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Where do you find the best deals for st anton for late jan/feb? I think I deserve a holiday!
No, a good few years ago flashy. Tbh, I found the resort a bit tired but hear it's picked back up again recently. Maybe worth another visit.
I'm going to Serre Che with NBT and Stoatsbrother 😀
+1 for Glen Coe and Nevis range... no money to go anywhere abroad.
re: all the tech. just get yourself an nice normal cambered board, I have been riding since 1994 and the reverse camber thing isn't new. TBT as mentioned is pretty good i reckon but best used in conjunction with normal camber.
the best application of reverse camber is in freestyle boards specifally rails. half pipe and kicker is still best ridden on a norml cambered board.
Signal OG would be my choice for general mountain bit of everything deck.
K2 slayblade is also very nice, salomon have a whole range of boards as do artec, DWD, Ride, YES, Endeavour, weekend, Lobster, APO, LIB, etc....
Bindings.... BUY UNION! the force model are really nice.
Everyone pretty much makes nice boots but i like slaomon and 32 cos they fit best. all about the fit when it comes to boots...
most of all! Have fun 😉
Stoatsbrother - was gonna do something different this yr. ended up doing something different *and* the BB (subject to actual planning actually happening 😉 of course).
edit: still trying to figure out something in PdS. either on skis or bike. Not been there for years, and fancy staying over the Chatel side for a change.
I'm hoping to grab a couple of days next month, am out in Austria for work. Haven't skied since 93 and fancy going those new twins a go, but in the meanwhile I'm going to try the new fangled camber thingies, see how it goes.
I'm off to Niseko for the season, leaving five weeks tomorrow. Just need to sell a kidney and pay for some proper fat skis! 😀
Rhubarb - you bucky lucking fastard....
looking at a bit of Alp D'heuz action with the family in the new year, not been for 15years+. Had a bit of snow dome action last week just to remind myself, bring on the mountains!! 🙂
I think we can all agree on one thing. We all hate rhubarb.
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Got one of these waiting for its first run.
Salomon Official
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Just need to book a holiday or two!
Fair enough chaps. Fingers crossed for some snow here before I go, Scottish skiing is good for the soul!
What's with the British obsession with fat skis? Dare I venture that narrow skis are more fun in powder? If the skis don't sink you may as well be on a groomed piste. Euro powder is rarely light enough to be a problem with GS skis.
For some proper fat pow-munchers. Have tried these two
Rossi Super 7
Atomic Chettlers (If you can cope with the silly graphics, these are awesome!)
Two I'd love to try
Line Mr Pollard's Opus
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White Doctor TW10
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They look so good, I only hope they could live up to it!
@ ranger... thats a lovely stick you have there...! I had a salomon prospect which was similar to the official.
@ edukator.. seems you need educating about japanese powder, makes euro powder look particularly lame fat skis essential 😉
I've been on Pocket Rockets for years. I'm thinking of replacing them with Prophet 98s. Will get as much as possible in the Cairngorms this year and hopefully a week in the Alps. Being self employed has its benefits but time off for skiing isnt one of them. I used to get 2-4 weeks a season 🙁
Those canoe profile thingummy blobs would be good in pow but can't see they'll be any use in Europe. Not a good enough pow/piste ratio in most places.
Just got a new job in Chamonix! Moving there in 3 weeks time! Can't wait.
Going to try for an Alps trip this year. Mostly Weardale ski club and the mighty Yad if the snow falls and falls in the right place this year. As above some Scotish trips to Glen Coe and Nevis Range. Might even get round to going to Raise.
No new gear or toys this year, but going on a lads 3 dayer to cairngorm and Glencoe in december. Then going to Selle Ronda in Italy in January for a week (me and the mrs) Then Val disere in March again me and the wife, but this time with freinds of ours.
Cant wait, bring on da snow. love Val D, go every year and cant wait to get back there
Never bother with summer hols, me and the mrs prefer to go on winter hols. And i am to busy biking in the summer to be botherd to sit on a beach 😮
oap - we must join you (if the snow fairy plays ball).
Never bother with summer hols, me
I like doing both! 8) Wakeboard and sail in the summer, ski in the winter! 8)
CFH if you're in SF head for Squaw & Alpine. Very different scene to Heavenly. Also Tahoe is a generic term for the whole lake area so IMO those who say Tahoe is rubbish don't really know what they are talking about..
If in Tahoe then Heavenly OK for mileage and the double blacks ou tthe back on the nevada side, kirkwood in fresh snow is incredible, squaw very good as well. I enjoyed Sierra@tahoe a lot as well.
Yeah Kirkwood... Known for 'The Wall' IIRC?
Well this will be my second season living in the French Alps in the Portes du Soleil, pretty much learnt the basics of falling over with a snowboard on ice last season so looking to hopefully a bit more snow and a bit more progression this season! My new toy will be a full season pass and being able to do a bit more exploring. Same old second hand board, don't even know the make but its got a cool Ninja chic on it with a sword looking like she's about to about to castrate me....
