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  1. makimono

    Anybody skiing this weekend?

    I'm upset at myself for not going, van was packed and I was up at 5am and backed out last second because of the thunderstorm forecasts. Going this Sunday no matter what, need my Spring Superstar fix!
  2. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    Great closing day yesterday, some real Adventure Skiing done on Twilight Zone, Slide of Hans, White Kitten & Magic Carpet and my favorite Broomstick to Black Line: technical steep ice strip start, patch hopping middle and a creamy corn happy ending. Love skiing with the rowdy Magic crew...
  3. makimono

    Skiing the moguls

    To the point of the original post (I think), the zipper line isn't the only way to ski moguls. Love what Marcus Caston did in his Return of the Turn series bringing back a 1970's hot dog style of skiing - on what...98 width Blizzard Bodacious? Love it!
  4. makimono

    Skiing the moguls

    Some of my favorite days of the year are K in May when Superstar is all that's left and it's edge to edge hot buttered corn bumps. The monoski is really a great tool for soft moguls. I know Plake could probably rip moguls on a lunch tray, but this clip from License to Thrill was the reason I...
  5. makimono

    Skiing the moguls

    1993. I was on a steep 35-ish degree slope with massive shoulder high moguls at Bridger Bowl MT. My buddy and I were both pretty decent skiers and were having fun wiggling our way down this thing. I stopped half way down for a breather and my friend pulled up next to me when we both heard this...
  6. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    Yes! that 3" was huge. Had pockets of fresh tracks all day, both my forearms are bruised from bashing saplings like gates but that's the price you pay for the goods I guess. :thumbup:
  7. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    Dude you should post the whole series of pics...when I saw this last night I thought you were just standing on top of the waterfall, skiing it today I realize that's actually impossible. All those Bankman pics with the sunlight and the cave and the over-flight are awesome!
  8. makimono

    Popular Mechanics Article on the Superiority of Narrow, Straight Skis

    Haha, as an old curmudgeon who was an expert level skier in the early nineties I agree with most of that :oops: especially this line "I assumed the ballyhooed “parabolic” design would upgrade my skiing. It didn’t. For me, shaped skis proved inferior in every way—more sluggish on bumps...
  9. makimono

    Double backflip fail at world mogul champs

    Wow that was huge, way overshot the landing zone, how did he even get that much air!
  10. makimono

    Killington Ganjala

    Miss the old Wildcat 2 person gondolas, with the smaller internal volume you and a bud could purple haze those into oblivion.
  11. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    That Ski The East vid that was filmed last March just dropped! :snow: what a day, I was pitted for about 10 minutes in pretty much the exact spot that Noah says "it's too deep!"
  12. makimono

    For Sale FS: Skwal & UPZ hard boots

    Soles and heels
  13. makimono

    For Sale FS: Skwal & UPZ hard boots

    Boots
  14. makimono

    For Sale FS: Skwal & UPZ hard boots

    Selling my Skwal experiment. It's a fun and scary rocket ride, I just never really got the hang of it. $ 500 Skwal USA 171 Carver ski w/ PHK step in plates $200 UPZ RC-10 boots very light use with a set of atb / tour sole adapters (heels never used) size is about 10.5 US $100 Fintech heels...
  15. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    They're both legit expert trails, steep and ungroomed. Yes you can skirt the green line cliff skiers left. If you're at all tentative then just go left and don't drop it, it's not huge but it's more technical than Black, and steep right away so you will accelerate in a hurry. Awesome that...
  16. makimono

    Wachusett 11-17-2018

    Great pics, thanks! I'll be going tomorrow
  17. makimono

    Best freeski poles?

    Luxury! I got my Reflex powder poles from the dump for free.
  18. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    ...after Maki's run the crowds began to leave, and we started to pack up, but look who's in the starting gate...
  19. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    as promised, yes they're Jorts couldn't find a tall tee...
  20. makimono

    The NEW Magic Mountain

    In my mind I'm already doing hop turns down redline....your plan is probably more better
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