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So that's what skiing slickrock would sound like.

At least 15 minutes gets me to the lifts. The rest of y’all are gonna have to submit an application for a

Despite the the depressing general direction of the climate and the amount of apathy that still goes around, I love reading this thread... Both for the informative updates and the suspense that is generated as the thread flirts ever so gently with politics. Surprised it hasn't managed to careen outta control yet.

Talk about getting excited, I biked to the top of the local and saw this! I can also see lights from the cats running around tonight!

Forget buying fashionable clothes for this. Fashion is earned and visible by the gluing, patching and restitching you wind up doing to make your clothes last more than a couple of seasons. Look for pants with minimal exposed zippers. The hips and outer thigh on my back leg are typically highly abraded areas. I usually ride with thin viscoelastic mtb elbow pads because for whatever reason when I crash on icy conditions it is typically my elbows that get the worst of it. If you do get into the habit of skimming your hand on the snow (arguably bad style, but guilty!), be prepared to kiss your $200 Hestra mittens goodbye after a couple of seasons. Whatever helmet fits your head and gives you good head rotation and lets you use goggles with good peripheral vision. (I've had great results from the Flylow Chemical pants which have tons of cordura) But definitely get color combinations that are hi-viz and standout: 1) it helps keep other skiers from ramming you from behind and 2) it makes it obvious that it is in fact you that is laying trenches that puts the fear of God into the rest of the recreational skiers on the slope.

I like my manual Swix tools and use WC guides for .5deg bottom bevel, and 1,2,3 deg side bevels. Red, yellow and white diamond stones plus a second pass file. I kind of enjoy going out in the garage and spending a bit of time prepping boards and skis. Rubber stones are a must for removing rust on the edges. Nothing is a satisfying as removing little spots of rust from old skis with a rubber stone. Don't forget to look at the profile of the sidewall. Depending on that and the amount of side bevel you want, you might also need a sidewall planer.

Nope, nope, nope! But strangely I wouldn’t be averse to calling VSR a mullet sidecut?

>>>How to make alpine snowboarding, such as carving and racing, more popular? Promoting alpine snowboarding involves a combination of community-building, education, and exposure. Here are some steps that can help: 1. **Organize Events**: Arrange alpine snowboarding events, including races and carving competitions, to bring enthusiasts together. These events can generate excitement and attract new participants. 2. **Social Media and Online Presence**: Utilize platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube to showcase the thrill and skill of alpine snowboarding. Share videos, tutorials, and engaging content to reach a broader audience. 3. **Collaborate with Influencers**: Partner with well-known figures in the snowboarding community to promote alpine snowboarding. They can provide exposure and credibility to the sport. 4. **Offer Workshops and Lessons**: Provide accessible opportunities for people to learn alpine snowboarding. Host workshops, lessons, and clinics for beginners to get them started. 5. **Create Online Resources**: Develop a website or a dedicated section on an existing platform with resources like beginner's guides, equipment recommendations, and technique tutorials. 6. **Engage with Local Communities**: Connect with local snowboarding communities and clubs. Encourage them to include alpine snowboarding in their activities and events. 7. **Partner with Resorts and Parks**: Collaborate with ski resorts and snowboarding parks to designate specific areas or times for alpine snowboarding. This can help create a supportive environment for participants. 8. **Host Competitions**: Organize alpine snowboarding competitions at different skill levels. These events can draw attention and foster a competitive spirit within the community. 9. **Advocate for Inclusion**: Encourage snowboarding organizations and governing bodies to recognize alpine snowboarding as a legitimate discipline. This can lead to more official competitions and recognition. 10. **Promote Safety and Technique**: Emphasize the importance of proper technique and safety measures in alpine snowboarding. This can help build confidence and attract more participants. 11. **Document Success Stories**: Share success stories of individuals who have excelled in alpine snowboarding. These stories can inspire others to take up the sport. 12. **Collaborate with Schools and Youth Programs**: Introduce alpine snowboarding to schools and youth programs as an exciting outdoor activity. Offer discounted rates or special programs to make it accessible. Remember, persistence and a passionate community are key. By consistently showcasing the excitement and skill involved in alpine snowboarding, you can help it gain popularity over time.

