Snowboarding

[noharleyyet]

195 K2 and 205 Rossignols for me...liked the control of the shorter/wider skis but preferred the speed of the longer skinnys. I stopped all of it when the ortho doc advised. That's been a minute ago.

 

[WesternWyoming]

I lost my downhill chutzpa a couple years ago. Love love love cross-country though. Have 4 pairs of XC skis. Best days are on skis!

 

[lexfurther]

tried couple of times but it wasn't very successful. maybe i should give it another try

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

tried couple of times but it wasn't very successful. maybe i should give it another try

It’s like a box squat stance, not quite seated, but 120 degrees or so. Pow is cherry. On manufactured snow, you got to yeet that back foot hard to aggressively edge. Everyone biffs some of the time so get up and shred.

 

[Hem]

As a long time Telemarker I look down on lessor forms of snow recreation

Hey, if telemark skiing was easy it would be called snowboarding.

 

[INMT]

Hey, if telemark skiing was easy it would be called snowboarding.

Grrr. If you only knew what you were talking about.

 

[Hem]

Grrr. If you only knew what you were talking about.

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'Fraid I do.

 

[Phaseolus]

Hey, if telemark skiing was easy it would be called snowboarding.

I’m an oldster, been a pinhead since the days of low leather boots and lignestone edges. I used to take pleasure in kicking the butts of my alpine friends.

 

[Hem]

I’m an oldster, been a pinhead since the days of low leather boots and lignestone edges. I used to take pleasure in kicking the butts of my alpine friends.

Started in 1990..sold my alpine the next day. Nothing but since....though I have skied x-country for 50 years.

 

[Wildabeest]

Started in 1990..sold my alpine the next day. Nothing but since....though I have skied x-country for 50 years.

I’ve got @Hem ‘s first pair of skis hanging on my wall.

 

[Hem]

I’ve got @Hem ‘s first pair of skis hanging on my wall.

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Hmmm...well I did break a leg at 5 years old skiing alpine gear. Lace up boots with some sort of cable bindings.
My first pair of x- country skis were wood ,similar to the pic. Still remember the dank smell of wet wool.
All teched out now @Wildabeest

 

[Wildabeest]

Hmmm...well I did break a leg at 5 years old skiing alpine gear. Lace up boots with some sort of cable bindings.

Same, except for the broken leg. My great-uncle was a WWI vet and learned to ski in Austria. He later operated our local small town airport and installed what he claimed was the first ski tow rope in southeastern OH there. We had a lot of fun out there, but the equipment was rudimentary at best.

 

[Brian in Montana]

Seems like Snowboarders and skiers get along OK at Disco, for the most part at least. Disco is a pretty easy going place, not terribly pretentious.

 

[Phaseolus]

I’ve got @Hem ‘s first pair of skis hanging on my wall.

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Bear trap bindings were boot top breakers.

 

[jryoung]

Started skiing at 7, skateboarded in highschool, switch to snowboarding my freshman year of college.

My two best friends in college and I were pretty fixated on riding all the time, summers were spent behind a boat, wakeboarding.

Living in Seattle, we adjusted our college schedules to start class at 1: 00. We'd race Alpental a couple days a week, ride from first chair at 9:00 until 12:00 and be back in time for class.

I didn't ride too much when I started working, it's just inconvenient to drive 4 hours to Lake Tahoe. About a couple years ago, one of my friends started an annual trip for us again and it's great to get back out on the mountain 30 years after we started.

We all turned 50 this year, and are headed to Canada for 3 days of Cat Boarding something we always dreamed about watching snowboard flicks in the '90s.

 

[noharleyyet]

Started skiing at 7, skateboarded in highschool, switch to snowboarding my freshman year of college.

My two best friends in college and I were pretty fixated on riding all the time, summers were spent behind a boat, wakeboarding.

Living in Seattle, we adjusted our college schedules to start class at 1: 00. We'd race Alpental a couple days a week, ride from first chair at 9:00 until 12:00 and be back in time for class.

I didn't ride too much when I started working, it's just inconvenient to drive 4 hours to Lake Tahoe. About a couple years ago, one of my friends started an annual trip for us again and it's great to get back out on the mountain 30 years after we started.

We all turned 50 this year, and are headed to Canada for 3 days of Cat Boarding something we always dreamed about watching snowboard flicks in the '90s.

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Reminds me of flatulence fogged gondola rides with my buddies at Sierra Blanca near Ruidoso, NM.