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Skied with a bunch of Texans that I work with at keystone today. It was super fun. I am not really sure what is going on but everyone must be on the icon pass this year because there is just no lift lines.
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 14:59 |
The market sure thinks so:
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 02:08 |
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I've now gone snowboarding four times Took a couple lessons so I'd know what to work on and how, and I'm super glad I did. Still lots of practice to do, but today was the first day I can honestly say I did a proper carve on a proper run. Feels very good focus right now is on keeping more weight on my leading foot while turning, and I should probably be bending more at the knee to soak up impacts. it's all starting to come together though
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 03:10 |
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I'm currently sitting in my hotel room, 100 feet from the lift Tomorrow is gonna be a good day
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 03:25 |
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Got my first turns in today, at Squaw. Could definitely use a refresh but found some good snow nonetheless. We’re staying til Monday and it sounds like that might be a decent pow day so my stoke is biding its time [quote="Dangerllama" post=""490746284”"] Oh, also I cant stop checking out how people are carrying their skis now. [/quote] I carried mine tips down today and felt like a total fraud spwrozek posted:Skied with a bunch of Texans that I work with at keystone today. So how did they carry their skis
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 04:19 |
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I carry my skis in the trash, where they belong. My snowboard goes sideways, bindings out, tip dragging along the concrete though
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 04:43 |
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spwrozek posted:Skied with a bunch of Texans that I work with at keystone today. It was super fun. I am not really sure what is going on but everyone must be on the icon pass this year because there is just no lift lines. I'm sure that last year probably had some sort of effect on people planning early season trips for this year too. I work a decent amount of the ski country flights and it hasn't been very busy yet but I think that's pretty normal. The week around Christmas is where it really picks up.
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 04:47 |
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:So how did they carry their skis Either tips down or like a hot mess.
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 05:01 |
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fknlo posted:I'm sure that last year probably had some sort of effect on people planning early season trips for this year too. I work a decent amount of the ski country flights and it hasn't been very busy yet but I think that's pretty normal. The week around Christmas is where it really picks up. Could be. Just use to more traffic this time of year.
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 05:02 |
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spwrozek posted:Either tips down or like a hot mess. The strap on the back of your helmet isn’t to secure your skis with?
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 05:05 |
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Ski patrol was kind enough to put up a sign that said “We do not recommend skiing in the woods today” at the top of lift 9, so the trees on 9 were great today. Three more days until the Skiing Public arrive.
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 05:08 |
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ante posted:My snowboard goes sideways, bindings out, tip dragging along the concrete though This Master Level version of this technique is to hold your board by the front heel loop while you drag the tail.
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 21:49 |
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highme posted:This Master Level version of this technique is to hold your board by the front heel loop while you drag the tail. I do this but I stop and pick it up before I get to the concrete... Doesn't matter which way you try to carry a snowboard though because the edge always rubs against your clothes and eventually rips them.
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# ? Dec 16, 2018 22:41 |
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Dangerllama posted:Oh, also I can’t stop checking out how people are carrying their skis now. And what have we learned?
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 00:27 |
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On a train from Tokyo to Hokkaido now... First tracks of the season are only 8.5 hours away 😐 Tues/Weds should be a powder day tho
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 00:39 |
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ironlung posted:And what have we learned? It’s weird. I started carrying my skis tips down and now all these people with goggle tans and all flylow gear keep giving me fist bumps and inviting me to hang out at “the mayor’s office.” Also I was walking toward the back of the line for Gemini with my son and a patroller just rolled up out of nowhere, pointed to his sled, and said “get on.”
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 00:41 |
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Razzled posted:On a train from Tokyo to Hokkaido now... First tracks of the season are only 8.5 hours away 😐 im surprised you took the train. the flight is only like an hr and cheaper iirc
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 00:53 |
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We're on Jr pass so it's "free", gotta get that value, fourth bullet train ride this trip
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Razzled posted:We're on Jr pass so it's "free", gotta get that value, fourth bullet train ride this trip Haneda-New Chitose is one of the busiest air routes in the world, it would’ve been not much to get a cheap flight there from Tokyo and skip the train travel. That’s far enough that a flight makes sense. Enjoy though, still haven’t been up there yet. Waiting for good news from the mountains closer to Tokyo, hopefully can get a day or two during the Christmas break.
