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I got a set of those too, mounted with some old full-frame Dukes. I've only been on them two days since I bought them primarily for sled-skiing and light back-country, but one of the days was just a...

These were produced alongside the Machete FB for the '03-'04 season, so likely pressed sometime in the late-spring/summer/early-fall of '03.

Ski them. There is nothing like them, and with Atomic still maintaining IP rights to stainless steel skis, there will never be another ski ever made like them again (unless Atomic presses more). ...

In the course of buying my first pair three years ago and subsequent follow-up research (I'm a research nerd), including first-hand accounts that I gleaned from this forum and Peter's and Ivor's...

Not mine....

I checked the ad to see if they were still up or if the seller came down on the price. They sold 10/27/23, apparently for the asking price since he updated to say his emergency is over and the price...

Not mine. Buy-it-now for $3500....

Quiver update.
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- Pontoons The exception to prove the Machete rule.
- Spatulas (backup/loaner set)
- Spatulas
- 185 Fat Bastard (another set in better shape with no bindings stacked...

Wait; I have a Spatula-brother at Alyeska??? Welcome! (Although I'm still fairly new to the club myself; my first day was at Eaglecrest in April of 2021.) I was also there with Spatulas on the 6th!...

Are you looking to come back to practice? What kind of law are you interested in, and what year are you? I have a position that is perfect for a recent grad. And obviously if there are 6" or more...

It was definitely Spatula-worthy today! The Sins were probably underwhelming given how much snow we received.

End of the Aleutian Islands is in the eastern hemisphere (other side of 180 degrees Meridian). The International Date Line makes a jog there for convenience.

Just wanted to thank VT and ME for a good time last weekend. Spent Friday night in Augusta waiting to make the call about Sunday River or Sugarloaf on Saturday, but my nephew needed to rent and...

Alaska is more north and west (and east), and I love bragging about steel. Everyone sees the ski movies, but the reality of Alyeska (and Eaglecrest) is typically wet heavy coastal snow and...

It was more complicated. Seller took them to a UPS Store, but they quoted $900 for shipping. They also wanted $82 to box them. Um, no thanks, especially when UPS online said $130, and USPS said...

I'm not flying to France to have a glass of wine in the airport and flying back FFS--I'm flying to spend a weekend with my nephew who is four thousand miles away from his family, in an area that is...

Too short. I've actually got some 175s that I'm thinking about unloading.

Thanks for the PSA though!

I'm here! Those look like the Fat Bastards. I just paid for a minty set in Santa Fe that I've got a friend's sister picking up from the seller tomorrow for when my current 185s are done.

But...

I'm one flight to the east coast away from making my next mileage tier, and my nephew is in his freshman year in Boston. Having done my undergrad in Boston and grad school in VT, I'm flying to...

Exactly; no bindings. Don't worry about packaging them if you can just drop them off at a UPS store and let me give them my info! I'll PM you.

Or even just drop-off at a UPS store?

I've found a pair of Volants in Santa Fe on craigslist, but the seller said local pickup only. Anybody in Santa Fe that could help a jong out? I can send cash via PayPal or Venmo and will certainly...

Stikki, Rasputin, and Caucasian Asian know what's up. There's a reason that Volant had success with metal. And we're not talking about an aluminum alloy; Volant was stainless steel. The dampness...

My physician basically told me, "you'll figure it out." Best advice EVER!

One massive thing I give my kids credit for is getting ME back on skis for real; the joy of seeing them progress on the...

I did my first heli trip on April 9 as a standby. CPG has cat as well, and Alyeska is right there with probably the nicest hotel in the state. Other operators in the area will do more...

I like my chrome Ruroc. It matches my Spatulas.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/04/28/local-legend-valdez-heli-ski-guide-killed-by-avalanche-in-chugach-mountains/

I don't know what Valdez is like at the moment but there have been numerous...

I'm old school? Really I think it was just force of habit.

I've barely done some sled-skiing this year, and otherwise all of my life I've been in established lift-served areas (with perhaps the...

They are not. These are the first set I bought that had Pivot 14s (indemnified! and already set to my BSL!) which made me fall madly in love with Spatulas, and made my passion for Volant Machetes...

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I got the call to go standby yesterday; first time heliskiing. I'll edit something more substantial and post it later, but it was a pretty great day! Here's a preview with two raw files I...

Possibly similar, but aluminum (titanal) does not equal stainless steel. And Atomic is still producing stainless skis under the Volant brand, so they've retained the intellectual property for Volant...

You were about four chairs ahead of me on Saturday on GBX, and I was going to ask what you thought about Volants but you disappeared by the time my chair unloaded. So have you skied the steel?

Maybe. Depends on what I've got going on work-wise and what conditions are like (whether it's worth taking the day off). I at least would be up for night skiing one of those nights.

I ski...

Um, . . . frogger??? SERIOUSLY????!!!?? I agree with the second Trooper. That's possibly one of the dumbest things I've seen recorded.

Also, thank you for your posts. I appreciate seeing what...

Machetes!:

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paulster2626, you're a gentleman and a prince for offering to help me out.

If any of you see an old stainless snowboard for sale in the Toronto area (or elsewhere), pass on the info! The seller...

I <3 you. I emailed the CL seller and sent you a PM. I don't know Toronto neighborhoods at all; it just says "West Bend" in the CL ad.

Giving this one last shot to find some help. After giving up I went ahead and showed my nephew the ad, and he thought it was REALLY cool. I sent the seller one more message asking if he'd...

Bump. Still looking for someone to help me physically get this board. Help!

There are several Volant Machete McT (and one abused set of the last model non-stainless 69s) sets for sale that I've found on FB Marketplace in that size range. Ski the steel!

I have to start by convincing the guy to ship. His response to me was that he wants to sell locally.

Hence, my request for assistance from a forum member who is physically located in Toronto.

Kirby suggested I post this here rather than in the gear swap subforum:


MAGGOTS IN TORONTO: HELP BUYING/SHIPPING SNOWBOARD?
I found a Volant/Aggression snowboard in West Bend that I want to buy...

I found a Volant/Aggression snowboard in West Bend that I want to buy for my 16 year old nephew, but the seller won't ship. Is there anybody I could talk into picking this up for me, boxing it, and...

Definitely DISPLAY. But I have two pairs of Spatulas, so "conventional" displays won't work since they have no sidecut. Granted, those will hold the rest of the Machetes without a problem, but I'm...

If you need a hand picking up/shipping/etc., let me know. As I've been trying to build my quiver of Machetes this year, I've been feeling the pain of distance ski purchasing.

That might actually be perfect! But I was hoping to mount them each as a pair recognizing that they'll stick into the room somewhat. I'll check the tool organizers the next time I'm in Home Depot.
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I considered something similar, but it won't work for my Spatulas. So I'm thinking it will have to be something horizontal, and spaced out far enough from the wall to give depth for the binding on...

I'm about to close on a house that will allow me to have a section of the garage dedicated to Volant. (Apparently I love dead brands, because I also love AMC.) I'm going to have a wall for my...

Do a Facebook Marketplace search in Anchorage for "DPS skis" and then send me a thank you. They are the carbon ones. Seller claims the "have not been used at all" and have a Dynafit A/T binding. ...