Johnny Law

Vinny, What's up dude ? That there by too much gnar for Pow Mow, that is Jackson in the big titties mtns

No, the metal stuff just adheres better to metal than regular ptex. The wax deal is very interesting, in nordic skiing its often is the major factor in a race. One of the Eastern Euro teams conducted a study and found that wax shouldn't work as the molecule size is much larger than the holes in the base material UHWMWPE. That's weird because everyone knows a well waxed ski is faster. Wax/base structure is perhaps surprisingly scientific and something is going on there that isn't really all that well understood. All base material is generally the same, Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene or UHWMPE is the primary ingredient. You can add things in but that really only comes into play in super high end race skis, shit like graphite is common but pretty much anything you can think of has been tried. You take your UHWMPE pellets and then either melt them into bases or force them under high pressure, this is extruded vs sintered. Melting or extrusion makes very tough but slower bases and thus are used in low end rental fleets or snowboards. Sintered is faster but softer, this is due to the structure of the material. Think of a honeycomb, in extruded, it's 60% closed and 40% open space whereas sintered is the opposite, wax cannot enter the closed areas and thus part of the reason extruded is slower. Skis in principal work in the same way ice skates do though skates use pressure, the base generates friction and thus melts a microscopic layer of snow into water, which is what creates glide, obviously if the base material can soak in water that's bad news so generally the hole size in base material is smaller than the molecular size of water. Extruded bases can violate this rule to some extent because performance is not the goal there. Graphics can also create differences, sublimated graphics cannot work with extruded bases and die cut if done poorly can create very slow bases (OG Armada J&J had this issue) Base structure is a pattern imprinted if you will on the base material, snow in the east is generally very hard and fast and thus the default in most area shops is crosshatch or kind of like X's, the opposite is linear or lines in-line with the travel of the ski. Linear is much faster and shines out west when the snow is dry. If your anal you should fill all scratches that are above a couple thousands of an inch, really the shallower they are the easier it is to do. If they are pow skis who really cares I mean you could run a 2x4 in deep enough pow and be pretty happy. Ptex is different than UHWMPE, ptex is softer and can't hold wax, if you are somewhat skilled in base repair Tognar sells patch material, in which you cut out a section of damaged base and epoxy in a new section or material. This shit is roughly equivalent to UHWMPE and can hold wax but you need some basic skills. Ptex also comes in a variety of formats, the burn candles suck as they almost always generate carbon, Ptex string is good shit though softer than ptex ribbon. Ptex ribbon is tough shit and generally the best choice though it can be tough to work with and you can't use a base welder gun as far as I know. My best advice though remains the same, at the very least learn about how this shit works so when you go to the shop you can be a hard ass about what it is you want. If you have 100$ spare bucks buy some shit and figure out how to do it yourself, it isn't that hard, shop employees are mostly young men, young men who are bored and that means drunk and/or high if they can do this shit so can you.

The quad was definitely used, I know the guy that did the actual install with Mad River Lift and the engineering company who's name I can't remember. The quad also has two piece towers which are illegal in PA with the exception of the grandfather clause.

Lazy fuckers who don't know how to really tune a ski will grind those bases down rather than run ptex to fill in the medium shit. Buckman's is the king of this shit. My cousin had a pair of volkl bridges with like 2 days on them, he dry docked them at Basin and needed alot of ptex, fucker's instead of laying down some metalmelt and ptex ground those fuckers down to nearly no base. You have to be real careful with grinds, dude's around here generally don't know what they are doing. Blue's wax and edge dealio is pretty good, I tested them out last week and it was equal to what I would have done. It's pretty easy to do all this shit yourself, if you have a little $$ and time you can pick it up quick.

Six pack is still down, quad was really on the fritz, only one ride where it didn't stop and most where long mechanical type shit.

Sick root that is self propelled boner city

Because I work with old people I had today off as well. While coming up the mtn road I ran into a situation which strikes fear in the bravest of souls. A terrible rumbling was rapidly developing in my lower intestines, a level 5 shit, uncontrollable by any force known to man, it has brought many humans to their knees. It was likely I would get fucked by layers,I had many layers to protect from the Siberia like temps and now they would be my undoing. However today my friends was not a day for shiting ones pants, I screamed out today shall not be the day I ruin my pantaloons ! Fortune was with me my friends and I successfully made it to the valley shiters. Oh the skiing was pretty fucking good, everything was soft and fast, even challenge.

The lift can be anywhere from 300k to 22 million depending on the lift. Install can be cheap if it's a replacement with pads and what not. If it's virgin the total install cost can be two to three times what the lift costs. A lot of the lift companies ignored the fixed grip market until last year, if you weren't Vail and dropping 20mil they didn't care which helped create the second hand market.

Both the quad and sixer were used from mad river lift company,I don't know what mtn they are from. Most non mega resorts buy chairs second hand that shit is pricey.

The race lady last night said they blew a motor after the electrical issue and a replacement was getting overnighted from France. Also the winch cats hydro motor is busted that's getting sent from Germany.....passes will now be 50$ higher next year lol Rode from 3-6, it was real gud.

I'm just fucking with you,I actually like your trs. I almost posted something else but figured this was better entertainment.

Why don't you go post some more lame ass trs witha thousand pictures of nothing but trails. But that's right sport you spent two winters up north and know everything about racing and bc even though you've neverdone either.Go fuck yourself you dirty Mexican twat. Let's not get this twisted, you don't know me, this isn't about me, it's about a needle dick with no career and no girl trying to make himself feel better about jerking it to snow board movies in Warren. Unpleasantness now over, can't wait until next Monday, had a ton of fun.

^ I said it on the lift but I like the montage idea

First use an iron or a hotbox or its a waste of time. Fluro may not make any sense as there is some literature that shows it only hangs around for about 500 vert however if it does its only a race thing. Your not gaining anything for the loot. Go hydro and most importantly change your base structure from crosshatch to linear. Base structure is way more important than wax. While you're at it go to a 3 bevel

Montage is the only interesting one for me

That is a terrible list.....

Maple Milkshake is so good there..........

Nice dude, depth is poor up their now but your out riding so that's all that matters. Irene was just terrible, VT due to geography and history has most of it's construction along rivers, the mighty Winooski just murdered whole downtowns. They got off their asses though and they are in much better shape now with almost no federal money. 107 used to be a little spicy through the st park, now it's a lovely jaunt along the river. Highpeaks in the ADK have done less well.

It would be, some discussion on it having an adjustable toe height for use with non-din touring boots. Not clear yet how this will all play out.

Congrats dude, NASTAR is cool. Gonna have to get up their soon.....

Check highways, 87, 4, and whatever road that is through Whitehall should be fine. Parts of 100 will be shit and 107 maybe blown out. Really gonna fuck them up.....sad

This weather sucks hairy ball sack Really feel for vt they are gonna flood like crazy and they don't need any more of that shit

Hot off the presses, Volkl will replace 9 models. No idea as to what models or what they are doing, my guess is more 1 and 2 type skis. More tip rocker, maybe combine the Kendo and Mantra......

Mostly for Jeff, but next years Vwerk ski is the Mantra.......very interesting. EDIT: FKS 5-15 may be back too, this one is not definite going to take some more time.

For sure, gonna feel positively tropical after the last few sessions.