For those of you who have never snowboarded, the exit off the Single is
perhaps one of the nicest and most pleasant for single plankers. Yes, you
can skate on a snowboard, with or without poles, and the flat landing
makes the usually sketchy one-footed descent of an off-ramp a moot point.
Just stand up and start skating off to the side. No big deal.

John



On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:44:56 -0700, Marc Chrusch <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Skip-o-matic said:
>>...IIRC the unload of Der Single is essentially flat.
>
>As David G pointed out - totally flat, with that sneaky little 1 or 2
>degree pitch that you don't see, but feel as you double pole.
>
>>Most lifts have something of an outrun - a hill - so that as you stand
>>gravity takes
>>over and you slide away (which admittely can cause some issues with less
>>advanced skiers/riders).  But Der Single requires you to stand, then
>>pole/skate away from the unload area.
>
>...at a distinct angle - it's not in the line of the chairs. As soon as
you
>stand up, you *must* move right at around a 25 degree angle to the chair
>line, *without* using the chair for any inertial or directional
assistance.
>This is why the safety bar on the single doesn't pull down from above
(with
>associated arm rest/side guard) but instead is hinged on the left side of
>the chair, thus enabling a sideways dismount at the aforementioned angle.
>
>-marc
>
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