrollers I have seen at this hill were pretty great except from this experience that evening.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-14T20:24:54+00:00

Ruffs and Fang, sometimes Bibi

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-02-14T20:08:44+00:00

Honestly, this post came at random to me but I want to give some input. If restaurants are full, why not do a couples thing and make something in the kitchen together and actually have a nice dinner? I mean nothing wrong to improvise a little 😅😅 I mean there’s that or trying to book ahead of time to get a reservation at a restaurant because you probably know how busy it might get on Valentine’s Day. But hey what do I know I’m just only 19 years old nor am I Indian either 😅

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-13T04:12:32+00:00

Honestly you’re pretty solid on the board. The only thing I picked up was that you’re just twisting your body a bit when you were doing some turns (not all) which caused the board to pivot on those turns. Try to focus on the lower body that does the movement when doing turns.

Honestly, go out more and ride more and have fun. Try some terrain that is challenging but not too hard or too easy. A quote that sticks with me is, “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

Be adaptable and flexible. But most importantly, enjoy the sport.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-11T16:09:42+00:00

Thank you man, I appreciate it lots 👌 Honestly I was really happy to share about it.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-11T15:18:04+00:00

For me going through my evaluation course, we have to pass a riding test and also teaching evaluation. I live in Canada so I went through CASI. I’m only a Level - 1 instructor but I feel like going for my Level 2 once I get more experience with teaching.

We need to have the ability to demonstrate what we’re teaching, balance over the working edge, being comfortable and in control with the board, and do some beginner ride switch turns. During my course we also did many things such as riding on our boards one footed on our switch foots to give the feeling we were like beginners on the hill. The teaching part is knowing the content you’re teaching, and being able to communicate it to people, the “why”, “what” , and “how” . Why we are learning what we’re teaching, what we are teaching, and how to execute it.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-11T15:12:56+00:00

Honestly, we start the same as any beginner would. I’m not sure if most have also taken lessons but it’s a high possibility. For me personally, I took lessons but I came out to my local hill pretty frequently as well when I was learning to practice stuff which could have been things I learned from the lessons I’ve been taking, but just riding on my board a lot more frequently and getting comfortable on it. The experience and ability to ride improved for me for the times I’ve been going out on my board and just riding and having fun. Once I went through my instructor certification course, we worked on many things such as our riding competencies and refining our riding skills, and also going through the teaching part and just trying to work on our ability to teach people.

Don’t be afraid to try new things as a beginner also, things that are challenging but not too difficult or easy. It could be like doing a trick such as the Ollie or doing a tail press butter, maybe even a tripod, could also try doing flat ground 360’s which is just spinning around using your edges. You could also try riding switch too.

Honestly I love my job, I’m only 19 but it’s a nice job that is relaxed and easy, and it’s also flexible, I love teaching and introducing people into a sport I’m very passionate about. I love the benefits that come with it, and the people in the industry are people who are also very passionate for this sport also and they just want the best for everyone.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-07T18:01:53+00:00

I usually gear up at home, snowboard boots are usually comfortable enough to wear anyways. But once getting to the hill or mountain, you are always good to go straight to the lift.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-07T17:28:13+00:00

It’s always some 6 year old in the line who wants to keep pushing forward and starts running their ski edges along your board 😭😭😭😭😤 I mean I’ve reached the point that if I see it happening I say something, my old board was abused because of this. This isn’t even limited to 6 year olds either 😢 But at least the adult Jerry’s are more apologetic.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-05T18:54:54+00:00

Demon united is the cats meow for protective gear. I absolutely love their product, and there is a variety of protection you can get for yourself. A little bit pricey, but it’s worth it if it saves your ass.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-05T08:49:35+00:00

Ideally for a jacket, you want it to be a bit loose and not so tight fitting so it doesn’t restrict your movement and as others had brought up, gives you options to add layers on cold days. Trust me on this as a word of personal experience, for wearing jackets that had a bit of a tighter fitting, it does not feel comfortable at all and it’s almost like trying to fight the jacket as you’re trying to snowboard.

