Chair lifts seem more popular now at down hill ski resorts. Back in the day there were more T bar and pommer style lifts which are harder to use but much safer if you need to get off fast.
I’m pretty sure they have. But as the guy said, damn machines anyway, that’s not supposed to happen!
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I think I see people doing it in the video.
I remember once some bad kids had to be seriously discouraged from kicking each others skis off on the lifts.
Depends on how tight the bindings are. Beginners would have fairly light settings to protect their legs in a crash.
Eat your heart out, Boston Dynamics.
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How the hell did THAT happen in a ski lift accident? 
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OMG this. I was listening to a Shakey Graves video in another tab, so system-wide volume control wouldn’t help. Had to stop the Shakey Graves, browser volume down, watch scary video, reverse steps to get back to normal.
And could we please have a standard for how volume controls look & work?
I know… 1st world problems.
On topic: I’ve never skied.
Unless they are the “bear trap” bindings, you can remove skies easily even in a lift … but having the presence of mind to do it while careening backwards down the hill would be the main problem.
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The couple times I went skiing I fucking hated those things when they did work correctly. Though part of this is because of my shit leg and the pain and difficulty in using them.
I found this image of the aftermath. Probably better folks were thrown free rather than getting tangled up in that.
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You mean telemark bindings? Most of the skiers on this disaster lift are downhillers…so, no such luck for them.
It is doable, it just ain’t easy. And, the more you try, the more you’re risking throwing yourself off the chair. In this case, however…maybe not a bad idea.
Regular downhill modern bindings. The weight is off the ski, so shoving down on the release lever with a ski pole or even the side of your other ski gets one off, and then you have a boot to kick down with to get the other.
Or skip trying to hit the release lever and “kick out” - stomp down just behind the boot of one to knock it off. Then kick the other one off with the free boot.
… yes. Extrication would have been difficult.
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