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Got my trip to Les Deux Alps booked for Feb/Mar next year and I CANNOT WAIT! I'm so excited, I didn't get to go away this last season and not being in the mountains has killed me. I'm taking my own boots and planning to rent a variety of different ski's when I go. Normal a couple of days, twin-tips a couple and a day of blades to treat myself. I'm saving the blades for last so I dont injure myself until I have to go home. I've never really been able to get the hang of switch. I'm thinkin its because I've been using standard ski's instead of twin tips. Any pro-tips from any of the more advanced freestylers out there? Here's an image from one of the best days of my life. La Flegere on Christmas Day  edit: new page, woo! Not a bad way to start it
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No kidding, that looks amazing.
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TheChaosDunk posted:Riding switch (goofy for me) freaks me out if I'm going at an uncomfortable speed. It always feels like I have to deliberately "push" the tail of my board to the side whenever I make a turn, and thinking back on it, I'm pretty sure I lean back quite a bit out of fear. Is this something that should just correct itself with practice, or some bad habit I should watch out for and correct? If you are using your back leg to push the board sideways, your mechanics are off, which probably contributes to your unease. I unfortunately only have internet access through my phone for another couple of weeks so I can't get into it too much, but read up on the bit about completing your turns in DV's posts on the first page. That will help you control your speed. A lesson could help with the rest of the mechanics, mainly not using your back foot to push the board sideways. Practice will also help get you more comfortable, helping eliminate the leaning back issue. TheChaosDunk posted:And here's a a nitpicky/cosmetic question: Do I look like a total n000b idiot if I have the toe strap pointing upwards, perpendicular to the board? Or should it be angled diagonally so that it cups the curve of my boot? I've seen people do it both ways, and I'm paranoid it's some "weed out the newbies" type thing that allows bro dudes to snicker at me behind my back. Practically all new bindings have combo straps at the toe that can be used either way. Most people seem to like doing the over the toe thing, but I personally hate doing it that way as they never stay due to my small feet. I prefer putting it over the foot much better. Basically do whatever works for you, there is no right way.
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I found really emphasizing turning my head to look where I want to go helped switch. Your leading knee needs to do the work so make sure you are using it. Kind of push it in the direction you want to go.
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Only going to get one week away this year  The older I get the less time and money I have wtf.Longer term plan is to relocate to somewhere within driving distance of a proper mountain.. Long shot but anyone care to recommend a guide in St Anton? Will have a group of 5ish - tempted to book a day with Andy Thurner's outfit
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I gave Torstein Horgmo some money for his new documentary film of his life the past couple years. It's awesome, and hilarious. And if you don't know who he is by now, you suck, so get his movie: Horgasm - A Love Story
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ironlung posted:this is kinda fun/funny: http://www.powdermag.com/stories/ski-town-throwdown/ So if we got #1 for scenery then we should have that spot for all-time right? I mean, unless someone steals one of our mountains. E: Oh sorry thought that link was to the top resorts list. You have to pick up the magazine to see that list. Also this is great: http://www.bnqt.com/photos/album/Aw...hotos/1188.html Kate: Duchess of French Fry Style Will: Duke of Pizza 
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Growing up, my parents would take the family on a ski vacation to Colorado or New Mexico nearly every winter. It's been a good 6 years since my last visit I miss the snow and the GO FAST feeling. I'm feeling motivated to do a thing and get myself on a mountain this winter, but none of my friends seem to give a poo poo and none of my family wants to go, so it'd be all on me. What would it take (in terms of money and logistics) for me, being a poor student in Austin, TX, to find something to ski over winter break? It so goony to ask, but spending a few days skiing solo would be pretty depressing - how easy is it to find a group of people to ski with? I would think that other people might be in the same position of being alone on vacation, but  social things.
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Richard M Nixon posted:Growing up, my parents would take the family on a ski vacation to Colorado or New Mexico nearly every winter. It's been a good 6 years since my last visit I miss the snow and the GO FAST feeling. Look around campus for college ski trips. They're a packaged deal and usually pretty cheap. Then come annoy the poo poo outta the locals with your horde of 40 fratboys on a bus. Lookin' at you, Arizona State. Edit: http://www.ubski.com/package-pricing/winter/ Yes, Breckenridge. Go there. Moot . fucked around with this message at Nov 2, 2012 around 20:58 |
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Richard M Nixon posted:Growing up, my parents would take the family on a ski vacation to Colorado or New Mexico nearly every winter. It's been a good 6 years since my last visit I miss the snow and the GO FAST feeling. I'd start by checking for student organizations at your school. Lots of schools have student clubs that organize group trips for discounts, particularly over winter break. For example, the All Cal is an annual trip organized by clubs from 8 California schools. Of course, that is an extreme example that by all accounts is a complete poo poo-show. edit: beaten bawfuls fucked around with this message at Nov 2, 2012 around 21:25 |
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Excepting a lost URL, I've taken care of all the stuff I've been pm'ed about and made a couple of list updates.TheChaosDunk posted:And here's a a nitpicky/cosmetic question: Do I look like a total n000b idiot if I have the toe strap pointing upwards, perpendicular to the board? yeah but then I have to understand geography & I'm an American so Moot . posted:Kate: Duchess of French Fry Style Richard M Nixon posted:It so goony to ask, but spending a few days skiing solo would be pretty depressing - how easy is it to find a group of people to ski with? I would think that other people might be in the same position of being alone on vacation, but
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Epic Local cologoon checking in. Here's to hoping for a good season this time around.
