Welcome to new sport: Raxing steep mountains

[Tom from Austria]

...if you're checking out the FAQs on raxski.com..."wer" seems to mean "where" and "was" is "what".

Sorry for this misunderstanding, aqua toque! Have corrected it in the meantime,
your Tom.

[skifishbum]

if nothing else that's probably the best performing BBR ever made

i laughed cause one season our gaper special was a bbr with a mojo 15 on 4cm riser plates and we needed to swap brakes every time
im holdin out for broform on the oburnhard franz der poopenhausen pro model
in red

[Jong Lafitte]

Just a heads up to those like me who might be new to this whole deal...if you're checking out the FAQs on raxski.com..."wer" seems to mean "where" and "was" is "what".

Nobody else? Wer is a form of “who” (third person singular, at least, IIRC)

“Wo” is “where”

[Tom from Austria]

... Wer is a form of “who” (third person singular, at least, IIRC)

“Wo” is “where”

Perfect, Jong! Where have you learned German?
But now back to the topic of this thread - skiing steeps!

[HankScorpio]

Wow, this thread delivers. Did not realize some of you VT mags met Tom.

How do I go about getting a pair of these? Jackson Hole needs to see the light and I’ll provide a full TR.


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A few of us had and epic Rax demo at Magic prob 10(?) years ago. I recall Tom getting booted for poaching Red Line.


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[Core Shot]

Perfect, Jong! Where have you learned German?
But now back to the topic of this thread - skiing steeps!

The backseat is where the good shit happens

[Yoyo]

The French (Canadian) connection?



Someone has some explaining to do. Tom and Aqua-Toque in secret pact to Rax the world?

[Tom from Austria]

A few of us had and epic Rax demo at Magic prob 10(?) years ago. I recall Tom getting booted for poaching Red Line.

Hank, it was not the Red Line. I was ripping the ice in the lift line. This sector was marked as closed.
Yeah, the rebel in Tom is always looking for some alternative to standard routes.
He cannot help.

[NWFlow]

No, Hermann Maier left the groomed piste just once.
That was his legendary salto mortale in Nagano 1998.

Wow. That's incredible!

[Tom from Austria]

The backseat is where the good shit happens

No, there is no backseat necessary for raxing!
Let me draw a square, parallel to ski. Look at the result:

The skier is standing perpendicular to his ski.
And he must lift ski tips when dropping in such deep and steep snow.
Otherwise is he risking a breakneck leap (salto mortale).

[aqua toque]

The French (Canadian) connection?



Someone has some explaining to do. Tom and Aqua-Toque in secret pact to Rax the world?

According to teh googles translate ft-lbs is Fuß-Pfunde.

Don't even ask me how to pronouce that!

[Tom from Austria]

Thank you Baby Jebus. And Tom.

Not me, Bottleman! We should thank the grandfather of all Rax babies.
His name was "Firngleiter", lived in Tirol/Austria in 1950`s and 1960`s.
Some people called him simply "Figl". His hobby was ripping spring snow
called "Firn" in steep gorges.
Just like "Raxing Steep Mountains" but without any rear fins
to keep the track.
Neverthe less he loved Easter skiing like this scene

[Tom from Austria]

The French (Canadian) connection?
......
Someone has some explaining to do. Tom and Aqua-Toque in secret pact to Rax the world?

"Raxing the world" ?

[paulster2626]

Is this a one-Rax-fits-all thing, or would those of us with huge feet require a longer version?

[Tom from Austria]

Is this a one-Rax-fits-all thing, or would those of us with huge feet require a longer version?

Rax model "Steep Mountain" exists in several variations: the length/width of ski, the size and position of rear fins, the angle between ski base and the tail holding the fins, etc.
All these parameters determine the behaviour of ski in a specific snow art, steepnes
and the overall quality of the terrain.
But the size of your feet or the weight of your body will have no influence
on your performance in a steep couloir.

[byates1]

praxis rax?

[tgapp]

praxis rax?

raxis

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[jummo]

Not claiming to have invented anything here. But we did this back in the 1980's. You can tell by the kit.
The control in steeps with the " fifth edge" was amazing.

The new version is highly refined to be sure. But at least when we did it, there weren't snow blades, so people didn't hate on you.

jummo

[jummo]

Attachment 395665

The tip deflectors and the Parablocks speak to the era. The Look Red Springs? Well of course, the forward facing brakes were non functional, but binding release was pretty low on the list of concerns.

jummo

[Tom from Austria]

Not claiming to have invented anything here. But we did this back in the 1980's. ....
jummo

Of course I appreciate the man who invented it
But this ultra short ski is not suitable
for Grand Teton, Matterhorn or Himalaya.
Too small to float...

Skiing Shark

[Jong Lafitte]

Perfect, Jong! Where have you learned German?
But now back to the topic of this thread - skiing steeps!

I didn’t learn German, language is hard, LOL. Took 5 semesters in college and a summer study abroad in Wuerzburg kinda near Frankfurt AM in an attempt to learn it. Lived in Stuttgart for 18 months about 15 years ago also.

Visited Innsbruck with my mom and sis and skied Soelden once.

But as you said… back to the part about the steeps!!!


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[Tom from Austria]

....
But as you said… back to the part about the steeps!!!

Ok, Jong, let`s talk about steeps
As everybody knows, steep lines can be extremely dangerous.
But they are the only alternative to flat groomers, the boring pistes.
Having carved thousand turns of the same radius every day
you are looking for something else.
This "something" must not be dangerous!

You can imagine short but very steep slopes with safe landing platforms between them.
Every ski resort owns such "hidden gems", mostly steep forest barriers and walls.
They can be prepared for "raxing lines" with minimum investment.

This is how our invention "Raxski for Steep Mountains" could change the ski sport
and open the wonderful world of freeriding to everybody.

[Tom from Austria]

raxis

Right, Loser!
I am raxing, you are raxing....

...girls are raxing

[fomofo]

Perhaps you should send this esteemed gentleman a pair?

[Tom from Austria]

Raxing against traditional Skiing
in a narrow and steep couloir



Can you believe it?