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drat what a terrible way to go. Coincidentally the guy was local to me in NJ. I wonder if any of my friends from his town know him. EDIT: apparently this is the same lift where the guy fell through and got depantsed and hung upside down with his rear end out back in 09. Yuns fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Feb 16, 2020 |
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Feb 16, 2020 18:18
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spwrozek posted:Nose butter 360 fail. Needed steeper terrain.  Those conditions are a dream Keep your head looking over your shoulder for the whole spin and you’re golden
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Feb 16, 2020 18:31
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Someone just came into the shop with this bear attack lookin-rear end of a gash: The guy walked out with a K2 Manifest so he’s more than set. I want opinions though: should this be my beat-the-poo poo-out-of board or would it be too sketchy?
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Feb 16, 2020 19:02
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Fill that poo poo up with ptex and it's not going to kill you or anything. I'd try it once probably, see if the feel of the board isn't totally hosed. Maybe try flexing it by hand. That's loving impressive though
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Feb 16, 2020 19:52
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Gorgeous day at Deer Valley, just pouring down nice light powder.
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ante posted:Fill that poo poo up with ptex and it's not going to kill you or anything. I'd try it once probably, see if the feel of the board isn't totally hosed. Maybe try flexing it by hand. Right? I’ve only seen a few gashes that deep before, but it held together when I flexed it a few times which has me feeling optimistic. Even if this poo poo snaps on the first run it’ll make for a fun little project. The plan is to clean up the wood a bit, apply a super thin layer of epoxy, and then fill the rest with ptex. I feel like there might be a little extra I could do to fortify the surrounding surface area, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. I leave for Oregon early Tuesday morning, so this is gonna be on hold until early March. I’ll post an update if/when I get around to it.
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Classic Mountain Creek holiday weekend: fight in the lodge, marriage proposal on the slopes and as much weed as the entire state of Colorado. Of course, it starts snowing as soon as I pack up the car to leave. At least the crowds were light this year. Also, I have an issue. Our ski team end of season celebration trip is going to Mad River Glen and I am, of course, only a snowboarder. So I have to rent some skis and learn how to ski at MRG. How do I make the transition to skiing? And what can I chuck myself down at MRG if I don't care that much about safety so long as I don't actually die or break anything. Yuns fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Feb 17, 2020 |
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Feb 17, 2020 01:05
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Courtesy of my manager hooking me up with the middle and right board: I think I’m set for Oregon
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Feb 17, 2020 01:56
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Yuns posted:Classic Mountain Creek holiday weekend: fight in the lodge, marriage proposal on the slopes and as much weed as the entire state of Colorado. Of course, it starts snowing as soon as I pack up the car to leave. At least the crowds were light this year. I’m very curious to hear about your experience snowboarding there.
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Moot .1415926535 posted:I’m very curious to hear about your experience snowboarding there.
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Yuns posted:Mountain Creek NJ or MRG VT? Mad River Glenn
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Feb 17, 2020 04:08
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Macnult posted:
Yeah, the snow was pretty deep and the terrain pretty flat right there. Usually it isn't a problem but I like fails the much as the next guy! Macnult posted:Courtesy of my manager hooking me up with the middle and right board: Once you have a split then you are set. I didn't take any video today but I had a sweet double drop, 10', then 5' line. View at the top:   And the snow ponies all getting ready. Hilariously enough the road is a Provincial Highway (it is dirt).  Also used a chainsaw to help cut through avalanche debris build a road for the sleds. That was neat. Lots of shoveling though as well.
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spwrozek posted:Yeah, the snow was pretty deep and the terrain pretty flat right there. Usually it isn't a problem but I like fails the much as the next guy! I’ll have to grab a split board when I’m settled out west — I might have to hit you up for some backcountry tours as well from these photos you keep providing. Also, apologies for going full jerry right now but I have a question regarding angles for the K2 Cool Bean. I ride 18°/-15° for pretty much everything, but my manager was telling me I wanna shift my back foot to like -3° because of how it rides. I get that it’s a purely directional board, but is it really that much of a difference? When I’m sending it down a run I tuck my knee in a bit like I’m downhill longboarding already, so I don’t see anything changing other than having to adapt to a different angle.
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Blue skies smiling down at Snow Summit...enjoy your day everybody!
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Macnult posted:I’ll have to grab a split board when I’m settled out west — I might have to hit you up for some backcountry tours as well from these photos you keep providing. No. Usually you're comfortable with one angle, and it's more or less how you should always ride. The one counterpoint is if you have a really directional stance and want to ride more switch, but that doesn't apply to you. If you like your duck feet, and are comfortable ripping it going forward, then continue on
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Macnult posted:I’ll have to grab a split board when I’m settled out west — I might have to hit you up for some backcountry tours as well from these photos you keep providing.
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FWIW I was told the same thing about my sick stick and tried it and all it did was make my back knee sore. Duck feet 4eva.
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Thank you all for the input. I figured I’d be fine but it’s nice to get some confirmation. Moot .1415926535 posted:FWIW I was told the same thing about my sick stick and tried it and all it did was make my back knee sore. Duck feet 4eva. This is exactly what I was worried about. 18°/-15° feels perfect for me. Anything more inward and I’m feeling pain in the knees and gassing myself when initiating turns. I’m beyond stoked to try out those two boards. Never been too much of a gear head but it’s dope to have options. I’m sure my Custom Camber would hold up fine, but I’ve been dreaming about experiencing that west coast surf-like feel since I was a little kid. My plan is Party Platter day one, Cool Bean day two, and then day three I dunno but still sending it.
