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Same here - except it was the late 80s.

Airplane is probably 2nd, with Star Wars @ #3.

tax refund bump

Yeah, I love that graphic. The red sidewalls are cool too.

My tape must've been broken :fm:

I coulda sworn my 184s measured about 182 straight, but I've bought and sold so many skis in the last few years that I could easily be mistaken.

FWIW, my 180...

Yeah, me too.

I used to do that whatever it was called @ 2:03 a lot back in the day.

The running length is shorter, because even though it's got a flat tail (i.e. no twin), the tail isn't flat - it's turned up for the last 15(ish) centimeters.

Personally, I'd like to see a 188...

I've got a bunch. What color do you want?

^^^ the tail on the BC is different from the Freeride - it has a subtle early rise that makes it a lot easier to break-away. They're similar in powder, but the BC doesn't have the chargy feel of the...

The Freerides are sold.
This year's Praxis Freerides, 184 cm, 135-107-125, 24 m. (stock) med-stiff flex, carbon lay-up + all maple core. $300 shipped firm. Binders not included nor are they for...

superior has backed out. anyone else?

sale pending to PIL vvv

^^^ The hand flex is deceiving because of the tip + tail spacers. If you hand flex my med-stiff Freerides, they seem medium(ish), but if you watch someone else hand flex them, you can see that the...

^^^ you bet, I'm in no hurry.

Good plan. On a powder day, I never gave it a second thought, and since I just threw my skis down and stepped into them, I didn't even know which was which.

SOLD

Marker Dukes from 2008/09 (the black ones). Lots of cosmetic scratches from old-skool feet-together clickity-clack, but functionally perfect. Zero play.

These have seen lots of...

^^^ Did you decide to live with the 4 mm diff?

If you don't want cheap/used, I have a pair of 120s too. I've been agonizing over keeping or selling these for a while, hence the delay.

They're original but never even mounted FKS 120s w/skinny...

The Vicik tour and the Praxis Backcountry are practically the same ski. The main differences are that they don't come in the same lengths, and recommended mounting point.

...and search, because...

SOLD

I've got some older FKx 14 DIN that I bought off gear swap a while back and never used. The heels look a little rough, but seem functionally sound. Brakes were bent by the previous owner to...

My thought exactly.

Widen the search.

Oh, so hypothetically you're saying that you live in the states, did some work in canuckistan, and that employer sent you a T4, and you've already filed with uncle sam, so now what?

If it were me...

Never skied the pows, but on a hard snow ski, you'd probably notice a 4mm difference. I say this because I had a pair that was off by 5mm, and on hard snow you could notice that one side was...

Nice! I must've missed that the first time around.

And that's about what I would've thought, but the praxis website says that the carbon versions are damper, which seems counter-intuitive (or...

I was a yank working in the great white north for years.

File your taxes with the Canadian government, just like you would in the states (the form is a little different, but the general idea is...

Uh oh, I do both :fm:

Not getting much traction in the other thread on this so I'll repost it here... Has anyone skied the same model in both the carbon and all-glass versions? With the pre-sale starting, inquiring minds...

Heh... shows what kind of memory I have - I posted in that thread.

Your feelings on the CRJ and mine are the same re: narrower tail. I like your hoji/crj hybrid idea too.

I love that photochop!

D(C), have you skied the CRJ? Because I'm thinking it's pretty much what you're getting at.

Has anyone skied the same model in both the carbon and all-glass versions?

^^^ McMaster-Carr

What puma said. I hate the Whistler fake-village scene, but in terms of being a tourist, at least there is one. A week of Baker will mean a week of driving your rental car up and down every day.
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Bumping this to add some data points (even though I know the OP went with Freerides)

I've skied groomers, deep pow, shallow pow, tracked-out/set-up crud, and rain-soaked cement on the current 184...

Forgot about this thread, then I was cleaning out my subscriptions, and noticed the extra posts.





Just to add to the thread content: the current 14 and the old FKS 12 are identical except...

The new snow seemed to be adhering to the rain-soaked layer fairly well, but as noted, it was sunny when I left today. Lots of folks on hemis, elbow, and even in oye valley (big-time terrain trap)...

Awe shuksan. Thanx B.

Baker redeemed itself this morning.

Yeah, really surprised how smeary they are in pow. And they're so quick through untracked trees. Gotta say that I really like it too. Don't know how I'd feel about giving that up.

On anything...

iscariot is right.



I'd say it a little differently, but yeah, that's about right.

I'd say the heel swivels a little, rather than it has play. The design goal was to have a high level of...

Baker.

Tomorrow could be good. Freezing levels are forecast to be in the 500'-1500' range (although they're higher than forecast right now at ~3500'). It's a little windy here in b'ham right now,...

A foot of fresh ruined by gallons of rain.

Fucking global warmingz :nonono2:

random questions -

How many holes - if any - does it have in common with the traditional solly pattern?

How much conflict would the new holes have with the old?

Does the AFD slide?

From that poster's ski review blog:

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Link?

The step is as much to chamfer the hole as it is a stop, so it takes a lighter touch than a "true" stop like a collar. Plus, some topsheets are softer (for lack of a better term) than others....

I went on a ski trip (can't remember the year - maybe 1980?) that was organized by my school and chaperoned by a few teachers and parents. My math teacher - who looked like a blonde Mr Kotter -...

My older brother had them in the mid '70s. They looked like these -

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8555667271_886bb6277e.jpg

IIRC he actually liked them, but I remember him pre-heating them...

Ha! You have more skis that I do which is saying something. Some nice skis in that pile too.

At the same time my dad was rocking 210+ Rossi Stratos, Look Nevadas, (don't know about the boots), stretch pants, I Ski sunglasses, and a red white and blue headband. I wasn't skiing yet, but I did...

-1 for the vicik, for the reasons you stated in this ^^^ post.

To me the vicik is the grab it and go ski. It's never the exact right ski for the conditions, but it's never totally wrong either. If...

Your trolls are great. So obvious, yet nobody can resist!



Hiking out of a drainage half carrying your partner with a broken leg is worse. Not that I would know anything about that.

Including whiteout/skiing by braille, and really flat light?

Gotta agree with brit - that's spendy.

The con is that you won't be able to disengage an edge when required (which usually manifests itself in a small stem/wedge at the transition to the next turn).

YetiMan is right.