Found this article and thought it was pretty cool- Its a granite cored ski wrapped in carbon fiber.http://www.kontrastblog.com/2007/12/13/first-skis-on-the-world-made-of-stone-by-zai/
I tore my ACL last March so I will be skiing with a brace this season, but I have pretty weak knees so I was thinking about skiing with a brace on my other knee also to protect against fucking it up. Anybody out there recommend that? My doctor says it wont help but I cant see why it wouldnt help
Was thinking about getting the new JP v Julians. I ski primarily at a small East Coast mountain, almost all park but I go out west at least once every year. From what I have read the J vs.J are a great powder ski that can still be ridden on groomers. Has anyone ridden them? Have any...
Does anyone know which movie came out last year or this year that focused on the impact of global warming on skiing. I want to say it was Teton Gravity Research but im not sure.
So I will admit I thought Simon should have won the X Games super pipe AT FIRST, and i even hated on Tanner on NS but after further review of his run and reading the interview I have to say Tanner is really the spirit of skiing. Tanner was one of the only ones at X Games 12 that DIDNT...
In light of T Halls recent speech at the World Superpipe Comp. i began to ask myself "hey self... Tanner Hall, isn't he the guy that (with the help of a few others) has basically revolutionized freeskiing since the begining?" I mean this is the guy that has consitently progressed the sport for...
it may just be on the east coast or just where i live but how come ever comp i go to is judged by a bunch of fucking steezer snowboarders who dont know shit about skiing?
and why do they all wear such fucking tight pants?
so i downloaded a windows media player update thingy for a better version and now it wont let me wtch any videos at all
it just says "could not connect to server" and im really pissed off cause the old one worked just fine and i really want to watch some fucking videos.....so if anyone can...
the east may have crappy mountains but we ski 2 months and rip just as hard as the kids out west that ski all year...so dont hate plus the mountains out west suck compaired to the Alps...which are in the east.......
im like 5 10 and ride the 174 i like them they ridegreat and i can still butter and shit but if you do all that shit with 180s i would try to stay close to that
i was just at both of them last month they were both sick alta is sick cause no snowboarders and crazy powder but park sucks
snowbird has a sick park and some sick powder runs but theres so many more ppl..
so up to you