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  6. 2020-21 Blue Opening Day Stoke Thread!!!

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    thanks. i did read earlier about detuning the edges and already planned on it.  

    Assuming passably decent snow conditions, ski em a few runs first. Detune a small amount at a time. Easier to do more than undo something that’s now too dull. I generally find that a rockered ski works better for me when the edges are detuned slightly back past the rocker inflection point, but I also ski like a park rat, slash everything, and am always looking for transitions.


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  8. 2020-21 Blue Opening Day Stoke Thread!!!

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    Thanks for reminding me to ask this question... Should one take new skis to get waxed (i believe yes) or tuned (unsure) or anything? And does anyone know what blues turnaround time is? Not sure if they're slammed. Thanks. 

    Waxed for sure. Tuned depends on how good of a job the factory did. Smaller brands who hand build things tend to do a pretty good job with tunes from the factory, with edge bevels and detunes dialed in for the specific ski’s rocker profile. Larger companies, unless you’re going for race stock stuff, will usually just go 1/1 and call it done. You’re probably fine without a full tune but you may want a gummy stone to soften the edges near the tip and tail if you find your skis to be extra hooky after the first few runs.


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  12. Zee Lights

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    18 hours ago, Shadows said:

    What would one need in order to do this? 

    raspberry pi, anemometer, barometric pressure sensor, thermometer, and humidity sensor? and some way to get it an internet connection? a few hundred dollars, would be easier if it was within range of wifi

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  14. Skison 20/21?

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    I believe you can may be able to purchase an Epic "Day Pass" and ski Hunter now. Not 100% sure - but worth looking into

    Technically correct, but an Epic Day ticket is like $112 or something. No way that’s be hunter’s normal day rate right now with limited terrain. In fact, I don’t think their lift tickets mid season were over $100 last year. The Epic Day makes sense for a place like breck or vail where normal day tickets are pushing $200, but not any of the places in NY or PA, in my opinion. Just means I’m locked out of skiing until December 6th or blue opens, whichever comes first.


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  15. Skison 20/21?

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    8 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    A saw a few posts up epic passholders only.  A shame Blue won’t do something like this when they open.  Maybe they will.  

    correct. passholders until until dec 8th. curious to hear how crowded hunter is this weekend. maybe they'll be at capacity, who knows, but they'll definitely be losing money not opening up to day tickets. maybe @AtomicSkiercan set up a Zoom call from the chairlift.

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  19. New Purchases... What did you buy so far

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    29 minutes ago, Benm said:

    there are a few options here that will fit. out of rose / pink / persimmon, which would be best? or is there no real difference. 

    for the smiths, does the rose fall into the mix there or just yellow for those and pinks for Os?

    thanks for the thorough explanation, much appreciated.

     

    I don't know the specifics of Smith's lenses as well as Oakley, sorry. This chart from Oakley should help ya out with lens choice from them, though.

     

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  21. New Purchases... What did you buy so far

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    49 minutes ago, Benm said:

    i'm going to pick up equipment this coming weekend and was hoping that whoever might know about goggles could help. here's a list of what should be available - https://www.iambenmartin.com/goggles.txt sorry that the styles/colors are abbreviated. 

    like others, i'm sure, i have a lot of problems with the flat light - a whole lot. if anyone could point out which of these might be best, it'd be very helpful. thanks.

    Smith whatever fits your helmet/face with ChromaPop storm yellow lens or Oakley whatever fits your helmet/face with Prizm rose, pink, or persimmon lens. I've accumulated like 5 or 6 different lenses for my crowbars over the years, and I use the prizm rose lens probably 90+% of the time. Unless it's a super sunny spring day, or a clear day out west, they block out enough light, and I think they do just as well at night and even better on overcast days than the high intensity yellow lens that was kinda the standard for those conditions for many years. Don't be deceived by light transmission values and see that obviously a clear lens lets through the most light and think it's best for low light days. While some of the color options do technically block out some light, the base color and various laminates or coatings that are used help to enhance certain colors which increases contrast. So while everything may technically be "darker" while wearing something like the prizm rose lens, you can actually make out contours in the snow, ice, etc better. I swear it's not just marketing hype; everyone I know who's looked through a prizm lens has been pretty surprised by the difference it actually makes.

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  22. Skison 20/21?

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    41 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

    Temps have been trending colder early next week. Probably not enough to get open, but I'll take anything at this point to get us closed to drinking a beer in the parking lot after 75 minutes of Main Street madness. 

    hope that lot beer is for loosening up the legs in preparation for round two. the real fun on mainstreet doesn't really begin until the piles start to form.

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  23. Skison 20/21?

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    2 hours ago, Barb said:

    I was all excited because some friends and I made plans to drive up to Winter Park and just do a mellow tour and test out gear. We knew we were not going to Berthoud Pass since it is always a shit show. But even when we drove by it looked pretty dry. Iced over punchy snow but there were plenty of cars there. When we got to the spot we planned this is what we found.

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    So since a few of us just got new beacons we just did some beacon practice for a while
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    Such a bummer, we really need some snow.


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    You could ski that

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  25. Skison 20/21?

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    3 minutes ago, NMSKI said:

    Don't want to sound like a hater on Vermont but no way in hell am I quarantining for 2 weeks for a Vermont ski trip.  Maybe out west, but that's even pushing it.  It's stupid that you can't just get a test a day or 2 right before you go.  

    If i remember correctly, you can quarantine for 7 days and have a negative test within 72 hours of traveling to VT. I'm too lazy to go look it up again though.

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