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If you were lucky enough to be on peak 6 chair around 12:30 - 1:30 today, Partial Octopus and i were laying down a dueling snowboard carving clinic. Just lay it down trenching. One run i was just 10' behind laying deep figure 8 carves. Not sure if the people on the lift appreciated it but that one run was easily my favorite deep carve experience. I was just jacked! So much fun. My sister and my 9 yo nephew were out for the weekend and really had a great time. Keystone on Friday, Beaver Creek on Saturday, and Breck today.
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spwrozek posted:Lol. I looked at traffic as i woke up at 7:00 it was so bad. Made breakfast and was at Breck by 8:30. I was at Golden at 6am but the light snow hosed everything up. Still, decent day in Copper for the most part. Does anyone in this thread have any suggestions for good glove liners? I bought a pair of smartwool merino liners in October and I already have holes in my fingertips after ~20 days of skiing. 
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wow... went skiing for the first time this weekend, and getting off the lifts is so much nicer than snowboarding!!* seemed to learn the basics much quicker too. *of course, an experienced snowboarder would not constantly fall down off the lifts as I did many years ago when I attempted to get into snowboarding. I had many issues that may have just been me...
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Feb 7, 2022 01:21
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Residency Evil posted:I was at Golden at 6am but the light snow hosed everything up. Still, decent day in Copper for the most part. I am not a big fan of liners. I just wear warmer mittens.
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Feb 7, 2022 01:24
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marjorie posted:I have a snowboarding technique question that may be dumb or unclear, but I'm going to throw it out. So when you're in the middle of cutting across a trail (I guess in the middle of carving), should there be a lot of pressure on your quads right above your knees (I'm told this is the vastus medialis)? Or is that perhaps a sign that I'm not executing this well? Toeside or heelside? The movements and balance is very different for each. Take this with a grain of salt because I'm going from intuition and I haven't snowboarded in over 24 hours, but the muscles I use are on the back side of my legs mainly. Because you're basically squatting and fighting the mountain beneath you. I'm feeling like the only way you'll get strain on the front of your legs is if you're fighting the bindings. Have you evaluated lately if they're set up right? Like, stand in your living room, jump up in the air, and come down crouching. That should usually be about where your feet are.
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Feb 7, 2022 01:31
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spwrozek posted:I am not a big fan of liners. I just wear warmer mittens. Yes but I am a big baby?
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Feb 7, 2022 02:14
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Residency Evil posted:I was at Golden at 6am but the light snow hosed everything up. Still, decent day in Copper for the most part. The best liners IMO are silk, but they’re not good for anything except being liners. You can’t wear them as standalone gloves like a fleece or wool liner glove. That said I did just get a pair of Hestra liners, I’ll let you know how they hold up.
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Feb 7, 2022 02:44
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Residency Evil posted:I left before 6 am Jesus Christ. We left Denver at 8:30. Sailed up. A++ would drive to Breck in 1:45 again. spwrozek posted:If you were lucky enough to be on peak 6 chair around 12:30 - 1:30 today, Partial Octopus and i were laying down a dueling snowboard carving clinic. Just lay it down trenching. One run i was just 10' behind laying deep figure 8 carves. Not sure if the people on the lift appreciated it but that one run was easily my favorite deep carve experience. I was just jacked! So much fun. Ironically, we were actually on the chair then! First time back at Breck in 30+ years. The elder kid wanted to hike the peak but  We checked out Horseshoe and Wonderland, and tried to guess at the price of the houses adjacent the gondola’s mid-way stop. Not bad not bad.We got Otto’s on the way home on the recommendation of some guys on the lift. It was very good. waffle enthusiast fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Feb 7, 2022 |
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Feb 7, 2022 03:00
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Residency Evil posted:Yes but I am a big baby? Just get Hestras. 10000% worth it. Best gloves ever.
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Feb 7, 2022 03:08
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I have some synthetic rei liners but they developed holes pretty quick. I have some icebreaker wool liners and they developed holes even faster. Basically I would buy multiple pairs of the cheapest synthetic ones you can find. Also we left Arvada 11:15ish cruised to WP with no traffic and parked at the snow. Approximately a dozen steps each way from car-skiing and vice versa. Got got by the return traffic though. Good skiing, seemed like maybe 5” of very light stuff on top of decently edgeable but firm old bumps.