Coffee!!! As long as that’s down the hatch, everything else sorts itself out. I also usually have a little pile of clothes on the dining table with wool, outer clothes, mittens, goggles and helmet that I set out the night before. Grabbing my boots and the most appropriate board for the weather on the way out has become second nature. Then crank the bluetooth in the car to earsplitting levels. Everybody in the house knows not to talk to me before my morning runs on the weekend. If I’m not the first on the lift on saturday/sunday I get really sulky.

Chatgpt is great when it can’t work out context! In dawn's first blush, 'neath heavens blue, A gallant creature struts and crows anew. With feathers bold, a fiery crest, The cock proclaims the day's bequest. His plumage bright, a tapestry rare, A regal presence, beyond compare. With regal mien and haughty gait, He rules his realm, early and late. With clarion call, he stirs the air, A herald's song, bold and fair. To waken fields and sleepy eye, He bids the world, "Awake, arise!" In battles fierce, he stands his ground, A guardian staunch, both strong and sound. With beak and spur, he fights the foe, A knight in plumage, a gallant show. Oh, Shakespeare's quill would surely sing, Of this noble bird, in verse and wing. A creature bold, in morning's light, The cock, a symbol, of courage and might.

I guess you get the same for turkey (irony!) Oh, noble bird! In yon kitchen's hearth, Thou roast'd, thy fragrance doth spread forth, Thy golden skin, a treasure rare, Invites the hungry souls to dare. Thy tender meat, a feast so grand, By Shakespeare's quill, thou art fanned, With herbs and spices, thee adorn, A culinary masterpiece, born. Thy juicy flesh, a symphony, To please the palate, oh, how merry! With gratitude, we raise a cheer, For Turkey, thou art truly dear.

That's something you get used to pretty quick. It feels weird at first just because your soft-boot brain already has established routines. Unlike softboots, I always found it easier getting hardboots locked-in with the frontside edge being upslope.

Just to add more data, I broke a toe bail on an F2 Race Ti after approximately 5 years of riding. I keep thinking I should make wire leashes that clip from the boot to both the toe and heel bails so that one of the bails fails, the board is still at least loosely attached to two feet and hopefully keeps me from twisting off one of my knees.

Solid numbers for a first board. Smaller SL boards can be a handful at first, and big boards with huge radius edges will have you whimpering from the back seat if you aren’t ‘on it’.

Might just add that if you get used bindings, make sure you check over them (especially the bails and any t-nuts) really well. Bindings are consumables (more or less, depending on the make).

It seems like a no-brainer that ski areas can benefit from providing summer activities, but based on what I've experienced from our local hill, it needs to include investment in infrastructure. If you are going to encourage mtb, you need to provide a maintained bike park/trail-network. Local "natural" trails don't sustain heavy traffic served by chairlifts. There has been a lot of investment in Norway for the development of flow-trail networks. The initial investment comes from lots of different sources, but the maintenance is usually funded by local shuttle services and chair lift operators. There seems to be a huge market for bike parks/maintained flow trails and despite quite a bit of trail building, it hasn't become saturated yet. Trysil has been a model for how to do this: a well maintained (and free) bike park (Gullia) that is pedal access only with green/blue/red/black/double-black trails, an expanding network of lift-accessed trails, and some really good local trails that don't get overused because they aren't promoted by the lift operators. It is difficult to state how big this is, but the resort area is nearly as alive in the summer as it is in the winter.

