queequeg
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22 minutes ago, dredman said:
... Burton Backhill at Turner in the early 80's ...
Dude that photo is LEGIT!
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8 hours ago, dredman said:
Excellent! It has been a few years! It will be great to see you!
Likewise!! Question: I’m trying to see if I can bring someone with me (haven't found someone yet) since I think I want to drive, and having company on the trip would be great. How do plus-ones work? Is there a way to do that?
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I put myself on the waitlist — ya snooze ya lose!
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On 10/4/2020 at 6:25 AM, softbootsurfer said:
Cool shot selfie, high above the Fall Colors on Aspen Mt. by Cathrine Rios
Is that Ruthie’s below you? Sure looks like it!
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Here’s are a few photos from a few weeks ago outside my place in downtown san francisco. These were taken at noon. Climate change seems well on its way to making this a less habitable planet.
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10 hours ago, philw said:
Politics aren't allowed on this forum
I apologize in advance for the threadjack, but this brings up a topic I have been tossing around in my head for awhile:
You know, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how we all avoid talking about politics, because of the (supposedly) inevitable turmoil it creates. I wish we could move beyond that tactic, because it is a harmful cop-out. I think our policies (here, elsewhere, almost everywhere) on this are wrong. The problems that we have [regarding the extremely-low quality of political discourse and the resulting us vs them perspective that is so polarizing and damaging], are expressly created by the fact that we haven't developed the skills to disagree productively about politics.
Discussing politics isn't really the problem. Arguing unproductively, and failing to try and understand one another's perspective is the problem. Entering into an argument with the sole purpose of belittling people we disagree with is the problem. The problem is: people who refuse to participate in political discussions productively; and people who just can't handle the fact that other people don't agree with them. It's the fact that so many of us are completely incapable of engaging an opposing viewpoint without name-calling, gaslighting, and other bad-faith temper-tantrum behavior, (usually a last resort when proven wrong, but no less destructive despite it) rather than trying to understand one another no matter how difficult. We're never going to build those skills as a society and a culture if we just decide that it's too hard to talk to people we disagree with; without turning into children.
Instead of banning political discussions, we should ban name-calling, ad-hominem personal attacks, gaslighting, and statements made in bad faith. Basically just expect people to act like adults and shut them down when they don't. There is absolutely no reason people can't discuss so-called controversial topics without devolving into red-faced screaming toddlers. The quality of political discourse in the United States (and elsewhere) is never, ever going to improve until people start talking to one another—and more to the point—LISTENING to one another and genuinely attempting to UNDERSTAND one another. I wish this forum and so many others would replace the ban on political discussion, with a ban on name-calling, gaslighting, bad-faith arguments, and otherwise impolite behavior. The less you understand somebody, and the less sense they make: the more sense it makes to listen to them, and ask questions. Even if you disagree. ESPECIALLY if you disagree. Until we all learn to do this, things are going to continue to be divisive and unproductive. And there's no way to learn without practicing.
I mean, I get relegating politics and so on to off topic forums just to keep the main point of the forum in the limelight — that makes sense to me. And yes, there are political forums just for this purpose but people tend to flock to places that will reinforce their particular worldview, and that just contributes to the problem. It's the possibility of engaging in productive disagreement with random strangers everywhere that can fix the problem.
Ok, I'll get off my soapbox.
Also: not trying to put you on the spot @philw — your mention of the ban on politics reminded me of my thoughts on this matter.
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On 9/2/2020 at 5:51 AM, JohnE said:
There are 2 grilles available on the car: the "sport" grille and the "luxury?" grille. These look quite different. Maybe neither is appealing. The car isn't "fun" to drive like a small, light car with a manual transmission but it is a pretty good compromise of utility and speed. However, if it is out of warranty, they could be frightfully expensive to repair.
Also you mentioned a Volvo V60. I have a 2015 V60 front wheel drive (I put snow tires on in the winter). It isn't especially fun to drive but I can put boards in the back. It is a 2 liter 4 cylinder turbo. It has pretty good low end torque and gets about 28 mpg around town and as high as the mid 30s on the highway. It certainly has enough power to exceed the speed limit under almost all conditions.
I just don't like anything about the way they look. Test drove a polestar S60, which is pretty much the quickest thing Volvo makes and found it to be pretty lackluster. Great braking though.
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On 7/10/2020 at 9:10 PM, Poloturbo said:
600whp tune coming eventually...
OMG what? I can't even imagine how quick something that small and light would be with 600 wheel!!! I'd be scared to drive it!
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1 hour ago, JohnE said:
A friend has a 2017 Mercedes E400 wagon. Tastes are all different but I think it is a very attractive wagon. It will fit several 170cm boards in the back. It is ultra luxurious (hot stone message on the way back from riding).
Car & Driver did a review on one recently and all the reviewers loved it (rare).
I think they are $80+k new. Used ones can be found online for the mid $40ks.
Its a wonderful car for sure — and yeah: hauls things as well as ass — I just don't like the styling (and the MB grill in general [same goes for BMW]). Really wish I found them more attractive.
