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Splinter posted:The Annupuri gates have been lit despite not much new snow this week. Been liking this side more than the Hirafu side though there were some short but fun tree sections on that side as well. Real storm is finally coming through tonight through Friday. Hopefully the wind isn’t too bad and stuff is actually open before we have to head out. Sick man. Those gates were my favorite part of Niseko for sure. Hope you get some good deep days from this storm.
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Well had a week skiing in Val Thorens, which was fun but it's seriously warm and has been very dry so there's been no fresh snow for a week or so. On piste was fine but definitely some icy runs and off piste was pretty horrible and crusty. I managed to eat poo poo coming down a red run, after examining video playback it looks I ran over my own pole trying to pole plant and have broken my metatarsal. Luckily on my left hand but definitely off skis for a while. On the plus side I've got a fun video of it.
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France has been terrible in regards to weather. January was kinda OK, but in 36 days I’ll be back in the French Alps, and I sure hope temperatures drop again followed by shitloads of snow. Otherwise I’d need to pack my canoe instead to ride the melting water.
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Gonna ski in the Dolomites for a few days starting Tuesday and basically it's transformed into an Italian vacation with a bit of skiing as opposed to a ski vacation in Italy. I'm honestly not at all mad. Plus it's on the Ikon so we're not actually paying for any of the ski aspects of the trip.
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Go to Trento it rules and there's a Michelin star restaurant there. also Bolzano
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California folks can thank me for this, since I’m leaving for Crested Butte early tomorrow morning 
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I pull up Google and the first recommended search is for a 22 year old girl who just died hitting a tree in Aspen. Be careful in the woods there friends
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Steve French posted:California folks can thank me for this, since I’m leaving for Crested Butte early tomorrow morning Crusty Butt powder days are the best
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Powder day at Vail today. Busy but not awful. Let's see what tomorrow is like!Steve French posted:California folks can thank me for this, since I’m leaving for Crested Butte early tomorrow morning There in two weeks save some powder for me.
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Feb 4, 2024 03:03
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Brighton and Solitude have been pretty good this weekend. Dig the vibe at Brighton for sure.
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Varg posted:I pull up Google and the first recommended search is for a 22 year old girl who just died hitting a tree in Aspen. Be careful in the woods there friends It wasn't in the woods, it was on the run right under the chair at Highlands. If you're gonna go out, at least have an audience?
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Feb 4, 2024 09:06
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Demo Day at my mountain. Tried the Stockli Montero AR, my first experience ever with Stockli, and holy gently caress. My wife and I are saving for a house but I think I found a more pressing expense. These skis are unbelievable. The feel, the sound, the absolutely stability and confidence at any speed. Kept them for 3 hours before exchanging for some QST 92s which was a hilarious difference. The QST is a fine ski, I described it to my mom (who I was skiing with) as the Toyota Camry of skis -- fine at everything, but impossible to get excited for or about. Mom is short at 5'1" and had limited options at the demo day but really liked the Ripstick 88, so I guess we're both spending money this week.
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Feb 5, 2024 01:38
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Mammoth 47" and counting in the past three days
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Big news out of Colorado: Alterra is buying A Basin.
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Uncle Lloyd posted:Big news out of Colorado: Alterra is buying A Basin. A bay is another corporate acquisition.
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Aight, I'm gonna get those Stöcklis tomorrow. Strive 14s a good pairing? My reasoning is, aside from power transfer or whatever, they're the lightest bindings in their class and those skis are pretty dang heavy so why not try to save a couple hundred grams per ski.
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Uncle Lloyd posted:Big news out of Colorado: Alterra is buying A Basin. I am not too surprised. All the people who praised A-basin for giving up the vail money after 20 years can suck it though.,
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Time posted:I have a dumb problem and someone here might have a good solution. I bought a pair of atk freeraider 15 evo bindings from an online retailer. the box was apparently opened prior but I got them in new condition for like 70% off. However, when I took them to get mounted apparently the shop needs a paper jig to do it and it wasn't in the box. I emailed ATK to see if they have a pdf they can send me but its been radio silence. Does anyone know where I could find something that works? Im kind of losing my mind trying to solve this Update on this - I provided official atk documentation and the thread provided documentation to this shop, they took a while but eventually got them done. I picked them up today and when I got home I noticed they were off center by a couple mm. Both are left of center 2mm. I’m debating if I even bring it up because they had such a hard time with it but it’s going to drive me crazy. It’s visually noticeable to the point where I question the process they use in general. Very frustrating all around
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Feb 6, 2024 22:04
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Yeah don't sit on it, they hosed up your mount you gotta hold them to it asap. Post a pic for us all to recoil in horror
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bawfuls posted:Yeah don't sit on it, they hosed up your mount you gotta hold them to it asap. yeah, that's bad, you need them to cover this. it sounds like they were either super unfamiliar or super distracted but you can't sit on it, you might have to karen up and have a word with a manager instead of speaking to the ski techs that f'ed the job meltie fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Feb 7, 2024 |
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Feb 6, 2024 23:32
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Also the standard shop compensation for loving up a new mount is new skis. They have permanently damaged the value of those skis by drilling a wrong set of holes in them. Even if it's possible to redrill and mount them properly (and it may not be without moving your mount point fore/aft), the resale value is forever impacted by having 2 sets of mounting holes instead of just one. If the shop that hosed up the mount doesn't carry those skis, then they need to source some and buy them for you. You should not accept anything less than this as compensation.
