Fastskiguy

Freezing rain in the face blown in at 30mph today in s. wisconsin, let's just say the drive took patience.

That was a funny video but it also reminds me why I can't stand snowboarders. And on alpine gear it's like you can't go with either group-skiers are like "dirtbag" and snowboards are like "alpine freak." The best part was the tackling, I mean, it's like they robbed a bank or something, that was hilarious!

If you're talking a carved turn then at its basic level it's a board tipped on edge and pressured. It bends into an arc and carves a line thru the snow.

That 800' hill looks really great except for the lack of snow, we've got hills half that size around here (southern WI). I think you need to really work on that day off during the week thing tho... At Alpine Valley you can loop the same run 50 times in about 3 1/2 hours, just think of that! Here's a couple of shots of my first two days (one has been posted B4).

freshly stone ground too I see...

Oops, I missed the part about the 22.5cm waist, sorry :( You know, I've waited for a long time to be a big know-it-all and now this! Drat!

Size 13 boots and 45 degree angles without any overhang is not possible on an Axxess, maybe 50 ... certainly 55.

You know, this is a loaded question. I mean, who is going to say "Yeah, I'm a cheap SOB, I'd buy from anybody for a couple of bucks" in public? And that's what "shop solely on price" kinda says. No wonder it's only got 3% right now. It's much easier to say "Yeah, I support alpine snowboarding" and vote something else, even if it might not be true when you punch "purchase now?"

Hard to answer but looking at my brother's stuff I'm thinking > 125d would still be OK. I've got the quiver and no time, he's got the time and no quiver. Kinda funny that way.

If they're just going in the trash someday, why *don't* they just give them away and say "you've gotta have our name somplace on the piece" or whatever and get the good PR?

You know, that's a dang good idea. After a day of slushy spring riding my base(s) a super cruddy, a hard wax makes sense. Now...how about a hard wax and a little fluro overlay? ;) I like the wax whizard too for both regular "at home" stuff and "travel" too.

Seriously, I think he was doing it right for his application.

It was funny, although it went against "every fiber of my being", watching some of those guys catch and edge on the steel and go down hard face first made it a lot more understandable! Truly a case of "different strokes for different folks" "Premature Jibulation" is a great name for an event like that!

Especially the view from the "top"!

Tyrol Basin it is! It's the home of snowboard passion in the midwest. It's where passion lives.

Oh yeah, my ski buddy and I climbed 20 times for about 1000 feet of vertical, if our estimation was right. You remember the saying "Gettin' there is half of the fun?" It was a little more like "Gettin' there is *all* of the fun" LOL

I wasn't sure I was supposed to be there but I've gotta say...there was some passion out there today. Just to be clear...50' of vertical, flat run, rain, and no lift service. And a TON of people there. It was freakin' amazing! Got a shot from the top, from the bottom, and some "tuning tips" for the steel. Not sure if I'll opt to try that type of tuning tho...

I've struggled with whitish base material near the edge of my skis for years, on the inside edge of the ski, gotta be the same with snowboards, probably worse. I wax every day. I'm on machine made snow exclusively. Thinking.....hotbox?

Can you run plate bindings with this board? I think it looks great!

Heh, I've got to turn it down to make a turn in the car LOL! Those Etymotic really block out the external sound, I can see my wife's mouth moving but I can't hear her with them in. A bit "too" isolating for me on the hill. But maybe I just need practice.

When skiing or riding solo I dig it! But we all know this is a social sport at heart and playing music while riding with others is just plain rude. Kinda dig lite jazz or white trash music, really diggin' old AC/DC these days.

Take a big regional bike race....say the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival in Wisconsin. 1700 entrants, lots of guys hell bent for the top 100 places, a few current and ex pros thrown in for good measure. This year a guy on a single speed steel bike won it. And his brother came in 4th on a single speed steel bike. (you won't find'em in the single speed class....they ran in the open class) It's a mountain bike race but Travis Brown came in 6th on a cross bike. And Mr. and Mrs. Eppen came in 16th on a freakin' mixed tandem! I've run this thing 13 times, 3 times in the top 100 on a geared bike, 3 (of three tries) times in the top 100 on a single speed. I've run duallies, front suspension, no suspension, gears and single speed. It boils down to the motor. In cycling, horsepower rules. Lance did not win because he was on a Trek, not even in the time trials, not even on the time trial up Alpe D'Huez. Snowsports are different, some skis or boards are faster thru the gates than others, some are easier to carve and hold on ice better. I'm a novice rider but an experience ski racer and some skis just feel "right", some don't. You can tell on your first couple of turns if you're riding something that works or not. You might pick up a second on a 1 minute course with some dialed in stuff vs. some stuff that is not working well for you. For making nice carves down some cord it'll make less of an objective difference.

Yeah, what he said! I love mine, super cool, super easy, just work perfectly! And Brody....you should consider the home brew option for beer or wine, it's cheap and can be excellent! (I'm mean *excellent*...I'm enjoying some old homebrew wine right now)

You talkin' about the "Plasma Edge"? I'm pretty sure the ceramic never made it to market. But the Plasma Edge was a hard sucker. Was nice 'till it got dull then was pretty much impossible to sharpen with regular stuff. dude, I'm not old! LOL

Heh, this is funny. I took up alpine carving just last season, then managed to finish this event http://www.transiowa.blogspot.com/ N=1 but it won't make you slower...might even make you faster.