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Ghetto Blaster posted:And finally most important of all. Don't rent ski blades. This man speaks the truth.  page snipe so here's a picture from last season of Sunshine downtown_man fucked around with this message at Nov 3, 2012 around 12:44 |
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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. If you haven't lined up ski rental yet, Ski Extreme has a decent selection - more than just the standard beaters from Intersport et al.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 13:11 |
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Eejit posted:Veuve-Clicquot, best champagne ever? Would definitely wear my Bogner if I knew I'd be drinking some of that been having a bottle a day since thurs, people like to give you free poo poo when you get engaged also if you're going to silverton stay in silverton, i recommend the triangle motel
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 15:56 |
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sweat poteto posted:If you haven't lined up ski rental yet, Ski Extreme has a decent selection - more than just the standard beaters from Intersport et al. Thanks for the tip! I've normally skied further north, so recommendations are welcomed. I'll give the exaggerate looking over my shoulder a bash too. Any reason not to look at blades, I've only rented them a couple of times and they were a blast. Is it that rentals are usually crap quality and it's worth buying? Because I'd consider that.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 17:00 |
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Davethehedgehog posted:Thanks for the tip! I've normally skied further north, so recommendations are welcomed. I'll give the exaggerate looking over my shoulder a bash too. Snow blades get a hard time in this thread (and ammongst experienced skiers) because they don't work in powder and aren't fast on piste. But if you enjoy them then go for it. Also rentals will be fine.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 17:12 |
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Ghetto Blaster posted:Snow blades get a hard time in this thread (and ammongst experienced skiers) because they don't work in powder and aren't fast on piste. But if you enjoy them then go for it. Also rentals will be fine. Maybe that's why I like them. I'm too much of a wuss to go off-piste and I'm more of a scenic skier than a speed freak. I like blades because they were just a lot of fun to me, easy quick turning. Horses for courses I guess!
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 17:17 |
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Also if you take a spill in em you're more likely to seriously injure something 'cuz of the stronger bindings. Plus come on, you know they would've been used by the evil captain of the ski team in Better Off Dead if they were invented back then
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 17:20 |
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Davethehedgehog posted:Maybe that's why I like them. I'm too much of a wuss to go off-piste and I'm more of a scenic skier than a speed freak. I like blades because they were just a lot of fun to me, easy quick turning. Horses for courses I guess! And yeah, pretty serious risk of ankle injury.
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highme posted:What's the closest airport to Silverton? Durango? Flights into Denver are usually significantly cheaper, and if we can get a trip together I expect there will be one or two Den goons going that could retrieve you. But if you're flying on miles or something, Durango is closer. I have connections in telluride that might be able to get a good rate on lodging.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 17:42 |
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Davethehedgehog posted:I'm too much of a wuss to go off-piste and I'm more of a scenic skier than a speed freak. If you're a slow, scenic skier, you might actually enjoy off-piste skiing more. Extremo daredevil stuff not mandatory.
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Ghetto Blaster posted: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. As for ski blades, I have to echo what's been already said. First off, never use any that do not have fully releasable bindings because they are extremely dangerous otherwise. Three words: compound spiral fracture. But more importantly, I think your potential for fun in the long run is increased if you avoid them. Like Ghetto Blaster mentioned, they pretty much prevent some of the most fun kinds of skiing. I have always had more fun by pushing myself to improve a little bit. Powder is of course a challenge and has a real learning curve, but with modern equipment the barrier to entry into that wonderful white world is lower than ever. And off piste skiing in general can be extremely rewarding. It is fun to scope a new challenge from the lift with your friends and then muster the courage to try it. This is the kind of thing that I find much more rewarding than just cruising around on comfortable groomers all day to enjoy the view. I enjoy that kind of cruising too, (excellent hangover activity BTW) but ultimately if I'm not challenging myself a little in some way, its just not that interesting for very long. So that's my early season rant I guess, and it goes for everyone. Try some new things this year. Take a few park laps (another activity that ski blades limit due to their small size and instability). Learn to ski switch on mellow groomers. Take a lesson one day if you haven't in awhile, most people would be surprised at all the bad habits one good lesson can help you kick. Push yourself to ski something new off piste. Ski more pow. ALWAYS ski more pow, it NEVER gets old and it truly gets more fun the more you do it and the better you get at it. Edit: whoops, that got a little longer than I anticipated bawfuls fucked around with this message at Nov 3, 2012 around 18:30 |
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Bought a Bataleon Whatever this summer, before they brought out the new designs so I got it megacheap. Only used it on indoor slopes so far, I never thought it would be possible to dearly love a plank of wood but apparently it's possible. We're getting married in January somewhere in the Alps. I cannot wait to get this on the mountain after schlepping it on rental boards for so long. Bataleon, ho!