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Feb 7, 2022 03:14
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Partial Octopus posted:Just get Hestras. 10000% worth it. Best gloves ever. I have Hestra mittens: I just wear extra liners for super cold days. waffle enthusiast posted:We left Denver at 8:30. Sailed up. A++ would drive to Breck in 1:45 again. Anachronist posted:Also we left Arvada 11:15ish cruised to WP with no traffic and parked at the snow. Approximately a dozen steps each way from car-skiing and vice versa. Got got by the return traffic though. Good skiing, seemed like maybe 5” of very light stuff on top of decently edgeable but firm old bumps. Maybe I should stop being such a gunner, chill, and plan on skiing late morning/afternoon.
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Feb 7, 2022 03:21
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Residency Evil posted:I have Hestra mittens: I just wear extra liners for super cold days. Our original plan was to leave 5:30 am but too much touring and drinking occurred yesterday so the alarm got turned off, we slept in, and had waffles. It was nice.
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Feb 7, 2022 03:25
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I'd say if you're wearing Hestras and you still have cold hands then you need to get your core warmer. My hands be sweatin even on like negative degree days with my hestra mits. But yeah maybe better base layers or mid layers? I wear smartwool marino 250 on very cold days and it's so warm even with just a patagonia nano air as a mid layer.
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Feb 7, 2022 03:27
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Partial Octopus posted:I'd say if you're wearing Hestras and you still have cold hands then you need to get your core warmer. My hands be sweatin even on like negative degree days with my hestra mits. Hrm, maybe. I usually wear a Patagonia R1 fleece as a midlayer. For the base, I wear spandex/synthetic long sleeves from endurance sports.
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Feb 7, 2022 03:46
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Skiing on the bunny slopes with a 3 year old all day is just as tiring as regular skiing, turns out. However my little champ did amazingly today and had lots of fun 
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Feb 7, 2022 04:04
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Partial Octopus posted:Just get Hestras. 10000% worth it. Best gloves ever. qft
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Also, snow please. Please.
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Feb 7, 2022 04:14
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Hoodoo in Oregon has an incredibly scenic, chill, long green route that just winds around the mountain and has views like this the whole way. Between that and successful first toddler ski day, what a lovely day it was.
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Feb 7, 2022 04:14
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ante posted:Toeside or heelside? The movements and balance is very different for each. This is a great idea, thanks! I'm pretty sure I just followed some basic guide for seeing them up, so I never really checked that.
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Feb 7, 2022 04:25
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Not riding is pain. 4 day work weeks need to become the norm.
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Feb 7, 2022 04:30
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https://youtu.be/DgH9nvSpddM lol I’m not sure exactly what equipment this is intended to work with but we’re on the bleeding edge here
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Feb 7, 2022 04:34
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spwrozek posted:If you were lucky enough to be on peak 6 chair around 12:30 - 1:30 today, Partial Octopus and i were laying down a dueling snowboard carving clinic. Just lay it down trenching. One run i was just 10' behind laying deep figure 8 carves. Not sure if the people on the lift appreciated it but that one run was easily my favorite deep carve experience. I was just jacked! So much fun. You riding that Optimistic? Edit: Let’s loving go Redmond! Edit2: holy poo poo, Shawn Fitzsimmons, that name just clicked. He’s a Hood local who’s Dad ran the USASA Hood Series a few years ago. Edit3: Su Yiming! highme fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Feb 7, 2022 |
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Partial Octopus posted:Just get Hestras. 10000% worth it. Best gloves ever. I do like my Hestra's but I have to give the nod to the Free the Powder gloves I got my GF. They are just as good and half the price. highme posted:You riding that Optimistic? Yeah. This is the first time I was really able to get in those primo groomer conditions and man is it lovely. It is also very good in powder. I am really surprised at how well it carves. Really recommend the board. Moot .1415926535 posted:Also, snow please. Yes needed across the state. The few inches this week are doing enough for it to stay OK but need some bigger storms.
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Feb 7, 2022 06:05
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Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Jack is in fourth at the mens dh I used to race with him back when he was first year FIS. Great kid.
