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  1. Thread: "The Turn"

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    Please God, give me just a hint, I love the sun...

    Please God, give me just a hint, I love the sun and it's life giving light and heat but how many 100+ days must we endure?
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    Got married, had 2 kids, got divorced, started...

    Got married, had 2 kids, got divorced, started drinking more, embezzled some money, got caught, copped a plea deal, 6 months served 5 years probation and rehab. So far rehab is going well.
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    I think Mr Cahill is still kicking, although...

    I think Mr Cahill is still kicking, although quite old.
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    So I'm set with my 125 knee! Too bad my main ski...

    So I'm set with my 125 knee! Too bad my main ski is 135. But then again, I'm mainly a cottonwood storm skier.
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    Fat skis in minimal snow are underappreciated. ...

    Fat skis in minimal snow are underappreciated.

    For chop, go bigger and faster and you'll just skip across the top of the chop. A glorious feeling. Of course Utah chop is pretty forgiving :)
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    Who needs a mask when you have an avalung? ...

    Who needs a mask when you have an avalung?

    Since I don't have an avalung I'll have to improvise, but I will not pull up my pants, Gramps ; )
  7. Thread: "The Turn"

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    Below 70 tonight in SLC, it's on baby!!! Ok...

    Below 70 tonight in SLC, it's on baby!!!

    Ok that may be a little over the top but it has changed. Thank God! And I'm not even religious.
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    Poll: Yes. Wtf I have more mtgs now than I've ever had....

    Yes. Wtf I have more mtgs now than I've ever had. Bullshit is what it is.

    Just say no.

    I'm "training" people to not text me and if they call leave a fucking msg cause if you don't I will...
  9. Interesting option

    Interesting option
  10. I thought I saw a discussion in the EIS for...

    I thought I saw a discussion in the EIS for reversible lanes - 3rd lane added.

    The transit times were weird but the Gondola transit times are from the gravel pit at Big Cottonwood (the proposed...
  11. I'm stealing that first skinning pic...... ...

    I'm stealing that first skinning pic......

    Very nice.
  12. Thread: Shiffrin

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    Fuck yeah I'm offended! WTF makes you think I'm...

    Fuck yeah I'm offended! WTF makes you think I'm gentle?! Call me a gentleman and I'll throw you through the window ala Charles Barkley, you fucking pussy. Go ahead I dare you!
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    Stop forever - no one will ever learn until one...

    Stop forever - no one will ever learn until one is destroyed.

    Maybe they should trademark backcuntry.

    @backcountry.com
    #backcountry.com
  14. In a month I hope to be able to tell you how much...

    In a month I hope to be able to tell you how much it cost to get a jacket and pants made. 10 or so years ago I got a custom sized softshell coat and pants from beyond clothing. I've got an atypical...
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    At Alta on Supreme with 2 guys obviously talking...

    At Alta on Supreme with 2 guys obviously talking about Catherine’s area (but not naming it) with one guy complaining “good turns but that 20 minute (sic) hike sucked and he can’t do it again”. The...
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    Free snow tires and rims in slc

    14" factory rims with snow tires with lots of tread off my old 95 imprezza. Thought they would fit on sons 2006 imprezza. Just a tad too small for front calipers. First pm gets them.
  17. Snow tires! I have 4 good 14" snowtires on...

    Snow tires!

    I have 4 good 14" snowtires on allow rims off my old 96 imprezza. Thought they would fit my sons 2006 but they don't quite clear the front calipers.

    FREE to any ski bum who wants...
  18. Thanks for the Aaron Rice lead - nice pics on his...

    Thanks for the Aaron Rice lead - nice pics on his IG. I think I would have bailed with him....

    SFB - thanks for all the pics!
  19. Who's going to admit to skiing the face of...

    Who's going to admit to skiing the face of Olympus? 6 sweet turns at the top and 1500' of holy shit this was a bad idea side slipping.

    OK you may have made a few more turns but the sluffs and...
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    That's freakin brilliant. He must be an hvac guy.

    That's freakin brilliant. He must be an hvac guy.
  21. @jtrue. Love that swim up o. Never been in it...

    @jtrue. Love that swim up o. Never been in it this early. Pretty narrow. Thanks for the pics.
  22. Yes, the dad, the little kid, the little girl and...

    Yes, the dad, the little kid, the little girl and your mom all contributed to the accident but ultimately it was the snowboarders fault.

    Even if that little kid looks up the hill and stops right...
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    I think you have solved the angulation in powder...

    I think you have solved the angulation in powder question - how about angulation on the high t? When traversing to the vertical do you remain horizontal or it the horizontal now vertical or if you...
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    mmmmmm pie

    mmmmmm pie
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    That guy was hauling - my favorite shot too.