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So how do Asian fit goggles differ compared to regular ones? Like are they shaped differently or do they just use extra paddings at points? Need a new helmet/goggle and I think I'll get smith vantage and I/o but can't find any Asian fit goggles to try on locally
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washow posted:So how do Asian fit goggles differ compared to regular ones? Like are they shaped differently or do they just use extra paddings at points? Need a new helmet/goggle and I think I'll get smith vantage and I/o but can't find any Asian fit goggles to try on locally
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bawfuls posted:That's just one marketing name for smaller goggles. Yeah I have the Smith I/O S goggles, which I understand are "asian fit", for my stupid small face (not asian) and as far as I can tell they're just smaller goggles.
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Someone told me that Aspen was going to have mobile on-mountain bars this season. Are there any Aspen/Snowmass goons that can confirm/deny? That just sounds like an insurance nightmare waiting to happen.
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Moot . posted:Someone told me that Aspen was going to have mobile on-mountain bars this season. Are there any Aspen/Snowmass goons that can confirm/deny? That just sounds like an insurance nightmare waiting to happen. It probably just means a snowcat selling drinks, which re-locates each day or once or twice a day. Mammoth does this with a "burrito cat."
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Verloc posted:Epic Local cologoon checking in. Here's to hoping for a good season this time around.  No kidding. Rest easy friend, I can feel a good one coming on. e: Going up next weekend to break in the condo and hopefully not break my legs on the sheets of death.
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bawfuls posted:It probably just means a snowcat selling drinks, which re-locates each day or once or twice a day. Mammoth does this with a "burrito cat." Never been to Mammoth but that sounds amazing ahaha. Also I tried all the I/Os and I still have that gap between the goggle and the bridge of my nose. Can I just like glue up a piece of sponge to plug that poo poo and be fine?
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Moot . posted:Someone told me that Aspen was going to have mobile on-mountain bars this season. Are there any Aspen/Snowmass goons that can confirm/deny? That just sounds like an insurance nightmare waiting to happen. I'm an Aspen local and I think I vaguely remember hearing something about "mobile bars" and it definitely wouldn't be unheard of for this place. Last year they had "pop up" champagne bars on Aspen mountain selling $20 flutes of Veuve-Clicquot and poo poo like that. Basically they'd just set up your typical catering bar tent at the top or bottom of some blue groomer to attract tourists who suck at skiing and have money to burn. So yeah maybe that's what the person you talked to was referring to. I don't know anyone who went to one.
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ironlung posted:I'm an Aspen local and I think I vaguely remember hearing something about "mobile bars" and it definitely wouldn't be unheard of for this place. Last year they had "pop up" champagne bars on Aspen mountain selling $20 flutes of Veuve-Clicquot and poo poo like that. Basically they'd just set up your typical catering bar tent at the top or bottom of some blue groomer to attract tourists who suck at skiing and have money to burn. So yeah maybe that's what the person you talked to was referring to. Veuve-Clicquot, best champagne ever? Would definitely wear my Bogner if I knew I'd be drinking some of that
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Alright Colorado goons, who's going to be in charge of setting up a group trip to Silverton this year?
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I am completely up for this trip. I really need to take an avy course and all though. I believe you can rent all the gear there but it would be nice to have some experience. A Thursday and Friday trip would be ideal...
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What's the closest airport to Silverton? Durango?
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Yay the snowboarding & skiing thread is back! I can't wait for the season this year. It feels like I haven't been on my snowboard in ages. Last year the snow was poo poo here in New England so I only made a handful of trips up to NH and Vermont, and the year before I sprained my ankle and missed the last two months of the season. I mean I guess I've still advanced a bit in the last few years, but I'm still fairly new to the sport. This will only be my fourth year of snowboarding, so I feel like I really need to get out and ride some more or I'm probably going to get worse, not better. Also I spent a bunch of money on new (used) gear at the big North Conway tent sale this summer and I can't have it go to waste. Either way, I NEED SNOW IMMEDIATELY. Give to me your snow.