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I’ll post a pic tomorrow but the heel piece is also slightly canted on one making it not a smooth track down to lock into the pins when entering ski mode. I actually don’t know how this made it past them, this is super hosed. I understand they probably got their rear end kicked by not having what they needed to do this at first, but they told me it would be no problem to do. I gotta go in tomorrow. gently caress
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drat that’s lovely. They should absolutely fix you up other than just refunding any work they charged.
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That sucks a ton. Mounting those things is a really touchy operation and requires a lot of patience (and good calipers) at every step. Good luck getting made whole!
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Time posted:Both are left of center 2mm. I’m debating if I even bring it up Beating the dead horse but if this is a real/reputable ski shop and they hosed up the first mount on a new pair they will be giving you a replacement new pair of skis and a free re-mount so yes, 100% absolutely bring it up ironlung fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Feb 7, 2024 |
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Feb 7, 2024 15:29
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I went ahead and bought them and taking them out tomorrow
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regulargonzalez posted:I went ahead and bought them and taking them out tomorrow still married? (nice skis)
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Wistful of Dollars posted:still married? Why would she be upset over a $150 pair of used demo skis? Tbh she's just happy that skis are marginally more practical than watches. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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Got a couple friends headed to Baldy tomorrow in search of the elusive SoCal pow day. They will definitely score because I can't go.
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I'm headed to Park City tomorrow to visit family. Hoping to get two ski days in. I'm in Seattle and haven't been out yet this season so I'm sure I'll be dead.
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 just to save anyone else the trouble, if you have a pair of old Lange SX90 boots and you think you can bump up the flex by putting a replacement screw in the second adjustment hole, there's no threads. It's just a blank hole with a plug because the boot presumably shares the upper section with higher flex models.
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On a similar note, my Solomon SPro 110s have a plate that if you flip it turns the boot into 120 flex. I did that the other day and was surprised how much stiffer they were. In a good way, mind. Just was interesting. My problem is that the sweet spot between "way too loose" and "some blood circulation would be nice" is vanishingly small. I'm constantly fiddling with my buckles to the extent of one latch rotation adjustment per run throughout the day. Probably my fault because I have an incredibly narrow heels and bunions on each foot so no boot is really designed for me. I should probably just get bunion surgery this spring and go for new boots after I'm healed up.
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regulargonzalez posted:My problem is that the sweet spot between "way too loose" and "some blood circulation would be nice" is vanishingly small. I'm constantly fiddling with my buckles to the extent of one latch rotation adjustment per run throughout the day. My feet are misshapen in different ways, so I have no idea if this advice will be of any use to you, but: I’ve gotten the most comfortable days of my life just recently by changing the way I buckle my (professionally fitted) boots. I do the strap first, then lower shin buckle, then upper shin buckle, then strap again, then toe, then the buckle over the arch last. And the buckles go from basically tightest to loosest in the same order. Maybe you’ve already tried this and everything else. Ski boots and feet are just not natural partners.
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drat, I just found out this entire sub forum even exists after way too many years on this website  I've been itching to go snowboarding again, I used to do it as a kid but the last time I went was probably a good.... 16 years ago, lmao. I'm in New England and have been doing some research into the different options near here. Seems like I'm stupidly lucky to have a pretty decent mountain (Berkshire East, always used to go there as a kid) within an hour drive that's only ~$40ish for a lift ticket! Seems like 95% of them are $150+  Pretty loving insane.I'm actually considering going skiing my first time because I can't afford to break my wrist snowboarding nowadays, lol. I started with skiing as a kid but switched because it was too easy and boring. But I'm assuming that probably won't be the case now that I'm in my 30s and pretty out of shape I'll probably rent my first few times, if I can even make it this year before the season ends. Supposedly the season doesn't end for at least another month but it's been so freaking warm I can't imagine the conditions are great. I don't want to deal with a ton of ice my first time back on a board or skiis. I don't know why I even posted this. I guess I just can't wait to get back on the mountain eventually! 
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lol I'm going to Vail in a couple weeks. A three day lift ticket is $867
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zeldadude posted:I'm actually considering going skiing my first time because I can't afford to break my wrist snowboarding nowadays, lol. I started with skiing as a kid but switched because it was too easy and boring. But I'm assuming that probably won't be the case now that I'm in my 30s and pretty out of shape
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If I was starting snowboarding for the first time I'd definitely get the wrist guards but also those impact shorts with the pads. Although I once looked into those and there is apparently quite a WIDE difference in ones that work and ones that are trash so do your research
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It’s true skiing is too easy and boring that’s why I exclusively do one-leg telemarking in the park for an extra challenge
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I mean, skiing IS boring if you're on an east coast mountain. Not so much if you're dropping Corbet's
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kiimo posted:I mean, skiing IS boring if you're on an east coast mountain. Granted the last couple of seasons have been super variable and the stretches of when skiing is good have not been super long, and so a lot more groomer skiing than I'd like.
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