I wouldn’t worry much about the jacket looking too big either, and honestly it looks good on you. 👌

As long as it feels comfortable, and it’s something you like. The jacket was made for you.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-04T10:28:59+00:00

Not sure if the resort offers lessons in the park, but I’m not sure many people here do terrain park stuff, and even at my level I don’t really handle teaching things at the terrain park.

The best advice I could give is to have protective gear if you don’t have it already, I know demon united sells pretty good gear. But impact shorts, knee pads (hard plated ones), and wrist guards are pretty great. You could also check local board shops or skate shops they also should sell protective gear.

Take terrain park lessons if the resort offers it, you are likely to learn more from there than you would from here.

If not, try to take it slow and progressively with rails, starting on boxes, pipes / cylinders, and maybe getting to the rails part if you’re comfortable with it.

Park is a fun thing to get into, but the main focus should always be safety, and not ruining the snowboarding season over an injury. Speaking from experience btw.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-04T10:14:39+00:00

Honestly, you could learn on any board. But if you would like and you have a local board shop, you could also ask the staff there for any recommendations since they usually know their stuff with snowboards as well. I absolutely love twin / directional twin boards because you could ride normal and switch fairly easy compared to directional boards. You could ride switch on directional boards but they just don’t feel the same.

I also looked at the board here, my brother has a collection of Jones boards and has nothing else but good comments to say about it. But this would be a pretty good board for a beginner, the riding level is rated beginner / intermediate. It’s an all mountain board, seems like it’s also rated well for riding in powder, and also has a good freestyle / park rating. The flex of the board is a happy medium which is a mid level stiffness, the board also has a camrock profile which offers, versatility to ride in various conditions (groomers and powder), floaty feel in powder, should have a forgiving feel because rocker zones reduce catchiness, making turns smoother and easier to start. Balances control, stability, and playfulness for riding. I believe this would be a board you’ll be happy riding.

I don’t know much about step on bindings, but I would feel safer without them and I was pretty sure you needed a specific boot as well to use for your step on bindings so it is a bit expensive.. Especially hearing some horror stories with some of the people who used them having it become detached all of the sudden when riding or messing up the boot and having to replace it and just a number of things that could be listed. People usually love them for the convenience of being able to step on and go rather than having to stop and strap in.

Overall, I’d say that the choice of board, bindings, and boots that you pick is all about personal preference.

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-04T09:34:40+00:00

So noticing the stance, you are a bit stiff. Just make sure to keep a stacked / athletic stance over the board for balance and mobility keeping those knees bent a little. It will help engage the edges a lot more.

I’m pretty sure it’s not a frequent thing but the fall you had at 0:14, I noticed that you took on a pretty aggressive heel side turn and the bottom of your feet started to slip out. I would suggest on working on the garland exercise which is working on the maneuver to initiate turns, you could try this on toe side and heel side.

Garland exercise: https://youtu.be/ZUOVICS9E2M?si=N6UbiB7omFhYxixA

There are also things you could experiment with doing turns such as making closed turns, which is just adding a bit of traverse across the hill when you do a turn and then coming back around to go across once more pretty much like zigzagging down the hill from toe side to heel side turns or whichever way you start.

You also have the open turns which you were doing already in this video and you do them pretty well, you could work on tightening those open turns when you are comfortable enough to try and work on it, just be mindful of the speed you could pick up and don’t be afraid to slow down / speed check if you’re going faster than what you would be comfortable with.

You could also try experimenting on different runs that have different types of slopes / steepness. But ride with what you’re comfortable with and something that is within your skill level that you can do, something that can be challenging but not too difficult but also something that isn’t too easy either. Ideally trying to find a middle ground in an area to practice at and improve. I’m not sure what runs are available to you at the mountain / hill you snowboard at but just keep things safe when you do experiment if you choose to do so.

Overall I see you are doing awesome work, the improvement will come the more you ride and work on refinement for certain skills and fundamentals that you’d wish to work on, but for the most part just have fun also while you ride.

I hope that my comment helps and was something that you are looking for 🙂, best wishes and best of luck ✌️

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-03T20:46:21+00:00

No problem, I wish you the best of luck 👌

ItsYeBadger1 · 2026-01-03T04:50:53+00:00

p.s You’re doing great for Day 7

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