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Adirondacks have an avy risk alert out for the winter storm coming in. Not that typical to see an avy warning out here in the Northeast. Also when I volunteered with the race team, I didn't realize the extent of the politics and nonsense between the team and the mountain. I don't regret volunteering because I love supporting the kids but I wish I was blissfully ignorant of thise management/business stuff.
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Yeah, conditions out here aren't bad, but there hasn't been fresh snow for a while. So it's hard to know exactly how much of the lower numbers are from the lack of snow and how much are people cancelling their trips, but the lack of people in the village tells me the latter is definitely having some impact. It's usually way busier than it is right now, even in the middle of a random February week.
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Last snow: Monday Last waist deep turns inbounds: Today Granted the chute to access said turns was, uh, questionable, but these skis already have 2-3 core shots each so I guess it's all good!
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I’m flying into Denver tonight for a social-event weekend but I’m going to stick around for a few days of riding (mon tues weds). It’s my first time to properly ride in Colorado, most of my experience is in riding heavy wet snow in central Japan. I’m going to meet a friend and drive to whatever resort seems best—he has an epic pass and an ikon pass, and I don’t have any tickets/passes. I only brought one board, my salomon super 8 160 which is a large board for my weight. I like carving, trees and pow, riding transition and general free riding. I’d like to try a bit of technical terrain but would generally prefer exploring trees or cruising through varied terrain with good flow and features. Where should we go?
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Mongoose posted:I’m flying into Denver tonight for a social-event weekend but I’m going to stick around for a few days of riding (mon tues weds). It’s my first time to properly ride in Colorado, most of my experience is in riding heavy wet snow in central Japan. I’m going to meet a friend and drive to whatever resort seems best—he has an epic pass and an ikon pass, and I don’t have any tickets/passes. I only brought one board, my salomon super 8 160 which is a large board for my weight. I like carving, trees and pow, riding transition and general free riding. I’d like to try a bit of technical terrain but would generally prefer exploring trees or cruising through varied terrain with good flow and features. I would do a Copper day and probably a Breck day. A-Basin if you want to get rowdy.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:02
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Double post but if you haven't seen "Dark Matter", T-Rice's film from fall, it is on Amazon Prime right now. It is possibly his best film. Which is saying quite a lot.
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spwrozek posted:Double post but if you haven't seen "Dark Matter", T-Rice's film from fall, it is on Amazon Prime right now. It is possibly his best film. Which is saying quite a lot. thank you
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Feb 29, 2020 03:13
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The ender line on that film is ridiculous.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:37
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Going to be at Vail Thursday - Sunday. Snow seems like it may be good, but have the crowds still been as crazy as reported a few weeks back?
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Feb 29, 2020 03:48
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Residency Evil posted:Going to be at Vail Thursday - Sunday. Snow seems like it may be good, but have the crowds still been as crazy as reported a few weeks back? That was honestly just a pretty weird once a year, starts align, situation. You might have crowds on Saturday and Sunday but peak people should be passing.
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Feb 29, 2020 04:55
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highme posted:The ender line on that film is ridiculous. For sure man. It is just 25 minutes of insane riding.
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spwrozek posted:Double post but if you haven't seen "Dark Matter", T-Rice's film from fall, it is on Amazon Prime right now. It is possibly his best film. Which is saying quite a lot. To quote the film, "Holy gently caress"
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Feb 29, 2020 07:39
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Dangerllama posted:Looks like they removed Aspen and Jackson from the Ikon Base Pass. It’s now a $150 upgrade to buy five days (Ikon Base Plus Pass) Chalk up a W for the whiny JH and Aspen locals!
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My boots felt a bit weird today, and I only worked out after 500m of climbing that I'd forgotten to put the insoles back in this morning. It feels like the soles of my feet have been sandpapered. Skied (badly) down, bought some insoles and skinned back up to eat an enormous burger. Its a very pretty place:  e: that's the Weisshorn (4500m) in the background left of centre in case anyone is interested. You can't quite see the Matterhorn from here but it's round the corner on the right. knox_harrington fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Feb 29, 2020 |
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Just got to Meadows so we can run some make up boardercross heats around noon. There's probably 4 solid inches (tell Mrs McMurray) of new snow and it's still puking. Really thankful the league we're sharing the course with today was adamant they went first.
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knox_harrington posted:My boots felt a bit weird today, and I only worked out after 500m of climbing that I'd forgotten to put the insoles back in this morning. It feels like the soles of my feet have been sandpapered. That is completely brutal.
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spwrozek posted:Double post but if you haven't seen "Dark Matter", T-Rice's film from fall, it is on Amazon Prime right now. It is possibly his best film. Which is saying quite a lot.  That along with As the Crow Flies has been on repeat in the shop. It’s like two years old or something at this point, but still one of my favorites: https://youtu.be/UGdif-dwu-8
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Whoop, just busted out a quick 10k feet of snow cobra hunting. Lots of fresh turns still available, but we grabbed the best lines, sorry not sorry
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Feb 29, 2020 20:06
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Feb 29, 2020 20:47
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highme posted:Wash your hands as much as possible. Would be a shame if you brought COVID-19 back to the 3252. I think my body is 50% hand sanitizer at this point. I hope the black and gold are ready for me!
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I have two trips in the next 45 days or so, the Coronavirus has me worried about them. Luckily I got the trip insurance though.
