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MEC

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  • Location
    Killington, VT
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Killington
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Burton "Factory Prime"
    Burton "Alp"
  • Current Boots Used?
    Blax "Heidi"
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Burton Carrier Step In's 54/54

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  1. Yes, it's a 6 degree wedge. I'll email you...
  2. MEC

    Vertigo?

    I dealt with this about a year ago, and still have a tad bit of it now and then. It's debilitating - and in my case was caused by having had some little crystals break off of the micro hairs inside my middle ear. They bounce around in there instead of slowly swaying the hairs back and forth to give you a sence of proper equilibrium. Bouncing crystals=no sense of balance. It sucks. Get yourself to a proper Ear, Nose & Throat MD asap. I needed a few trips to a physical therapist to knock the stupid crystals back to where they belong. Eventually they can get reabsorbed by your body and stop making you feel like the ground is moving.
  3. That would have been "Grizzly," not Dave. Griz runs the Mountain Ambassador program here. Dave does not ride his alpine gear much any more at all, I usually only see him on skis, but I triple-vouch for his tuning, it is world class. He was kind enough to loan equipment to me when I was getting interested in carving, super duper nice of him. Sorry I didn't see you out when you were here Marty - I was munching up powder on softies last week!
  4. It's sick at Killington right now... can't vouch for further south. The hill did not get that much rain, maybe like a 1/4" at the bottom, and all it did was squash the 54" of fluff down a bit. Rain mainly stayed below 2000'. I'm quite happy! :D
  5. They operate at Pico (Killington) and Sugarbush.
  6. Boots no longer needed! Thanks all.
  7. Spil... I sent you an email.
  8. Title says it all. Let me know if you have anything that might interest me... Thanks!
  9. This is getting so entertaining! :D Must go get some popcorn and a beer ready for the next round.
  10. Why kid's themes? I have none, and really, though I'm a Wyliee Coyote fan, I really don't watch cartoons any more. :) Anyway, we're moving out of the current rental in the next couple of weeks, into yet another rental about 150 yards away from where we are now. The nice thing is that the new place has land, river frontage, a large frog pond, new kitchen/bath, new Rinai heater and two wood stoves, no skylights in the bedrooms, and the new energy efficient washer dryer are in a huge walk in closet in the master bedroom. Yay. Finally a rental that is worth writing a check for every month! I guess I'll just deal with the early morning sunshine wake up calls for another couple of weeks.
  11. Note to self: Must go buy navy blue towel and staple gun ASAP.
  12. +1 on nixing the skylights in the bedrooms. We have them in all 4 bedrooms of our current rental, and it sucks. They leak in the winter (onto the beds) if the snow doesn't slide off the roof quickly enough, they leak heat (winter) and serve as a terrarium in the summer, and I'm am promptly awakened at 5:05am every day now because of the sun streaming in on us. I think skylights serve a better purpose in stairwells, kitchens, living areas etc, but if you do use them, I'd recommend getting good ones and BLINDS (they're expensive) for them. I think a spray foam (soy) insulation would be better if you do 6" exterior walls rather than fiberglass with fan fold foam board. It will be tight as a drum and really efficient. In Peru they build traditional housing with low doorways. An average height man has to stoop to go through. It's for two purposes - it causes the person entering to make a traditional bow/homage (to the mother earth) when exiting the home, and it keeps heat (and cool) in. (At least that is how it was explained to me when I was there.) Oddly enough, you forget about the fact that everyone is stooping to get in and out once you are in (or out).
  13. Sounds great. Bring it on up the next time you are up here with the NYSG. You have my email, so let me know when you'll be around. Thanks a bunch! (And now back to our regularly scheduled programming... "Windsurfing vs. Kiteboarding")
  14. Jose is that you? (I recognize the pants!) I appreciate the offer and would never turn down a gift I know nothing of retention plates... What does that mean and what do I need to know about them? Stiffer than the FP is fine, I just received it today, and it's not as stiff as that Option prototype that I had ridden a couple of seasons ago, so I shouldn't mind it. We have an excellent board tech here - Dave Manning. I would trust him to do anything it needs.
  15. I have a little list of dream house wants: A geothermal heat pump for heating/cooling/hot H2O. I would also want a soapstone masonry heater, instead of a wood stove, for fire heating. I know it's redundant with the heat pump, but I love to have burning fires, and the masonry heaters are extremely efficient, and you don't need to run home at lunch or get up in the middle of the night to put more logs on. A 10-run dog kennel with radiant floor heat in the individual condos and mountain spring fed running water. A gear room that has been designed and outfitted by some type of closet organizer professional. It need to have a comprehensive ski and board tuning bench, storage compartments for at least 30 pairs of skis and 20 boards, a surf board slot or two, boot cubbies, a row of boot dryers, storage compartments for the various snowshoes, tents, sleeping bags, mountaineering boots, crampons, ice axes, helmets, pads, a closet area for outdoor clothing (ski pants, jackets, etc) skylights for overhead natural light, hooks for climbing ropes and gear, a bike stand and bike hanging hooks, and most importantly, a small fridge for beer and diet red bull. An 8-burner Wolf stove and double wall ovens. A comfortable garbage and recycling area which is not next to my porch.
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