Man punches child in the face- on the ski slope

[cali]

EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. -- A 14-year-old girl in a ski school class was punched by a man after she bumped into his son on a beginner run, deputies said.

The girl was skiing on the Haymaker Trail when she said she swerved to avoid a skier who had fallen in front of her.

The girl bumped into a 4-year-old boy who was skiing with his father and both of the children fell.

The father of the 4-year-old boy jumped on top of the girl and hit her in the face with fist, deputies said. A ski instructor stopped the assault, officials with Beaver Creek said.

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what an asshole.

[MichiganVote]

1. Ahhh...skiing. Seen that and much more.

[cali]

2. I have NEVER seen anything like that

and I've spent a hell of a lot of time on the slopes.

[KurtNYC]

19. I worked for a major resort videotaping at accident scenes and

incident scenes for liability protection. To show safe conditions, unsafe skiers, intoxication, general conditions and witnesses. A lot of people drink and ski. Had a guy bang his head on a chair pole at 8:30 am on a sunday. His blood alcohol was .085, probably from the night before but plenty are drinking 24/7 on their ski trips.

Plenty of people screw themselves up but the worst are skier on skier incidents. Had a guy go into the cattle yard out of control and the skiers in the line slashed him with their poles. Fist fights, skis and poles thrown. Fortunately we stayed away from those.

People die skiing. Not uncommon.

[Arctic Dave]

5. Know what you mean.

this type of behavior is just one of the reasons i don't go to the slopes anymore.

Bratty kids
Asshole parents
Ridiculous prices
Overcrowded

[tpsbmam]

17. Skied from the time I was 3 'til too disabled in my mid- 40's

And I lived in Vail for a year (ski bum for a year between HS and college). I've never seen anything like that. Had a jackass skiing out of control slam into me and give me a concussion and stitches...might have been tempted then if he hadn't knocked me out cold. :eyes:

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Eagle County jail, I wonder if he will get the same holding cell Kobe did

[KurtNYC]

18. 5.1 Dolby surround, 96" projection screen, WIFI

whirlpool tub, wet bar, a retractable dome ceiling, NetFlix, Wii, XBox360,
massage therapy, weekly Shiatsu, sushi, 800 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets,
a set of All Clad cookware, induction burners, ThermoKing reach-in undercounter
refrigerators stocked with organic vegetables, pedicures, botox injections and hair
styling before the 'mug shots', above the title billing in a feature film about the
incarceration, car service to and from the facility in a stretch Mercedes Benz limo,
Ipad 3G with 64Gigs, and a weekly delivery from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory ?

You mean THAT cell ?

[some guy]

4. Wow, dude fucked up his

family xmas vacation. He is from GA.

" In this instance the man’s skiing privileges have been revoked indefinitely at all six of Vail Resorts’ mountains. In addition, the man has been banned from all Vail Resorts properties indefinitely."

serves him right.

[bemildred]

6. Assault and battery. nt

[Lisa D]

7. So this guy thinks his child is seriously injured

but first punches a teenage girl in the face (while she's lying on the ground!) before checking on his son? What a jerk! I hope that girl's family sues the guy until HE feels seriously injured.

[maxsolomon]

8. probably thought it was a teenage dude

shapeless snowboarder-y clothing, helmets and goggles tend to blur the gender of the skier.

i have deliberately, and painfully, crashed to avoid n00bs who sverved into my path. 4 year olds? i stay a 100+ yards from them.

[notesdev]

9. This is why I steer clear of the general public

the more people around, the more your chances of running into someone who is about to snap at any moment. The economic stress levels out there are extreme and at this point I quite frankly don't trust anyone I don't know.

[HuckleB]

14. A guy from Georgia in Vail?

I don't think this had anything to do with economic stresses.

And avoiding people because of fear seems quite extreme.

[notesdev]

21. You never know

a lot of people are trying to live their old lifestyles when they no longer have the money to do it, by stringing out their credit... for all we know, the vacation $$ came from no longer paying an underwater mortgage, electing instead to wait to be foreclosed on. It's happening to a lot of people who don't outwardly look like they are on the edge of hard times.

[GreenTea]

10. If i had to guess I'd say the fucker is some rich elitist fuck, selfish greedy republican believing

he's actually better than others, you know, the less wealthy people than he is, arrogant egotistical prick and how dare anyone mistakenly touch his son....cocksucker!

[dsc]

11. Well it was the Haymaker Trail

[boppers]

12. Tha-dump-dump!

:)

[CurtEastPoint]

13. I did some digging and apparently he is a doctor at the CDC.

Sounds like he need a tad of medicine himself.

[lonestarnot]

15. San don donia. He will find himself regretting what he has to give up for that act of child abuse.

Wonder if he punches his own kids.

[DesertDiamond]

25. Probably.

[MilesColtrane]

16. Humans suck.

[npk]

20. Who the fuck takes a 4 year old skiing

I mean I could see it if the kid was 6 or 7 maybe, but 4. He is the one who put his son in danger of being seriously hurt, not the teenage girl. This guy lacks basic common sense.

[cali]

22. er. raises hand. I started my son skiing

when he was two. I put him on a lead and away we went. He loved it. And he's an amazing skier.

[maxsolomon]

23. well, they don't have a long way to fall down, and they don't go fast

mostly you put them in class. sometimes all day, sometimes just for the morning, get them at lunch, and ride the bunny slopes with them till closing.

most kids truly enjoy it.

[HuckleB]

24. My kid has been cross-country skiing since his 3rd birthday.

He loves it. More and more young kids are seen on the trails every year.

It's wonderful.