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Eejit posted:Yeah it's worth partying in Banff for a night or two, do it. you'll get STIs from aussies
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Oct 26, 2018 21:55
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The Glumslinger posted:So I want some advice from the thread. I've been a permanent advanced intermediate skier forever, and I want to get better and become more comfortable skiing black diamonds. WHats the best way to do that? Should I take a private lesson? Just throw myself down some blacks and suffer through it? I can ski easy black diamonds and pick my way down harder stuff, but I'm clearly not approaching them the right way. Any pointers? where are you skiing? take a half day lesson, focusing on your technique practice your technique on slopes you feel comfortable on, and then when you're feeling good about it, just try skiing the same way on a similar slope that's a bit steeper
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Nov 2, 2018 19:56
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The Glumslinger posted:I ski a lot of places, mainly Tahoe, Mammoth, and Utah. I just struggle on moguls or really chewed up snow, but I glide down pretty much anything if its been groomed. I also don't enjoy powder skiing, and I'm fairly sure I just have technique issues that makes me struggle and overwork in those situations. what size of ski are you on? That will drastically change your enjoyment of powder and chop somewhere like snowbird/alta or squaw will have plenty of blue terrain where you can practice your technique, and then just move up to a steeper run of similar terrain and ski that don't focus on getting down the most difficult thing you can, but instead find the most difficult thing you can ski well and try that
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Nov 2, 2018 21:11
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The Glumslinger posted:Yeah, I've been totally happy to just cruise down blues and groomed blacks for the last decade, but I've made a real push to get into shape over the last few years and want to start challenging myself to handle tougher terrain. I'm not looking to throw myself double black chutes or something, I just want to get better at handling rougher slopes and not question why I ski every time I run into a patch of moguls. TBH the best skier I've ever been out with used 190cm 110mm skis, but he's a 6 ft tall 220 lb jacked guy who skis 150 days a year (lodge owner/guide) depending on your height get something that's 100mm underfoot and 175-185 long; nordica enforcer 100s are very popular, this will handle anything you can throw at it in a resort if you have good technique
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Nov 2, 2018 21:26
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HookShot posted:I'm supposed to be skiing here on the 13th and uhhhh why would you go to pano the only point of that place is to sell condos to rich calgarians
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Nov 5, 2018 23:13
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HookShot posted:I loving hate Pano more than anywhere but they (theoretically) are willing to open the mountain to us earlier than Sun Peaks soooooo. the funny thing about pano is that you can just sled up to jumbo behind it and have world class terrain and snow, whereas pano is meh terrain and poo poo snoq
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Nov 6, 2018 18:18
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bringer posted:How good of a skier do I need to be for heli-skiing to be worth it? Day heli is a rip; 3000m is a good weekend of touring, or like 2.5 runs at kicking horse tbh it's worth it if you want the experience, but otherwise meh
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Nov 18, 2018 18:58
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spwrozek posted:I would disagree. Stellar is nice since you will get 3000-5500 meters in (it will depend on what the snow pack looks like), the bird only has room for 4 and the guides (so much less tracks), and for the price, the price is killer. Just up the road Selkrik Tangerines charges $1115 USD for a day, this is about $450 USD. Heck a day pass at Vail to wait in lift lines on a powder day is $200. oh if they're doing an a-star that's a better deal, especially if you fill the machine selkirk tangiers is a huge gamble imo; they only have a few good places for bad weather (cranberry lmao) and those sometimes get tracked up by sleds
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Nov 19, 2018 18:30
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Rime posted:Selkirk Tangiers went to pot when they sold the outfit to RMR back during the pie-in-the-sky days just after the resort opened. I don't blame them for cashing out, because everyone in town did (houses went from $70k to $700k in 12 months, it was insane), but drat its like RMR was some kind of monkeys paw which poo poo on everything it touched if you didn't immediately gtfo in '07-'08. Selkirk tangiers does the same thing mica does, which is promote themselves heavily through ski vids to trustfundies the main side effect is that you get a lot of kids who think it'll be an awesome experience and get their parents to shell out for ripoff day skiing If i was in revelstoke with about 2.5k to spend on skiing (the cost of 2 nights hotel, 1 day day-heli for 2 people), I'd spend it on something like 3 days touring with a guide, or even a heli-drop/tour back to the highway combo thing
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Nov 21, 2018 19:32
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The Glumslinger posted:I was looking at Open Snow and it looks like it's gonna be a great few weeks of snow in California yeah, but it's really early so the base is quite low march with a bit of fresh snow/winds vs november with a lot of fresh snow is no contest
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Nov 21, 2018 22:22
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ski racing is the weirdest sport tbh there should just be a challenge like "ski the hornbein" and anyone who does it is #1 until the next person does something better
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Dec 3, 2018 19:15
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bawfuls posted:the industry has made a conscious turn towards the more affluent over the past 20 or so years, reflecting the broader hollowing out of the economy well I mean what does 5 days of skiing in CO or utah cost a family of four coming from the NE? It's not cheap
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Dec 4, 2018 18:54
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LostCosmonaut posted:This is some of the dumbest ski related poo poo I've ever seen; https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a23610274/courchevel-ski-restaurant-bars/ it's never good skiers wearing that poo poo see someone wearing one of these though and you'll be impressed: 
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Dec 5, 2018 00:14
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Eejit posted:I was about to say, one of a beater's greatest sources of consternation is how to transport skis jerry gets wheels
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Dec 5, 2018 07:30
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xylo posted:It needs to be. We're still skiing only WROD. canadian rockies has had time for a really bad layer to build up, so the whole backcountry should probably flush this weekend
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Dec 11, 2018 21:11
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Razzled posted:so a guy died in an avalanche.... safety course? level 2, if it's anything like in canada, takes you into actual avalanche terrain so you can do more terrain analysis but the instructor was pretty dumb0 to take a group into something like that with the risk being what it is; the easiest way to trash your operation is to kill people, not to mention killing people is a dick move
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Jan 8, 2019 19:18
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making fun of cheap gear is pretty jerry all of the best skiers I know (incl SPONSORED ATHLETES like hoji) are pretty cheap and stretch stuff as long as they can (unless the rep is handing out new stuff)
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Jan 14, 2019 04:01
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Residency Evil posted:Going to Squaw this week, if TSA allows it. huck the fingers under kt-22
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Jan 14, 2019 23:00
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there's going to be a new version of the hojiboot out next year with an alpine toe; I'm buying that also a new version of the atomic hawx touring boot, which is also class-leading
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Jan 23, 2019 19:16
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so a shop screwed up the mount on some skis and are giving me a new pair of skis, my choice how do DPS wailers ski? 
