GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower at at 8:25am and it was in the mid teens under sunny sky’s. First civilian six pack with the old man me and BenM rode up with Thursday. First run on Challenge, it was truly a magic carpet ride. Very nice quiet packed powder. Razors next and not quite as soft. I then did three more laps on challenge until the cord was gone. There was a big demo day going on with about a dozen tents. Crowds were moderate, a lot of non season passholders. Sidewinder was spectacular and I skied that twice. I did paradise once after the early morning boomers were done warming up on it was nice, a little slow with some wind. Switchback wasn’t as good as the others a little scrapped off. I went up the Main Street chair once to get Widowmaker from the top. Still wall to wall fresh cord at 1015am, midway was ok but some mini ice chunks. At like 1020am was like a half full corral but nobody in the VIP line on the lower park side..I skeet skirted right to the front and finished on sidewinder. I managed 10 runs in an hour and a half and when I left the lot was almost full and the temperature was up to about 22 but it felt warmer. Another grate day in the season that keeps giving. Maybe a little fresh Perder tomorrow AM. JADIP 4 1 Quote
guitar73 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 did you try out any of the demos? Quote
saltyant Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 I wanna demo. Was it free? Did they have any RTMs? Why dont they do demo day on a weekend?? 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, guitar73 said: did you try out any of the demos? Nope I never do and I believe today’s demo day was invite only. I don’t have the patience for demoing. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, saltyant said: I wanna demo. Was it free? Did they have any RTMs? Why dont they do demo day on a weekend?? Demos are almost always during the week I guess due to less crowds...like Toast was saying you should demo differerent skis from Blues ski shop. It’s $60 and I think you can demo three different pairs and you can apply the $60 towards the purchase price. Demo days are always free. Edited February 8, 2021 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 1 Quote
guitar73 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Demos are almost always during the week I guess due to less crowds...like Toast was saying you should demo differerent skis from Blues ski shop. It’s $60 and I think you can demo three different pairs and you can apply the $60 towards the purchase price. Demo days are always free. ^^ this is the way to do it. other mtns have demo fleets to try out. wider selection of skis and what not. also, don't have to deal with the crazy lines and you're pretty much assured to be able to try what you want. a lot of times on busy demo days you'll have to wait for the ski you want to try. 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 Today was actually the first day this season that I skied alone the entire time. I mostly rode the lift with one or two others..a few times three others and one time four others. Everybody who I asked do you mind if I ride with you guys they were very open to allowing me..not just boomers out on weekday mornings anymore it’s all ages..lots of kids and 20somethings. 2 Quote
C1erArt Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 Razors and Challenge were nice, but like GSS said, Widowmaker was the fun run. Skied to about 10:45 when the double chair started getting backed up n 3 Quote
Benm Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) Today's demo day was for ski shop owners and shop buyers (the ones purchasing for the shops for next season). I was offered to be put on the list, naturally it fell on the only day I couldn't be there. At least that's what I was told. Edited February 8, 2021 by Benm 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Benm said: Today's demo day was for ski shop owners and shop buyers (the ones purchasing for the shops for next season). I was offered to be put on the list, naturally it fell on the only day I couldn't be there. At least that's what I was told. Somebody I rode the lift with said he was planning on demoing 15 different pairs of skis today. 1 Quote
Benm Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Somebody I rode the lift with said he was planning on demoing 15 different pairs of skis today. Maybe the shop is wrong then. I dunno. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Benm said: Maybe the shop is wrong then. I dunno. Seems like there were an awful lot of buyers and shop owners then. The only stand that didn’t have a line was Kastle. I’m guessing the $1,000+ skis scare people away. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 FYI @Benm no mention of this demo day on Blues Facebook..seemed like something special though. Usually they have like 3-5 demo tents and this was like 10-12 Quote
Mixilplix Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 GSS you should have started freestyle Kastle rap in front of the tent....Start bringin in some wallets in to look at product.... 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 20 minutes ago, Mixilplix said: GSS you should have started freestyle Kastle rap in front of the tent....Start bringin in some wallets in to look at product.... Those aren’t my kind of people. It’s all Chads and Buffy’s. Atomic Jeff is the only rich guy I hangout with. 1 Quote
Mixilplix Posted February 8, 2021 Report Posted February 8, 2021 1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Those aren’t my kind of people. It’s all Chads and Buffy’s. Atomic Jeff is the only rich guy I hangout with. I didn't mean you had to hang with them...fuck that... 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Posted February 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mixilplix said: I didn't mean you had to hang with them...fuck that... Most of the wallets are lame..including the ones in Jackson hole who pay $800 a day to cut the lines. 1 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Posted February 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Benm said: Maybe the shop is wrong then. I dunno. You’re right. It was just a shop and buyer demo. Not for the public. Quote
enjoralas Posted February 10, 2021 Report Posted February 10, 2021 On 2/8/2021 at 11:36 AM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Demos are almost always during the week I guess due to less crowds...like Toast was saying you should demo differerent skis from Blues ski shop. It’s $60 and I think you can demo three different pairs and you can apply the $60 towards the purchase price. Demo days are always free. According the website there isn’t much wider than 90mm to demo from True Blue (I noticed Kore 93) but of course there is no guarantee the list is exhaustive Quote
saltyant Posted February 10, 2021 Report Posted February 10, 2021 23 minutes ago, enjoralas said: According the website there isn’t much wider than 90mm to demo from True Blue (I noticed Kore 93) but of course there is no guarantee the list is exhaustive Heres the list from inside the demo place, but the guy said the skis on it may or may not be demo-able and there might be other skis not listed 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted February 10, 2021 Report Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, saltyant said: Heres the list from inside the demo place, but the guy said the skis on it may or may not be demo-able and there might be other skis not listed You're better off swapping skis with PASRs to see what feels good or wait until there is a public demo day (if those exist this year). Some of those might be good to replace those RTMs, but if you want to size up at all it doesn't seem like that list meets those needs. 1 1 Quote
enjoralas Posted February 10, 2021 Report Posted February 10, 2021 You can ski my E88s if you like, and also the Monster 108s. They both have demo bindings. I’m hoping to have the Souls this weekend, tracking says they will arrive tomorrow but I’m skeptical. If they do I’ll take them up Friday for mounting. 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 10, 2021 Author Report Posted February 10, 2021 I put my new skis and binders in my car to have mounted after I’m done skiing tomorrow AM. Quote
enjoralas Posted February 10, 2021 Report Posted February 10, 2021 These slick sumbitches almost got me with this one: 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 10, 2021 Author Report Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, enjoralas said: These slick sumbitches almost got me with this one: Wow I wonder what would have happened if you clicked the link. Quote
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