Ski & Snowboard Thread

The runs are super long too.

The city of Banff is an excellent ski location. Excellent après ski in the town and 3 quality mountains within 25 minute drive. I like Lake Louise for the variety. Sunshine Village is known for its fluffy powder and Mt Norquay is know for its triple back runs.
 
That looks like a comfy fall :p

Side note: anyone have experience with ski-boards? Think 2 mini snowboards worn like skis.
 
KKaWing said:
That looks like a comfy fall :p

Side note: anyone have experience with ski-boards? Think 2 mini snowboards worn like skis.
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It was about as comfy as they get!

I used ski boards way back in the day when I was 15 or 16. They can be fun in their own right but I think they're pretty sketchy. I'd much rather have a full length ski under me. Ski boarders don't have a great rep with skiers or snowboarders either lol.
 
Bartjo06 said:
It was about as comfy as they get!

I used ski boards way back in the day when I was 15 or 16. They can be fun in their own right but I think they're pretty sketchy. I'd much rather have a full length ski under me. Ski boarders don't have a great rep with skiers or snowboarders either lol.
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I am an avid skiier but lugging the poles and skis around gets tiresome. Ski boards are much more portable. Boot / clothes bag + the boards slung together and good to go. That and not getting a probe up there if I want to bring them on a plane.

P.S. everyone of my friends refuse to ski behind me. I only go when there's powder / cold enough to have "decent" machine snow. That + twin tips = giant rooster tails :bananasplit: so yeah, not much of a rep there :confused:
 
They can certainly have their advantages. Portability is definitely one of them.

On another note, Evo.com is having a crazy anniversary sale right now, so I decided now is as good of a time as any to add to my skiing setup.

I ordered some 2013 Line Influence 115s in the 186 size and some Look PX12 bindings for them. These will be the skis I bring out west with me. I'm really excited to ski them, this will be my first >100mm waisted ski.
 
I hope so! I figured why go conservative on this pair since I've already got several pairs that are great for groomers. I might not get a whole lot of use out of them here on the east coast if they ski like I imagine they will on groomers, but they'll be awesome for the days where we get some powder and for the days I want to ski the trees.
 
After going with a wider set (97mm waist) I wouldn't go back to anything skinnier than that... I'm excited for you.
 
Pretty much all you see out west....comes across the desert and takes a lot of moisture out of the snow. Then it usually dumps as pretty dry powder through utah/colorado etc
 
webby said:
Pretty much all you see out west....comes across the desert and takes a lot of moisture out of the snow. Then it usually dumps as pretty dry powder through utah/colorado etc
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Ya, I used to live in Alberta and its nice dry snow. The east is a different story. Ice, super hard packed, groomed, and crud is what we usually ski on. Don't think those wide skis are suitable at all for these conditions.
 
Pauly99to17 said:
Ya, I used to live in Alberta and its nice dry snow. The east is a different story. Ice, super hard packed, groomed, and crud is what we usually ski on. Don't think those wide skis are suitable at all for these conditions.
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Tell me about it :barf: Still makes wonderful slush rooster tails :tongue:
 
dentrecords said:
After going with a wider set (97mm waist) I wouldn't go back to anything skinnier than that... I'm excited for you.
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They came in on Friday and I had them mounted and ski'd on them Sunday. They're AWESOME! Conditions were ranging from hard pack groomers to beat up crud and they handled it all surprisingly well. They're definitely more sluggish than my 85mm waisted every day skis, but they will still make really nice turns. You definitely have to ski them from the front of your boot, if you get lazy they get pretty sketchy. I'd compare them to a GS ski, they love to go fast and naturally make a larger radius turn. It's definitely a different type of skiing altogether, but it is SO much fun. I ski'd a little bit of man-made powder off the sides of the trails and they're going to float so well. I cannot wait to take these things out west where they'll really shine!
Pauly99to17 said:
Ya, I used to live in Alberta and its nice dry snow. The east is a different story. Ice, super hard packed, groomed, and crud is what we usually ski on. Don't think those wide skis are suitable at all for these conditions.
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They aren't necessarily the best ski for the Northeast conditions, I'll agree with that. But, I was looking for a ski on the opposite end of the spectrum from what I currently have. I can't say anything about other skis in this same waist width range, but these things will surprise you on how well they ski on groomers.
KKaWing said:
Tell me about it :barf: Still makes wonderful slush rooster tails :tongue:
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My 4FRNT park skis throw the biggest rooster tail ever, my brother says he can't ski anywhere near me because he gets all the roost in the face. :rotfl:
 
More YouTube. This is from yesterday. Conditions were icy/hardpack/crud and it was incredibly windy and cold... in other words, pretty typical for the Northeast. I do have the new Influence skis on in this video.

 
Looks so cold. Too cold for November. Looks like you're doing what I usually do: heads up and make your turns to avoid icy patches. Haha
 
Pauly99to17 said:
Looks so cold. Too cold for November. Looks like you're doing what I usually do: heads up and make your turns to avoid icy patches. Haha
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It was brutally cold. I think the temp was 15 F or so but with the wind chill it was near 0 or below. And I was definitely doing that lol, icy patches on fat skis are even harder to manage than normal.
 
Bartjo06 said:
It was brutally cold. I think the temp was 15 F or so but with the wind chill it was near 0 or below. And I was definitely doing that lol, icy patches on fat skis are even harder to manage than normal.
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Ya, I've become very good at hugging tree lines where most people are scared to go. It's playing with a dangerous line at times but I detest ice so I find refuge on the extreme sides.
 
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