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isn't snowboarding better?
sure skiing is a good time. but snowboarding is where it's at. then
again i haven't really been skiing before, i mean, i attempted it once when i was ten and cried the whole time. any suggestions on making a transition from boarding to skiing? |
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In article .com,
liv wrote: sure skiing is a good time. but snowboarding is where it's at. ... again i haven't really been skiing before, i mean, i attempted it once when i was ten and cried the whole time. any suggestions on making a transition from boarding to skiing? Yes. Try boarding up hill. -- |
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(Eugene Miya) wrote in news:443d4314$1@darkstar:
In article .com, liv wrote: sure skiing is a good time. but snowboarding is where it's at. ... again i haven't really been skiing before, i mean, i attempted it once when i was ten and cried the whole time. any suggestions on making a transition from boarding to skiing? Yes. Try boarding up hill. This seems to be fairly popular in the Wasatch (not alot of undulating terrain, you're goin' straight up): http://www.voile-usa.com/splthdr01.html It's the "AT" of snowboarding, although they have a freeheel. If I was going to snowboard (hah!), I'd git me one of them there Voile Swallowtails. -K |
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"Eugene Miya" wrote in message news:443f0694$1@darkstar... In article , Kurt Knisely wrote: This seems to be fairly popular in the Xxxxx http://www.voile-usa.com/splthdr01.html It's the "AT" of snowboarding, although they have a freeheel. If I was going to snowboard (hah!), I'd git me one of them there Voile Swallowtails. Sure. I've seen split boards. I've also seen a lot of boarders carry or wear snow shoes. I've started to see more of those mini approach skis (I think dynafit makes one that only comes in 130 cm) being marketed to snowboarders. Ski up, board down. Seems like alot of weight, no matter how light the skis are. -s- |
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:42:13 GMT, "Simon Isbister"
wrote: I've started to see more of those mini approach skis (I think dynafit makes one that only comes in 130 cm) being marketed to snowboarders. Ski up, board down. Seems like alot of weight, no matter how light the skis are. I looked into them myself, as I was tired of hiking in snowshoes, and was running out of money for helicopters :-) However, everyone who'd used them said the really didn't work very well - too little surface area meant they sank too far, and were barely any less work than snowshoes. -- Champ |
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Kurt Knisely wrote:
Rocket powered toboggan? What if you miss the switchback? Switchback? Go strait up, gives a good line to follow on the way down. Who ever taught you how to *rocket toboggan*? You'll need a periscope too. Ed Huesers http://www.grandshelters.com |
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In article ,
Kurt Knisely wrote: There is the fiddle-factor w/ split boards, but you're saving all that weight of carrying approach skis or snowshoes. For dyed-in-the-wool (err, Ssssh! You are letting them on in their prep time and my ski time. something like that) backcountry snowboarders, the splitboard seems to be the logical choice. They're not going to be riding a cafeteria tray in undulating terrain. Actually, I know guys who would take a tray just to take a tray. But to match your uphill, I think it was one of the Duckboy books which has the rocket powered toboggan. Rocket powered toboggan? What if you miss the switchback? Hey it's Duckboy humor. It's the last if not next to last photo in the book. It might be on the guys web site. BUT the postcards I like from the series are "The militia gets its first battleship" [first I purchased] and "Honey roll over your are snoring...." with the husband running, a mountain lion on his sleeping bag and sleepy wife. -- |
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liv wrote:
sure skiing is a good time. but snowboarding is where it's at. then again i haven't really been skiing before, i mean, i attempted it once when i was ten and cried the whole time. any suggestions on making a transition from boarding to skiing? In the backcountry, as others have said, go somewhere that involves along and/or up and you'll see where skis just work a lot better. On the pistes, you may find you get a similar carving feeling if you learn proper parallel carving (you may not, but it's an idea...). And telemarking is just that bit different and might push your buttons if you like to be different (for every few hundred boarders and skiers on a piste you'll see a few telemarkers, it's harder but if you put in the effort it's very easy to stand out from the crowds). Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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