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Spent last week skiing, if you can call it that, in Andorra. Compared to my week in the Swiss Alps it was night and day. Basically no snow (we got 1cm midweek which was the first snow since January), permanently 8-10 degrees C and SO much busier. Resulted in very icy and slushy runs and a lot of hard work. Still fun but man was it puts it into perspective how good I had it. On one of the days in Switzerland I covered the same distance and vert as I did in 3 of the days in Andorra, with almost 3 times as many recorded runs per day (however accurate Garmin is at segmenting these).
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At the top of the Sunnegga right now...to say the snow is nice is an understatement. The views, not so much, as it's still snowing.
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Was thinking about doing some night laps this week. Not so sure I want to step foot in the River Run Gondola now. https://www.vaildaily.com/news/colorado/mumps-outbreak-at-keystone-resort-grows-to-26-infections-including-two-non-employees/
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Ah, no big deal. You got your MMR I am sure. Although CO had a lot of anti vacers.
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Mar 2, 2020 17:20
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I need to check in on getting a booster or something
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spwrozek posted:Ah, no big deal. You got your MMR I am sure. Although CO had a lot of anti vacers. I would assume so. Maybe the heightened risk of Mumps will make night laps more exciting.
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Mar 2, 2020 18:43
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Seems more exciting than the glare ice it usually is.
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Mar 2, 2020 19:50
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spwrozek posted:Seems more exciting than the glare ice it usually is. They used to groom a run or two at the end of the normal day, don't know why that stopped doing that.
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One of my kids qualified for post season racing! The other one didn't and so I feel bad for her but I'm happy that one of them did make it. I think it's going to be pretty eye opening for her to have to race against elite kids from Vermont.
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Nice! I scored in the Super G race today, which I'm really happy with since I had kidney issues last week and am definitely not feeling at 100% yet.
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HookShot posted:Nice!
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I’m actually looking forward to getting COVID19 during Texas spring break because I have a trip to Italy planned this spring and I needs that immunity.
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Yuns posted:Thanks Hookshot! It was a tough season as new U14s so I'm very happy with both their results. Also congrats on the Super G and I hope you feel better soon. Yeah, that's sweet. And thanks, I'll get there, I'm just weak. It's annoying that I'm too weak to do the downhills, but what can you do, better to skip them than to catch an edge and break a leg because I can't recover.
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I'm looking to get a pair of Leki Trigger poles, what websites should I be hitting up to get them cheap?
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ReverendCode posted:I have the ions, the boots are stiffer than the old salomons I had previously. The way the binding connects to the boot makes it feel more responsive, but that might just be my dumb brain telling me the money was worth it. This is my second season on them, and I did break a boot, but it was because I was removing the rear cleat to use them for splitboarding, and in any case Burton just gave me a new set of boots. Thank you, this is a solid recommendation. A friend of mine just took up the sport and wants to buy his first set of gear. He asked me about step-ins, and I immediately said, no way. But after discussing it, the only reason I had was, "because I'm old and this is the way I've always done it". highme posted:Yes, Burton's recent iteration is exponentially better than the early garbage versions. I haven't ridden them, but a couple of guys I know who's opinion I trust converted after riding once. It's good to have some sold recommendations on the other side. The only time I've ever ridden step ins was when I rented a K2 Clicker set up once back in like 1997. Yes, the current Burton step in looks like it solves most of the problems inherent with the Clicker. I'd like to try it myself. Oh, and my buddy got himself a DOOM snowboard at PAX East. It's a Never Summer, actually a nice board. It's a twin-tip, it will be the perfect starter board for him. 
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That's badass, I would love to have a pair of skis covered in pentagrams and some imps getting ripped up by the doom slayer. Fun day at Bachelor today. starting to feel like spring skiing. Hope we at least get another sizable storm through. I guess skiing is always better than not skiing though.
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Squashy Nipples posted:Thank you, this is a solid recommendation. I’ve got two days on my step ons now and I’m still really loving them. They do make a weird clicking noise as you turn but that’s apparently normal. Going to a super stiff boot right away may make it harder for your buddy to learn but hopefully they can start with something softer and by the time they’ve outgrown it Burton will sell them separately.
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Mar 5, 2020 04:44
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spwrozek posted:Yeah, this is very interesting to me too. Granted I love the deluxee xv for splitting. Bit late on this but looks like a nice time out! I moved back to Golden recently after 4 years in Washington and have been getting out a little bit. I went to caribou hill on Sunday, fun enough, but the coverage was substantially less than what you all had. Would you like to meet up and do some touring? Maybe the weekend of the 14th and 15th?