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4 hours ago, pow4ever said:
@queequeg hope you were ok! sorry to hear about the car. When we push the limit; sometime it push back...
build vs buy
factory HP are just refined. It's difficult to get in trouble with all the electronic nanny in place.
it's all in the tune.Huge wagon fan here: my first car was a Chevy Celebrity wagon.
I know you are looking for new one but maybe a used one might fit the bill:Audi RS6 wagon can be costly in repair and up keep.
BMW some 5 series wagon are pretty nice; good chassis/engine
MB got some crazy nice wagon... too $$$ for me.i had a 1996 Chevy Caprice Wagon (it's a whale) with 1A2("police") package: LT1 v8 (Corvette derived)
herb adam sway bar, hotchkis suspension, qa1 shock, the thing will pull over 1g in the skidpad
There are quite a few whom autocross their impala SS(some with t-56 and turbo).
I miss that wagon shouldn't have sold it... Was able to fit 7 or 8 ppl to 6flag hauling ass lol..Another option is Dodge magnum Hemi awd. Price was never low enough for me to snag one.
Ultimate wagon that's attainable for me is perhaps the caddy cts-v
haha yeah, wagons are the cats-ass! I think I am going to keep my Forester. The things that I like about it that are tough to beat: drives like a car but can fit a lot of junk in the trunk, and it has totally unbeatable visibility. One of the trends I dislike about new cars is the teensy-weensy rear windows you can't see a bloody thing out of. And despite the car being a bit old, I have worked out a huge number of the kinks in it — it handles remarkably well, is wicked quick, and has a bunch of creature comforts it never came with. I think I am going to upgrade the brakes when I do the 6-speed swap since the knuckles/hubs have to go for that anyway.
That caprice wagon sounds great!
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4 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said:
Try a VW GTI or R.
Too short to fit surfboards in the back, and I don't like the way the new ones look. They are pretty fun to drive though, and I think manual is still an option with VWs. I might have considered some of the older years but I have decided I won't be buying another used car: it's either the devil I know, or buying new.
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I see wavestorms in the lineup all of the time, and more often than not: competently ridden by capable surfers. I don't have one but my understanding is that one thing people like about them is that the floaty/flexy nose is pretty forgiving if you are used to riding a shortboard and perling is an issue for you on a longboard. I want to get one just so that I can have a longboard that I don't need to worry about banging up.
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Is it me or are modern performace cars kind of an underwhelming experience. I mean they often pack huge power, but they are heavy so it doesn't matter and I hate the way that the drivers experience has been cluttered up with a million buttons and gizmos? I tested a few cars out this weekend and I was genuinely surprised by how little I liked them (granted : my choices were limited as I am trying to find a wagon).
I recently turned the original 5-speed transmission that came with my forester xt into a fine soup of shrapnel and transmission fluid [yum!]. This has been long-anticipated since the Subaru 5-speed transmission is known to be a weak link and my car makes well over stock power levels .... and I think it might be the sole remaining original part in the car.
So I went test-driving new cars to see if I wanted to just buy a new car rather than go through the trouble of swapping in a far-more-durable six-speed. Drove a Volvo S60 Polestar (I was interested in the V60, but all they had was an S60), A Jaguar F-Pace SVT (an SUV ‚ yuck but I thought I would try), and (just for fun) a 911 Turbo S. I was really surprised with what I found, comparing these brand-new flagship vehicles to my lowly forester. The 911 Turbo S was nothing short of being one of the most confident and enjoyable cars I have ever driven (for the low-low bargain basement price of 120k used with no warranty hahaha), but the other two sucked! The Volvo was incredibly slow, or felt like it anyway, despite supposedly pushing 400 ponies (though the braking was outrageously great). The Jaguars handling and braking were terrifyingly bad, despite positive reviews everywhere (i wonder if the one I tested needed an alignment). I thought I would be more annoyed by the automatic transmissions but I was not (and I genuinely loved the transmission on the porsche). But overall: my impression is that modern cars are really not particularly fun to drive (with the notable exception of the 911 T which was definitely too rich for my blood considering that was a used car with no warranty, or trunk space). I wanted to try an Audi RS 6 Avant but none are available to test drive. I wish that there more fast-wagons available to purchase new. It was actually kind of nice experience — It reinforced my decision to just fix my car (so much cheaper than buying a new car anyway) — but I do wish there were some decent fast-wagon options on the market new.
I did not look at any BMW's or Mercedes mostly on the basis that I just don't find them attractive, Mercedes makes that one fast wagon but I think it is kind of hideous.
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I've been considering buying some kind of a camper van, large enough to live in a week at a time; for just such a reason. If I'm going to work from home all the time, I wouldn't mind it if home were somewhere far from home every now and again.
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Ditto that!
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On 2/17/2020 at 10:43 AM, dredman said:
Norm has been an inspiration to me since I first saw his riding in 2009 at Aspen. Norm and Diana are amazing people and exceptional riders.
