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Slow Eddie

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  1. I'm in the same boat, Lee.  Once I was out of grad school in the mid 2000s, when I was blessed with midweek days off and the mountain pretty much to myself, and started working a regular 9-5 schedule, I went back to skiing and found my bliss in the woods instead of on the endless wave.  Getting back into the swing of things and turning over the quiver in anticipation of splitting time between one plank and two next season.  A lot of new names in the forums, but a few old ones, too.  It's nice to be back.

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  2. Works fine for me. I mean I use it on -DAILY- basis. No problem. Only thing you might want to do is to apply loctites to the bolts for front part (DIN is what I would suggest if you plan to switch back and fro for the back part alone).

    EDIT: Intec is part of the deal for me -- I just switch the back part from DIN to Intec and vice/versa.

    I didn't even think about leaving the DIN toes on full-time. Interesting. You wouldn't know how the the toe box width compares to, say, Head boots, would you? That might be another deal-breaker for me, if there isn't enough width up front.

    Thanks!

    Eddie

  3. ...since my current UPZ are really beaten up from skiing on 'em on daily basis....

    Lee (or any UPZ-skiers out there), how do you like the UPZ's for skiing? I'm currently trying to figure out a pair of boots that'll work for both skiing and riding, and it looks like UPZ's or a pair of AT boots, but I'd love to keep the Intec option open if possible.

  4. I also own and ride Winds. At the time, they were the second tier boot, below the Fire and above the Earth (good God, what were they smoking the day they named those?). I think they would have compared favorably with the Stratos (not Pro's) and Suzukas, if all three were popped out of their respective molds in the same model year. That being said, Winds have been out of production for a while, so unless you're eyeing an NOS pair, they're probably a bit softer from use, UV, and that ill-fated translucent plastic.

    Hope this helps.

    Eddie

  5. The Fabled Panty tree. Outside had an article on the origins a while back.

    I think the original one is under chair 5 at Vail - the one that services Sun Up/Sun Down bowls. I remember seeing it on a late-80's ski trip when i was in my teens, and my form pretty much went to crap for the rest of the day ;)

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