Will you be skiing powder this week?

[Greg]

Bigger is better. Feeling inadequate? ;-)

I don't know man. I do fine on my Legends. I so rarely ski in powder deeper than a foot, that owning anything wider would be overkill, IMHO. When a powder day gets tracked out and all the powder snobs head into the woods frantically looking for untracked lines, I'm happy ripping powder bumps on empty trails. I wouldn't want some big ole honkin' board for that...

 

[twinplanx]

OakalyDokaly back to the subject here fellas... If the powder pigs don't hog it all up this week ...Hell ya...What you think I'm gona run bumps?

 

[2knees]

Bigger is better.

Is that your personal preference?

 

[JD]

Greg. Simple yes or no. Have you ever skiied fat reverse camber boardz in deep (more the 12 inches) untracked snow?













I know the answer allready because if you had experineced it you would be a believer as well!
Those look sick. I really want a pair of the lotus 138s from DP in a 178 with a soft flex for next year. Carbon construction makes them rediculously light for a ski of their width.

Agreed on what you said above. The ultimate quiver board. Prolly only epic for the first half of the day, or for back country where there is less competition for virgin snow.

 

[bvibert]

Is that your personal preference?

Asks the guy with a giant wiener as his avatar... :roll:

 

[Greg]

Greg. Simple yes or no. Have you ever skiied fat reverse camber boardz in deep (more the 12 inches) untracked snow?

I'll say no because I have no idea what the hell that even is. :???:

Have you ever ripped a line of soft moguls top to bottom, not missing a single turn and with perfect A&E the whole way?













I know the answer already because if you had experienced it you would be a believer as well! But don't worry; I haven't either and that's precisely why I'm addicted to skiing bumps.

 

[billski]

Oui!
oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink,oink, oink,


wouldn't a survey be simpler?

 

[Grassi21]

I don't know man. I do fine on my Legends. I so rarely ski in powder deeper than a foot, that owning anything wider would be overkill, IMHO. When a powder day gets tracked out and all the powder snobs head into the woods frantically looking for untracked lines, I'm happy ripping powder bumps on empty trails. I wouldn't want some big ole honkin' board for that...

Is that your personal preference?

Asks the guy with a giant wiener as his avatar... :roll:

Just bustin balls guys. ;-)

 

[JD]

I'll say no because I have no idea what the hell that even is. :???:

Have you ever ripped a line of soft moguls top to bottom, not missing a single turn and with perfect A&E the whole way?













I know the answer already because if you had experienced it you would be a believer as well! But don't worry; I haven't either and that's precisely why I'm addicted to skiing bumps.

No. I like natural snow conditions, not man made.
but I have skiied powder on skinny skis and it's not even the same sport. Powder snob....yep. I suck in the bumps real bad.

 

[Greg]

wouldn't a survey be simpler?

Why add a poll and stifle these intriguing debates between the powder princesses and mogul nuts?

 

[Greg]

No. I like natural snow conditions, not man made.

To each his own, I guess. Skiing bumps well does take a fair amount of dedication and some of us are just not man enough...

(Brought to you by the guy that flails around in deep snow like a gaper...) :lol:

 

[JD]

Me in the bumps...

 

[tcharron]

A simple yes or no will do... :lol:

Not yes, not no.. But..

Well DUH!

 

[ctenidae]

No.
Next week. Zakopane's slated for snow on Sunday. I'll be there Monday.

 

[Greg]

Me in the bumps...

I feel the same way on the rare occasions I feel bottomless snow. Not to say I don't enjoy it and I will take it over bumps, but I'm not obsessed with looking for it if things get tracked out a bit.

 

[billski]

No.
Next week. Zakopane's slated for snow on Sunday. I'll be there Monday.

Now THAT will be interesting!
Enjoy!

 

[billski]

To each his own, I guess. Skiing bumps well does take a fair amount of dedication and some of us are just not man enough...

(Brought to you by the guy that flails around in deep snow like a gaper...) :lol:

smooth and easy trumps hard and rough.....




(let's see where that one goes

 

[2knees]

Just bustin balls guys. ;-)

I know. me too. it was too easy though.

Back on track, what benefit does the reverse camber have in powder. whats the thought behind it? anyone know?

 

[JD]

Well, in the 3 demensional world of pow skiing, where the entire base of your ski is offering the resistance thru the snow that changes your direction, not just the edge scraping on a hard surface, one has to put enough energy into the ski to get it to flex into a bent back arc, then lean it over, you're turning off of the entire bottom profile of you ski. So a soft flex allows for tip deflection as it comes in contact with the supple goodness of POW. Reverse camber skis are allready in that shape so there is alot less "up and down" (well none really) needed, just roll 'em over and hang on. Widthg is important because we all know you want to be skiing from the front of you boot. Most skis, even fat ones, won't plane up in nice pow if you're weighting into the shin, so you are inclined to ski backseated, esspecially at low to mederate speed in the woods where hazards lurk if your tips dive. You can ski pow with a smooth style like carving good groomer, not having to hop around as much and struggle to keep your tips from diving. It's all about the right width for the snow density.

 

[2knees]

Well, in the 3 demensional world of pow skiing, where the entire base of your ski is offering the resistance thru the snow that changes your direction, not just the edge scraping on a hard surface, one has to put enough energy into the ski to get it to flex into a bent back arc, then lean it over, you're turning off of the entire bottom profile of you ski. So a soft flex allows for tip deflection as it comes in contact with the supple goodness of POW. Reverse camber skis are allready in that shape so there is alot less "up and down" (well none really) needed, just roll 'em over and hang on. Widthg is important because we all know you want to be skiing from the front of you boot. Most skis, even fat ones, won't plane up in nice pow if you're weighting into the shin, so you are inclined to ski backseated, esspecially at low to mederate speed in the woods where hazards lurk if your tips dive. You can ski pow with a smooth style like carving good groomer, not having to hop around as much and struggle to keep your tips from diving. It's all about the right width for the snow density.

thanks.

I'll be skiing thursday on mogul boards again. I need to look into another ski for days like this.