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I have two of these bags and will say they are great!
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Yeah I have a boot bag like that, fits my helmet, boots and I can stuff in all my gloves, socks, hats, etc. My hard case is mostly just for skis and poles but I may shove some other stuff in there since I have to check it anyway.
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Apr 23, 2019 18:46
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Doesn't your helmet get smashed up if it's in a ski bag? Had I guess my last ski of the season at the weekend, a couple of very sunny days in Verbier. Snow was obviously super hard in the morning and the moguls on the itinéraires were pretty grim but nice spring skiing once they had warmed up a bit.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:You can fit your helmet in your ski bag? Is it soft side? I’ve got a sport tube and no way could I fit a helmet in there. Fifty Three fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Apr 23, 2019 |
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Apr 23, 2019 19:57
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knox_harrington posted:Doesn't your helmet get smashed up if it's in a ski bag? Some scratches I guess. Nothing that I would be worried about when I need it in a crash.
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Apr 23, 2019 20:26
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Fifty Three posted:Yep, it's a Dakine soft-sided rolling double ski bag. I was concerned with airlines being dicks about "only boots in boot bags" policies so I went for the bigger ski bag to fit everything. Kind of a dick move on their part. This is the one I have that also accommodates a helmet. https://outdoormaster.com/product/ski-boot-bag-lynx/ I’d probably use it as my carry on and then have a backpack with other clothes that I can’t fit in the hard case ski tube.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Kind of a dick move on their part. This is the one I have that also accommodates a helmet. Yeah standard boot-shaped bags are a bit of a waste. I got a Leki one that you stick boots in the side and the rest of the bag is a cuboid so plenty of space for helmet, gloves and whatever spare kit. It's been great as a kit bag. https://www.leki.com/fr_CH/ski-alpin/accessoires/3014/bootbag/
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Just re-upped on Ikon. I feel dirty. Also, I really need to replace these 2013 Nomads. I love them but they're heavy and at 5'8" I'm right in between the 171 and 181, which has been a little annoying. What's the current quiver-of-one choice these days? Probably 70/30 inbounds/backcountry. Preferably around 105 under foot, w/ rocker. I'll be putting Kingpins on 'em (don't @ me).
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I have been super happy on the 4frnt Raven. I would say it is a bit more of a back country ski but still fun inbounds. The 177 fits your needs (I am 5'8", 145) but you probably will not find any right now.
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Fifty Three posted:Yep, it's a Dakine soft-sided rolling double ski bag. I was concerned with airlines being dicks about "only boots in boot bags" policies so I went for the bigger ski bag to fit everything. There are people who check their boots? (My boot bag is my carryon. Rental skis, nbd, but rental boots would ruin a trip if the airline somehow lost my poo poo.)
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Been buying snowboard gear recently and gone a few times, and got Ikon just before the price went up  Re: bag chat, I have a soft Dakine board bag that fits basically everything I need to board. I keep my snow specific clothes in there to have all my stuff in one place so I don’t misplace anything between trips. Helmet sideways or squished (soft ears folded in) is about the same height and doesn’t stick up too much. Just doing Mammoth and Bear road trips from SoCal so no experience with flying (yet?  ).Anyone have suggestions for a water bladder? Got a backpack that can take one and figure I might as well use it. Paranoid about falling on my back and blowing it up, but I guess that goes for carrying any water. I guess I’d do like I do with my plastic bottles, under fill and squeeze the air out so it has room to get beat up without bursting.
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Kalman posted:There are people who check their boots? (My boot bag is my carryon. Rental skis, nbd, but rental boots would ruin a trip if the airline somehow lost my poo poo.)
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Kalman posted:There are people who check their boots? (My boot bag is my carryon. Rental skis, nbd, but rental boots would ruin a trip if the airline somehow lost my poo poo.) Out of the over 1000 flights I have been on my bag had not shown up 1 time. And it was on the next plane because of a crazy tight connection after a delay.
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The Dakine 'soft' bags own, I've borrowed them. They're actually pretty rugged and burly. The hard tubes are dumb.
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Also I have six pairs of skis in my room because I can't be bothered to walk to a storage locker.
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Disinterested posted:The Dakine 'soft' bags own, I've borrowed them. They're actually pretty rugged and burly. The hard tubes are dumb.
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Disinterested posted:Also I have six pairs of skis in my room because I can't be bothered to walk to a storage locker. "I'm not lazy; they're decoration." Also, up to 25cm this weekend. 
