@North, I fully agree.
@PB, very sorry to hear that. Are you a long termer? My oldest friend in the world has been suffering since March and now she has tested positive again. It's horrible but...
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@North, I fully agree.
@PB, very sorry to hear that. Are you a long termer? My oldest friend in the world has been suffering since March and now she has tested positive again. It's horrible but...
They did do right and quickly. They offered to refund the cost of the jigarex and plates and let me keep them. They said there is no way to do that damage with the thumb screw but that they inspect...
Being old, not seeing well, with shaky, arthritic hands, I have decided not to do free hand mounts anymore. I spent the last effort my hands and eyes had in them trying to fabricate my own jig and...
Inside the back of the Freed. Skis in there for scale. The red Backland 107s are 189 cm and the green Backland 102 FRs are 180. The back isn't actually totally flat. It has a bridge over a gap...
Not at the scale of what most of the rigs I see here but I got a new subcompact minivan that I can sleep in for Hokkaido trailhead and hot spring parking lot access. It's a Honda Freed+ Hybrid AWD...
I am enjoying a pair of Haglofs Elation GTX pants for touring in Hokkaido. On warm, sunny days they don't go out but with so many storm days Hard shells keep me drier. I hate bibs. They are just too...
I am a hoarder. But I don't have the space anymore. I gave away or sold cheap 25 pairs of skis before we moved to Hokkaido. I now have four plus my wife's one in a storage locker in the basement. I...
Yeah, I always have backups. Right now I have a pair of SkiLogik Bomb Squads, 188 cm with TTS bindings built around a Dynafit Speed Radical toe (I can't believe these skis are ten years old--they...
I guess I need to eat a few of my words. By the end of the season I broke my v1s in several ways.
* The toes stopped closing on my boot unless I reached down and pulled the lever up, locking it...
I'm a regular viewer too. Great teacher.
Disclosure: tele skier here, quiver of three. I have never liked super light skis either but I'm learning to appreciate less weight on my feet the older I get (now 63). The 107s are crazy light to me...
Ski resorts are empty. Heavy rain today and tonight. But it should return to snow soon.
Dry Guy +1
Strapping alpine skis together doesn't de-camber them. Skiing de-cambers them. If strapping them together worked, I would have a whole quiver of flat skis. But the only skis I have that have lost...
I told you telemarking was stupid.
Two foot long core shot on my (now retired) ON3P Viciks' first day. I put over 100 days on them after that and finally retired them when the cores got infiltrated with water and binding screws...
For cleaning up ragged edges my tool of choice is a panzar file. Use a light touch because if you dig in, you could rip right through the edge. But if you are careful, it will smooth your edges out...
I usually don't unless as other have stated, there is a serious problem with the ski. I keep my skis waxed, scraped, and brushed. I keep my edges smooth more than sharp since I am really only...
I find myself wishing I had got the 182 Backland 107s instead of the 189s. My age (63) and my choice of softer boots and being a tele skier are all conspiring to tell me to go shorter next time. If I...
It is their most reasonably priced receptacle. :fmicon:
https://www.vectorglide-japan.com/big-mountain
OG locals in Niseko are saying they've never seen this little snow in 50 years. But... the amount of snow there is on the ground would make people happy in a lot of other regions. If we only had this...
Lift tickets are in the $40-50 range with cheaper options if you buy points tickets use them to access sidecountry.
Lodging is a huge range but you can find hostels for less than $50 a night.
You...
Gobi Desert sand dust. Common enoigh in spring but never seen it in January. I still don't know how much fell on the snowpack.
I have been down with a bad neck and not been out for a week. But there was dust today on satellite imagery in a plume coming out of Daisetsu clouds heading SE toward the Pacific. I don't know if any...
I was skiing the trees at Kokusai two weeks ago. It was thin then but I felt like with a couple more good snowfalls the sasa and other bushes would be mostly covered and things would start opening...
We have been getting more west wind than northwest wind last year and this year than I remember from years ago. That puts Teine in the rain shadow of most of the snowfall. I wouldn't judge all of...
I have Backland 107s in 189 mounted for tele with 22 Designs Lynx at +2. I originally mounted them boot center and didn't like it. Felt like I was standing on the tails and the sweet spot of the flex...
The ones I tested two years ago pre-released. The ones I have now--2019 model--have not so far in a dozen or so days of mostly touring. I took a couple of falls on a dust on crust day and they stayed...
There is enough of a base now that any snowfall is going to create excellent conditions. Don't let the fact that we're below average scare you away. When it snows the skiing is great and it snows a...
They changed the claw for 2020. I have the 2019 claw and no problems so far. Temps have not been extremely cold but I haven't been out on a warm day yet.
The toe is improved with a stronger snap...
After a couple hours of voodoo I've decided on +2.
Another vote for tennis balls.
After ten days skiing my 189s in a surprising amount of deep powder early season in Hokkaido as it seems like we aren't really getting much I am going to add a set of inserts tomorrow at +1.5. I...
Yes. 22Designs sells one.
Danno, how many bikes do you already have? Surely you could sell a couple to finance new ski gear. ;-)
FWIW I have about ten days in on the 2018-19 version. No issues whatsoever for me. The 2020...
Have you mounted multiple different bindings on them and if so how were the holes plugged? If water gets in and rots the core I could imagine the ski cracking under foot causing it to flatten out...
After a weekend avalanche rescue course with guides in Hokkaido I am in the market for a new beacon to replace my 3+. Leaning heavily toward the Barryvox S for its multiplicity of "pro" functions...
I have three pair that have been in a rotation of five or six for about eight years. They are my go-to socks and I rotate them onto my feet more often than all the others combined. I probably have a...
Malika Tirolien, she sings and raps, in 7/8 time, in Creole. Rapping at 2:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2bEXwLVcNM
I agree with xxx-er that it's water. Thing is, when you separate the skins to dry them, that dries the surface of the glue. But most of the water is coming from the plush and wicking through the...
Another vote for Wren 96 or Head Core 99.
Loved the blue 120s until I broke them. And they weren't even mine. I was lucky that Marshal was very close by and when we told him that I broke them he had to warrantee them because I am such a...
Freeride Systems in Japan--photo by J.T. Robinson, Vertical Integrations
My favorite and best fitting and featured jacket I've ever owned. Never had a hood that fit and closed around my face as...
YES!
Goshiki Onsen is awesome. It's kind of old fashioned in a Japanese way. The current lodge is actually new, built less than 30 years ago. But it's an older style Japanese building. Meals are nothing...
I guess that answers the question then.
I might offer ¥500 if seller pays shipping. With those hard bases they'd make a good sand ski and the sand would clean up the edges real nice. Then I could flip them and sell for $999 and buyer pays...
I don't see the problem as long as your belt matches.
"Now when you think feminine itch, you're thinking Bode Miller anyways."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gSwL-qhLZw