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    Why are you not supposed to tuck your long johns into your boot?

    I've heard from a few bootfitter guys on youtube that you should not have your longjohns tucked in your boot, just the socks. Can anyone explain why? Been doing it wrong for years!
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    Extreme Polling

    Going a bit fast down Outer Limits at Killington on Saturday and my pole stuck in the snow a bit and I think I let it get behind me too much and it pulled my arm way back and whack, felt like I got shot in the arm. I knew when I went to touch it and move it that it was bad but it actually turned...
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    Mon-Wed

    Over all not bad, upper skyship was closed mon & wed. Condition of snow was decent. Here is a list of all my favorite trails that I didn't get to ski on, double dipper, big dipper, flume, royal flush, vertigo, stitch line, needles eye etc etc. Outer limits should have been closed. The year...
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    who wears a hood over their helmet?

    I'm looking for a new ski jacket and I see lots of them have hoods that go over the helmet. Personally I'm not a hood fan, I like them to be removable. I wonder if having a hood over your helmet restricts your side to side head movement ? After doing some research it seems the arcteryx brand...
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    Balance Boards?

    Anyone else besides me think balance boards are good for off season ski work-outs? I figure anything that helps you with your balance has to be good. I try to mix it up doing squats while on it, I'll just stand on them sometimes while watching T.V, sometimes I'll even work my arms with dumb...
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    self tuning

    Hey people, new guy here, long winded post but season's over for me so thought I would strike up a tuning thread. I skied about 100 days tops on my Volke tiger sharks and they're shot already. I ski very aggressively in moguls and trees and like many at Killington I hit and slide across rocks...
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