Johnny Law
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and snowblind whiteout "where did the ground go?" cliff drops.
Those are the best, its best though when your friend all of the sudden disappears.
I heard loveland has been kind of full this year. Propaganda ?
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I'm currently riding Line Invaders, But I really destroyed them this year in Vermont and they have a few coreshots, they CAN last me another season, but If I get the money, WHy would I?
Do you think its bad skiing these ski's with a few coreshots and tear's on the edges? haha wow i have no idea how they got this way... Or should I go buy a new pair and put my mojo 11's on em'? Also, I kinda made the mistake and not knowing how big of ski's i can handle for this year, The year before, I skied 140's, These are 160's and they still feel small at 5'5"
If i get Bindings I wanna go for a higher end Look binding, Because I've heard so much rep about them...
For your weight I think a p18 or 15 may be overkill, though if you have the cash grab them because they won't be around for long and they will last forever. You could go with a 12 or 14 which will save you money since your not a giant. Regardless, the p series is the best binding ever made so you can't go wrong. If you look in the right places you can pick a p10 up for 50-75 and p12/14 100 the P15 or P18 is going to be more costly.
Additionally old p18's have no wide break option so you have to bend them, if you a problem let me know and I can help you with this. Also the P series has a tight heal screw pattern skis light fat skis may present a problem but for tonker park skis no need to worry.
Ski wise you can fix all the shit if you are really interested, if not rock whatever you can pick up on the cheap and push the savings into a trip. My only advise ski wise is to avoid the invader....not trying to be a dick just saying.
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Even if you think touring is for hippies or people that can't afford lift tickets these have to give you a boner. DIN AND DYNAFIT compatable keyed/sliding system blocks, adjustable flex up to 110, 3.8lbs, BOA Closure System and cheap MSR is 700.
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Crap!!! Looks like I might be better off picking up another pair of PE's or just getting the volkl bridge like
I was considering anyway... I need a stiff (because of my weight) all mtn twin tip in 180+ that's I can take out west once a year, but still ski the ice, crud, of the East.. That isn't going to kill me to the tune of a boatload of $$$$ Any other suggestions for a budget minded ski like that??
Keep the old ones and buy a real pow ski, for 200 - 400 you can get a sick 100 plus ski and not have to sacrifice on performance.
EC twins are easy to pick up cheap, look on-line right at the end of the seaon or watch Gear Swap on TGR.
I like the AR5/6's for mixed EC skiing and you can pick up a pair of those for like 300 end of the year
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i thought gaper day was april 1st
It is elsewhere but I don't think Bear has ever made it to April 1 though that would be mad cool if they did
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I can wear this one, but gaper day historically is a random day in March
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T*Maki's post makes me want to answer this a little more seriously.
Basic knowledge can keep you safe in the Backcountry with minimal experience. Read the avy report, understand what is has to say. Read it every day, not just the days you go out. Understand and practice with your beacon/probe. No replacement for practice here. Watch for basic signs of instability, and when the forcast indicates human triggered slabs are possible stay out of avalanche terrain and runout unless you have some well developed skills at assessing snowpack. "A Dozen More Turns" shows how decision making is a WAY bigger factor than experience or knowledge.
More to the point of my orginal post. I disliked your comment about O.B. only in the west requires caution. 5 minute hike or 4 hour hike, if you get in avalanche terrain, you should have an idea what you are doing. East coast or "out west".
Your 100% right and there is stuff that is 5 minutes OB in the east that will kill you. The Slides, most of Mansfield, Remember Alec Stall ? (that traverse wasn't five minutes but wasn't hours of skining either)
Experiance and knowledge can significantly reduce your possibility of being killed or serious injured in an avalanch but never elminate it completley. A gentlemen who I took WFAR with and had Avy 3 level training rode that train to the white room last year. There is alot of BC in the east and though it isn't on the West's quality and scale, slides happen frequently. The whites were going off yesterday additionally I have heard many reports from trusted friends about small slides on Mansfield yesterday.
