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Edit: Tried to order Brahmas from a cheap online shop based in France, but they have an agreement with Blizzard to not sell stateside.
Fifty Three fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Feb 18, 2019 |
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Arapahoe basin leaves partnership with Vail. Overall probably good for a basin. I thought they would as the parking is unsustainable up there. I am kinda pissed they got to make the beavers area in bounds and a lot of the reasoning was rider growth. The split with Vail is all about getting less riders there. spwrozek fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Feb 18, 2019 |
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spwrozek posted:Arapahoe basin leaves partnership with Vail. Overall probably good for a basin. it's great and I hope the lift prices keep it a local friendly mountain. even if i'm not local, i always appreciate the vibe and crowd that abasin attracts. absolutely cannot stand the stuckup whingey people that the premium vail resorts cater to
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oops i got hooked This is been my first year ever snowboarding, and this past weekend I went up with some friends and we rode blue runs all day. I'm feeling pretty happy with my progress so far! The last lesson I took was in lousy conditions, so nobody else showed up and I got a one-on-one for the price of a group lesson, which helped a lot. I would count taking lessons as the smartest thing a newbie could do, outside of getting a helmet. I've been borrowing an older Burton Process, camber profile and 155cm long (I'm a 160lb man). When I get my own board I wouldn't mind better float on powder, but I really like how snappy the Process feels and I don't want to get a directional board since I still want to practice riding switch more. What should I be looking for?
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# ? Feb 18, 2019 22:08 |
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Good call, all of that sounds like stuff I recommend for beginners. Just reading up on that board, and it looks pretty good for you on paper, too. I usually like regular camber like that for beginners - Might be a little harder to learn, but will give you a good technique going forward. Other than that, doesn't matter too much, I don't think you'll be able to feel a lot of difference between boards just yet. Most important is to get good boots that fit, and a modernish (within 5 years) board and only use that setup so that you're not re-learning on a different board every time you go up.
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# ? Feb 18, 2019 22:19 |
gently caress Vail good for A-Basin.
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# ? Feb 19, 2019 03:36 |
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HookShot posted:gently caress Vail
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# ? Feb 19, 2019 04:08 |
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Oh poo poo I forgot to post. I'm at copper mountain all this week, til Sunday. Any other goons here during that time? Also I just Amazon primed some replacement lenses to the lodge I'm at, it's a super bougiee vacation hell yeah
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KoRMaK posted:Oh poo poo I forgot to post. Wish I was! Can you tell us some more about your sweet goggles?
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# ? Feb 19, 2019 07:36 |
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Witnessed (potentially) one of the most horrifying events that you could see on the slopes. Someone, don't know if it was a parent or sibling or friend or whatever, took a 10 year old looking kid down Superstar at Killington. I watched in horror as this child did a speed pizza down the lower half of Superstar making no turns and straight lining for the fence. Instead they veered slightly to the right towards a clump of trees. I'm on the lift and all I see is a huge puff of snow and nothing as I go over the ridge. Get to the top and yell at the lift guy. He says they are already aware of it, but thanks for reporting it. Go down Superstar and see the medical people with the board and neck brace and all that. Kid walked away. Somehow hit the powder around the trees and fell through/between the trees and landed in nothing but soft stuff. I still can't believe it. Be safe out there and be smart. Please. Otherwise Killington was a blast today. Cascade rode so nicely I was just doing fast laps of that. Hopefully Thursday isn't too messy when we head up to Stowe.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Wish I was! Can you tell us some more about your sweet goggles? They’re Gucci no big deal
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# ? Feb 20, 2019 00:49 |
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Wish I was! Can you tell us some more about your sweet goggles? BUT I was tired and forgot to clean my lensee one night and now there is a giant fat perfect eteching of the ridges of my thumbprint on the lense. An annoying lesson to learn, clean your lenses before passing out and then getting on a plane.
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Be safe out there and be smart. Please. Related to this, I ran into a bunch of people both on chairlifts and on trails who went down black diamond trails at Mt. Ellen and then were surprised when there were bumps/steep and icy and regretted their decisions over the holiday weekend.
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KoRMaK posted:They're just some run of the mill outdoor master goggles off Amazon. They have magnetic lenses, other lenses are like $25 a piece and the whole lens/frame was $40 new. I have those goggles and I really enjoy them. Not worried when I gently caress them up because they’re way cheap. I bought another 7.5% lens and it’s way lighter than the old lens I had.
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Master_Odin posted:Related to this, I ran into a bunch of people both on chairlifts and on trails who went down black diamond trails at Mt. Ellen and then were surprised when there were bumps/steep and icy and regretted their decisions over the holiday weekend.
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My puppy recently destroyed my Anon M2 frames and a lens. I was actually thinking of trying those goggles from Amazon. I figured cheap enough for guests to use if I hate em.
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Moey posted:My puppy recently destroyed my Anon M2 frames and a lens. I was actually thinking of trying those goggles from Amazon. I figured cheap enough for guests to use if I hate em. Their support staff has been great. When I got the 7.5% lens in and it was way too light, I called the phone number listed. They picked up in one ring and are shipping me a replacement. I used them last year at several mountains and never had any issue. The only downside is they don’t have insanely loud colors for the band.
