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    United States vaccine restrictions

    Yo guys! Planning a trip that includes New York and Colorado in December this year. I’m just wanting to get an idea of what the situation is like over there with respect to being vaccinated, mainly to do with what airlines, accommodation places and resorts are requiring? No fights please. I’ve...
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    CO trip advice

    What’s up guys, my girlfriend and I are from New Zealand and are planning a trip to New York in December, during which time we were thinking of doing a week-long trip to do some skiing in Colorado. Just wondering if people have suggestions on where would be best for us to go? We would stay in...
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    Wildcat 108, new Jeffrey 110 comparison to ARV106

    What up NS! So I'm currently looking to replace my ARV106's that someone unfortunately ran over ? and I'm looking at a couple options, I want something with maybe a touch more float than my 106's (as they will be a ski for fresh snow days) and also something a bit more playful as I found the...
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    Reckoner 102 vs 112

    Hey guys, currently in a bit of a dilemma: reckoner 102 as a one ski quiver for everything or reckoner 112 + maybe something like an edollo or arv96 (112 for anything soft snow and edollo for park/hard pack) I’m 21, 5’10”, 140lb, skiing in New Zealand in a complete mixture of conditions but...
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    Giving photo credit for informational website project

    What's up guys, for one of my end of year reports for a course I'm doing at Uni (geology) I am making an informational website around the impact that the warming/melting cryosphere will have on skiing in terms of areal snow coverage, snowfall, avalanche risk etc. and I want to try and use some...
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    "boot fit guarantee warranty"

    Just had a customer rock up in our shop with ski boots he has been skiing in for 2 years, came back and says he got sold boots too small for him (they are a size smaller than what he should have) and wants a complete refund, but has skied in them for two seasons, and doesn't have proof of...
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    Which university for geology and skiing?

    I'm pretty keen on an overseas exchange for a semester through my university in New Zealand to go to the USA or Canada either next year or 2022 (provided COVID fucks off). I'm studying engineering geology minoring in Geographical Information Systems. My university is partnered with both UBC in...
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    US / Canada working holiday

    I’m in NZ and shitty winters and short seasons are driving me crazy, when borders open up again and this COVID shit blows over where would be a good place for a working holiday over winter? I Can boot fit/workshop/or retail, don't really want to go to whistler and get tied up in lots of partying...
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    What is this spinny thing and where do I get one

    Look on harlaut’s IG story if you don’t know what I’m talking about it’s this thing
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    ON3P pro deal response time

    Hey guys, filled out a pro deal form for ON3P as I work in a ski shop and am super keen to get on a pair of Jeffrey 102’s or 8’s. I put in my pro form would have been maybe 5-6 weeks ago and Sent a follow up email 1-2 weeks ago but have not heard anything, I understand they’re a super busy...
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    Home Gym Setups

    I don’t know if this has already been done (I couldn’t find anything) but how many people Have their own home gym setups? Anything from weight machines to parkour lines, just post whatever you’ve got at home to workout/ train anything ski related!
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    Can I justify Magnus 102’s as one ski quiver?

    Hey Guys, so I saw mango’s new pro model (it is just a Magnus 102 with a different graphic right?) I love the graphic and am trying to convince myself that they’re a good idea (even thought they might not be, this is where I need your advice) 20 years old, 5’9”, 140lb, skiing in New Zealand at...
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    Pick my next car

    Looking at subaru outback, I'm tossing up between an older model (2005) with the 3.0R engine and around 70,000 kms on it. vs a newer model (2012) with the 2.5l engine and around 100,000 kms on it, also for a slightly higher price. Anyone got any advice?
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    Entertaining NZ news on skiing

    https://www.facebook.com/120812117267/posts/10158568003857268/?vh=e This was on the news in NZ this evening, you don’t have to watch but thought it was pretty entertaining - peep the bindings at 1:15, if you get bored and wanna go straight to the action just skip to 3:30 **This thread was...
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    Daymakers vs Shifts

    So I've just ordered some new ArmadaARV106's due in June for NZ Ski season. Gonna use them for pretty much everything aside from park, and I wanna do some touring this season as well. To be fair it probably won't be a ton on the touring side, I'd say it'll be about 10-20% of the total skiing...
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    How to boot fit in a ski shop?

    Hey guys, I have been working in an outdoors store for a few years now in NZ, going into my third winter season where we sell skis/snowboards and boots etc. all the usual ski store stuff, I’ve been wanting to get into ski boot fitting but have never really fully committed to it, last season I...
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    Drugs

    My bro fairly recently turned 16, he started smoking weed about a year ago now (not legal in NZ yet) which was fine, but more recently its been nearly a daily basis, he yarns on all the time about his mates doing MDMA at parties, pretty sure he's into the same stuff and the other night found...
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    Dry Slope set up

    I don't have room in the back yard but I have a big valley up behind my house with heaps of untouched forest and I was thinking of actually digging out a small run in and lip to PVC pipe, I'm thinking of lining the whole thing with wood and then just construction fencing for the run in and turf...
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    Creaky Knees

    So I came off my mountain bike a few months ago and broke my wrist and grazed up my knees (mostly my left), a couple weeks later I noticed that my knees (predominantly left) are creaking/grinding whenever I squat under anything from a moderate to heavy load, creaking is probably the best word I...
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    Best place to ski in Switzerland?

    Hey team, me and my girlfriend are planning a potential trip from NZ to come ski over there, we have no idea about pretty much anything yet, just wanting to get idea on the best places to ski, we're both fairly experienced skiers and the only other place we've skied overseas is whistler and...
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