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I've got a set of Hestra guide gloves. On their 3rd season* and still going strong.
*And I do mean season, not week! 😉
Aha! Cheers stevo, that's worth a bump for them for me! Still some duct tape time to go yet, though.
@GrahamS - I've got something very similar to the snowboard vice in your picture - it fits nicely to my Black & Decker Workmate for a 'Pop-Up' Snowboard Workshop in the shed. 8)
They really do make a simple job so much easier, but I'm liking the DIY version very much - I might have to have a go at that as my splitboard is too chunky to go in my vertical slot! *cough* 😳
I'm liking the DIY version very much
Looks alright doesn't it.
I was thinking a much simpler approach might be to just stick some bolts through a bit of 2x4 and into the binding mounts. Then you can just clamp the 2x4 in a workmate.
Though I suppose that doesn't solve the vertical issue and means you are waxing with the binding bolts in which folklore says is bad.
Casey Neistat keeping it real in New York City:
Though I suppose that doesn't solve the vertical issue
My current workaround to the vertical issue is to clamp the splitboard in the 'jaws' of the Workmate with some protective rubber (old DH inner-tube). I'm less bothered about edges on a splitboard anyway
I reckon a quick wax/top up is ok with the bolts in but for a good service would always prefer to remove the binding hardware. That being said there's loads of bolts in a splitboard for touring mode etc and I've never bothered to remove them when waxing ... I reckon your idea would be pretty peachy & robust - look forward to seeing the results and 'scotch-brite' pad finish! 🙂
Conditions in Scotland were not too bad at the weekend 🙂
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Think it's about the same andy, about 5m. What a winter eh? 🙂
They've even got a buried rescue hut too!
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Conditions in Scotland were not too bad at the weekend
Which hill is that? Looks pretty quiet?
My mate was heading to Glenshee with his kids on Sunday - but the traffic was backed up for two miles and the car park was full, so they just played on the foothills instead.
Glencoe.
Saturday wasn't too bad at all. A wee wait at the tows, but nothing unusual, particularly given that it was a weekend in half term which exceptional snow conditions and good weather!
Is there a good snowboard rental/demo place in Les Gets, or are they all Twinner type chain stores?Ideal would be something like ZeroG in Chamonix with a good range of interesting boards, that would take your rental price of a board if you bought one. The missus is in line for a new board, and it would be great if she could try out a few and get a good deal on the one she likes.
There used to be a cool little shop called magic board, I've not been out to Les Gets for far too long though, so cant confirm if its still there or not. They were good guys when I used to pop in, did me a good price on some Drakes I seem to remember.
Been too scared to visit this thread! Don't want to know how good conditions are now 🙁
Gloves: Been impressed with these:
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£30 from Boardridersguide (down from £60)
Replaced some Level gloves that I got from eBay for £15 and lasted years, so hope they have a similar life!
(ps. they don't have Idiot strings 🙂 )
(ps. they don't have Idiot strings )
I'm out 😀
I was in Serre Chevalier last week. Rode powder every day!
I hate this thread!
Nice fresh powder in the Vercors yesterday 😛
Saturday's ski tour in the Chartresue wasn't so great though.We've had rain upto around 1500m at the end of last week, which turned the snow to wet and heavy. Still with the dump on Saturday night and Sunday morning hopefully it's back to being good now.
Just been to town to get some broken screws on my Plum Guides replaced so now hopefully back to business. Although I do have to go and ride my bike (strange idea...)around the med next week....
can I just mention that I am off on my lads trip to Bormio on Saturday!
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Bormio? Isn't that all rainforests and monkeys?
I'm off on my lads trip to Slovakia on Saturday. 😀 Ski pass arrived this morning, which was cutting it a little fine!
One from a over Christmas and NY in Morzine:
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[i]Bormio? Isn't that all rainforests and monkeys?[/i]
kin hope not! Although its an easy mistake to make in the Travel Agents.
Peak to Creek run of 1800m drop......BANZAI!!!! 😈
So I'm in La Plagne this week for my first ever trip to the mountain. I'm currently getting absolutely trashed in a bar with a guy from Lebanon on a girl from Hong Kong.... mental stuff!
Bluebird pow day yesterday:
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*and a girl not on a girl!!! Christ I'm drunk!
Are you sure it's a girl from Hong Kong and not a ladyboy from Thailand ? Standard advice in Asia is to be very afraid of the beer goggles !
