Hey John

I’m dealing with a sprained MCL from skiing up at Mammoth in December. I’m going to see how it feels on the easy runs at West Buttermilk tomorrow (Wednesday)

This showed up on my home page. I’m not in the market for soft boots yet but I still like watching non-infomercial, non-influencer, i.e. paid reviews. From Mr. Sunshine himself.

I’ll be there from Feb 6 – 12. Staying up at Snowmass.

Don’t know if this has been previously posted or not but I thought this guy is pretty good and it was new to me. . . . And I wish I had seen his instructional vids when I was starting out.

Also this:

I saw a few guys from the chair, including two going down the race course. But that was it.

Most likely I’ll be at Snowmass since I’m here.

Just arrived this afternoon. Staying at the Snowmass Mountain Chalet. Any consensus on what mountain for Friday?

Thank you, I misread the description. After looking at the Kessler website, it looks like this is more race oriented. I think this board would be above my skill level as I was looking for something more forgiving.

Is this the board that you guys are talking about? It’s only available in one length at 168. It’s the only alpine/carving Kessler that I’ve seen described as “All Mountain”.

Met you on the top of West Buttermilk yesterday and heard you mention this. Now I see what you were talking about.

Mid December would be the earliest for me.

You’re right, I never saw the skinny look on the slopes, at least not on boarders. And I seem to remember trying to ban one piece speed suits for all snowboard events, from SBX to Alpine. Something about respecting snowboard culture and marketing.

Nice read. Removed the spaces to get the link to work. https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a625668/snowboard-boots-history/ Not only are the boots stuck in the past, so is the clothing. It occurred to me when I was looking for a new jacket and walked into a board shop at Mammoth. Other than a few minor color variations, snowboard clothing has retained the same baggy gang banger look for nearly 20 years.

The Contra goes perfectly with that jacket!