Recent content by ljackstar

I get $600 cad to spend on "wellness". Lucky me this covers ski tickets, lessons, and equipment. I figure I have a couple of options: get a half/full day lesson, get new pow skis (Prodigy 4.0 probably), or get $600 worth of lift tickets. What would you guys spend $600 on?

Hey Gang, Looking for some new pow skis after I sold my 2017 BG last season. My biggest issue with them was the stiffness and lack of float, just didn't feel like I was floating even on the deepest days of the season, and I could use something more playful. My main skis are a set of...

My skiing has gotten a lot better in the last 2 years and I'm starting to rethink my current quiver. I'm becoming much more interested in a stable ski that I can use on the steeps and small cliffs, but hopefully something that I can also maneuver through the narrow chutes. Most importantly, I'm...

Mostly out of curiosity, and slightly because I want to compete in a couple of FWT qualifiers in the next couple of years and want to make sure I have the right type of equipment.

Hey everyone, Over the last 4 years I've advanced my skiing more than I could ever have imagined. I now find myself perfectly in control while charging hard on some of the steepest terrain out there, and there often is no run I'm afraid to go down. In the last 3 years I have skied every black...

I'm going to Banff this week to shred the pow on Thursday, but I have all day Wednesday to ski. I can get cheaper tickets to sunshine through my work but I want to know which one has the better beginner/intermediate park so I can finally progress past slides on boxes and 180s.

I'm looking for a new park ski, because I don't know how much my Fischer Guru's have left in them. Something with a low swing weight and durable enough to handle the 180s and railslides to forward that I can do. Need something that is big enough for someone who is 6'5", 220lbs

My 2001 nissan maxima isn't cutting it anymore. I am trying to find a car that is comfortable for a 6'5" 220lb man to sit in for 4-6 hour when I go on road trips, with android auto/apple car play for music, and preferably with adaptive cruise control and lane departure assist. If I can't get the...

So my plan of going to Lake Louise for a pow day apparently isn't happening. Forecast changed and they got dumped on this weekend, but next week are only looking at 2-4cm daily. So my question is: If you had 2-3 days to ski in the Albertan rockies (Or any place that is a reasonable drive from...

I did my boots up too tight and cut off circulation to my foot last Saturday at Marmot Basin. My foot was numb all day so I didn't feel how fucking cold it got. Now I have 2nd degree frostbite and it fucking sucks. My toes are like balloons and I basically have to use crutches because walking...

http://squawalpine.com/explore/blog/incident-statement-january-24-2017 (Squaw Valley, Calif.) January 24, 2017 – UPDATE 2:00 PM – Joe Zuiches, a 42 year-old resident of Olympic Valley and a member of the Squaw Valley professional ski patrol since 2012, was killed in a fatal incident at 8:35 AM...

I'm going to be at Sunshine Village this weekend, and I'd like to learn how to drop cliffs (besides just hucking it). Does anyone have some suggestions, and does anyone know some smaller ones to practice on at Sunshine? I'd like to have some idea of what I'm doing before I splatter myself on...

Ok, I realise this is a true first world problem, but I'm flying to Kelowna on Wednesday and I don't know which skis to take. I'm there for 3 days, and realisticaly can only take 2 of my 3. So my choices are: ON3P Billy Goats - For Pow Elan Ripsticks 96 - For Hardpack/all mountain Fischer...

Was wondering how long you guys use rock skis before risking it with nice ones. Just picked up a pair of Ripstick 96s and I'm going to marmot tomorrow, but I don't want to core shot them on day one.

I just missed a pow day because I'm way too hung over. Definitely regret that last pitcher.