Tom B later that night:
Sure it's not a lesbian, rather than from Lebanon?
Easy mistake to make...! 😉
Well today was rough! Amongst other things, I managed to lose half a toenail lastnight which made the 2 hours on the slopes that I managed very painful!
Apparently we went through 400 euros at the bar between 10 of us and John the guy from Lebanon (top guy!) ended up having a pretty guilt ridden 3am Skype chat with his girlfriend after pulling some Mexican au pair 🙂 no more alcohol for me this trip!
I'm starting to get to grips with halfpipe though....almost made it to the top today!!
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I used to snowboard Grum, if that helps? Did so for about 10-15 years but won't be going back 😉
I used to snowboard as well. Tried it, was rubbish at it, went back to skiing!
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I like both 🙂
Can't get my head people with a reasonable amount of skill fly to places to then spend a week doing laps on motorway runs, regardless of their choice of sliding equipment. In particular, snowboarding on pistes is the most pointless thing ever. Off piste - Snowboard if conditions are good and there's not a huge walk out, skis if conditions are a bit mixed/poor or it would save a huge amount of time on the way out. If, for some reason I end up on pistes all day, it doesn't matter what I'm on, since it's just run/wine/run/wine/run/wine/wine/wine/run 🙂
My week has probably been 70% pistes, 15% off piste (with an instructor) and 15% halfpipe. Can't say that I feel like I've wasted my time or money personally.
Sat in Chamonix watching the snow come down very heavily.
may have to find a bar and watch the curling.
peterfile - I'm on my 7th back-to-back season at the moment, my 9th in total.
For sure, powder is everything, but when it's not on, I can still have an awesome day lapping pistes. Carving, jibbing, little tricks and hits at the side, working on technique on the steeps. It's all snowboarding and I love every minute of it.
Went up the other day - hideously warm (sirroco depositing sand from the Sahara all over the mountain!), zero visibility, only thing vaguely rideable was some slushy pistes down through the trees to the bottom. I had a rad time! 
Sat in Chamonix watching the snow come down very heavily.
may have to find a bar and watch the curling.
Does not compute? Go snowboarding!
oh aye, don't get me wrong, i'd rather be riding something than not at all! my point was more along the lines of going to Chamonix in winter and riding pistes is like taking your bike there in summer and riding fire roads. 100% agree that a day when it's not feasible to be off piste then pistes are fine for mucking around, but just can't understand why people choose it over good off piste conditions 🙂
Does not compute? Go [s]snowboarding[/s] skiing!
Whatever you do, don't sit in a bar! Get out there! (Unless lifts are shut and it's not safe, obviously. If that's the case, hit the bar. Hard.)
Vis on the hill is about 50 metres, so its not good conditions forecast to be good inthe morning so will be making fresh tracks.
Dont really need to ski in bad weather, plenty of time to wait till its sunny 🙂
[quote=Dales_rider muttered bleakly]Vis on the hill is about 50 metres
More than enough for me, personally. If snow is falling and vis is bad, head for the trees!
X-C in the flakes this morning. There's some rather flat X-C in Chamonix, Peter, no excuses now you know. Yesterday's rando was very pleasant though sticky afternoon snow reminded me it's rainureuse and structureuse on sunny days from now on.
dalesrider: go and play in the trees at GM!
I love those low vis/flat light/white out days when you seem to have the whole mountain to yourself and there's no lift queue etc ...
spot on stevomcd! sometimes you just have to adapt to the conditions don't you? - I've had some fabulous days following a thaw/freeze,when the off-piste is ropey, but the groomers are in top condition! laying down some pencil thin carves and trying to carve huge circles! 🙂
I think the only thing that's made me 'dip-out' on riding has been extreme cold.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4u_z3T9U-8
posted this a month ago, but it's relevant!
Digby, you asked a while ago, I didn't see. Been investigating Lofoten and Alta (not the US one) as alternatives, but info's thin on the ground. Might be France again in April and back to Lyngen next year, booking end of the summer this year. Got a good bunch interested.
Well I've just had a full afternoon of off piste instruction....I'll concede that it was pretty awesome!!! Visibility was awful though!
Well spent the afternoon chilling, beers in MBC and now getting ready for a 7 course meal in a rather posh restaurant
wasnt too bothered about not skiing after driving to chsm in a day, after a bad nights sleep on the ferry, a fire on the car dek(Artic on fire) made for an exciting crossing,