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Yuns posted:Also, I have an issue. Our ski team end of season celebration trip is going to Mad River Glen and I am, of course, only a snowboarder. So I have to rent some skis and learn how to ski at MRG. How do I make the transition to skiing? And what can I chuck myself down at MRG if I don't care that much about safety so long as I don't actually die or break anything. It is also always an option to split board up though before operating hours and then board down once the chair is spinning to get some hoots and hollers.
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Macnult posted:I’m beyond stoked to try out those two boards. Never been too much of a gear head but it’s dope to have options. I’m sure my Custom Camber would hold up fine, but I’ve been dreaming about experiencing that west coast surf-like feel since I was a little kid. My plan is Party Platter day one, Cool Bean day two, and then day three I dunno but still sending it. I rode a PP for a day a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. It felt like a board that would be fun in pretty much any conditions, but especially so in powder and trees.
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Yuns posted:Classic Mountain Creek holiday weekend: fight in the lodge, marriage proposal on the slopes and as much weed as the entire state of Colorado. Of course, it starts snowing as soon as I pack up the car to leave. At least the crowds were light this year. Just go to Sugarbush instead and enjoy snowboarding, visit Splinters boardshop, get food/beer at The Mad Taco in Waitsfield, and get more beer at Lawson's.
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ihop posted:I rode a PP for a day a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. It felt like a board that would be fun in pretty much any conditions, but especially so in powder and trees. That’s all I needed to hear. Less than 48 hours to go
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Varg posted:Just go to Sugarbush instead and enjoy snowboarding, visit Splinters boardshop, get food/beer at The Mad Taco in Waitsfield, and get more beer at Lawson's. Master_Odin posted:Cannot give any advice about how to transition, but can at least talk about MRG. MRG's beginner area is serviced by a mid mountain lift, which to get to you ride the double in the middle/back of the base area (the double on looker's right is their race type area) and then take greens down to. They usually groom everything off that lift, and then some number of mid/lower mountain blues. They may or may not groom the one blue off the single chair. Yuns fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Feb 17, 2020 |
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The best binging angle is indeed the one that is the most comfortable however you should also be trying to ensure your knee bends over the top of your foot for stability. My knees bend inwards when I do squats with my feet parallel so I duck my bindings out to let me bend into my knees further. Moving my back binding out a further 3 degrees was helpful in allowing me to get more over my back leg for riding in deeper snow. I still suck at riding in deeper snow but im going to blame my board for that and just buy a nice rear end fish style board the next time I go Japan/Canada.
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Today was one of the deepest days I have ever had in my life. So good that we pushed 3 laps in (5700' of vert). Almost can't explain it. https://youtu.be/o1lqKZ-bCTI https://youtu.be/kXzx52iyBVQ https://youtu.be/ONJSI59GTdg  Also here is a big tree.  Bonus sledding action! https://youtu.be/UCEaJ272WSY https://youtu.be/zM9Ar5MuGS4 https://youtu.be/po_sHQricac     
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spwrozek posted:awesome stuff That was pretty sweet my dude!
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That looks amazing spwrozek! But were you worried at all about avalanche risk? So much of Colorado looks like it is under considerable or moderate avy risk. Were those pits you are digging in those pics?
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This is all footage from areas around Kaslo BC. The snow pack is way different here. I wouldn't ride anything like what we do up here in Colorado. We basically only ride under 30 degrees in CO and basically only 30-40 degrees in BC. The avalanche concerns are just so different here. Basically it has been wind slabs (which don't really happen in the trees) and storm slabs (as long as you can manage slough not a big deal). In Colorado it is basically deep persistent week layers. Backcountry skiing in Colorado is almost stupid outside of meadow skipping and after May 1st (isothermal snow pack and stable conditions).
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Thanks for the insight. For some reason I thought you were in Colorado back country. Didn't realize you were travelling in BC.
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Cool pics are cool, thanks for posting!
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The Vail chairlift death has hit WaPo's national coverage https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/02/18/vail-skiier-dies-chairlift-accident/
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Bilirubin posted:The Vail chairlift death has hit WaPo's national coverage I still can't quite figure out how this happened. Probably because I can't picture a "folding chair lift" that was left in the "upright position". Are those something we don't have in California?
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Tacier posted:I still can't quite figure out how this happened. Probably because I can't picture a "folding chair lift" that was left in the "upright position". Are those something we don't have in California? Image of the depantsing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1106988/Southern-exposure-Man-left-dangling-trouserless-upside-Vail-ski-lift-mishap.html The person in question didn't notice the seat was up and fell into the gap and got hung up by his jacket as the chair left the loading area so that his jacket was caught on the chair wrapped around his head and neck with his body hanging. They stopped the lift and got him down but depending on the account, it took 4 to 7 minutes to get him down. Here is an account of the incident from r/vail https://www.reddit.com/r/vail/comments/f3j9dz/anyone_know_what_happened_at_the_resort_today/ Here is the maggots discussion on TGR https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/333575-Holy-poo poo-skier-death-on-Vail-chairlift Imagine being the pantless guy only instead of your pants it's your jacket wrapped around your neck.
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Yuns posted:Seats fold up to keep from accumulating snow. After a depantsing accident at the same lift due to a flipped up seat, the seats are currently supposed to latch in the down position. I didn't realize this and have never seen one folded up. Makes sense now.
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Why are people not looking at the chair before they sit down? I basically visually inspect my chair while the people in front of me are loading and then I look over my shoulder while I'm sitting down. Am I the strange one?
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Tacier posted:I didn't realize this and have never seen one folded up. Makes sense now.
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TMMadman posted:Why are people not looking at the chair before they sit down? I basically visually inspect my chair while the people in front of me are loading and then I look over my shoulder while I'm sitting down. I’d guess I have about three seconds to visually inspect the chair before it scoops me up, and there’s no way I’d be able to evaluate the problem and get out of the way in that amount of time. It sounds like a lot of the liability is with the resort.
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