I'm off for the first time to go skiing this season. Just tuned up my 1080's. This is the first real activity since my concussion, and that was November 3rd. I'm Pumped! Pics later maybe.:love:
Going Skiing
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I'm jealous, sitting here at work reading this and it is snowing pretty good here...1080's are a dope ski. I wanted a pair forever, then i got the super bro hookup on a pair of pocket rockets this season 
...ugh can i come with you?
...ugh can i come with you?
where ya going?
I was dying to go the day after the huge storm we had here (saturday maybe?) but all my friends wimped out. Bastards!
Have fun!!
-Adam
Have fun!!
-Adam
You use those for water skis or do you travel west a lot?manhattanprjkt83 said:
Ski Sundown. My first time there and they had a few good things going for their park. A nice 20 foot down-flat-down, which was very smooth. There was also a small box which I 360'ed on to, 180 rotation on it, then 180 off. It got pretty hot with my jacket on and the weather and snow were both good.I Are Baboon said:
Why are you guys on all of these big skis? Don't you live in the East? 
PsshhhSkaredShtles said:Why are you guys on all of these big skis? Don't you live in the East?
So do you.
1080 ain't no big ski yo.
It's harpack park o' tastic.
Woah, I used to ski there when I was.. oh, about 9 years old. Always loved to go night skiing there, too - night skiing kicks ass.ThePriceSeliger said:
Glad to hear they're still open. They must have done some expansion since I was last there!
Whats wrong with fat skis?
I wanna go skiing!
I wanna go skiing!
Andy_B said:
Nothing.
Where it snows that is.
If it's over 95mm in the shovel, it's a big ski.kidwoo said:
You ski in a onesie don't you.SkaredShtles said:If it's over 95mm in the shovel, it's a big ski.
Now *that* is some fine insulation!kidwoo said:Nothing.
Where it snows that is.
that made me laugh, about half of my time is out west ( i only get about 25 days in a year)...I only go when the snow is real good out here in the east, and i wanted skis that would perform out west...and i got a smoking deal on them :evil:kidwoo said:You use those for water skis or do you travel west a lot?
Do you guys out west really think that the pocket rockets will be terrible in the east?
Yeah right. Vermont's dumps are still our light storms.dfinn said:
That's your neighborhood when I lived in it last year.
You were out of town for that one if I remember correctly. I think you even put up a post about how little snow it seemed like after you got back in town and everyone was talking about the storm.
Don't believe that crap about incline being the bannana belt. It's still tahoe.
Same storm below. The front windows of our house looked like the rear before I cleared it.
Before
After
Well the thing those skis have going for them is they're really soft. I've got a pair of volkls that are bigger than the pocket rockets but they're stiffer.........I think they suck on anything packed. I personally think pocket rockets are a little less sketchy on harpack but still just don't turn as well as something narrower. Having something big underfoot is good when you're riding switch though.manhattanprjkt83 said:
I've actually had some day's at Jay peak when I lived back east that would have easily justified them. Plus it's good to have the right toys if you do catch it good on one of your trips. I was just heckling you.
Hey SS: 95 at the SHOVEL?? Mine are 105 at the waist.
SkaredShtles said:If it's over 95mm in the shovel, it's a big ski.
crap.
All my ski's are big then.
I have a pair that are 94 in the middle
Definitely.dfinn said:
You see how high the banks are.........snow had to go over that from my shovel. I'm still one of those retards that doesn't own a snowblower.
kidwoo said:Well the thing those skis have going for them is they're really soft. I've got a pair of volkls that are bigger than the pocket rockets but they're stiffer.........I think they suck on anything packed. I personally think pocket rockets are a little less sketchy on harpack but still just don't turn as well as something narrower. Having something big underfoot is good when you're riding switch though.
I've actually had some day's at Jay peak when I lived back east that would have easily justified them. Plus it's good to have the right toys if you do catch it good on one of your trips. I was just heckling you.
Hey SS: 95 at the SHOVEL?? Mine are 105 at the waist.
I am by no means an expert on skis or skiier in general, it gets me through the winter when i cant ride my bike...I just figured that i would grab the wider boards, and hope i dont get too f'ed when the conditions are crap. That way when they are good, they are reaaaaaaaaaal good.
Pocket Rockets are generally considered soft skis for soft snow. Of course, maybe they're good on ice..........manhattanprjkt83 said:
I have a pair of pocket rockets and they rule. I have been spending alot of time on my many pairs of 1080's and Line 1260 and Liberty Choppers. (I'm a ski gear whore) I love them all except the 1260's arn't a good all around ski, they need to stay in the park with the Choppers. East skiing is ICY! I learned that a few years ago when I didn't know how to ski ice.
ha, I ride head mad trix and love them, wood core, I used to ride 1080s and they are a good all around ski. I hate pocket rockets. I want the new public enemy tele ski.
Woo, off to stowe this weekend.
Have they gotten what baker's gotten?Toshi said:
Tanscend, I really enjoyed Stowe last year and though the park was great, to bad it was raining hard-core the whole time. I'm going to Whistler over spring break to get some training in, and back to Whistler sometime in July for some h-core biking. I am going to be skiing at Sundown for pretty much the rest of the year though. My season pass looks like I'm a freaking bird. The picture is so bad!
Which brings me to this..........can someone please explain to me what "packed" and "powder" have to do with each other...
And can we find the person who coined the term so I can suffocate them on their own scroat?
And can we find the person who coined the term so I can suffocate them on their own scroat?
Goddam cheater skis is what them is........kidwoo said:<snip>
Hey SS: 95 at the SHOVEL?? Mine are 105 at the waist.
They're only 195's. :eviltonguChangleen said:
We get packed powder out here alot. It's kind of like soft styrofoam. Next to powder, chowder, crud, mank, and corn it's the best kind of snow.kidwoo said:
Pussies...
My last pair of skis were 200cm GS race skis. (Actually, mabye 203s. I don't think 7xk's came in 200s) Skinner than Kate Moss, they didn't even think about turning until you hit about 40mph. God forbid you hit a bump with them...
Next season maybe. What's a good big mountain ski to look at next spring when the sales start? I like going really fast. Avoid bumps like the plague. 5'11, 150lbs.
Any suggestions?
My last pair of skis were 200cm GS race skis. (Actually, mabye 203s. I don't think 7xk's came in 200s) Skinner than Kate Moss, they didn't even think about turning until you hit about 40mph. God forbid you hit a bump with them...
Next season maybe. What's a good big mountain ski to look at next spring when the sales start? I like going really fast. Avoid bumps like the plague. 5'11, 150lbs.
Any suggestions?
I do call them granny skis......no sh!t.SkaredShtles said:Goddam cheater skis is what them is........
They allow me to either ride all day at a resort or get more runs in when I'm hiking (which is about 50% of my skiing).
Jumping off of stuff and not hitting rock all the time is nice too.