Johnny Law

We broke those, these are made in Yugoslavia 70's neon 153 Elan's that we long termed "borrowed". Whatever jackass had these before had rounded off three of the screws, so we had to MIG weld some pieces on to get them off. I haven't MIG welded in 6 years and sucked at it then so it took a while, mounting had to get pushed back to tonight but I will have pics up this afternoon. Major bonus though in that we did find another pair of demo bindings so we can loan these out. You haven't lived until you have thrown tandem spread eagles.....I would be happy if we didn't break these within the first 15mins of being on them.

Well your in for a treat, were mounting up the double skis tonight. If you have never had the double ski experiance prepare to be amazed. If I can find another pair of demo bindings in my house we can even loan them out on gaper day. Double skis + boxes = $$$$$$$ Pics will be up post mount.

The big thing is only pass holders show up after mid march and BC doesn't make anything. This actually happens alot of places, if you want BC to stay open get the people that actually pay full price to get out. The whole worker issue is a big one too. Otherwise BC could have ten feet of snow and it wouldn't matter. I don't know how long you have been riding at Bear but you should know it can all melt in a week under the right conditions.

That good to know, I always see the 4frnt's for cheap and its getting harder and harder to hoard the old P series looks still I will stay away. Even I have to admit that sounds like something someone would say if they couldn't do it.

Don't worry dude most EC places could really use a DR power mower (Julio at KT or Toliet Bowl are pretty damn tight) when you get to the west you won't have any problems. Remember see the gaps not the trees.

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lotta dick waving going on in this thread for what it is worth I never really liked the Atomic bindings....my racer friends tell me Vists are the new hotness which I just can't believe. The 4frnt binding is a Vist and that particular design shares alot in common with a binding that Marker tossed because of retention issues. POC the gear isn't ultra important just remember to grip it and rip it, perfect c turns are overated where as having fun is universal

Yeah and you need to do it like six months in advance and have a group of four, we have all that and are ready to climb but I really want to find a way to ski from the top. Knifes edge is boney and somewhat dangerous but with some fill in and this week's storm putting down 16+ I hope skiing it can be accomplished. Icy would be an understatment so I think this may end up just being a climbing trip I don't like the decents that are mostly rapping with skis on.

I'm in and will see if I can get my out of town crew in town which would be at least five fully gapered out clowns

Anyone ever ski it ? So I have a climbing trip to Katahdin coming up and wondered if you can actually ski it. I know there are touring routes but anything downhill ? I have done alot of the chocs, nearly all of the slides in the ADK book, Gothics, Marcy, and Mt. Washington and I'm out of ideas for our anual EC BC trip. Anything near Blue Mountain ? hehehe

You never know just a slight change in the weather and it can dump stay hopefull.

I would bet shitty lifts but you would have to check their permits to be sure unless someone knows which models they run

The snow today was sweet in the morning then it all went to shit at noon

Just go in through the state park if you really want to ski the slides, they don't own the actual land so there isn't jack sh@t they are going to do. Be safe I think it is slides 3 & 4 that get lots of frozen waterfalls.

The first year of a place though is not a great indicator, the first year of the change over to Bear saw a large investment influx (20 millionish if memory serves me) and not a whole lot of traffic. I think that year was the last time I parked in the first row. I wasn't at Bear last year alot but this year you can definitely see a significant amount of growth from the first year. Additionally they made money last year (5 millionish) I would assume that does not reflect any sort of extensive debt repayment but that is still very good. I would wait a year or two to see what happens with Sno, I don't know what the casino situation in Scranton is but that alone could vastly change Sno's outlook.

From the double secret back bowls.........Bear will close when they stop making money and/or the weather gets shitty. This week looks good and they should blow all week but if its warm next week all that snow will melt and people will stop showing up. PA is a crap shoot so we will see.

Nice TR ! You can ski that chute in the fifth pic from the top and its wide so its pretty easy.

Hunter = pure shit go north or Bell if you have to stay in NY

I is me.....I took them off TGR who it seems took them from NS. Serious about what ? Armada ? I have like 5 or 6 pairs already I don't need any more right now unless you got a pair of ARGs for cheap....best reverse camber/sidecut ski.

worn boots or crappy techs

The IRS feels that I owe them $$$$$ so any where I can pick up a discount ticket ?

Well it isn't a standard Marker design, the toe piece is actually based off an old tyrolla design. Marker due to there design including the biometirc toe and the way in which the forward pressure intergrates with the heal piece favor release over retention. This is good if your a jong from jersey and ski once every five years but if you push it or ride in alot of fall you die terrain you only want the ski coming off in the worst of situations. Ever notice they are the only company that makes a 30 din binding, essentially they make up for the fact that there design is shit by blowing the din through the roof. For obvious reasons this is deadly for knees. The P series from look was alot different in that it operated almost entirely from the toe piece where as Solly's and the new PX series are from the heal piece. People had problem with Sollys because on anything other than the 916 the suport structure in the heal was plastic and they had manual toe cup adjustment. What would happen is the screw would slowly back out from riding, this in turn would expand the toe cup and remove any forward pressure. It always seemed that this would go down at all the wrong times. Looks have far more points of contact and the ability to pull the toe and heal out around 35mm which is essential when you rip and all you really want is the half a second to get your shit back together and ride on.

Dude do they run Nastar on Saturdays ? I love Nastar I'll be there rocking a brown argyle jacket and brown pants

How crowded will Sno be on Saturday? I would like to check this place out and Bear will be a mad house. I can do crowded but not Bear Creek Presidents Weekend Saturday crowded......maybe I will just go to Burke.

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