Carbon fibre can contribute a variety specific attributes to a skis performance, but it’s just part of an overall design/performance intention. You might associate it with skis you don’t like, but...

Seven Summits is polarizing. I ride it regularly and love it, but you have to enjoy long demanding (but satisfyingly rideable) climbs, descents that require precision to find flow through the rough,...

If long technical descents are what you’re after, toast22266’s advice is sound. All are in primo condition after recent rain.

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Did my first ride today on my new (to me) 2021 Santa Cruz Tallboy. I’ve been looking for a while, and finally found a great deal for one lightly used and tricked out (Shimano XT brakes and...

Don’t really need them, but couldn’t resist a pair of 184cm K108s (minor blemishes on base) for CAN$284 from Corbetts. Also grabbed a pair of Secret 102s ($264) for my wife.

Sure, not everything they made was up to my excruciatingly high standards, but the Synapse 109 was an awesome ski, Ions and Zeds are as functional and durable as anything out there, their ski...

It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with. There’s definitely an opportunity to create some high quality jump lines, but it’s just a single fixed grip chair serving only 192m of vertical and...

Great alpine riding here in Rossland on the 7 Summits trail, and lots of relatively obscure gems (Kettle Crest, Hall Mountain, Mt Abercrombie) in the Colville National Forest just South of here....

I’ve used both extensively, and find the Evoc Trail Builder pack is more refined, comfortable, and lower and more secure for chainsaw carry.

I’m riding around clearing trees with a saw on my pack most days at the moment, and cut out 100s of trees every Spring. My Stihl MS201 (lightweight, compact, and powerful) with a 16” bar on my Evoc...

Got served up with a very convincing Blackdiamondonlinesales website link from Facebook, and excitedly started filling my shopping cart with gear at 80% off, until realizing this was too good to be...

I probably have 6-700 days on mine. They’re still doing something, but a gradual loss of performance is easy to miss. This is a good reminder to replace them over the summer.

No argument from me. Polarized politics is preventing sensible solutions, on this and many other issues.

The bike industry has always been subject to oversupply from dilettantes playing at business. Add in a bunch of investors who somehow convinced themselves that the Covid sales bump would last, and...

Immigrants are self selected for being highly motivated (the lazy ones stayed home). To owners and investors and anyone interested in productivity or just getting the essential work of our society...

Lifts turning, $25 tickets, and sunshine at 49 today. Road trip.

Karbon Legend Jacket Mens XL. Yellow, with BC Ski Team Logos and Sponsors. New unused.

https://karbon.com/products/k3551-legend-epic-23?variant=39988914716743

Karbon Nitrogen Bib Pants Mens...

If it was a Slopestyle event and just their airs mattered, then Finn probably had it, but it’s difficult to appreciate how much their respective lines on the upper face factored into the scoring....

Not a backslap, just a wheelie.

Top 4 runs were all mind blowing in their own ways.

Top 4 runs were all mind blowing in their own ways.

It’s a sheet of ice to which on very rare occasions skiable snow will stick. It only gets skied when someone with the skills (significant but not superhuman) and intention monitors it obsessively...

It’s possible the liner you bought has simply too much volume, however they might be perfect if you bake (~240 degrees for ~ 12 minutes in a convection oven) and mold them with a very thin sock and...

Slope angle is everything. Too steep and beginners are going to be bracing in fear. Too mellow and competent skiers aren’t going to be able to flex their skis through turns, and will be meandering in...

Pret helmets tick all those boxes. I like my Salomon Mtn Lab, particularly the swappable liners (great for skiing with a ball cap), no MIPS but has EPS4D (whatever that is).

Sold out. Couldn’t last long at that price.

Waking to yet another “powder day” at Red, at the tail end of a memorable 2 week run of exceptional late season conditions. 23/24 sure started off slowly, but for those of us that stuck with it...

I’ve had numerous similar pairs of Julbo photochromatic shades, and for me nothing else compares. I wear them all day everyday through summer working and riding, and eventually trash them, so am...

I’ve been using the Ergon GP1 grips for at least 10 years. They addressed the hand issues I was having and I’ve become accustomed to their unconventional paddle style. I’ve always been curious if...

Good to know that I don’t have to go into horde mode, again.

They look great on paper and could be an awesome ski, but I’m yet to read/watch a proper review and I don’t know anyone who bought them to ask. I loved my Synapse 109s and I can get G3 at cost, but...

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Pretty much as good as gets around here.

I’d previously watched all the men’s ski runs, but only just caught the full highlight video. Snowboarding just doesn’t seem to work with this format, as it seems that despite having a blank canvas,...

New skis, old skis, everything gets regular love. Getting my edges smooth, sharp and beveled (2 and 1 degree) exactly as I want them, my bases flat, filled, and waxed, it’s all a fundamental and...

489008 Finally overachieving on snowfall (and crowds) today at Red. That’s the snowfall statue and gauge.

Similar challenges for me. There’s not a touring boot on the market with the ankle fit and skiing position of your CS130s. The now discontinued Salomon S-Lab X-Alp and almost identical Arc’teryx...

Glassy, leg-wrenching, breakable crust on top of 10cm of new snow at Red. Weirdly almost non existent on the face of Red (though icy underneath) and less prevalent in the tight high north trees, but...

I’ve been skiing Raichle / Kniessel / Full Tilt Flexons for the past 38 years. I’m not aware of published numbers, but they’re widely acknowledged as having amongst the most aggressive forward lean,...

I’m still doing most of the same things on skis as I was 20 years ago, it’s just been a slow incremental decline in most of my physical capacities, most noticeable since my mid 40s. I’ve been able...

Now 55, I’ve always been compulsively active, skiing all winter, trail building and mountain biking all summer, surfing in the Spring and Fall. Just keeping going, while slowly adjusting down my...

https://www.redresort.com/first-chair-yoga/

IMO, no. His upper section was relatively mundane and on the edge of control (compare to Goguen), and though an impressive drop .. still just a straight air. Mid 80s max.

I use FTP Backcountry’s (lightly insulated) and Flylow John Henrys (unlined) to cover most ski touring conditions. Fit, dexterity and durability are all perfectly adequate. Lots of poorly fitting...

Hitzig’s ability to stomp moderate angled landings makes him unbeatable. Mandin was impressive, but he rolled the dice and got lucky, whereas Hitzig appeared well within his limits. Goguen’s cross...

30m Beal Rando 8mm is lightweight, does what you need, and is cheap. Buy one each.

All of the above. I consider my local backcountry everything day tripable from Rossland. All in great shape right now.

This year’s Radical Softshell pants seem to be a very close evolution of my Mercury Pro Softshell pants, which gets all the details right, and which I hope to replace with the same when the time...

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Full reset in the local backcountry. Regular top ups forecast all week.

For fucks sake, a thread started to share humorous Canadianisms has degenerated into yet another old men yelling at clouds circle jerk.

PMd.