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 18:17 |
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Well, the FIS won't let Lindsey Vonn race with the men at LL this month. I guess this sort of fits in with the rest of their organization's strategy to continue pretending it's 1976.
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HookShot posted:Well, the FIS won't let Lindsey Vonn race with the men at LL this month.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 19:21 |
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stormrider posted:I have connections in telluride that might be able to get a good rate on lodging. Yes, like me. PM me if anyone needs this. Also I am going to be cringing thinking about compound spiral fractures for the next three hours. gently caress. Moot . fucked around with this message at Nov 3, 2012 around 19:36 |
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bawfuls posted:To be fair, there is a non-misogynistic argument against letting her race there. Technically, it could give her an advantage on the women's circuit, as she would get a chance to ski the Lake Louise course 6 days before the rest of the field of women do. That is explicitly against FIS rules iirc. You could argue she'll win the women's event anyway (never a sure thing), but even still if she wins by a larger margin that gives her an advantage on the season. They were never going to let her run both races anyway. She would have had to forfeit the women's points if she ran the men's race, since you're right that it broke the rules of the women's race. I'm pretty sure her plan was to run the men's race and forfeit the women's. It's why NBC was pretty pissed at it too, since they've been advertising VONN VONN VONN for all their women's coverage. edit: Besides, they could have gone "fine, you can run the men's course, but you forfeit the women's." HookShot fucked around with this message at Nov 3, 2012 around 19:49 |
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Moot . posted:Yes, like me. PM me if anyone needs this. gently caress gently caress gently caress gently caress, DONT GIS THIS. Jesus, maybe I'll give the blades a miss if that's more likely.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 19:59 |
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Summit County Goons, come out to the Keystone Rail Jam tonight! The last one I filmed was super fun. I'm just hanging out and taking some photos tonight.
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 21:10 |
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Moot . posted:Yes, like me. PM me if anyone needs this. Do you know Spicky? Also gently caress, it's like finger nails on a chalk board. I don't ever want to know what that feels like
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 22:29 |
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Snap Your Fingers posted:Summit County Goons, come out to the Keystone Rail Jam tonight! The last one I filmed was super fun. I'm just hanging out and taking some photos tonight. Have you met Shay yet? She's a friend and working pr at keystone now. It sounds like you already have an in, but if you don't know her yet, pm me with an email address and I'll connect you
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| # ? Nov 3, 2012 22:32 |
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stormrider posted:Flights into Denver are usually significantly cheaper, and if we can get a trip together I expect there will be one or two Den goons going that could retrieve you. Yeah, if we get it to work out I would be coming from denver. Assuming eejit comes he would also be.
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stormrider posted:Flights into Denver are usually significantly cheaper, and if we can get a trip together I expect there will be one or two Den goons going that could retrieve you. I've driven from the Front Range to Southwest CO enough times to know that for a few days of shredding any extra cost in airfare would be a better use of time & money.
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 03:40 |
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stormrider posted:Do you know Spicky? I don't know, but more than likely. It's a small town. And a spiral fracture defies the word pain, much less a compound one.
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 04:16 |
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Just remember encouraging someone to go ski off piste in Europe is a hell of a lot different than skiing ungroomed / in area stuff in the states. In Europe there is generally very little in the way of avalanche control done and large fees involved for rescues.
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 05:28 |
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PNW checking in. Sup Hook Shot! Got our first snow in the mountains a few weeks ago and I am hella excited. Bad news, though. I got laid off from work at the end of summer. Can you guess what the good news is? 
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 05:44 |
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Checking into the new thread... Just picked up these bad boys.. 2012 Atomic Blog w/ Atomic FFG 14 bindings. EDIT: I should comment though -- if you can shred, then having a gaper gap is cool 
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 06:07 |
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washow posted:drat white people! I ended up getting the Julbos because I found them for cheap online. Good luck with your foam plan - I did consider it but was worried I'd gently caress it up somehow or that the glue would somehow compromise the anti-fogging. It was easier just to go with goggles that I knew were a good fit.