Report on the Stall incident
http://www.stowemountainrescue.org/Stall_R...tall_Report.pdf
GSS did you ever get out to Bear Pond in the winter when you were at UVM ? I want to check this area out but it may be a waste.
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They're discontinuing the Public Enemy..it's going to be called something different for 08-09...
Why would somebody want somebody else to demo skis for them???? Makes no sense..since we all have different preferences.
I don't know if there is a direct replacment the Kung Fujas is kind of the new Seth (95 waist) I don't know the waist for the Extreme but the Disorderlylooks closest.
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The 183 Ice Atlantic Shaman, Vokyl Kuro and the BD Megawatt check out the BD boots too those things give me a boner.
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Really? Someone had to get out there first. There is so much information available that you can get in the back country without anyone in your crew being there before. It sure sounds like he's doing some slack country stuff though, and I would venture to guess he did so without B,P,S or any knowledge about the snowpack. For some of our side country stuff, it's under the resort and totally gladed. Pretty safe stuff. In another portion I saw a natural slide a few weeks ago.
And what makes out of bounds "out west" any more dangerous than O.B. stuff in the north east? Your so found of bringing up Tucks, which is known to have slides, likewise for the backcountry in the ADKs. I assume vermont has 30 degree slopes and has stability issues as well.
Agreed....though even in the ADK and Whites avy danger is significantly lower in general than West Tuxs is probably the large exception to that rule.
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No, hate doesn't work in surfing. Too many Cali surfers are wannabe gangsters. And you are wrong about starting shit. I just call out people on dumbass posts.
BTW, just out of curiosity, since you say I start shit "all the time" how about backing that post up with a few times I started shit. Lets see some examples of where I actually started it.
I would argue it does work in surfing as out of towners and newbs don't really catch anything. As to starting shit off the top of my head I would say the Bode thread, the gun comment thread, the thread we are currently in, the Sno/Blue closing threads honestly though I meant the starting shit in a light hearted manner. Imagine how boring this place would be if we all got along the whole time and being passionate about things you love is a good thing.
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I visited a friend two summers ago to surf in Southern California. If you tried to catch a wave that a local was dropping in on, you got beat up. The locals feel like they own the ocean.
Hate never works.
Hate works pretty well in surfing doesn't it? .........and this whole thing is nothing compared to surfing and you do start shit all the time.
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Word is snow is pretty good as there has been consistent dumps over the last few days, there is a layer of rain crust underneath that caused some problems before last two nights big dump. Hopefully that will be burried and no longer an issue.
Stowe is 82 per day though you can get multiday tickets and save a little money.
Stay away from benchwoods as that is played out, ask some locals about the chin call, the pipeline and goat chute call, spruce, kitchen wall, notch, hellbrook, taft and then keep the directions a secret.
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Just got an email from my buds in Idaho, open invite to go to Schweitzer in March and stay at the cabin, dovetails with the J-hole trip. OH MYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! Check out there website, cool video with Wolfmother soundtrack..........
Idaho rocks and Schweitzer is definitely the best enjoy.
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do you wear all red? i ride with ryan somtimes and i think you were with him once.
No my name is Steve and I think I rode with you tuesday night old beater Ar5's green pants black jacket.....I'm the old head
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I've lived in PA the most...VT the second most when I was at UVM...and Montana for two years when I was a skibum...on a scale of 1 to 100...
PA gets a 10
VT gets a 30
The Rockies get a 100
I love skiing Stowe and there are some challenging spots..the same with Mad River Glen but the terrain is not comparable to out west out all..It's tough to open it up in tight trees and there are millions and millions of people within a days drive..I've skied Stowe on a one foot powder day and every nook and cranny gets tracked up while out west the tight trees remain untouched for days..For Jib-honks it doesn't matter..there's big mo-fo booters and rails everywhere..but for free-skiing the west wins out by a landslide. As I get older and have more $$$$ and vacation time..I see myself skiing Vermont less and out west more...Vermont is good for bumps and trees but there needs to be a nice dump like the early April storms I skied at Stowe to make it Epic. Jackson Hole in my mind is Epic even on a hardpack day due to the steep and gnarly terrain...just my inflation adjusted two cents..