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spwrozek posted:Out of the over 1000 flights I have been on my bag had not shown up 1 time. And it was on the next plane because of a crazy tight connection after a delay. SAS left my ski bag at LAX once, and delivered it to my door in Austria two days later when my flight was to Stockholm (I flew Norwegian to Munich). A+ service right there. I don't check my boots. I pack everything in a Douchebag roller, which is super convenient because then when I get there I can just hook on my other douchebags onto it and roll them through the airport together.
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My skate race is on tomorrow. 37 km, forecast is +4C, rain and 15 mph headwinds. It was nice knowing you all.
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Apr 26, 2019 21:54
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At least you don’t have to worry about kick waxing for that!
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Apr 26, 2019 22:23
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Spime Wrangler posted:At least you don’t have to worry about kick waxing for that! Yeah, I'm in the tourist class where many ski classic, I expect to see some sad faces among those.
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Ola posted:My skate race is on tomorrow. 37 km, forecast is +4C, rain and 15 mph headwinds. It was nice knowing you all. What's the worst that could happen?
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Wistful of Dollars posted:What's the worst that could happen? Many things can happen. You can for instance fall and break your collarbone, which I did.
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Well that’s the most fitting ski/snowboard thread exchange I’ve seen in a while. Get well soon!
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Ola posted:Many things can happen. You can for instance fall and break your collarbone, which I did. God drat, get well soon! That's 2 for the year in the thread?
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Thanks guys! Seems like it's a nice break so probably no need for surgery.
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But did you finish??
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > You Look Like poo poo > Ski and Snowboard 19/20: You can for instance fall and break your collarbone, which I did.
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Apr 27, 2019 17:36
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Spime Wrangler posted:But did you finish?? 
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DNF with a broken bone is ok according to Norwegian honor culture. Not Valhalla material of course, but ok. Got amazing help. Was on a snow mobile sled with painkillers administered within 15 minutes. Got ambulanced, X-rayed etc in time to make it on an early train home, where a group of guys showered me with sympathy, aquavit, beer and cured leg of lamb. The anesthesiologist among them said it was ok. The bone is not sitting quite right at the moment, so regular doctor on Monday. Got the xray on CD-ROM, can post it as soon as I visit an antique shop to get a drive.
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Ola posted:DNF with a broken bone is ok according to Norwegian honor culture. Not Valhalla material of course, but ok. I guess it depends on how far into the race you were. If you were more than 3/4 of the way done with the race, then you should have finished! 
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22/37 km, with all the biggest climbs done, with all the worst downhills left. I'll take the DNF. It was super tough conditions. The elite skiers typically finish in 1h20m-1h30m, the winner time today was 1h51m. Partly icy, partly sugary, hard slush, lots of headwind and rain. And because there's little snow, the course was steeper sideways than usual. It's along a mountain side, so if you were skating flat, you still had to skate uphill on every other push, but you couldn't do it so steeply that the uphill leg could push down again very well, so one leg wore out before the other. And the 45 deg wind was both braking and pushing you down, sideways. And you couldn't get the banked uphill energy back by gliding fast downhill, because low visibility, hard to snow plow etc. But while the uphills nailed me, I recovered pretty quickly so I actually managed to put together an ok shape. Perhaps I was getting a bit mentally tired and wanted to eat some free distance so I went a bit too fast in a sketchy place. Sucks big time, but doesn't hurt too bad and I had many positive experiences along the way.
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Dang that sounds gnarly and awesome. Heal up so you can go do it again!
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That's the most badass sounding cross country ski race I've ever heard.
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Ola posted:DNF with a broken bone is ok according to Norwegian honor culture. Not Valhalla material of course, but ok. Got amazing help. Was on a snow mobile sled with painkillers administered within 15 minutes. Got ambulanced, X-rayed etc in time to make it on an early train home, where a group of guys showered me with sympathy, aquavit, beer and cured leg of lamb. The anesthesiologist among them said it was ok. The bone is not sitting quite right at the moment, so regular doctor on Monday. Got the xray on CD-ROM, can post it as soon as I visit an antique shop to get a drive. See, this rules. I should break my collarbone sometime (Get healed quickly and stay pain free!)
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Ola posted:Many things can happen. You can for instance fall and break your collarbone, which I did. What up friend. Welcome to the club. Got out, tried a couloir, conditions kinda sucked. Rode some mellow glades instead. E: video of mellow glades https://youtu.be/bLi8bTlwjMk spwrozek fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Apr 27, 2019 |
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Caught some turns at Highlands today before it closed, and at A-Basin. A-basin is really holding up.
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Disinterested posted:Caught some turns at Highlands today before it closed, and at A-Basin. A-basin is really holding up. It will be interesting to see how much snow comes this week. 10-30" forecast currently. If it is on the high side that will really help keep it in good shape.
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