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  9. Best jacket

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    I like Outdoor Research, big hoods and lots of pockets. Powder skirts work well and they have:

    THE INFINITE GUARANTEE®

    Outdoor Research® gear is guaranteed to perform throughout the lifetime of the product. 

    I've taken them up on this a couple of times and both replacements were a step up in price over the item I had replaced.

    (no cost to me)

    Both times was simply stitching coming loose (Goretex mittens from dragging the tips of my fingers and the back of a jacket from riding the lift.)  and that was after 5+ years, they are awesome.

     

  12. The bottom line

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    I don't think many outside our group know what they are looking at when someone is railing a turn, watching most videos here the best make it look effortless even to me. They may melt or get churned under by the Bully at night but I try to leave my mark, plowing through chicken scratch and snowmobile tracks. Let others know you were there, style will come with making  your turns "big and round".

     

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  20. What Did You Learn This Year?

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    The harder I carve the more I go back to the"keeping my chest pointing towards the fall line" a skiing fundamental that took me 15 years to master. 50-60 times a year type skiing, I've spent the last 2 years of riding (my 17th year of hardbooting) getting back to this and I'm railing turns like a mad man. The best alpine snowboarding advise I've ever received was from Buell here- "stop touching the snow/ground !!!" Well I spent the day railing turns that I'd be proud to show anyone on this board in some of the most challenging conditions riding the first alpine snowboard I purchased from Sean (17 years old?) Donek AX, that's right an AX without the "ess". When in doubt my advise is to move your bindings forward and stay on that nose, things seem to come around just fine. This advise comes for a guy who thinks the biggest thrill is snapping turns off the tail of a board. Kipp

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  22. Anyone live anywhere in 'Wasatch Back' areas?

    in Utah

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    Eden would be close to the same distance as Mountain Green from the town of Ogden, but with a small two lane canyon road. They keep the road cleared but there can be snowy mornings that could make for a more difficult commute. If you were to chose Coalville you would be closer to Park City but getting up over Parleys Canyon (the summit and drive down into SLC can be downright treacherous) people drive way to fast for conditions, they're always a few wrecks every storm. Heber is a nice little town (not sure of the community there) but during storms the hill up into Park City can get difficult even in a four wheel drive.

  25. Anyone live anywhere in 'Wasatch Back' areas?

    in Utah

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    Lived here all my life and Mountain Green is full of Utah Mormons, same with Mountain Green. It's okay if you are one, not so much if you aren't. Eden has some newer residents from out of state, that would be my pick if you can afford it. Not sure what I can comment on the others, I go to a different church than most here and I can tell you it's hard to fit in. Kipp

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