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Anyone have any experience with the Nordica Enforcer 104 free? Thinking of getting some in the sales with Salomon shift bindings as my BC Daemons died after a brilliant powder/touring week last week and my Rossi hero elite ti+ are very close to the grave from teaching small humans snowplough
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How strict are resorts when it comes to camping out in your car overnight? I’m deciding on whether to go to Snowshoe, Seven Springs, or Jack Frost/Big Boulder this Saturday but I’d rather drive up tomorrow.
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Shelvocke posted:Anyone have any experience with the Nordica Enforcer 104 free? Thinking of getting some in the sales with Salomon shift bindings as my BC Daemons died after a brilliant powder/touring week last week and my Rossi hero elite ti+ are very close to the grave from teaching small humans snowplough I would think long and hard about shifts. I think they are pretty good but they do have issues. I would not be surprised to see a new version in 2 years to resolve those. A lot of people don't like only having a 10 degree riser. The brakes having dropping issues if your technique is poor. They do weigh more as well. The AFD is a pain. My GF loves hers, even after having to warranty the toe piece. I have a set as well. Not sure I would do it again, maybe tectons.
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Anachronist posted:Bit late on this but looks like a nice time out! No PMs I see... Send me a text spwrozek fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Mar 5, 2020 |
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Macnult posted:How strict are resorts when it comes to camping out in your car overnight? I’m deciding on whether to go to Snowshoe, Seven Springs, or Jack Frost/Big Boulder this Saturday but I’d rather drive up tomorrow. It varies resort to resort.
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highme posted:Funny story about old step-ins. Last weekend in the lodge before our comp one of the other volunteers tells me he brought up his "legacy" board, "it's a K2 Fatbob with step-ins." Later as I'm getting ready to head up to course I see him walking back into the lodge full Charlie Brown moping with the sole of one of his boots in his hand. Shockingly 15-20 year old glue doesn't hold up all that great. Hey, it's me two weeks ago. So, I have super wide feet. Like, gross loving frog feet. With high arches and a high instep, which make tall boots very difficult (just picture my foot like a ham with toes). Anyway, back in 1999, the last year that Airwalk made the Freeride boot, I got a pair of custom extra wide 10.5s, and they fit perfectly. And because of the internal ankle strap, I could easily get the boot on and off. Comfy like bedroom slippers. Perfect. They fit so perfect that I milked them for 21 years. Granted, the last 5-6 years I've only gone riding 2-3 days a season, but hey soft boots last forever, right? Well, they held up great until the back stiffener failed while I was riding:  Guess which one is my back foot? Suddenly I could not carve so good anymore.  They had been cracking for years, with small parts falling off, but once the back broke, they weren't really snowboard boots anymore. So, I'm thinking of buying the Burton Proton, those come in wide. Any one else with wide feet own the Burton wide boots?
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REI has 25% off their clearance skis, among lots of other items: https://slickdeals.net/f/13893860-rei-up-to-50-off-clearance-extra-25-off-ends-3-9 I'm an low-end intermediate skiier, but don't currently own; I've just been renting in the 1-2 times I go up to Tahoe a year. Anything on sale that's worth picking up? I honestly have no idea what to look for. Budget is fairly-flexible, but I definitely don't need $800 skis. Boots I probably want to go in and try on, but is it alright to buy skis/bindings sight unseen?
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Shelvocke posted:Anyone have any experience with the Nordica Enforcer 104 free? Thinking of getting some in the sales with Salomon shift bindings as my BC Daemons died after a brilliant powder/touring week last week and my Rossi hero elite ti+ are very close to the grave from teaching small humans snowplough I have the Nordica Santa Ana 100 which is apparently the same thing as the Enforcer but with a different topsheet (which is the most important part of any ski purchase obv) and I love them. They're so floaty in powder, and they'll still power through crud pretty well. I'm not the biggest fan of them on groomers, but since I spend 90% of my skiing life on race skis that's kind of to be expected.
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highme posted:It varies resort to resort. Worst case scenario I’m sure there’s a Wal Mart or something within 20-30 minutes of each place.
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Squashy Nipples posted:So, I'm thinking of buying the Burton Proton, those come in wide. Any one else with wide feet own the Burton wide boots?
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:REI has 25% off their clearance skis, among lots of other items: Buying my snowboard sight unseen was fine after doing ample research on it (reviews, size for my height/weight, etc). Bindings I got were kind of a gamble with my boots though just cause binding size ranges and boot size variation, that mostly worked out luckily. Is that the case with ski bindings as well?