Flat out: Norm is absolutely the smoothest, most-graceful, fastest, most stylish and confident rider I have ever seen, anywhere. Watching him is like listening to music. You can try and describe it but you will fail. Will Garrow is probably the only other comparable person. The first time I saw a truly capable alpine snowboarder I had an "I wanna ride like that" moment that pretty much ended my softbooting career, and now I can carve. The first time I ever saw Norm doing his thing in Aspen I was like "I wanna ride like that" ... but I don't think I'll ever even come close to emulating Norm's unique cocktail of style, grace, power, and speed. It's nice to have goals, even unachievable ones.
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Going against doctor recommendations is a bad move IMO, and very much against your best interests.
I have had several shoulder surgeries. My first was a non-union clavicle mishap where the doctor had to bolt all of my various clavicle pieces into one with a titanium rod, and was snowboarding shortly thereafter because the surgeon said it was ok (6 weeks IIRC). The second was a disintegrated labrum and other damaged shoulder bits from having popped my shoulder out of socket 11 times or so in the course of a few seasons. If I had taken a spill (or been hit by some straghtlining crowbar) I might have undone everything the surgeon did, and potentially made things even worse. The first time I rode after doing all of my PT etc ... I was terrified and it took me awhile to trust the new shoulder. Now that I have had that shoulder for many years, I have full confidence it it and know that it has healed fully (it's probably stronger than my other, unmolested shoulder).
When I got my shoulder rebuilt it was at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, they specialize in Sports Medicine stuff and deal with lots and lots of top athletes. My doctor was truly excellent, and wanted to know all about alpine snowboarding. I showed him a few photos of myself fully laid out in a few turns and he immediately decided to go with a more invasive traditional surgery (where they cut you right open) instead of going the less-invasive labroscopic route (just a few tiny incisions). He did this because after seeing the pictures of alpine snowboarding he realized that the opportunnity for shoulder trauma is high, and wanted to make my shoulder as strong as possible. Recovery time was like 6months before I was out of the sling 100% and snowboarding was off the table for like 9 months or something. Took me well over a year to recover full ROM (still don't quite have it but I have most of it). Had PT 2 - 3x a week.
You'll be taking a huge risk if you put your shoulder to task prematurely, and might end up having to start over again, and spend even more time off snow as a result. Let it heal fully and correctly so that it can take all the abuse you want to throw at it.
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5 hours ago, dgCarve said:
I wonder if anyone has picture of nice tracks in bad conditions, bumpy + icy + steep. Living nice tracks on nicely groomed runs feels like a cheating
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P.S. Yes, am jealous - 85% of my riding happens in very bad conditions....
One can definitely carve in crap conditions, but the tracks don’t lay down all pretty-like as with fresh groom or pow.
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Aspen has a nice public swimming pool in their recreational center, and you can cross-country ski there from downtown.
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On 1/22/2020 at 12:43 AM, philw said:
Metal boards actually use metal and rubber for their dampening effect, it's not specifically mass which is the issue.
This is a bit of a nitpick but: given two boards of similar construction and different weight (err, not sure how that would be achieved): the heavier board will always be damper.
I don’t (think) any board builders purposefully make boards heavier to produce dampness but weight has a big effect. So yeah: builders add rubber and metal for dampness; but weight is a big (if incidental) factor.
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I pretty much always listen to music while carving, for many of the reasons stated here and because I enjoy it. I have yet to find a purpose-built set of headphones for snowboarding that has decent audio quality; IMO, most ski/snowboard headphones use cheap junk for drivers. So whenever I buy a new helmet, I also buy a nice set of headphones, dismantle them, and install them directly into my new helmet’s earpads. I always use wired headphones, for reliability (and to a lesser extent: low power consumption).
These are particularly well-suited to the purpose:
beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 250 Ohm... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NL5SM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I don’t like in-ear headphones for snowboarding because they either seem to get uncomfortable over time, or work their way loose. They also make it more difficult to hear things when you have the music off.
I really like this bluetooth controller for play/pause/skip/rewind/volume
chubby buttons:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FBQ3PCF?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I have velcroed that to the inside of my trailing-arm pocket, so that it cant fall off or get bumped accidentally. I can push the big buttons easily without removing my gloves or having to open my pocket because:
- it is velcroed securely in position with the buttons facing out.
- i drew a little dot on the fabric outside my jacket so I know exactly where to press for each button.
works like a charm!
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I'm always impressed by people who can carve with selfie sticks in hand ... Whenever I've tried it the results have been less than stellar (both the images and my carving).
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I'd probably take these off of your hands if they were step-ins. I like them for their simplicity, durability, appearance, and for their ability to reduce stack-height significantly (though adding blocks for heel/toe lift somewhat reduces that last advantage).
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Didn't snowboard at all last year, but back with abandon this year. Just got back from a week in Kirkwood. Did my best to wreck the place on my own this Friday, and had a pretty great time doing it:
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Car nuts thread ?
in The Lodge
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That's an outstanding bump in power for what I assume is basically just an ECU update!