Funny Snowboarding Stories.

[Eugene]

This thread is dedicated to hilarious snowboarding stories. Also, the origins of such classic quotes as:

"...oh shit Euge, shit." (Said in Russian)
"Epic friends!"
"Errrr, am I making strange noises?"
"....in your head, in your head...."
"Focused!"
"Dude, I just fell so hard I think my colon gonna fall out!" (Said in Russian)
"Quads Shot Down"

Feel free to revel in the silliness or (AND) add your own.

[Eugene]

"My Quads Shot Down...Completely!"

This interesting quote (which sounds much funnier in a Russian accent, by the way) comes from the very first snowboarding trip my friends Christopher and Nikita came on (which incidentally was the trip on which they both learned how to ride).

Long story short:

As many beginner riders do, my Russian friend Nikita quickly (ok, not so quickly) learned how to slideslip heelside. For those of you not familiar with the lingo, he was doing this:

All the way down the mountain. No toeside. No turning. No leafing, even. A large part of this was his unwillingness to fall (as all snowboarders know is integral to the process).

So, it's not tough to imagine that after riding down a trail from the top of the mountain (say, Tote Road, the 3.5 mile trail from the top of Sugarloaf), your quads (thighs) would be a little tired.

Or, as the Russian found, that your quads would become so completely lactic acid filled that they become unresponsive. That moving them, or even standing up is impossible.

Well, most people would simply fall over onto their butts or willingly sit down and recover (becoming an on-trail "speedbump", which is annoying in and of itself), but Nikita is not most people. No, my proud Russian friend persevered down the rest of the trail. But he took pains to remind me every step of the way, as I was trying to tell him what to do, to try going toeside, etc.

"Dude, this is not possible. My quads shot down completely."

Even today hearing this phrase sends me into paroxysms of uncontrolled laughter. For his entire first season or two, 95% of what I heard from Nikita was "Dude, my quads completely shot down" in a vigorous Russian accent.

Harumph. I guess you just have to hear him say it. Since he rides pretty well nowadays, I doubt it. Weh.

[Sairalyn "bear"]

OMG!

It's our first weekend trip to Sugarloaf, ME in a 4BR, 3 story Condo with living room and kitchen. Eugene and I have already gone to sleep. Roald is on the phone in his room upstairs. The rest of the guys are hanging out in the living room by the fireplace. All of a sudden, everyone in the living room start making a ruckus, yelling and panicking running toward the kitchen with buckets. Roald comes out of his room and looks over the 2nd floor balcony to see a huge cloud of bubbles slowing filling the kitchen and emanating out of the dishwasher. Apparently Clarissa had placed dish-washing soap int the dishwasher when she could not find any dish-washer liquid.

Now, remember I was asleep so if any of you guys were there that night, please add your thoughts.

[Katherine]

hahahaha.. nikita's my friend. :)