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highme posted:What's the closest airport to Silverton? Durango? Yes. I feel sad; this time last year I was skiing the ribbons of death in Summit. Sadly Bachelor won't be open for a bit yet. I'm already drinking like I'm a jaded local, but...
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highme posted:What's the closest airport to Silverton? Durango?
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Yes. I'm about to open a 10 Barrel Pray for Snow.
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highme posted:What's the closest airport to Silverton? Durango? Yeah. That's probably where you wanna stay as well.
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washow posted:Also I tried all the I/Os and I still have that gap between the goggle and the bridge of my nose. Can I just like glue up a piece of sponge to plug that poo poo and be fine? - many kids' goggles (though I found the peripheral vision wasn't as good as adult goggles. Smith Gambler was probably the best of the bunch) - Julbo Revolution - Electric EG5 The guy at REI told me that he thought Zeals would also work though there weren't any for me to try on. Asian Fit is a lie! 
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Ski goon checking in. My buddies and I are buying a house in VT hopefully by December since we're sick of 3+ hour drives (each way) 30+ times a year. I watched this ski film last night All.I.Can in the spirit of getting pumped for the season and it blew me away. Some of the best filmed skiing I've ever seen mixed with beautiful editing and a great environmentalist message that nicely broke up the action. Check it out.
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I love bombing down groomed runs, but this year I've decided to buy powder skis to see what all the fuss is about. I've settled on Rossignol S7s because they seem to be universally recommended as far as powder skis go. I can't decide what bindings to get though beyond something that will just fit. I'm not even sure it matters. Anyone have advice on ski bindings? The Rossy website recommends their own Axial 2 120s.
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Mousetron posted:I had the same problem - with the Smith and Oakley Asian Fits I could easily stick my finger in the gap between the foam and the bridge of my nose. These are the goggles that I found fit with no gap: drat white people! How did you fix it? I'm seriously thinking of gluing a piece of foam to plug the hole. Probably going to get I/O as I love the huge peripheral vision and I'm getting a smith helmet. washow fucked around with this message at Nov 3, 2012 around 08:46 |
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These are all from last year but I've been going through them because I am SO EXCITED to get back on the groomers and continue to be the least cool person in this thread. Also I got the skitracks app and am totally going to see how fast I can book it down the runs.  Silverstar by hookshot88, on Flickr  Silverstar by hookshot88, on Flickr  Silverstar by hookshot88, on Flickr  Silverstar by hookshot88, on Flickr
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fnkels posted:I love bombing down groomed runs, but this year I've decided to buy powder skis to see what all the fuss is about. I've settled on Rossignol S7s because they seem to be universally recommended as far as powder skis go. I can't decide what bindings to get though beyond something that will just fit. I'm not even sure it matters. Anyone have advice on ski bindings? The Rossy website recommends their own Axial 2 120s. I have the axial2 120's and they work great if you don't need a super high DIN binding. The other binding I see recommended a lot is the Rossi/Look FKS 140. The FKS is quite a bit more durable of a binding, not that the axials are weak or anything.
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gently caress me. I'll be unable to snowboard almost all of December. January is a late start but Ill take it.
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Stinger posted:I have the axial2 120's and they work great if you don't need a super high DIN binding. The other binding I see recommended a lot is the Rossi/Look FKS 140. The FKS is quite a bit more durable of a binding, not that the axials are weak or anything. - you want to be able to lend the skis to a friend with a different BSL. - you change your own bsl or size due to preference/fit etc. FKS also tend to be more expensive new than Axial.
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washow posted:drat white people! I got the asian fit splices and wear them with an Airhole facemask which plugs up the hole quite nicely. They for sure fit a lot better than the regular splices. It's not really a smaller goggle, they have more nose padding and it's bent slightly differently, the regular splice lenses work for the asian fit splice (which is good because I have a big head and require the larger size of the goggle)
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Davethehedgehog posted:Got my trip to Les Deux Alps booked for Feb/Mar next year and I CANNOT WAIT! I'm so excited, I didn't get to go away this last season and not being in the mountains has killed me. Skiing switch is pretty difficult to get the hang of and if you only ski 1 week a season i would recommend spending your time enjoying other things, but if your hellbent on the idea then the only tips i would give are when learning always look down the hill, look over your left shoulder when turning left and the opposite for turning right. It can help to scissor your legs (more so than you might when skiing forwards) this should help initiate turns. So when turning right you want to be looking over your right shoulder with your left leg in front. Remember to look where you are going so you don't crash into anybody. And finally most important of all. Don't rent ski blades.
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