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Lo all am off to banff with a few m8s on jan 3rd can anyway 1 tell me what
the snow conditions are like at that time of year? Thanks. |
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:05:26 GMT, "bobster"
allegedly wrote: Lo all am off to banff with a few m8s on jan 3rd can anyway 1 tell me what the snow conditions are like at that time of year? Thanks. It'll be cold, followed by a warmer spell, and then cold again. There will be some precipitation on some of the days and some of the nights as well. Snow may be found at higher elevations, and may settle on the roads too. HTH - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow. Donek Sasquatch 162, Prior Pow 181, Burton Canyon 162 The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/ |
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bobster wrote:
Lo all am off to banff with a few m8s on jan 3rd can anyway 1 tell me what the snow conditions are like at that time of year? Thanks. Depends if there's a Chinook or not - last Dec/Jan was quite warm with a distinct lack of powder, but rideable.... |
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bobster wrote:
Lo all am off to banff with a few m8s on jan 3rd can anyway 1 tell me what the snow conditions are like at that time of year? Thanks. Likely to be good, but cold. Neil |
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Snowboard FAQ needs update
Switters wrote: The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/ I am neither a complete newbie nor a seasoned veteran, since I've been snowboarding for only a few years, but even I can recognize that the Snowboard FAQ, though very helpful overall, needs significant updating. For example, the section on bindings (1.05.02) states: "Three types of bindings are used in snowboarding: the high-back, plate, and the soft-boot step-in." "High-back" is obsolete as a category name; everyone refers to these as "strap" bindings nowadays. The term also is potentially confusing, because nonstrap bindings also can have high backs. The description of step-in bindings fails to note, as it probably should, that although some riders still use step-ins, almost no one manufactures them anymore (or is it literally no one?) Finally, the section simply overlooks the fourth type of binding: hybrid strap/step-ins, such as Flows or the K2 Cinch. Another oddity I noticed is a claim in the boots section (1.05.03) that soft boots (non-step-in) "generally are a lace up and buckle combination." Buckles? I'm not aware of any current soft boots that use buckles. When is the last time such boots were made? The FAQ clearly would benefit from the attention of a good editor who is also an experienced rider. Joe Ramirez |
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Snowboard FAQ needs update
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:06:32 GMT, allegedly
wrote: I am neither a complete newbie nor a seasoned veteran, since I've been snowboarding for only a few years, but even I can recognize that the Snowboard FAQ, though very helpful overall, needs significant updating. Thanks for the input. I tend to do most of the reviewing and editing in the bad autumnal weather, or over the winter, especially when waiting at airports. Since I'm now kitesurfing in the nasty windy rain, rather than sat on my butt in front of the computer, I've had less time to do this. Your points are noted though, and I'll review the sections as soon as I can. Feel free to make further observations. - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow. Donek Sasquatch 162, Prior Pow 181, Burton Canyon 162 The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/ |
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Snowboard FAQ needs update
Switters wrote:
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:06:32 GMT, allegedly wrote: I am neither a complete newbie nor a seasoned veteran, since I've been snowboarding for only a few years, but even I can recognize that the Snowboard FAQ, though very helpful overall, needs significant updating. Thanks for the input. I tend to do most of the reviewing and editing in the bad autumnal weather, or over the winter, especially when waiting at airports. Since I'm now kitesurfing in the nasty windy rain, rather than sat on my butt in front of the computer, I've had less time to do this. Your points are noted though, and I'll review the sections as soon as I can. Feel free to make further observations. Well, a general problem is that many parts of the FAQ betray its age as a document that was first drafted in 1990. That was a generation ago in human terms, and many generations ago in snowboard terms. The target audience for any FAQ should be a present-day newbie -- in this case, a neophyte snowboarder in the 2006-07 season. Ideally, if someone had the time and inclination, the entire FAQ would be reviewed from that perspective. Anything unhelpful or confusing to a contemporary newbie would be rewritten or simply scrapped. Some more specific examples: -The "Old School" vs. "New School" discussion (1.17) seems very dated and probably should be deleted, or else abridged and moved to the history section (1.04). -I would bet that the material on stance angles (1.06.01) does not accurately reflect the current prevalence of duck stances among today's pro freestyle riders. New data is probably needed. -The list of boarding web sites (1.22) could be greatly expanded. There are many more sites out there now than at the time this section of the FAQ was written. -The wide board list (1.07.02) needs to be updated to reflect current models. For example, the Ride Mountain should be deleted and the Ride Fleetwood added. -Section 1.05 notes, "The boards, boots and binding styles sold in the mid-eighties aren't even available today." Well, of course not -- because this is 2006! This sentence is clearly a leftover from a very old version of the FAQ. -In sec. 1.09, the reference to the 2002-03 season should be updated to 2006-07. -Section 1.21 ("What happened to the numbers that began with 8?") is meaningless to your target audience because they weren't around to read a much earlier version of the FAQ. This section could safely be deleted. Similar observations probably could be made about other sections, but I don't have time at present to go through the entire FAQ systematically. I hope this critique doesn't seem too nitpicky. Actually, I think the FAQ is in decent shape for a document that's been around since 1990 and has been worked on only periodically by volunteers. It takes a good amount of work and vigilance to keep material like this current. You update a "1998" reference to "2002," and the next thing you know it's 2006! Thanks for taking care of it. Joe Ramirez |
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Snowboard FAQ needs update
Thanks Joe and Arvin... I've archived the posts locally and will review
and update as soon as I can, preferably before it gets cold and the new season of newbies turns up on the group. - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow. Donek Sasquatch 162, Prior Pow 181, Burton Canyon 162 The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/ |
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