In the east you have to leave the trail map to get the pow alot of the time but I certainly agree with what you saying. I love VT but I would move back west in a second if it was totally up to me.
Its just that I can get to Jay in 24 hours if I know it is going to snow whereas the fact that it is going to snow in UT tommorow doesn't really help me as all the prep takes some time. So you add pow days you would never have because you can go last last minute.
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Johnny, that bottom pic looks very familiar. Is that Magic Mtn by any chance? I've done some sick skiing at Magic. A buddy of mine had access to the mountain via snowmobile and we'd take turns running each other and friends up when we weren't able to get back to the lifts. I hope they get hit with big snow late in the season like they did last year. Good Times!
Stowe but Magic is good isn't it? Red line can be mad cool
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Even Bear is open wtf?
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thats ryan hes mad chill dont think he's on paskiandride tho
He's not on PASR....he is my boy and so chill his riding go some much better in the last two weeks its amazing
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Hahah little shit heads on NS know nothing about VT, NH or Maine. Snow, terrain, vibe all of it is far far better than PA its not the west in some terms but it can challenge you just as much. You want Pow, cliffs, steeps, pillows, BC, booters, rails, pipe it is all there and at a level that is some what comprable to the West. Is it as easy to find and in the same abundance ? No but f*ckers who skip the NE so they can go west once or twice a year are missing alot and that fine because then there is more for me.
BTW Go tell sam or soul the last time you rode shit like this in PA - it amazes me that skiers from PA can be so closed minded
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Noaa is very consistent as far as weather is concerned and they show a clusterf@#k for this week too with colder weather on the weekend, Jebus just took a giant dump on Bear.
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i deffinitly want to hear aobut what areas are good at snowbasin since i am headed there on sunday for a week
Off strawberry gondola is Demoisy, from the top of the gondi head right up the bootpack and on the ridge look for the notches that indicate the chutes. There are three distinct ones, the widest is on the right the smallest and balliest is far left.
Ogden and strawberry peak are good too but require alot of work and some skill.
Off John Paul is the no name area which has good pow skiing and a little steeps. If the coke can is running take it to get the extra vert, if you know the area you can ride the backside into Ogden. The Olympic downhill starts up there too, which is fun. The only thing you have to worry about over here is going to far out wheelers and getting into the pyramids which are only ok and leave you with a short walk back to the lift.
Lastly ride sisters and look right I will leave it to you to figure the rest out.
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That is sheer idiocy. Look at the demographics around here... 90% of the riders around here are beginners. Barring them from terrain will just get you a bankrupt ski hill. Building dangerous gaps is the last thing you should do. On the contrary, those jumps should not have a dropoff at all; they should all be tabletops. That way, you don't get little kids augering in after the dropoff, the beginners can stay upright and get out of the way more easily, and everyone can spot the landing better and see any potential wrecks when the landing is cluttered with body parts.
Hahah I believe your sarcasm meter must be broken, death gaps aside you have to agree that there is a serious problem with gapers in the parks. I'm not talking about skill level per se but the lack of park etiquette that causes serious problems.
I have no particular problem with racers, I used to race alot and still run Nastar occasionally but gapers need to learn the fuckin rules. It isn't the core guys who ride everyday, it isn't the park crew, it isn't the young bucks its the fuckin gapers who are getting carted out on the meat wagon every weekend. I wouldn't let my brother with a learner permit hop in a Veyron just like I wouldn't let him hit 20 footers it called being responsible. When I ride I'm responsible for me and whoever I'm with to make sure were riding smart, so yeah it pisses people off when you are essentially at the mercy of other Jongs who have no idea what they are doing.
Demoing 2009 Skis On Wednesday
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It is, dimensions don't change but I think they got rid of the variable sidewall....though that may have been last year.
pics - Ar6 is third one from the right
Sick Sick Sick....I hope I can get them through proform early next year but they may not be the poser forms I have acess to.