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Feb 5, 2019 16:55
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meanwhile the canadian rockies haven't had snow in a month...
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Mar 7, 2019 18:42
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get a hardboot splitboard setup
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May 7, 2019 19:14
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spwrozek posted:Don't listen to this nerd. Snowboarding on hard boots outside of pure carve boards is a soul sucking fun taker. The weight savings are just not worth the lovely ride. If you want hard boots just get skis. they're not a lovely ride if you have the right setup; and they're lighter, more durable, and much better for anything involving kicking steps; also you can transition way faster Eejit posted:Alternatively, go with a soft boot ski setup those look dumb
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May 7, 2019 22:32
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Moot . posted:Whoa, have you used these? Do they have tech toe pieces? anyone who has reviewed them says they're terrible for actual skiing you're better off with some soft superlight skimo boots
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May 7, 2019 23:05
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spwrozek posted:You can do whatever you want. There are benefits to hard boots for sure. I have a split and a ski setup, I get it. I have a friend with the plum bindings and he uses some superlight 1kg skimo boots, seems to work well
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May 8, 2019 17:05
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really the cool people are doing tele turns in leather boots
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May 8, 2019 17:59
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g3 skins are poo poo, the glue is better at staying on your bases instead of the skin...
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May 9, 2019 19:09
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make your own out of silnylon works better
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May 16, 2019 20:17
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kicking horse sucks tell your friends
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Jun 2, 2019 20:48
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bawfuls posted:Capitalism is feasting on and destroying everything you love. Skiing is yet another example. let me tell you about backcountry skiing where I can even go and poo poo all over the alterra terrain if I can haul my rear end there
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Jul 24, 2019 01:21
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knox_harrington posted:New skis day seems like a weird setup, you lose a lot of the benefit of a lighter ski with that binding what's the top end like on those skis when you get going?
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Jan 21, 2020 19:29
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Today I learned Rossi put the 7-Series out to pasture and has the completely different Black Ops line now. black ops was cool when it was super limited edition 3 years ago, now they're p average
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Jan 28, 2020 00:38
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Dangerllama posted:Who’s got Shifts? Are they worth an upgrade over Kingpins? shifts are almost worse than kingpins depending on your usecase, if you tour a lot they're worse, if you resort a lot they're better I've had no issues with the kingpins, and have had proper release when I caught an edge going about 60km/h on a groomer
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Jan 29, 2020 18:21
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Eejit posted:Does anyone have recommendations for beacon, shovel, and probe? I don't need super crazy stuff, just lightweight and reliable. I don't really have any inclination to ride in dangerous terrain or conditions, but I do gotta have the stuff just in case. tracker 3 or barryvox S any probe is fine but get a 320, the carbon mammut and BD ones are nice I like the mammut allugator shovels a lot
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Feb 12, 2020 20:58
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Parks canada just effectively closed the backcountry, and the salt in the local groups is amazing...
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Mar 24, 2020 21:38
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knox_harrington posted:The black crows skins are hybrid and have worked really nicely so far. Not that I've got a ton of days on them yet. black crows are the contour hybrid skins, just in a custom colour, i have them and love them glueless skins can be total poo poo
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Apr 8, 2020 19:29
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das_bill posted:But your industry, time to buy your shifts and go touring buddy. I'm guessing a poo poo load of people will die touring this year. It'll be all good until that first real avalanche cycle.
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Aug 28, 2020 02:36
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the trick with touring is to be fit enough to knock off a 5km, 500m "approach" with river crossing in like 90min, since the tourists will just blow a good half day getting to your spot.
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spwrozek posted:I would be really surprised to see the tracker 3/S change positions. It is not easy to pull it and rotate it. tracker 3 seems pretty solid, I'm at 4 seasons on mine without issues the pressure lock just seems dumb; most people wear them in a hardness which'll get repeatedly jostled and pressed against the body
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