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    Snowboarders Switching To Skiing

    time to start a new page and add some deeper perspective I skied from 1979-1987 Started boarding the day it was allowed at my hill (Okemo) 1987-1995 - US open half pipe comps in a HAND DUG stunt ditch 1995/96 - Oh shit new skis/real sidecut and parks started building the first big step down...
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    Just got my new acl, a couple questions.

    ^^Wrong I used to blaze quite a bit, and have had multiple knee operations - From experience I can tell you that smoking during your recovery is a stupid idea! It may seem like the easy thing to do, and it sure makes you comfy. But knee surgery recovery is an active process and is not that big...
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    Jamie pierre: sick badass or religious extremist

    I agree that his jump had nothing to do with skiing...hucking cliffs is not skiing. I can throw my dog off that cliff and he would have had the same result as JP. That said, I was responding mostly to your ascertations regarding his religous claims...and I believe that regardless of skiing feat...
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    First Park ever?

    Starting around 1987-88 for snowboarders - and skiers have been poaching ever since
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    Black toenail

    no big deal...I loss my big toenails every year and I ski brand new custom fit boots every season..its just the way some of our toes are, and it has nothing to do with boot fit. Your gonna lose your toenail, it will take a long time, but someday in april you will be chilling in a hot tub...
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    Jamie pierre: sick badass or religious extremist

    1. JP had no intention of skiing away from this drop. It was a huck and he knew it before hand and smiled about it afterwards. Landing on his back took nothing away from his feat (get it, pun). 2. His invocations of religon had more to do with his acceoptance that this could be the last thing...
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    Abortion Survery for paper

    I would have said yes - but after having a son a few months ago - I have to honestly say that it makes me sick to think that I used to be ok with abortion - When your 18 your a liberal and smarter than everone If your still a liberal by your late 20's your a fucking moron so to answer your...
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    Question about demo bindings

    The toe and heel piece are the same as normal bindings...they are attached to the roulette wheel demo plate with shorter srews - insert screwdriver rotate left - remove next - remove demo plate from skis - fill holes with plugs Take toe/heel pieces and place over airpad for normal marker...
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    1 album

    GnR appetite for destruction!!!
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    Question about demo bindings

    not true - the markers can be removed quite easily from their demo plate and for a couple of bucks you can get the normal "air pad" base plate for them. The mounting points for the demo plate and normal binding are very different and you should have no rpoblem finding a clean section of ski to...
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    Remountin skis prices???

    Just curious - have you ever seen them break? Or do you just assume they suck because nearly every single pro-racer/big mountain skier and many park junkies ski soley marker bindings...mus be because they break and pre-release all the time huh? Just curious because typing pure ignorance...
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    First big surf of the 06/07 winter

    http://www.mavsurfer.com/live_cam/ four teams towing in right now! 21 feet at 20 seconds (if you surf you know how big that really is) Big swell means big storm
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    Batten down the hatches - El Nino is comming!!!

    http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2753.htm North Shore Hawaii is currently going off with 20-30 outer reef bombs - Sorry but I just love watching the storms form and grow and travel across the globe. Possibly the best week of my life was following a major storm on Thanksgiving of 2003...
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    URGENT**- Do K2 skis come factory waxed

    They are ready to roll...if you are are super anal you could roll a true bar to check for high/low spots and fix accordingly... if you are skiing exceptionally cold snow or very wet snow you should re-wax with the right juice, but for average skiing they are fine.
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    Incline village/northstar

    Hate to say it...but SNC students are not locals! That is an insult to the rest of us North Lakers.
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    How much have you soend on sking this season

    Visa loves me - but then again business is good and skiing with the family is priceless - Work hard, play harder Once my son starts skiing then the real $$$ will be spent (yikes) - I hope he does not like snowmobiling as much as I do - maybe he will stick to yoga and running and leave me and...
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    How much have you soend on sking this season

    Squaw Pass - 1300 Alpine Family Pass (For wife and myself) - 899 New Skins for my AT skis - 140 New Boots for the wife - 400 Nancy's for the wife - 400 Airfare to CO - 800 Airfare to Austria - 2400 Lift Tickets/Lodging/Food/Drinks - 2000+ Baby Sitter - ??? I hope not too much Damm - and...
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    Batten down the hatches - El Nino is comming!!!

    WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE SIERRA FRIDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY NIGHT... THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE ABRUPTLY THIS WEEKEND...BECOMING MUCH MORE ACTIVE...WITH MULTIPLE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM IS...
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    Batten down the hatches - El Nino is comming!!!

    I have learned that the best forecasts come from the surfing community. This system is supposed to be a biggy. All the big wave guys are gearing up for a huge series of swell events. The first system due late this weekend and the bouys are already showing big seas. It is supposed to top out at...
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