Posts by oldgoat

Quote: Originally Posted by LaserPower  I suppose you are right about the involuntary air part. Mostly happens on ungroomed steep frozen hard pack when I go fast. But I cannot see how I can absorb or avoid it correctly...

Quote: Originally Posted by alexzn  Apologies to the Alpine contingent. I'm unfamiliar with the Alpine terrain names, only what I can see on the map. In those conditions it didn't matter. Every run was pretty easy. I...

Make sure you know how to set and check forward pressure.  With Marker demo's--the only demos I have worked with--you can't rely on the BSL markings to set the length/forward pressure. The correct setting may be a click or two in...

4 in of powder is too little to appreciate the difference in float between 2 pairs of skis. That said, if you already have 84's on the way I agree you should be looking in the 105-110 range for a second ski.  At which point you...

Quote: Originally Posted by beyond  I was riffing off the previous few posts. Which sure beat the rest of the thread. And reflecting the sensibilities of not a few sports writers in Boston, since Harmon wasn't even...

Talk about BS steepness-- a few years ago skiing magazine had D8 at Alpine Meadows at 45 degrees.  I'd be surprised if it's 30 at the steepest part.

Quote: Originally Posted by noncrazycanuck  the freshly fallen snow concealed the sound of approaching doom. Hundreds of crazed telemarkers, determined to restore purity to the slopes, steadily skinning,...

Quote: Originally Posted by beyond  But I was skiing Squaw 6 years before the Olympics.  And the chair is named for the most famous run, which is named for the number of kick turns it took Sandy Poulsen in...

  By 11:30 it became too slushy and the band started playing, so I took one last run (I think it's the Keyhole area):     Keyhole open bowl according to a patroller I once asked....

What ski forum has the most CAPITALS, BOLDFACE, !!!!!!!, colors, and giant fonts?   Hint. It starts with an e.