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This is mine. Off to Tignes in Feb.
Raymond in rear entry binding system shocker.... quicker? no! heavier? yes! more bits to break? definitley! flows and K2 cinch, apo expresso style bindings are horrid. some of the newer designs have ratchets too.. but just NO.
all based on my stick in the mud opinion and should be mostly ignored.
Off to Fernie for a month again in February. Hoping for a repeat of last years epic conditions and then heading to the Northern Norwegian Fjords for a week in April.
No new toys this years apart from a new pair of bindings as last years new pair were cannabalised to try and improve the performance and response of my splitboard bindings.
Have just watched 'The Art of Flight' and 'Twelve' so really looking foward to the coming season! 🙂
flows and K2 cinch, apo expresso style bindings are horrid. some of the newer designs have ratchets too.. but just NO.
K2 Autos are awesome.
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Advantages of a step-in/flow system with flex and feel of "real" strappy bindings.
Perfect for old blokes that struggle to reach over their belly to do up toe straps. 😀
Flows: quicker; yes (can clip in while moving) heavier; yes, but does that really make much difference? (how heavy are your boots?)and I've had no breakages in 10 years of using them.
I hate sitting on my ar5e for 5 minutes at the top of each lift straping on my bindings and theres very little difference in control compared with normal bindings.
They may not be sick, phat or gnarly but then neither am I!
Toying with going to Jackson Hole over Christmas or maybe just Italy, then Kaprun in March if all goes to plan (maybe another cheeky few days somewhere in between if I can too).
On Tahoe - Heavenley is an impressive operation, but you pay for it, Alpine meadows and Kirkwood both had a nice vibe, and good riding. I wasn't so keen on Squaw but it was a flat light day. I got tickets in the UK which were redeemable at all of the major resorts. South Lake Tahoe town was OK, but not much of a party vibe, Truckee might be better?
...then heading to the Northern Norwegian Fjords for a week in April.
Whereabouts, Digby? I REALLY want to visit Lofoten and the Lyngen Alps. Torn between midsummer lolling, boating and biking and spring touring.
I hate sitting on my ar5e for 5 minutes at the top of each lift straping on my bindings
There's a very, very easy way to solve that.... 😉
Yup, it's called learning to get your foot under the straps and strap in on the move!
well in 17 years of riding I can confirm taht I have broken all sorts of kit including several pairs of flows. They are also a pain in teh arse to get off if you fall in powder admittedly this has been resolved with the addition of normal straps...
And as for the weight yes it matters... of course it matters.
I can strap in my conventional straps while moving, and 5 miinutes to do up binders? mind you I am sick and also gnarly.
@ grahamS K2 autos are different though, they are a conventional binder with an innovative strap mechanism and yes they're bloody good as they're not the cinch 😉
Whereabouts, Digby? I REALLY want to visit Lofoten and the Lyngen Alps
Off to Lyngen Alps ... and really looking forward to it as I've never been to Scandinavia before!
Need to crank up the exercise routine abit though over the next few months to try ensure I'm in ok condition ... I'm not getting any younger!
No trip booked yet but I will be going on at least one, probably Alps.
Got a K2 Slayblade year before last, which is amazing and has plenty of life left so no new stick for me.
Need a new helmet, probably a get a smith variant brim. And fancy some ski boots (Salomon) as I ventured back onto 2 planks last year and loved it - planning to split my time between skiing and snowboarding this year.
No other new gear for me.
Flows: quicker; yes (can clip in while moving)
No problem doing that with Autos.
The thing I never liked about Flows (apart from the fact that they used to be very heavy and didn't flexed like a brick) is that they may be great to slip into on a nice shallow bit of piste, but it always struck me that they'd really suck in deep powder when you can't even see your feet or on icy steep stuff when you can't put the board flat.
@ grahamS K2 autos are different though, they are a conventional binder with an innovative strap mechanism and yes they're bloody good as they're not the cinch
They really come into their own at the snowdomes or on the short UK pistes. Less time strapping in/out equals more time playing.
@Graham two posts before you dude... 😉
I bet there isn't much in it dude, i ride with a couple of teh UK K2 team, I can strap in pretty much as quick as them using unions and they have auto evers.
I bet there isn't much in it dude, i ride with a couple of teh UK K2 team
Maybe not for you, but I'm an old, creaky fat git that struggles to reach his toes without sitting down (and even then!) 😀
Obviously singletrackers will be far too awesome to be sitting in the crowds of snowboarders at the top of each lift straping in 😕
Obviously singletrackers will be far too awesome to be sitting in the crowds of snowboarders at the top of each lift straping in
I just tend to ski straight past them. 🙂
Obviously singletrackers will be far too awesome to be sitting in the crowds of snowboarders at the top of each lift straping in
Nothing wrong with sitting about. We do it all the time when boarding as our pace these days is a bit more "relaxed" and typically involves looking at the view, and frequent beer/cake stops. 🙂
But we usually ride with skiers, so I don't want to sit about holding them up at the top of the lift.