Recent content by 03gade

So my vision has been getting worse over the past decade but I've never really felt the need to ski with glasses. However, I went skiing the other day and once that cloud blocked out the sun I couldn't see shit. I just had an eye doctor appointment and I had to up my prescription so it wasn't...

I don't know if anyone else is in my boat but for the first time ever I think I'm taking a season off. With all the COVID protocols of limited people per lift, lodges being closed, facemasks required ect. Ect. It just doesn't seem worth it. I ski to take my mind of things but instead I'll be...

Hello all, I know there's a ton of articles and videos about skiing powder and chopped up powder, but I want to ask about it in a detailed manner. So I just got back from a pow day and the front of my thighs are sore, to which the remedy is "don't lean so far back." But don't you HAVE to lean...

I recently downloaded the onthesnow app and set a powder alert, but it popped up at 8am which is way too late to do anything about (already on my way to work at that point). Yes, I can just look at the forecast earlier but I was wondering if anyone uses some other app for this. A 5am pop up...

Best mix of urban, park and pow?

I was wondering how much AWD really makes a difference in mountain passes that require them vs just putting chains on a FWD car with good winter tires. I just moved to Sacramento from Connecticut and am going to be heading up to Tahoe during winter. During my cross country trip my car broke...

I got a job out in Sacramento and know nothing about the area. I also have never been to Tahoe. So any advice as to what season passes to get/ what mountains are worth the commute would be great. My very basic and probably wrong understanding is that I should hit up Squaw for pow days (assuming...

I'm sure there are people signed to contracts that really do not like the product their brand is pushing out but are stuck on it. A classic example is Salomon and Simon Dumont who didn't even ski the ski with his name on it for a couple years until he jumped ship and went over to Head. (or so I...

I started park riding when I was 18 in college. Now I'm 25 (and I'm not much better). I kind of feel like I got maybe 5 years left before the bailing is just too much for my body to take and I have to resort to being an east coast powder hound. Am I wrong? I want to learn so much more trick...

So I created a poll for this. If you are just joining the discussion, In a different thread, I threw out the idea of doing a swap to 1 foot grind as Fetty Wap has one eye. It is just a matter of which swap and grind it should be. I saw some suggestions for backslide to BS swap, but is that even...

My vote is a switch up to 1 foot grind.... since he has one eye.

Killington kind of annoys me as to how every year for these past couple they need to beat out Sunday River by 1 day to say they opened first. Why? Does it really drive that many people to your mountain to know you opened first each year? From what i understand Sunday River currently has much...

The love of my life.... so close, yet so far.

Personally, I feel having rocker in your park ski helps you slosh out of under rotations easier, so I'm looking for a ski with rocker. I was going to get the chronics but my shop is carrying head this year so I realized I can also get a deal on the caddy's. I figure with the smaller waist width...

I live on the east coast, but I missed all the powder. Every time I went up it was after some rain storm or something so the majority of my winter was on ice. I only had one legit day with powder. It just feels like such a missed opportunity. I also tore a ligament in my hand so I never got my...