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Hmm, you are right on the shape definitely not a true twin. I was thinking the Gotamas, since we don't have the Walls at my shop. I remember the Volkl rep talking about them and the symmetrical flex though, so now I am confused, I have always thought they where true twin.

Yea I want to make that clear, geometrically center mounting most skis, including most twin tips, is bad. But for the Gotamas it is a different story because that is how they are meant to be. Some other twins fall into this category, but by and large it is not the case. You see it in snowboard, there are some boards that are "True Twin" and some that are "Shape Twin". I have a Burton Jeremy Jones, it is symetrical in shape nose/tail, but the flex pattern is different. It feels different riding switch. My Ride Kink was a true twin and felt the same (albeit bad) in both directions. The Gotamas are a true twin ski, thats why riding them center is awesome.

Yea all the PA riders suffered from a lack of urban rails but how many days a year do we have an opportunity for that? Not many. *Skiers not riders sorry

A powder ski is floating first based on the size of its footprint and second on its angle of attack. You have to lean back so damn much because you don't have a large enough area under foot. Setting the binding back is just one way of getting that angle and its a horribly inefficient way. A much better way is a tapered tail a la Burton Fish/Malolo, the dovetail boards and others, that just puts more surface area up front and the moment gives you the angle of attack not your weight distribution. The same thing happens here, you increased the surface area of the ski but a huge margin, so the angle of attack matters less. So long as the tips are above the tails, you will be fine. On a narrower ski you had to get a huge angle because the skis where cutting deep through the snow, on a fat ski the angle is a lot less, so its not like you need to lay back. Sure putting them an inch back would be easier, but would it be THAT much easier? No. And then when you get into crud/groomers/corn the center mounted binding puts your foot right at the apex of the edge, which is going to feel great. If you look at the Gotama it has a wood core end to end and the flex pattern is uniform with the centroid at the center point, so mounting it over that point is great. On a lot of other skis the centroid is several inches behind the actual center, so even though you are not mounted in the center your foot is over the apex of the curve. Thats what he is feeling when the binding is centered, that is why it feels good to be centered on a Dominant, that is why it feels good to be set back on a board with a stiff tail and soft nose. It isn't about where the geometric center of the ski is, it is about where the centroid of the moment of inertia for the flex is.

One of my friends here did a study abroad to Japan for a year and said it was big there, also said it was pretty good if cooked right

I know a few guys who mount theirs center too, some of them out of bounds skiers, none bad. A ski that wide floats because of its width not the setback of the binding, you are talking 3cms out of 180 thats about 1.8% of a difference in position versus a 25% increase in surface area, it is nothing. But then when you get onto crud or corn you are mounted at the center of the arc rather than back, now you are riding the edge not all that extra surface area, and the flex of a twin ski is more apt to center mount where a regular ski even if you are set back your at the middle of the flex pattern because the tail is so much stiffer than the tip.

Minor injuries heal, I generally don't do anything stupid enough to get a major one. So far this year I tweaked my wrist a bit and hurt my right knee a bit but both healed after a few days. I have about 4 weeks between the end of snowboarding and the start of my training for sailing to being, the national championship is strangely enough at the start of the season so that is June 15-16 and it is on the east coast this year so I am going, definitely have to be in good shape for that. My break is March 28th - April 6th, who are you going with to Stowe?

Cuz I'll have to pay for a hotel room instead of just staying at home. I probably will hit Belleyare too, but it is too far to do from home everyday, but too close to bother with a hotel. I'll stay with my girlfriend but she can't take off from school our spring breaks don't line up, so looks like Vermont for me. Besides last week of the year? I just want to ride park if I hurt myself it doesn't matter

That does look like really good coverage, its too bad that all the resorts are closing based on business, I'm used to mountain creek closing when they have almost no snow left (mind you the same weekend, but they just don't have any snow left), I don't know how you guys bear it

Can I tease you for being illiterate then? He never compared BB to the French Alps AT ALL. In fact he said he was worried the guy wouldn't enjoy a place so small after having been to a mountain that big I had the same experiance when I brought my room mate who is a local at Mount Bachelor in Oregon, isn't this guy going to laugh at a 500 foot hill when he is from a place like that? But he loved it, and said the park was definitely better at Boulder than at Mount Bachelor. Would he take Boulder over Mount Bachelor? Hell no. But he had a blast and we went back for the park. Just because he said he loved Boulder, doesn't mean "He liked Boulder more than the French Alps" or even "He thought Boulder was on par with the French Alps". It means exactly what it says, he liked Boulder enough to go back. I know for sure that my friend from Oregon would not want to go to most of the hills around here, but for a park like Boulders he went and was impressed by it. Nothing more, nothing less, I know you guys don't like TTC6 but you are making yourselves look petty.

