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So stoked i’m going to tour UVM in febuary and then ski bush for a few days, head out and hit middlebury and maybe killi or snow in southern vt
 
14496809:SteezyYeeter said:
yo sick. make sure to send some pics.
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Conditions were hard pack but still plenty of fun turns. Sun came out today before we started driving home. Found a few nice transitions

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14496771:Abarski said:
Can’t believe I’ll be a midwesterner in a month, someone tell me about this Tyrol basin place
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really dope. they try to open early and stay open late. they have a rope, and know how to build a park. hit C lift for some cliffs if they have snow in the trees. check out unaffiliated productions and tyrol tuesdays for clips of their park.
 
14497805:Profahoben_212 said:
Anybody got any recs on skins? All my g3s have gooped up over their life so interested in trying something else
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Can say big sky mountain product skins are pretty fire, if you haven’t tried them.
 
14498138:Gourd said:
I wonder if pros take sponsorship deals on gear they don’t like/want to ride
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I think they do, I remember the Revolt 95 was marketed as a ski that Ahmet "actually wanted to ride" compared to the Wall which was the only Volkl park ski at the time.
 
14497805:Profahoben_212 said:
Anybody got any recs on skins? All my g3s have gooped up over their life so interested in trying something else
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Save the tip and tail clips if you can. Those things grip better than any other tail clip I've used.

14498138:Gourd said:
I wonder if pros take sponsorship deals on gear they don’t like/want to ride
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I've heard of skiers riding skis with a different topsheet. Heard rumors that Atomic pros were riding Punx with an Infamous topsheets. This might be bullshit but someone told me Torin was heavily stiffened ARV/7/8's years after the pipe cleaners were discontinued.
 
14498153:jompcock said:
Save the tip and tail clips if you can. Those things grip better than any other tail clip I've used.

I've heard of skiers riding skis with a different topsheet. Heard rumors that Atomic pros were riding Punx with an Infamous topsheets. This might be bullshit but someone told me Torin was heavily stiffened ARV/7/8's years after the pipe cleaners were discontinued.
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matej rides old factions because the newer topsheets are dog right?
 
The real Skifi guys ride either punx 7 or bent chetlers with punx 5 topsheets. I think it’s because there’s a huge population of tweener park skiers in Finland and it’s a good market to advertise too. Not too expensive so mom and dad will buy the ski for a growing kid.

14498153:jompcock said:
I've heard of skiers riding skis with a different topsheet. Heard rumors that Atomic pros were riding Punx with an Infamous topsheets. This might be bullshit but someone told me Torin was heavily stiffened ARV/7/8's years after the pipe cleaners were discontinued.
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Also it was a known thing that Line would swap around the topsheets based on what they wanted to advertise. You would see pros riding skis with a Blend topsheet in deep pow, which were obviously Bacons, and LJ rode Stepups that had a sidewall (so they were Chronics).

I also think the company has some influence over what skis the pros ride which is I think the reason why so many Armada athletes rode Bdogs last year even though that ski was barely seen before.
 
Yeah I think Andy still will ride like a honey Badger topsheet on a chronic sometimes.

And to your second point - same thing happened with faction with the prodigy vs the CT

14498163:Slowbro said:
Also it was a known thing that Line would swap around the topsheets based on what they wanted to advertise. You would see pros riding skis with a Blend topsheet in deep pow, which were obviously Bacons, and LJ rode Stepups that had a sidewall (so they were Chronics).

I also think the company has some influence over what skis the pros ride which is I think the reason why so many Armada athletes rode Bdogs last year even though that ski was barely seen before.
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14498149:steez_apprentice said:
I swear I'm gonna stop being a pussy on rails this weekend
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I say something similar to myself every time I go skiing for the past 15 years and to this day I'm still a pussy.
 
14498189:steez_apprentice said:
I still don't commit but I swear once I do i'll be as good as my homies
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Committing to things is huge and also something I don't do because I am a pussy. Once I finally commit to something its generally really easy.
 