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A good Jerry moment https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_74fqn_hW/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=vckmki13splg
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spwrozek posted:A good Jerry moment Fully sent it This is still my favorite one https://www.instagram.com/p/BttrKezFgVJ Literally Lewis Hamilton fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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15-20 foot deep slide in bear creek yesterday. They’ve got a chopper up looking for the body. Please, please make good decisions in the backcountry.
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A guy at Heavenly just went head down into powder in the glades and died just 100 feet from a trail. Can't tell from the article if it was a tree well or he just literally took a header into deep pow and got stuck. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/19/missing-seaside-man-found-dead-in-snow-at-heavenly-valley-ski-resort/
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There was an avalanche in Crans-Montana that went directly on piste, killed a ski patroller from France. Three others injured. There's video, too: https://www.facebook.com/1815.ch/vi...ymu0&__tn__=H-R HookShot fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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https://twitter.com/sheriffalert/status/1098269896796983297?s=21 Yeah not good. E: they found someone. This is the chute that slid: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hE9O7oDpXQ Moot .1415926535 fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Their support staff has been great. When I got the 7.5% lens in and it was way too light, I called the phone number listed. They picked up in one ring and are shipping me a replacement. The 7.5% was too light? Those things should be like blackout. Have a pair coming Friday, 10% VLT.
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Moey posted:The 7.5% was too light? Those things should be like blackout. Yeah, it should be. It looked like this though.
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# ? Feb 20, 2019 21:19 |
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Well, as expected my Jackson Hole trip early January was probably the only resort snowboarding I'd get in this year. Lots to be done with a kid on the way plus the local resorts are pretty trash again. We did however get a few inches of snow today, and after clearing the driveway I finally made a little jump off our retaining wall after living here for two years but never getting enough snow. Enjoy my 90 year old neighbor's 1980's Cavalier in the background.
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# ? Feb 20, 2019 21:32 |
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Old guy air to flats. Big balls my friend.
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# ? Feb 20, 2019 21:36 |
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Hey I made sure to spend 90 seconds shoveling some loose snow to roughly the area I thought I'd land in. These 40 year old knees are hosed either way so I'm just gonna go full accelerationist so I can start getting rad doing wheelchair tricks.
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# ? Feb 20, 2019 21:49 |
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Jesus the guy was skinning up and got hit from a snowboarder-triggered avalanche from above. Based on where he was, it’s likely he was just doing it for exercise.
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Moot . posted:Jesus the guy was skinning up and got hit from a snowboarder-triggered avalanche from above. Based on where he was, it’s likely he was just doing it for exercise. That is going to be a tough one to live with for the snowboarder... Even being an accident. E: drat...30' deep debris pile... spwrozek fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Yeah, it should be. It looked like this though. Wow, save those for the overcast days.
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# ? Feb 21, 2019 03:06 |
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Wow. That Bear Creek accident is as tragic as it gets.
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# ? Feb 21, 2019 03:44 |
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spwrozek posted:A good Jerry moment I could totally do that.
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# ? Feb 21, 2019 04:34 |
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davebo posted:Well, as expected my Jackson Hole trip early January was probably the only resort snowboarding I'd get in this year. Lots to be done with a kid on the way plus the local resorts are pretty trash again. We did however get a few inches of snow today, and after clearing the driveway I finally made a little jump off our retaining wall after living here for two years but never getting enough snow. Enjoy my 90 year old neighbor's 1980's Cavalier in the background. This looks like where I grew up. But it probably isn't. Where is it, so I know what other places look like where I grew up.
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Moey posted:The 7.5% was too light? Those things should be like blackout. My 17% rose tinteds came and I love them. They are way better than the 15% "very colorful" ones that I ruined with s thumbprint. The rose tinteds have a yellow tint AND they are uniform, so I felt like I was seeing all the detail I needed and wanted today. As for the old lense, is there any way to fix or alleviate the thumbprint that etched into the outside coating? I've heard things about special goggle wipes and polishing stuff?
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KoRMaK posted:This looks like where I grew up. But it probably isn't. Where is it, so I know what other places look like where I grew up. It's in Gaithersburg, MD. Neighborhood was built in the 50's with every house looking completely different in style and size so that's really the only house that looks like that.
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# ? Feb 21, 2019 07:44 |
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I'm off snowboarding for the first time in a few years, last time I did it was also the first time. I borrowed some goggles that time, but for this time I was wondering if it would be fine to use my MTB goggles instead rather than forking out to buy some snow specific ones. Is there any reason not to do this?
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# ? Feb 21, 2019 09:49 |
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That sounds awful, they'll fog up immediately
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# ? Feb 21, 2019 09:54 |
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Oh they will? I'm not 100% up to speed on the differences between them so I thought I'd check. I'll have a look for some snow goggles then!
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Not 100% sure, I haven't inspected mountain biking goggles, that's just my kneejerk reaction
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