Justo8484

i make my judgements on a case by case basis. the ones that are genuinely out there to help and make the mountain a better place, i'm all for that. the ones who are out there on powertrips writing tickets for skiing too fast on blues or blacks and giving kids crap in the park when there are people who are clueless as to what a park is, yet they somehow found the landing to a 40 foot jump to sit down on, i'm not much a fan of.

uhhhh.... have you been up to blue lately? pretty sure they don't have lights or guns on the bottom portion of the trail yet, hence why it will not be open this year.

the ar6 is a good deal softer than the suspect is, if that's any consideration to you.

so they can reuse the water to resurface the ice.

do you ever fall? i've been skiing at blue for 20 years, and have ridden with crash pads for about the past 6 or so. before they had a park, it was never really an issue, but since they've turned sidewinder into a park, and it gets way too much uncontrolled traffic, landings on their excuses for jumps get a little bit icy. i guess since you don't fall it doesnt matter, but taking one to your hip on those wonderfully bumpy, rutted out, icy landings really doesnt feel that good. i've bruised my hip to the point where it was difficult to put on anything but sweatpants because it was so swollen, and that was wearing crash pads. i'd rather not have to worry about how that would have turned out if i didnt have them on. i really don't understand your argument that it makes you a pussy for wearing them at all. it's proven that wearing them keeps you from getting injured as severely as if you didnt have them. just because there has not been 17 medical studies claiming it, does not mean its not true. if you're riding park at all, its really not a bad idea to wear them, since they don't restrict your movement, can't be noticed under a baggy pair of pants, keep your legs warmer, and keep you from getting bone bruises on your hips or tailbones that would otherwise take you off the hill. if you don't see the benefits, then i doubt anyone will feel bad when they see you limping off the hill because you slid out trying a back switchup on a flat down rail only to catch the corner of the thing right on your hip.

havent skied it, but its the old TM with less fiberglass and no edge reinforcement underfoot. not at all a bad ski for its cost.

might be that. we got snow from there i think like 3 years ago now, and they were melting it all then, but were happy to let us have it.

you guys usually ride bear right? the rink on i think 100 or 222 on the way to reading at some sports complex thing usually melts their shavings, but if you call them, they'll be glad to just dump it right in the bed of the truck for you.

actually, a lot of customers could tell the difference between that board and other boards on the wall. burton sets their prices for all their gear, and generally, most shops abide by that. the prices are printed in their catalog each year if you don't believe me, so nestors or any other shop that uses those prices are not jacking up the price at all. also, if you come into nestors, you're not buying from some sales clerk who's told what to say about certain boards. you're talking to a snowboarder (or skier, in the ski shop) who has more than likely ridden the board you end up buying. part of working in a reputable shop involved trying out the product that you sell, so you can better educate yourself and your customer as to what would work best for them. i've skied a ton of different skis over the years, and know exactly what works for me, and based on that, i can tell if a ski will work for someone else according to what they tell me. sorry if you've had bad experiences at others shops where employees don't know their product, but i assure you that is not the case at nestors.

sorry, my fingers were not typing what my brain was thinking. pretty sure the chronic does not have the fiberglass sock thing going on.

just an fyi... with regards to the PE/extreme/silencer, mounting +1 or +2 in no way makes them ski worse all mountain. i've skied them at traditional, +3, +5, +7.5 and centered, and for all mountain skiing, your best bet is +5 to +7.5, anything less than that and the ski feels very sluggish in my opinion.

it was, and that still didn't make it worth the time and effort to do it. at least they're only running tubing on weekends now so they're not wasting money there midweek when its completely empty.

oh really? so camera men having people hike back up the lower park, and bail on the same crappy trick on the mailbox about 4 times in a row wasnt a do over?

uhhhhh.... while newschoolers can be a valuable resource, you definitely need to take it with a 90/10 approach. 90% of the posts there are complete and utter BS, while about 10% might contain valid info. regarding the PE/Extreme... same dimensions, same core, same urethane sidewall under foot, but the extreme doesnt use a ptex topsheet like the PE did, therefore its might lighter. the chronic is not at all the same ski either. different sidecuts, completely different construction (torsion box in the extreme vs a rudimentary laminate in the chronic), different sidewalls, etc. they both serve roughly the same purpose, but they ski very differently.

they got rid of the sunday night college thing? wow.

10% discount for yourself if you work in retail? i hope there are lots of other benefits, because that is certainly not one. blue did the same sort of dependent pass as bear, but you never got a dependent pass at blue unless you actually had dependents or a spouse.

we're thinking the same thing... except we're coming from philly. post/call someone who can post if you find something hikeable and where it is, cause i wanna get some jibbing in tonight.

worth it to drive up to that area from philly after i get out of work at 5 to try and hike for some turns/hit some form of jib?

check out the k2 silencer. its only 299, rips all mountain for a lighter rider, and is stable enough for anything you're going to encounter in the park. a lot of k2's pros were actually riding this ski as their park ski the past few years.

might have someone who's interested... get a hold of me when you get a chance.

I'm sorry you've had a bad experience with the goggles. I'm sure it was just a miscommunication somewhere along the line, and it's something that's getting worked out. As far as prices go, compare apples to apples. Are nestors prices really any higher for the exact same product, barring any sale that either store might be running? In season prices, for the most part, are set by the brand, not the retail outlet. If army navy is selling something cheaper, it's more than likely not the same product, is temporarily on sale, or they got a closeout deal on the product and can therefore sell it for less. Also, the level of service you get at army navy really does not come close. Good luck getting someone at army navy to do medial side expansion or custom sole canting on a pair of boots. In general, you get what you pay for, and on the odd chance that the same item is priced higher at nestors, there's a level of personal attention and service that isnt there at many other stores.

my guess is they're making updates to the site for the upcoming season and don't want to direct someone to old info for the time being. hopefully they're fixing the scrolling issues on their site as well...

truer words have never been spoken.

from what i've heard, thats rather unlikely. temp wise, they might be able to do it, but there are some other things holding them back.

just saw that this morning, and i hope it stays accurate. not skiing is getting pretty old.