Things That Amuse You

[Harry]

[MakersTeleMark]

Houston Handbag always had a better ring to it for me.

[riser4]

Tell me you learned to ski in the 80's without telling me you learned to ski in the 80's! But I think mine was the locking version....

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Right butt can you stuff a full fat ski with full rocker in it?

[Brownski]

Tell me you learned to ski in the 80's without telling me you learned to ski in the 80's! But I think mine was the locking version....

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[~mikey b]

I tail drag if there's snow where I'm dragging. I don't give two fucks, and I look like an old man, who doesn't give two fucks

[Danno]

Slighting Oklahomans?

it's been the Texas suitcase forever, I call shenanigans!

[El Chupacabra]

I have some used winter tires on Craigslist, and am fielding the usual Craigslist type responses. Today, I got "that good for WRX?"

Sender name: "Carlos Stupid"

[riser4]

That is so hideous. Which makes it funny.

[Meadow Skipper]

Dunno, both times I have been to Germany in the last 9 years I have seen people riding the trains and walking around in some damn expensive jackets that are more suitable to a wilderness expedition than urban assault. Full retail upper end Jack Wolfskin was pretty popular. I was wearing a $50 on sale Columbia and a $20 Walmart fleece under it.

In NYC almost a year ago I was blown away by the number of people wearing $1k+ Canada Goose jackets. Tons of them.

[old goat]

I do know what a texas suitcase is. My little attempt at a joke. The actually amusing part is how decrepit I've become. I can barely carry a pair of skis. Over the shoulder, tips forward.. That's what I call the usual way--ie about 80% around here, Probably lower at more destinationish resorts. Maybe I'll start holding them in my arms crosswise in front, iike the 4 year olds do. ("The offering") My wife picked up a ski tote in the 80s but I never used it. I don't remember if I ever used a texas suitcase; if I did it was when I was a kid, and not for long. Carrying skis is funny--until you're on a steep, crowded resort bootpack dropping them on the person behind you.

[MakersTeleMark]

That's the dead baby carry.

[ötzi]

I wonder what you were supposed to do with the Ski Totes while you were skiing.

[J. Barron DeJong]

“THE IDEA

The idea for TRU∙Kii came about from days at our local ski hill with my two boys who were three and seven at the time. While the hill did not have much vertical, the trek from the parking lot to the lodge did. Lugging all three sets of gear up to the lodge was grueling. By the time we reached the lodge, we were cranky, tired and already sweaty from the haul. In short, the skiing part was awesome—carrying our gear to and from the hill, not so much.“

This is a tech exec from the bay who couldn’t make it through the Northstar village, right?

[Buzzworthy]

I wonder what you were supposed to do with the Ski Totes while you were skiing.

We’d locked em to the ski rack. They were splendid.
And I spray painted mine all funky because there were hundreds just hanging there.

[Harry]

The actually amusing part is how decrepit I've become. I can barely carry a pair of skis. Over the shoulder, tips forward.

old goat: you should get one of these. Maggot manufactured by MiCol and it works great. It’s basically just some nylon straps, so when I’m skiing I just stuff it in a pocket.

He designed it for inbounds bootpacks like The Headwaters in Big Sky. Works great in slippery parking lots too. Bonus is having both poles in your hands for stability. I use mine all the time.

https://www.freeridesystems.com/prod...d-carry-system

[Lvovsky]

old goat: you should get one of these. Maggot manufactured by MiCol and it works great. It’s basically just some nylon straps, so when I’m skiing I just stuff it in a pocket.

He designed it for inbounds bootpacks like The Headwaters in Big Sky. Works great in slippery parking lots too. Bonus is having both poles in your hands for stability. I use mine all the time.

Here is an easy DYI version (also sold by Aspen ski patrol):

https://www.skimag.com/adventure/how...skis-bootpack/

[old goat]

I wonder what you were supposed to do with the Ski Totes while you were skiing.

Cable lock them to a ski rack. Or so I've been told.

“THE IDEA

The idea for TRU∙Kii came about from days at our local ski hill with my two boys who were three and seven at the time. While the hill did not have much vertical, the trek from the parking lot to the lodge did. Lugging all three sets of gear up to the lodge was grueling. By the time we reached the lodge, we were cranky, tired and already sweaty from the haul. In short, the skiing part was awesome—carrying our gear to and from the hill, not so much.“

This is a tech exec from the bay who couldn’t make it through the Northstar village, right?

I've never so many people hauiing carts full of the family's ski gear as I have at Northstar. Now my kids carried their own skis as soon as they started skiing at 3. And they didn't get poles until they could carry those too.

old goat: you should get one of these. Maggot manufactured by MiCol and it works great. It’s basically just some nylon straps, so when I’m skiing I just stuff it in a pocket.

He designed it for inbounds bootpacks like The Headwaters in Big Sky. Works great in slippery parking lots too. Bonus is having both poles in your hands for stability. I use mine all the time.

https://www.freeridesystems.com/prod...d-carry-system

I'm going to give that serious consideration. On second thought, I have a lot of nylon webbing from my climbing days I could use. But where will I put the kayak that's hung in the garage with the webbing?

[HotSchmoo]

Could be wrong but thought mine came with a cable lock.
My parents got me one for xmas when i was like 16. Thought it was great at the time. Forgot about it the last day of ski season and left it locked to the rack that evening.
Little nuthing midwestern ski area had a few bike trails adjacent in the woods. Went back later that summer to bike and swear to god it was still there. Couldnt remember the code or it was just rusted up stuck.
Still there next winter, they hadn't removed it.
Cannonsburg ski area Michigan FWIW

[highangle]

In NYC almost a year ago I was blown away by the number of people wearing $1k+ Canada Goose jackets. Tons of them.

Do they even have the built-in RECCO reflectors?

[highangle]

“THE IDEA

The idea for TRU∙Kii came about from days at our local ski hill with my two boys who were three and seven at the time. While the hill did not have much vertical, the trek from the parking lot to the lodge did. Lugging all three sets of gear up to the lodge was grueling. By the time we reached the lodge, we were cranky, tired and already sweaty from the haul. In short, the skiing part was awesome—carrying our gear to and from the hill, not so much.“

This is a tech exec from the bay who couldn’t make it through the Northstar village, right?

[Touring_Sedan]

Tell me you learned to ski in the 80's without telling me you learned to ski in the 80's! But I think mine was the locking version....

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The Barrecrafter one was soooooo much easier to use.

[Brownski]

The Barrecrafter one was soooooo much easier to use.

That looks like you would need 3-4 hands to get it closed

[Brownski]

I keep picturing somebody rolling this into a crowded lodge with three kids in close orbit. That amuses me.

[Dantheman]

"Let It Snow" signs all over during the holidays.

Le tits now!

[ötzi]

Guide said FS1 had the World Cup on so I clicked to see what was going on. And there was Bob Huggins! Wtf is Bob Huggins doing at the world cup, I wondered. Turned out it was the end of the X-West Virginia hoops game.