I was kinda thinking the same with some of the smaller manufacturers here. Virus and Kessler make skis and Virus was really cool at doing a custom width on my last snowboard. As far as grammar and terminology goes... I am unfamiliar with the term derby? And I can't find anything on google that relates derby to mechanical elements/ski parts. Is this referring to the race plate on the skis or something else? One last observation/question... I am assuming that the Mg plate has a pretty robust surface treatment that protects the metal from salt water? A long time ago I started using my first mtb as a winter commuter and the slider (an Mg component) on the suspension fork had plenty of chipped paint. After a couple of seasons through the Oslo sludge the sliders on the fork were starting to look like sponges after the salt water really pitted up the Mg. I know that our local hill occasionally salts portions of one or more runs if needed for training/races, and they don't advertise that fact to the rest of the skiers on the hill. I'm thinking that if somebody had collected some salted snow/slush under that plate without knowing, it could lead to problems (at least cosmetic) later on if it isn't rinsed off relatively quickly.

Slick website! My only input would be to change the "X" on the "Are you sure you're ready for this?" question to an enthusiastic "YES!" or something else that is affirmative. Here is a question and forgive me if I missed it somewhere in the history of this thread (just tell me to search the thread if this has already been covered), but are you considering producing or partnering up with a board/ski manufacturer to make "skis" designed specifically for the One Ski? The one ski looks like it allows a unique flex profile for snowboarding, but could you enhance the performance by designing sidecuts and/or further optimizing flex that work even better with the plate?

I'll second Powder Mountain enthusiastically! Maybe not the best ski area for grooming but for a great Utah powder experience with really fun terrain options; I had an absolute hoot there. Things might have changed since I rode there in 2016, but with limited ticket sales, an infrastructure that screamed "f* luxury, go out and ride" and limitless options for riding the trees without ever dead-ending... like I said an absolute hoot.

*Aamodt enters the bar, drinks our beer*

Not sure I get the full question. Yes those are animations, as in they should be moving pictures. If the the question is a bit more subtle; they yes those are computer generated animations, not direct satellite imaging. But as far as I understand about the dataset that was used to generate the animations it is based partially on computer modelling anchored/correlated to a framework of data gathered from satellite-based CO2 measurements: A bit of explanation about the GEOS dataset is written here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4 """ NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory, 2 (OCO-2) provides the most complete dataset tracking the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), the main driver of climate change. Every day, OCO-2 measures sunlight reflected from Earth’s surface to infer the dry-air column-averaged CO2 mixing ratio and provides around 100,000 cloud-free observations. Despite these advances, OCO-2 data contain many gaps where sunlight is not present or where clouds or aerosols are too thick to retrieve CO2 data. In order to fill gaps and provide science and applications users a spatially complete product, OCO-2 data are assimilated into NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS), a complex modeling and data assimilation system used for studying the Earth’s weather and climate. GEOS is also informed by satellite observations of nighttime lights and vegetation greenness along with about 1 million weather observations collected every hour. These data help scientists infer CO2 mixing ratios even when a direct OCO-2 observation is not present and provide additional information on the altitude of CO2 plumes that the satellite is not able to see. Together, OCO-2 and GEOS create one of the most complete pictures of CO2. """

Really cool, but I suggest bypassing instagram (and the related comment trainwrecks) and going right to the source that describes, in detail, what we're looking at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5110 The waterfall diagram is especially interesting as it shows the ebb and flow of carbon into/out-of land ecosystems but how fossil fuel burning overrides all other factors to result in a net carbon release.

Maybe post a pic of you standing on the board with this setup? At the very least I would be a bit nervous about the extra leverage shortening the life of your t-nuts (both in the bindings and in the board) as well as on the bolts that are fastening the heel receivers to the bindings.

Those are obviously bionic trail bells to help people avoid crashing into him?

Man, we are closer than we think. This is the immediate result of just a braindead query on the midjourney. I’m sure that by requesting specific lighting/lenses/etc you would get something even better. Try not to read too much politics into the photo, it was just an absurd query.