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^This is correct. This thread should be about the quality of the skis, not whether they should be warrantied. I don't think anyone could expect a new pair of skis in these circumstances.

As...

so owl topsheets only?

waist deep, heavy pow... check.

got a slow start to the day, but certain areas on blackcomb were holding snow really well in the afternoon... very pleasantly surprised today.

for 186, original recommended mounting spot was 88 from tail, then it switched to 87 if you are touring a lot, some people went as far back as 86 if you prefer a more traditional mount. i went 87.5...

I don't find them hard to ski or overly demanding either, haven't felt like they are too stiff once. This is due to the quickness that full reverse camber provides, in my opinion. I also haven't...

anyone else find you kinda bounce out of landings in pow due to the reverse camber? Kinda fun sensation, but a tad of an adjustment.


edit: not that this was a smooth landing anyway......

makes sense, a cm or 2 back from my mount. i found it was good to keep the shins on tongues, but if i pushed to hard I thought they lost something. thus a slightly more neutral stance is working...

where did you mount them bird?

for the most part, but the rens are a bit more of a soft snow ski for me, so lhasas would win out on long dry spells. obviously, many people swear by the lhasa and ride them every day, fresh snow or...

Yep, I've got carbon 186 lhasas from a few years back now. great skis, super light touring set up, but i ended up not loving the pin tail/big tip combination. what i ended up finding with them, is...

well, first weekend on the 186 rens, mounted with dukes...

this was definitely the ski i wanted. I primarily ski the whistler area and I wanted a ski that would not get overpowered by heavy...

random bump of an old thread... anyone have the measurements of the screws for 1st gen dukes? picked up a pair on craigslist for cheap, but no screws. thanks.

welp, i just bought a pair of second gen rens because of this thread...

skin from lot, plenty of base for laps. was up there yesterday.

my -12 to -14 has always been fine in huts (waddington included) but it was pretty chilly in the tent a few weekends back. I'd say if you are planning on using your tent often, you won't regret...

i think it would be essential that you watch deliverance before embarking on this journey.

Anyone have the story on this decker incident?

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/us/2012/05/13/dnt-seattle-skier-rescued.ctv

where are you located?

3 of us were in the trees up on Hollyburn last night as well. Probably about an hour back of steventy. Great snow everywhere from the random mid-day blizzard they must have got. Always nice to get...

nice work curtis.

Completely agree on the route finding (my preferred route is to the right), but just curious if you've ever seen the main lines slide? I've never noticed debris, but if they ever ran to the bottom...

hoping for the best... I've always enjoyed reading tetonat.

3dwhistler.com can help you get the lay of the land a bit.

keep it at the top.

whiskey.

don't bootpack in powder with the top latch undone completely. Thats the only way I've ever got snow in there and it was completely my own fault. I also normally just lock in to the binding, lean...

forecast looks like Tuesday could either build a hell of a base, or get awfully wet. Tons of precip on its way.

I was also thinking, a shallow snow pack often time makes people think, "oh this won't slide, not deep, etc." when in reality, not only can it slide, but it also is breaking up the snow pack. Before...

I just have a question for people familiar with the terrain where the slide occurred...

In the last photo, showing the location of the crown/chute/final location of jp, how much of that rock would...

Also of note on the avi related side of things... we didn't see any slides on sproatt yesterday, but it was snowing heavily and getting windloaded on the northern aspects. On the way out, in a safe...

hmm, rumors. do I need to mount my inbounds rock skis up tonight, or can I hold off til next week? I can't imagine this weekend would be in play.

That is fattwins place and it is apparently sold out. Spent a bit more than a month there last year and had a great time, met lots of great people. Would love to do it again in the future.

But...

The past couple years there has been easily accessible touring in late October/early November, so odds are you will be pretty solid. Unfortunately, you never really know until a few days before...

email was sent and quickly replied to, so thanks for that. Now decision time.

Very true. I love mine, but a lot of people find the heel pocket way too big. For me that wasn't the case and they are plenty stiff enough, so I was happy. Very similar to a full tilt/flexon feel....

and that person is nelson mandela

great stuff and really enjoyed early ups as well.

pm sent on the ft12s...

great stuff lee. nice getting to know you this winter.

-Tom

you could tour of seymour for some nice views of the city

another question for scotsman: did you take the dalbello/intuition liners out, or did you take the pro id (or whatever they call it) out? My virus's came with intuitions and they are working well. ...

after skiing 5 weeks straight on these, everyday, inbounds and out, i've got to say i'm impressed. Plenty stiff enough to ski big lines (although I too would like a bigger forward lean, only slight...

Yep, Katja and everyone at the hakuba powder lodge definitely showed us around and made it an unforgettable trip. Just got back in to the east coast last night and I'm already missing Japan. ...

good work.

there is video... and the culprit posts in this thread quite often.

and in just two days it actually is spring corn. still fun out there though.

so here in hakuba things are pretty quiet and seem to be relatively safe despite the turmoil in the rest of the country. It's also been dumping huge amounts of snow. Anyway, here's a video from the...

In hakuba right now, felt the quake on happo one, but doesn't seem to be damage here that I can see.

Hoping for the best for the rest of japan.

Some decent snow in japan recently. This is almost all from friday and saturday. I don't think this video even comes close to showing how good the snow was.

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Also, thanks to Paedde...