I am quite disappointed, looks like they will be closed for the week days of my spring break, damn it now I am actually going to have to go to Vermont? That is lame

I'll be there at some point.

Ski those pictures are GREAT, ha. Did they do that more than once or did you just get lucky with the timing? Shawnee had basically the same feature at the end of 2006 and it was a lot of fun, one of the first things I spun off the drop at the end with a long setup is really forgiving for learning, it is an example of a great feature for all skill levels.

What happens from here is gravy for me, I got my first day of use on my pass mid-november, they had a great park from then on. I spent more time in a PA glade on a given day than I had in all the previous seasons combined. I never saw a bad day of conditions (at opening, by mid day is a different story). I always found something good to hit in the park when I went up, I never saw ice this year, if they didn't blow a snowflake between now and the end of the year I would be back next year regardless. The thing that will close them is not lack of snow, it is lack of customers. And you want to talk about surface? A did Blue, Camelback, and JFBB in a 3 day stretch a few times this year always JFBB had the best surface, I would be very surprised if even with blowing snow Blue or Camelback will have a better surface to ski on. We'll see how long Boulder stays open, I'm hoping it stays open till my spring break so I can ride then, thats about 3 more weeks, I think they can make it but we'll see.

Camel Case Is Awesome For Not Getting Your Point Across

Those are all sick I watched most of them all the way through, there where just 2 songs I couldn't take. It is cool to see skiers from all over I see so much easy coast skiing you forget what Mammoth/Breck look like aside from pros riding them. Also a lot of representation from the area, 3 Big Boulder cuts, 2 Mountain Creek, 1 with Blue, the only other multiple ones where Mount Snow and a Quebec mountain.

Absolutely they did, look here for the back and forth: http://www.paskiandride.com/forums/index.p...=10624&st=0

Yea I'd love to 3 on - 3 off that thing, it looks mad fun

Freedom has been changed about 5 times this year, but Love only twice, I was a bit disappointed by Love this year.

Hmm, someone doesn't understand economics. $400 in the spring or summer is worth a lot more than $400 in january, it is called cash flow. Not to mention that for every person who gets their money worth from their pass, another gets screwed due to injury or other factors. Not to mention the marginal cost per person is about 0 since they pay to run lifts by the hour rather than per person, the only thing it changes is how long the lines are for other customers. But then again, you obviously work at Blue mountain, based on the people I've met there it doesn't require much education. Maybe the real asshole is you, yet another blue mountain employee spewing bullshit at their best customers. Race team coaches coming in here to argue with us? Patrollers whistling at the ones who can actually ski rather than the ones who are endangering others? You coming in and calling the people who bought season passes cheap assholes? Combined with the slow terrain roll out this year and the conditions I saw every time I went I'm pretty sure Blue Mountain is the new Camelback.

I wouldn't hold my breath for that date to be correct. Close on a saturday? Make snow 11 days before closing? It wouldn't make a lot of sense, the guy may be right but I would think the next sunday after that.

Magne is great on snowboards and on skis but I feel like it is a bigger "seller" on the boards than skis. We sold 100% of the Magne traction snowboards we bought at my shop, by christmas, ever year since they invented it, and we got every model with MTX, . No other brand or model can claim that for skis or snowboards. But we haven't been selling the skis as well. I think people on boards have more problems with ice, thus the board than can deal with ice is a lot more valuable, skiers don't have as much problem so why pay extra? Especially from a company that predominatly made boards.

Its hard to correct shaky footage after the fact, it is possible but timeconsuming

I couldn't get them at the moment, but if you are looking to post the best place seems to be Vimeo