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 06:14 |
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As I am now officially an Ottawa Goon, go ahead and add me for Mont Ste Marie, and Mont Tremblant. If anyone else resides in the general area, I'm definitely looking at other options within 2-3 hours. I'm pretty stoked for this season. In my old city I had to travel 2 hours just for 500ft vert. Here's hoping for snow!
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 14:59 |
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stormrider posted:Have you met Shay yet? She's a friend and working pr at keystone now. It sounds like you already have an in, but if you don't know her yet, pm me with an email address and I'll connect you I do know Shay. I think she's coming over to drink and play stump today, actually. My fiancee is the Events Manager for Keystone so I know waaaay too much about what goes on in the marketing department. I appreciate the offer though! Pictures from the Rail Jam coming soon.
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inkblottime posted:PNW checking in. Sup Hook Shot! Got our first snow in the mountains a few weeks ago and I am hella excited. Hey!! The good news is you totally rock?? Vancouver goons: weather's going to cool down this week, apparently there's going to be SNOW!! Cypress is getting their snow machines out this week too, so if we're lucky we're looking at end of November open!
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 16:57 |
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Add me, Ontario/Quebec.Math You posted:As I am now officially an Ottawa Goon, go ahead and add me for Mont Ste Marie, and Mont Tremblant. Sup? I'm in brockville, and will be spending my season at either Camp Fortune, Mont Cascades, or Eidleweiss, not sure yet. Either way I realized that skiing as much as I wanted to last year was way to expensive, and I didn't really want to instruct again, so I'm patrolling this year.
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 17:13 |
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HookShot posted:Hey!! Aw, thanks! The good news is I got my season pass to Snoqualmie back in the spring! So it's going to be writing in the morning, boarding in the afternoon, job searching in the evening. Oh and funny thing, my niece is in her second year in college (San Francisco) and she's coming out to visit us (my wife and I)... for three weeks starting at the end of December. I warned her that it's going to be cold and wet but she insisted. She grew up in southern California so I don't think she knows what 45/35 high/low with almost constant drizzle is like. I told her I'd take her snowboarding but she's scared she'll break something. I'll wait till she's had a couple days of cloudy/rainy weather and see if she changes her mind. Snow sports is just about the only thing you can do for fun in Dec/Jan in the PNW (besides marathoning movies and tv shows).
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 18:08 |
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Ive got some gloves if anyone is interested. Hestra Vertical Cut Freerides brand new and unworn, white size 11. Going for $169 at Backcountry.com right now. Open to reasonable offers. http://i.imgur.com/w67ol.jpg
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| # ? Nov 4, 2012 18:21 |
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spwrozek posted:Yeah, if we get it to work out I would be coming from denver. Assuming eejit comes he would also be. Yeah, I would definitely not mind driving goons down to Silverton. I volunteer as trip organizer if we are serious about a trip. I've wanted to check Silverton out for some time, so this is as good of an excuse as any. I don't have touring gear, but from what I understand it's not quite necessary and there are workarounds. I'm imagining we'd want to plan it for towards the end of February though to get a good base.
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| # ? Nov 5, 2012 01:56 |
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From my understanding Silverton does not require anything in between January and April or so. You can rent everything on the mountain including the guide. The non guided period is before and after that.
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| # ? Nov 5, 2012 02:13 |
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you don't need touring equipment for silverton. it's all boot pack or heli access, i have been there numerous times and have never seen anyone skinning. also i'll never go there again during the unguided season. compared to going during the guided season, it sucks.
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| # ? Nov 5, 2012 04:49 |
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Silverton is best understood as the equivalent of a cat/heli op, only they are primarily serviced by a lift + hikes + shuttle bus.
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| # ? Nov 5, 2012 05:09 |
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bawfuls posted:Silverton is best understood as the equivalent of a cat/heli op, only they are primarily serviced by a lift + hikes + shuttle bus. Exactly, except you can do pay-by-the-run heli now too.
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| # ? Nov 5, 2012 08:36 |
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Math You posted:As I am now officially an Ottawa Goon, go ahead and add me for Mont Ste Marie, and Mont Tremblant. Hey I'm an Ottawa goon too this year. Hoping to ski the poo poo out of the tiddly small hills in the very near area (Camp fortune, Edelweiss, Mont Cascades). Not entirely sure what I'm actually doing for work yet though. I applied to all three but none have gotten back to me yet so I don't have high hopes.
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How expensive is heliboarding? Because it just got added to my wish list.
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