BTW, I was skiing the old Dynafit ZZero4 carbon boot. It has nice progressive flex. But I wanted a lighter boot and bought the Dynafit TLT6 Performance boot. Skied it one day and really didn't like...

Read this article about ski boots by Lou Rosenfeld:
http://lous.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ResearchRaceBoots.pdf

It's for ski racers, but it applies to all skiers. Basically, too many boots...

For a new winter car, I looked at Subaru Outback wagons, Foresters, BMW, Audi, and used Porche Cayenne's.

But his video really sold me on the Forester XT with the Nokian WRG3 tires....

Jonathan,

Don't tempt me on the ski boots. I'm drooling over the new La Sportiva Syborg boots. I need the progressive flex, will the Syborgs have it?

I'll admit that I'm a terrible uphill...

Jonathan,

You've been a bad influence on me.

I decided to take my own advice. With my '98 Outback with way too many miles on it, and the unreliability that comes with the mileage, I've just put...

Jonathan,

Good decision. Those girls deserve a safer and more reliable car.

I'm curious, what snow tires are you planning on running on your new Subaru? When I get my new Forester XT, I'm...

I have a 1998 Subaru Outback that now has 263,000 miles. It blew it's head gasket at around 150,000 miles. I looked at putting in a rebuilt engine or having my engine fixed. It turned out that my...

My new Pure DPS 112RP @178cm were just delivered to my house in Seattle today (August 21, 2012). I ordered during the Dreamtime Preorder, and got the special edition colors, grey with a yellow...

I have the ATK RT and mounted them on the DPS 112RP pure carbon ski.

I've had two problems with the binding. First the plastic heel lift can sometimes rotate while downhill skiing. I think my...

Here is the big news. DPS has come out with a Wailer 99.
http://www.dpsskis.com/home

And here is the blistergear review....

Like Wild4umlauts, I have the DPS 112RP, which I love. But I am looking for a ski that is better in the crud and harder snow. I was interested in the Bonafides, until I saw the blistergearreview on...

My feet get cold easily, so I replaced the stock TLT5 Mountain liner with the Intuition Pro Tour liner with good results.

My TLT5 boot is a 26.0 and I used a 25.0 Intuition Pro Tour liner. It's a...

ATK race RT (La Sportiva) Binding Update:

I just finished 5 days of Cat skiing with 3 days of touring in the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia.

The combination of the ATK RT binding and...

Yes, I did the 3 day small group steep chutes program. Then I followed that with the 4 day regular trip. And since they had a open seat for one more day, and I felt strong, I added one more day for a...

I'm just finishing up an 8 day Cat skiing trip with Mustang Powder in the Monashee mountains in British Columbia.

My gear included the DPS Wailer 112RP Pures @168 cm with ATK RT (La Sportiva)...

I have skied the ATK RT (La Sportiva) on my DPS 112RP skis. What can I say? With about 80,000 vertical downhill, no problems. I ski at Crystal Mountain, WA. We've had challenging conditions lately,...

I had software version 1 in my Tracker 2. Sent it in on Jan 14 and got it back Jan 27, round trip Via UPS from Seattle. Plus 2 stickers and new batteries.

I just sent in the unit, no harness. I...