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Feb 7, 2022 06:09
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Glovechat: I have a pair of Level7 gaunetlets I stole from my brother like 15 years ago that are amazing - they have a detachable inner liner that's I like to be able to take out at the end of the day to dry out. I can for the life of me not ANY glove like that anywhere and would love to have a backup pair like them. Did they all go the same way as my old rear-entry ski boots from the 90s?
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luminalflux posted:Glovechat: I have a pair of Level7 gaunetlets I stole from my brother like 15 years ago that are amazing - they have a detachable inner liner that's I like to be able to take out at the end of the day to dry out. I can for the life of me not ANY glove like that anywhere and would love to have a backup pair like them. Did they all go the same way as my old rear-entry ski boots from the 90s? Is it just a detachable liner that you want? That's a common feature. Hestras have them as do the BD mitts I have. asur fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Feb 7, 2022 |
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asur posted:Is it just a detachable liner that you want? That's a common feature. Hestras have them as do the BD mitts I have. Yeah, weirdly none of the Hestras i've seen in stores have had detachable liners
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Oddly enough, I have a pair of dakine mittens that I bought a while ago that came with an internal "pipe glove" which was a 5 fingered, form fitting glove. It was kind of like a more insulated mechanix glove with grip on the palm. If it was warm, I would wear the pipe glove solo. If it was cooler I would wear just the mitten. If it was cold I would wear them together. Now I've got several pairs of gloves. My favorite are the outdoor research storm tracker. If it gets any cooler, I've got their guide glove with leather palms and fingers but I'm not a big fan of overly puffy/bulky gloves.
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Feb 7, 2022 09:08
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Probably the last day I’ll get out this year and I’m preemptively sad
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Feb 7, 2022 13:24
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 Nice, chunky day at MRG; almost no lines compared to Friday.  Got myself hosed up on this same cliff twice. The first time another skiier was in the same spot, he took the "high" road, I went low and we both lost our skis and ended up laughing about it in a pile. This second time I did the same loving boneheaded thing but decided to try to slide along the top... nope, got to a point where I was just sliding down no matter what I did, had to pop my skis off and almost lost one in powder. Ski it if you think, on some level, that maybe you can.
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I wear pipe gloves most of the time in aus. Hestras for the few really cold days. They're getting in a bit now and don't wax up very well so I might get a lighter leather glove. Pow (the glove company, not the activism group) are pretty good if you need a mid weight leather option.
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Feb 7, 2022 15:41
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I have had the same Burton liners for like 7 years. Still holding up
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luminalflux posted:Yeah, weirdly none of the Hestras i've seen in stores have had detachable liners The Hestra Mittens I have really hold the liner in there. At first I didn't actually realize they had a separate liner. So yes, I wear double liners on cold days. 
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luminalflux posted:Yeah, weirdly none of the Hestras i've seen in stores have had detachable liners I would look again. The factory does a pretty good job of perfectly matching the Velcro. A friend had them for over a year and didn't realize it before I casually mentioned it.
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Residency Evil posted:The Hestra Mittens I have really hold the liner in there. At first I didn't actually realize they had a separate liner. Raynaud’s? I just throw a pair of hand warmers in my mittens. Helps quite a bit since my hands generate approximately zero warmth by themselves.
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Continued shout-out to whoever recommended Mountain Chill a few years ago. It's been keeping me sane with chill vibes and I get to pretend I give a poo poo about avy conditions somewhere.
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glove chat: hestra helis (gauntlet) representing, spendy but worth it, I own two pairs and am buying my gf a pair of the mittens don't know why you'd want mittens for skiing but it's her choice!
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waffle enthusiast posted:Raynaud’s? Nah, just a poor tolerance for cold hands. SeaborneClink posted:glove chat: hestra helis (gauntlet) representing, spendy but worth it, I own two pairs and am buying my gf a pair of the mittens don't know why you'd want mittens for skiing but it's her choice! Mittens are theoretically better for keeping your hands warm. 
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I got glove liners for the first time last year and I don't know what I've been doing in life up until now. Over those I alternate between a pair of EMS mittens (circa 1999) and North Face fingered gloves (~2013), depending how cold it is. I don't know why I bother with the gloves, I never do anything useful with my fingers anyway, even stuff like trying to dig snow out of a boot seam usually needs more resolution than you get with a stubby gloved digit.
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