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:REI has 25% off their clearance skis, among lots of other items: Good looking out. While it is nice to demo skis if you generally know what you want just buy them.
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Squashy Nipples posted:Hey, it's me two weeks ago. Oh man I had an Airwalk snowboard as my first one ever purchased and it was a total piece of crap, that's amazing that those boots lasted that long. I just tried on a bunch of new boots and ended up spending $467 on these Grenier TM-3's this week while I was at Killington Sunday-Tuesday, so now I'm going to attempt to make them last for 20 years as well.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:REI has 25% off their clearance skis, among lots of other items: quote:Offer not valid on bicycles, strollers, hard-shell boats, paddle boards, any item with GPS technology, activity trackers, personal locator beacons, action cameras and accessories, avalanche transceiver and airbag products, skis, ski boots or ski bindings; snowboards, snowboard boots or snowboard bindings. Well poo poo, so much for that.
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spwrozek posted:I would think long and hard about shifts. I think they are pretty good but they do have issues. I would not be surprised to see a new version in 2 years to resolve those. A lot of people don't like only having a 10 degree riser. The brakes having dropping issues if your technique is poor. They do weigh more as well. The AFD is a pain. I wasn't aware of the drawbacks, I get nothing but hype from my Swiss ski friends. I heard rumours that they're developing shift 2 so maybe I'll wait. HookShot posted:I have the Nordica Santa Ana 100 which is apparently the same thing as the Enforcer but with a different topsheet (which is the most important part of any ski purchase obv) and I love them. They're so floaty in powder, and they'll still power through crud pretty well. I'm not the biggest fan of them on groomers, but since I spend 90% of my skiing life on race skis that's kind of to be expected. That's pretty much what I heard so they look to be what I want
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Yuns posted:I have insanely wide feet so I typically wear 4E. I haven't worn the Burton Wides but people seem to like them but I love my Salomon Wides. I wear Salomon Synapse Wide because I like a stiffer boot but Salomon also offers the Dialogue and Hi Fi, softer boots in wide too. Those look nice, but after demoing a pair with BOAs, I could not go back to conventional laces. It's that much better.
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Squashy Nipples posted:Those look nice, but after demoing a pair with BOAs, I could not go back to conventional laces. It's that much better.
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spwrozek posted:I would do a Copper day and probably a Breck day. A-Basin if you want to get rowdy. I'm back from my mini vacation. Thanks for this advice--we did Breck Monday, A-Basin Tuesday and Copper Wednesday. Breck was fun for exploring and cruising, but A-basin and Copper were amazing. We rode every zone of A-basin and had the most fun exploring the far sides of the Montezuma bowl and traversing out on the East Wall as far as possible to cruise pow in the lower east wall area. At Copper we made our way up to Spaulding bowl and found so many untouched stashes that we spent the whole day lapping it. Overall it was awesome to see big ski resorts and big terrain in the US. I had never ridden any alpine terrain like chutes, cornices or bowls before, so I had a blast hitting those. I couldn't believe how dry the snow stayed even two or three days after the last snowfall. I was expecting sun crusts and slush, but everywhere we rode there was a soft packed powder base with dry powder on it. With a little more experience judging the snow in those conditions I think I'd spend more time in the chutes.
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Mongoose posted:I'm back from my mini vacation. Thanks for this advice--we did Breck Monday, A-Basin Tuesday and Copper Wednesday. Breck was fun for exploring and cruising, but A-basin and Copper were amazing. We rode every zone of A-basin and had the most fun exploring the far sides of the Montezuma bowl and traversing out on the East Wall as far as possible to cruise pow in the lower east wall area. At Copper we made our way up to Spaulding bowl and found so many untouched stashes that we spent the whole day lapping it. Sick man. Glad it worked out well.
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Shelvocke posted:I wasn't aware of the drawbacks, I get nothing but hype from my Swiss ski friends. I heard rumours that they're developing shift 2 so maybe I'll wait. Yeah, I am not saying don't get them. They fit a good segment and are pretty cool. I like not being on pins going down. But I am also not a great skier and having good reliable release is nice.
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https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1235774983504302081 Idunno you guys. I want to make jokes like normal times but…just…stay safe friends.
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I'm going to Tahoe this weekend and picking up my dad at the Sacramento airport on the way, there is no way I don't have this poo poo by late March. gently caress it, the skiing will be worth it, I'd just get it at home anyways
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