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

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.

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!

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

They operate at Pico (Killington) and Sugarbush.

Boots no longer needed! Thanks all.

Spil... I sent you an email.

Title says it all. Let me know if you have anything that might interest me... Thanks!

This is getting so entertaining! :D Must go get some popcorn and a beer ready for the next round.

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.

Note to self: Must go buy navy blue towel and staple gun ASAP.

+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).

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")

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.

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.

Can I just complain for a moment about all of the freaking rain and mud we have here in the Northeast? For F#*K'S sake! If I wanted to live in a freaking rain forest, I would have stayed in Central America! I have been biking about every other day for the past few weeks, and it sucks. We've had so much rain that the tops of the biggest peaks are unrideable mud pits. I'm cranky and pissed. I've been running a dehumidifier for 3 weeks to keep the mold which has overtaken our wet basement out of our living area upstairs. My freaking tomato plants need bright warm sunlight to make juicy red tomatoes, and the slugs have eaten pretty much everything else, including my "non-traditional" garden plants. Every time the cats go outside, they come back in with slugs stuck to them, and then I end up stepping on them in my bare feet. Plus I hate worms. I'm terrified of them. Ever since Lance Lucas threw a 12" night crawler on my face in 2nd grade the hair on the back of my neck stands up every time I see a worm. And now they are everywhere. I'm almost getting used to them. It's gloomy, disgusting and I'm sick of it. Whew. OK. I'm done now....

I'd love to buy the Madd 180 (for my bf as it's way too long for me!) but I just bought Bob's Factory Prime for a whopping $50. :D That and a pair of last year's Malamutes (for the bf for non alpine days) have maxed out my new gear budget for the season. Hope somebody grabs it from you soon.

Don't get me wrong please... I wasn't trying to put anyone down or insinuate anything insipidous... I was more or less just trying to point out that not everyone needs the newest gear to perform well, and you clearly agree with this viewpoint. I was sticking up for the original poster a bit, (not sure why since he clearly was calling out invitations to a flame fest with his post) but I like to play devil's advocate. :)

I don't know about a general list for you, but FYI, Killington offers gondola service all summer and fall. I have never used the gondola, but it never seems too busy. Lots of trails, and the features are getting improved each season.

OK, just my two cents here, and a bit of a thread-jack... The quote above is something that I have been wondering about quite a bit lately... In my perusal of this message board I have been starting to think that I don't have enough money to be included in this, what seems to be, club for financially well-endowed sports enthusiasts. (Just look at, for instance, the thread entitled "Post your summer ride.") I have never been financially well endowed, but still have managed to learn to snowboard, wind surf, scuba dive, surf, mountain bike and to do them all at a half way decent level of performance. I just have to be creative and do it all on the cheap. As a result, I almost never own the latest, newest, sparkliest, best performing gear in any of the sports that I do, but I still get the job done and make sure that my gear is 110% safe for use. Being a low-budget snowboarder to me means that I have to work that much harder to perform well. I don't consider that a bad thing necessarily - hard work is good, right? :o I'm guessing that the original poster here doesn't WANT or LIKE to own older, un-snazzy gear, but that like me, he is happy when he is outside, using what he has available to him, and is glad that he is fortunate enough to be able to do the things that he likes to do at all.

I have a little experience with Switzerland... Glacier 3000 is open in the summer, I believe. You can base yourself out of either Les Diablarets (if you're on a budget) or Gstaad (if you're rich!). Diablarets is at the base of the mountain upon which the glacier sits, and is more convenient. Actually, now that I think of it, the glacier might not be open for snow activities until September, but if you are in the area, go up and ride the monster roller coaster at the top. It's absolutely ridiculous. The area is a hiking paradise too. Here's a link: http://www.glacier3000.ch/en/Summer/Activities/Overview/ You could also look into Les 2 Alpes, which is home to quite a few summer ski/board camps. I have not been there, but the freestyle guys that I have coached with in Diablarets base their camp there in the summer. The park looks incredible, if you're inclined to get jumpy and jibby. Have a great trip, I'm jealous! :)

I lived in Hoboken for a while, and the town gave you a sizable tax credit if you bought a scooter instead of a car. They wanted people to get rid of their cars and use Vespa's in order to save on the extremely limited parking space there. The only disadvantage was that (at that time) you were not allowed to drive them through the Lincoln or Holland tunnels, so if you had one, you couldn't commute to your Manhattan job with it. That was the only thing that kept me from joining the club... Well, that and the fact that I would have appeared (at first glance) to have been a yuppie...

OK, it's been two days.... how are you feeling now? What's your take on the home remedies? Curious minds want to know

If your friend ever actually does make this video, please advise him/her to include a wee bit of humor. I fear that if it turns out as overly-analytical and uber-serious as most of the technical threads on this site that most users will get glassy eyed and comatose within the first 10 minutes and end up turning the thing off. ;) There's nothing like a carver in a chicken suit to liven things up and keep people's attention. (I doubt many people would accuse McConkey of being a bad skiier...)

(We're post-crossing.) So, yes, if we do strip it and sell it, you're thinking only $500? Oy, at that we'd probably just keep it since he still loves the way it rides. When we win the lotto he could then rebuild it. He paid $1600 (or $1800?) for it new, in 1998 or 99, I believe. I guess I'll wait to hear back from TiSports before we take it apart and let the local shop boys know it's available. I really don't want to hassle with listing it on eBay, since if it actually sells with a high reserve, that means we have to ship it somewhere. I'm too lazy to deal with that :o.