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I have 2 trips to Tahoe this month, I really hope I don't sick and have to stay home. I'm in the Bay Area so it isn't a unrealistic possibility.
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   Also made a belt out of ski straps for my buddy.
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Macnult posted:no friends on powder days
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Anyone have experience with the new-ish Step On bindings? I'm looking for a stiffer boarding setup and was looking at the Jones Flagship, not sure if the Photons/Step Ons will be stiff enough to match a fairly stiff freeride board though.
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knox_harrington posted:My boots felt a bit weird today, and I only worked out after 500m of climbing that I'd forgotten to put the insoles back in this morning. It feels like the soles of my feet have been sandpapered. Gorgeous
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:Anyone have experience with the new-ish Step On bindings? I'm looking for a stiffer boarding setup and was looking at the Jones Flagship, not sure if the Photons/Step Ons will be stiff enough to match a fairly stiff freeride board though. I remember step in bindings being terrible when you fall in powder. Did they fix that?
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Yes, Burton's recent iteration is exponentially better than the early garbage versions. I haven't ridden them, but a couple of guys I know who's opinion I trust converted after riding once. Funny story about old step-ins. Last weekend in the lodge before our comp one of the other volunteers tells me he brought up his "legacy" board, "it's a K2 Fatbob with step-ins." Later as I'm getting ready to head up to course I see him walking back into the lodge full Charlie Brown moping with the sole of one of his boots in his hand. Shockingly 15-20 year old glue doesn't hold up all that great.
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My biggest issue with the step-ons is price and do the boots for your foot. If they don't it is no go. I also use my boots when splitting so kind of an issue there too.
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:Anyone have experience with the new-ish Step On bindings? I'm looking for a stiffer boarding setup and was looking at the Jones Flagship, not sure if the Photons/Step Ons will be stiff enough to match a fairly stiff freeride board though. My photons feel quite stiff to me, but I have no basis of comparison except to the Vans Aura, Burton Ruler, and Salomon Dialogue. All of those were noticeably softer.
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I didn't think the step on bindings worked with non-EST (read: non-burton) boards? As in they won't bolt to a jones board.
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They sell a Reflex version. Burton would love it if you put their expensive bindings on their expensive boards, but they're happy to sell a version to go on other boards as well. Also, Endeavor makes boards with the channel too.
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highme posted:Funny story about old step-ins. Last weekend in the lodge before our comp one of the other volunteers tells me he brought up his "legacy" board, "it's a K2 Fatbob with step-ins." Later as I'm getting ready to head up to course I see him walking back into the lodge full Charlie Brown moping with the sole of one of his boots in his hand. Shockingly 15-20 year old glue doesn't hold up all that great. Lol, I saw an older guy in the lift line last weekend with old step-ons and his front boot upper had just split fro the sole, creating a perfect hole to encase his toes with slush
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:Anyone have experience with the new-ish Step On bindings? I'm looking for a stiffer boarding setup and was looking at the Jones Flagship, not sure if the Photons/Step Ons will be stiff enough to match a fairly stiff freeride board though. If you’re dead set on Burton’s Step On bindings and prioritizing stiffness, you’re gonna want to go with a pair of Ions
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:Anyone have experience with the new-ish Step On bindings? I'm looking for a stiffer boarding setup and was looking at the Jones Flagship, not sure if the Photons/Step Ons will be stiff enough to match a fairly stiff freeride board though. I have the ions, the boots are stiffer than the old salomons I had previously. The way the binding connects to the boot makes it feel more responsive, but that might just be my dumb brain telling me the money was worth it. This is my second season on them, and I did break a boot, but it was because I was removing the rear cleat to use them for splitboarding, and in any case Burton just gave me a new set of boots. I haven't had any trouble in deep powder, any more than normal bindings, you still have to brush the bulk of the now out of the footbed if it is super deep. The big party piece is being able to stomp into the binding on the move, so skate a couple times, click in, then loudly complain about having to wait for skiers to play with their poles and boots and things. To;dr. I am a believer in the new step-ons
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Can you tell me more about how you use them on a split setup?
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Skiing tomorrow for the first time since I broke my fibula in early January. Wish me luck! Gonna do my best to break zero bones if possible.
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Moot .1415926535 posted:Can you tell me more about how you use them on a split setup? Yeah, this is very interesting to me too. Granted I love the deluxee xv for splitting. Got out with eejit and the ladies today. Sniffed out the good snow which was awesome.   
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ReverendCode posted:I have the ions, the boots are stiffer than the old salomons I had previously. The way the binding connects to the boot makes it feel more responsive, but that might just be my dumb brain telling me the money was worth it. This is my second season on them, and I did break a boot, but it was because I was removing the rear cleat to use them for splitboarding, and in any case Burton just gave me a new set of boots. Yep, I bought boots + bindings today. Only got about a half day on them but holy sheiiiiiit they're fantastic. I've got clicking in on the move mostly down and they're a real game changer. I ended up going with the Photons as the shop didn't have Ions and they honestly felt plenty stiff compared to my 5 year old DC Controls that were a size too big. A new board is next up, I currently have a 155cm Niche Knew which is very much a park board. I demoed a Nitro Dropout in 156 today and between the boots that fit, bindings, and much stiffer board with camber it was night and day. I had my heart set on a Jones Flagship or Frontier, but the closest place that demos them is Revelstoke (4 hours each way) and I'm not dropping $900 on a board without trying it first.
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