Are you people gonna start going to bat for resort workers or are you just going to keep fucking up our communities and pricing-us out? Real talk. Once we all get unionized and start shutting mega resorts down due to staffing then you'll get it. Sorry your ski day was ruined lol, We have rent to pay.

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14498193:CoolChillGuy420 said:
Are you people gonna start going to bat for resort workers or are you just going to keep fucking up our communities and pricing-us out? Real talk. Once we all get unionized and start shutting mega resorts down due to staffing then you'll get it. Sorry your ski day was ruined lol, We have rent to pay.

**This post was edited on Jan 11th 2023 at 10:29:09pm
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Fuck vail homie we stand against corporate shitstains
 
Goddamn I need to get my B2 outs back. They used to be autopilot until I caught an edge on new skis + plastic tube. Literally threw me hips over head and slammed super hard. Had a mental block since. Found myself looking at this photo to see what I used to do with my feet lol

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14498465:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
Goddamn I need to get my B2 outs back. They used to be autopilot until I caught an edge on new skis + plastic tube. Literally threw me hips over head and slammed super hard. Had a mental block since. Found myself looking at this photo to see what I used to do with my feet lol

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you're locking it in asap fs
 
14498946:ReturnToMonkey said:
Unless you're learning, just don't get the point of hitting a rail if you aren't doing some kinda nollie/butter on
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ouch, why you gotta come at me like that. I've been straight sliding the same rails 95% of the time for the past 10 years and I still enjoy it. it's the simple thing in life or something like that.
 
14498946:ReturnToMonkey said:
Unless you're learning, just don't get the point of hitting a rail if you aren't doing some kinda nollie/butter on
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Nah. Grinding rails with both feet is what’s dumb
 
14498968:TOAST. said:
ouch, why you gotta come at me like that. I've been straight sliding the same rails 95% of the time for the past 10 years and I still enjoy it. it's the simple thing in life or something like that.
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Mostly joking but like it's not any harder to pop off your tips. Most of the time, it looks way better and is more fun.

14498975:Farmville420 said:
Nah. Grinding rails with both feet is what’s dumb
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Okay snowboarder. Jk one footed slides are sick af. I get a lot of satisfaction out of watching some good footwork on a rail that you cant get from snowboarders tho
 
14498992:ReturnToMonkey said:
Mostly joking but like it's not any harder to pop off your tips. Most of the time, it looks way better and is more fun.

Okay snowboarder. Jk one footed slides are sick af. I get a lot of satisfaction out of watching some good footwork on a rail that you cant get from snowboarders tho
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1 footed 2p2 is the way
 
I have a goal to do all 8 in one session every year until I am dead. only took me 45 minutes of hiking this year, 30s might not be too bad.
 
14498465:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
Goddamn I need to get my B2 outs back. They used to be autopilot until I caught an edge on new skis + plastic tube. Literally threw me hips over head and slammed super hard. Had a mental block since. Found myself looking at this photo to see what I used to do with my feet lol

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get some laps w me at northstar
 
You must be in Reno because that’s a big distance between the two haha

But yeah Sierra is awesome. I had one of my best powder days ever there. The trees are great

14499381:fregoso said:
damnnnnnn, northstar and sierra are my go to
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really thinking of getting different pow skis.

I adore my prospect 112s when things are steep and you can open them up. but on low angle/lower speed stuff you really cant drive the tips and you have to do such a balancing act to keep from either tip dive or being a backseat bandit. Centered skiing really isn't my style at all.

I have some sloppy joes I might end up throwing bindings back on. They are much better on low angle and they are twin tipped for fuckaround alpine meadows pow days when only roundhouse is open.
 
Spray painted ski boots are the clapped out Honda Civic Si of the mountain. I fuckin love it.. but I also totally hate it
 
also mounting some freshie marksman with some black p18s, excited to ski a pair that aren’t 1 back from true center, more like 3-4 like recommend is
 
Brundage is a weird place. Like, a place of pretty much just low angle glades with no lines and stashes everywhere is fun right? Right?
 
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