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 04:02 |
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Had a hell of a day at today, blue skies, great snow, almost no crowd. Just demoing some skis and carving the hell out of them Really like the Kastles and Atomics I tried
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 04:29 |
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harperdc posted:Haneda-New Chitose is one of the busiest air routes in the world, it would’ve been not much to get a cheap flight there from Tokyo and skip the train travel. That’s far enough that a flight makes sense. Ah I see. drat I'm gonna store that for when I do a snowboarding only Japan trip. Makes sense! Can't wait to demo gentemstick
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 04:37 |
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Razzled posted:Ah I see. drat I'm gonna store that for when I do a snowboarding only Japan trip. Makes sense! If you are headed to Niseko the gentemstick shop is not ideally located but it also has a cafe. I seem to remember demoing was pretty expensive. Also flights are pretty cheap. From Narita it was under $100 with a ski bag and suit case on Jet star. Vanilla air also had cheap flights. Fwiw we took the bullet train back to Tokyo but only because it was obviously something to do once.
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 05:12 |
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Went skiing for the first time in 20 years. Loveland Ski Area was great with zero lines and plenty of trails for me. Took a lesson the first day and quickly got the swing of things for the next two. Managed to go down a few easier blues and accidentally down a black. I love Texas but mountains and cold are what I crave.
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# ? Dec 17, 2018 18:39 |
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Bought some new skis to replace my decade old pair, some nice new Atomics I've been demoing a bunch of stuff and you owe it to yourself to try out the Elan Ampibio Fusion if you have a chance. I have never had more fun carving up groomers as I did today, but they just aren't versatile enough to be a main ski (and they're expensive as gently caress). But holy poo poo, were they fun
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 02:36 |
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The Glumslinger posted:Bought some new skis to replace my decade old pair, some nice new Atomics Sweet, which ones? I really want to demo the Ripstick 86's.
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 02:38 |
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Sweet, which ones? Atomic Vantage 90s
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 05:14 |
Is this bullshit? https://www.dpsskis.com/phantom-glide
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 05:38 |
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xylo posted:Is this bullshit? https://www.dpsskis.com/phantom-glide My friend put it on some skis. I will see what he thinks.
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 06:18 |
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Sign me up, I hate scraping was/cleaning up more than anything.
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 07:09 |
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That launched a year ago and it looked promising, but I haven’t seen anyone report on using for a full season yet.
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 19:05 |
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It definitely sets off all my bullshit detectors. My dad bought it last year, I'll be seeing him in a few days, will follow up and see how he likes it.
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 19:21 |
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The timing worked out well for me to get a new pair of skis from a local manufacturer instead of ordering online. I picked up a pair of Instinct Seekers this weekend. Put the new G3 Zed bindings on them and I couldn't be happier with my touring setup right now. Not that I've got a lot of experience, I did my AST-1 this past weekend in the Whitewater backcountry and I've been grinning since Sunday remembering the turns down. I'm planning to head to back down to Whitewater for a couple of days of lift-access downhill next week to get as much time on my skis as possible before going up with Stellar. The forecast is looking pretty good for Christmas week skiing. The season felt a little slow to get started but I'm feeling the stoke now!
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 22:53 |
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Here's the TGR Forums thread on the Phantom thing, seem to be positive impressions there thus far https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/314708-DPS-Phantom-Glide/page11?highlight=dps+phantom
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# ? Dec 18, 2018 23:17 |
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bringer posted:I'm planning to head to back down to Whitewater for a couple of days of lift-access downhill next week to get as much time on my skis as possible before going up with Stellar. The forecast is looking pretty good for Christmas week skiing. So you decided to go for the day of heli! Very nice. Here's to hoping for blue skies on the 31st!
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 00:55 |
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Skied the Canyons side of Park City today, snow was a lot better than I expected, pretty much everything except Super Condor was running, though a bunch of runs were closed to try to keep them fresh for the holiday influx of people. The Iron Mountain area was such a great addition, a lot of fun runs over there even most of them were closed today.
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 01:04 |
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spwrozek posted:So you decided to go for the day of heli! Very nice. Yeah, even if I'm not the best skier it'll still be a bunch of helicopter rides and I decided I couldn't turn that down. The skiing part should be pretty great too though, and what a way to cap off a year in the mountains! My excitement levels are pretty high.
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 01:22 |
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bawfuls posted:Here's the TGR Forums thread on the Phantom thing, seem to be positive impressions there thus far Blister likes it too iirc
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 03:54 |
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So when my wife and I booked our first trip to Squaw for this past weekend, we decided to make it a 3-day and tack on the Monday after. As luck would have it, a nice little storm rolled through Sunday night and freshened everything up for a total bluebird mini-pow day on Monday. God drat it was fun, and the mountain was EMPTY. Can’t wait to get back up
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 07:29 |
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Crystal is FIRING OFF. Unstable outta bounds but this must’ve been one of my best mornings on skis
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 20:56 |
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I think 70 is pretty hosed today. I was gonna go to Copper but ended up turning around in Idaho Springs when my ETA was still 2+ hours into the future. I probably could have gone to Winter Park but I just backtracked a little and went to Eldora yet again. Snow was alright at least!
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# ? Dec 19, 2018 22:54 |