    That guy was hauling - my favorite shot too.
  26. Thread: Send it kid....

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    "It's just a big 20" I loved that. Break it...

    "It's just a big 20" I loved that. Break it down to what you know.

    I think I met Zia, if she is the same Zia she also speedskates.
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    I was catholic until I had a vision of the Lady...

    I was catholic until I had a vision of the Lady Jesus.

    Now I know all the Christian religions are wrong and Lady Jesus is my copilot.
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    All pray to the flying lady Jesus! Hallelujah!

    All pray to the flying lady Jesus! Hallelujah!
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    Nope not me - I'd have claimed it. Looked like...

    Nope not me - I'd have claimed it. Looked like they started below the choke. This is the first time I've seen snow in the choke.
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    Matt - some one put tracks in the chimney line...

    Matt - some one put tracks in the chimney line today....
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    unofficial inbounds utah thread

    today rocked

    despite what the forecasts may or may not say, it IS snowing.

    all of this is, of course, worthless without pictures!
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    as my boy said "real or faked, it's still funny!"

    as my boy said "real or faked, it's still funny!"
  33. Thanks for sharing - great read!

    Thanks for sharing - great read!
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    I've looked at it. I been up there about 5 times...

    I've looked at it. I been up there about 5 times and most of the time the top 10 ft looked impossible for me. Plus it seemed a lot skinnier than the number pic suggests.

    I've got a great chimney...
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    thanks, I think I've always gone all the way...

    thanks,

    I think I've always gone all the way right and stayed at the base of the next ridge. You dont want to go straight :)

    Looking at your picture with the 1-5 it does look like you could go...
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    So I've been down that chute a few times but the...

    So I've been down that chute a few times but the spine is unfamiliar. When you exited the first narrow section did you go skiers left or skiers right? I've always gone right then you can either...
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    "they are a good ski; they just don't match my...

    "they are a good ski; they just don't match my current desire to have a more twin-tippy touring ski."

    referring to his BD megawatts
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    I saw your line the day or day after you did it. ...

    I saw your line the day or day after you did it. I saw the tracks near the top, got my spotting scope out and followed the line down until your fall. Picked up the track lower down and couldn't...
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    I'm interested - what happened to the crank? ...

    I'm interested - what happened to the crank?

    I've got an mb-1 frame I'm trying to build out vintage.

    do you have a picture of the whole lot?

    how much for the whole lot?
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    Isn't much of the backside of that ridge private...

    Isn't much of the backside of that ridge private land also?
  41. Thread: broken Dynafits?

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    I broke a pin in my second year, they warrantied...

    I broke a pin in my second year, they warrantied it and I put another 4 years on it. I put about 10 tour days a year and 15 inbounds days a year on it. I did have some boot issues that I think...
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    AT bindings on the demos? Bought a pilgrim for...

    AT bindings on the demos?

    Bought a pilgrim for my boy this year - they made him a better skier. What more could you ask of a ski?

    I'm heading down the shorter fatter ski path myself. Started...
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    So I get this email alert that some fuckstick...

    So I get this email alert that some fuckstick that goes "Fieldys Nuts" has posted in a thread I've subscribed to. Well I look at what he wrote and its exactly what I had written in the same post. So...
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    Nickisch at the University of Utah Orthopaedic...

    Nickisch at the University of Utah Orthopaedic Center
    587-7109

    I'm not sure how experienced he is - mine was pretty straight forward so I wasn't too worried. He seems conservative which I think...
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    "Haglund’s deformity is often called “pump bump”...

    "Haglund’s deformity is often called “pump bump” because..... In fact, the deformity is most common in young women who wear pumps"

    Dan is there something you are not telling us?

    I just got off...
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    be careful with the simplifications... I had a...

    be careful with the simplifications...

    I had a Dr. tell me I had a grade 3 mcl tear, with a grade 1 ACL tear.

    After a few weeks MCL was healing well but I kept having these shooting pains on...
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    http://www.iglhaut-allrad.de/

    http://www.iglhaut-allrad.de/
  48. You did mean to say intelligently designed,...

    You did mean to say intelligently designed, didn't you? I said DIDN'T you.

    I can't believe you all buy into this crap. We all know the man is just messin with our minds to cull the faithfull from...
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    My wife is so mad

    How mad is she? My wife is so mad, she mentions to me the other day that she noticed I have been researching skis via Buyer's Guides left on the coffee table and websites left unclosed. She asks me...
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    The wife got a new computer and now I can surf...

    The wife got a new computer and now I can surf from anywhere in house. The forum's triing to reel me back in.....

    "you just weren't skiing fast enough"

    After reading this and the burly AT rig...
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