Z: i appreciate the compliment. i try to only post stuff i know about, and i say so when i'm just making an educated guess.
peace.
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Z: i appreciate the compliment. i try to only post stuff i know about, and i say so when i'm just making an educated guess.
peace.
doesnt that depend if you're a midget?Quote:
Originally Posted by Z
I bet a MiniMe could throw some sick shit switch to the road.
179s were sold after a single day on them. I also got them in a trade with a buddy who i was helping out. i'm currently on ANTs, SVs 189s and Sugars 183s now. I keep the DINs high cause guess what, i ski in places that dont want my skis to release. And my knees were from football not skiing. I'm also 6'2" 240. 3 years ago i was playing outside backer in college at the same weight. Please continue to dig up past posts.
now back to your bullshit-you're just exaggerating to wave your cock. maybe take this all as constructive criticism and cut the bullshit so we can actually hear your infinite wisdom.....2589 posts since november of '05? drop the key board and pickup one of those packs and set it on a scale.
-aaron
who's waiving whose cock? Im pretty sure UAN has done a *few* no-fall descents before and didnt need DIN13+ to pad his ego.
i was asking for help, nothing more.......
-aaron
Sorry to stray off topic from this spirited discussion...but what's all this boogeyman talk about the squads? I didn't find them very difficult to ski - a bit "planky" feeling but fairly easy to turn. That said, I prefer the more supple flex of the LPs as that actually seems to enable me to smoothly carry more speed (maybe cause I'm only 170lbs).
except i'm stating facts. put me on ignore already if i just spew random stuff that has no basis in fact. i'm pretty sure that people who have been listening know what is fact in my posts and take it as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonehuckin
i take constructive criticism just fine -- but don't now try to pass of 'being a huge a-hole' as constructive. also, i politely responded to you that
i was present when the pack was weighed, and i have lifted that very pack. otherwise, i wouldn't claim anything about it. stating a fact about someone else's pack ain't dickwaving. what do i stand to gain from all of this? it doesn't make a bit of difference to me whether he has a 10# pack or a 100 pounder...it's just about the total skier weight flexing the skis.
...but, you're right. i probably don't really get to ski, climb, bike, hike, or do much of anything outdoors.
every time you post, you dig yourself a bit deeper.
as for digging up the past...didn't you start by digging up my "past" and misquoting me? at least i used your own words!
you could pummel me on the gridiron, that i'm sure of. but your head's in your ass about understanding what other people are doing in the mountains.
i ain't the one advertising myself as an 'extreme tour guide'...but that drive from orange county to mammoth does have some pretty extreme traffic.
dude, you've blown it already. sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up.
'fess...Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor
I missed this post in all the mess. (I'm sorry for my part in that mess.)
You have some good points here. My buddy *does* likes the Squads now that he's broken them in (stress cracks on the topsheet).
Fully agree that it's not for people who ski with a huge pack daily...but my point got lost. I was trying (and failed) to say that he's a pretty solid guy w/o pack, and the pack adds on more weight (to well over 200 pounds) -- to give an idea of the skier flexing the ski. When he's without a pack, he's fast and strong. With a pack, there's alot of weight on the ski, but he's (obviously) slower and more deliberate.
W/o the pack, this is the type of guy you can play 'who can ski this 4,000' peak in fewer turns' with, despite his age....and he loves the Squads for that. But...as a stock ski.....they're pretty much overkill for 99.9% of folks out there -- and even more if not skiing the aforementioned terrain.
The man does know how to flex a ski with the best of 'em.
Summary advice for the person considering Squads and at-risk for getting swayed by the board's "long skis are the only way to go" bent: For a normal-sized skier (say 170-195), even if very strong = 189/194 Squads are overkill and problematic.
Just a cautionary bit of info for anyone thinking of putting down some hard-earned dollars -- think twice before you choose the 189/194 over the shorter lengths. Don't do it for ego -- this is not a Gotama.
Thanks for bringing us back on-track, and I hope this ties things up with a bow.
gonehuckin- ummmm please stop.
also UAN- while your point was made a long time ago I'd also like to point out that squads are one of only a couple of skis that are typically rated here as very stiff and most people are waved off unless they're known baddies or can clearly handle them. This is the same treatment that is given to 193 M103s.
They call it dickwaving by association.Quote:
Originally Posted by upallnight
thanks, l_b. noted. i have no more to say on the topic and am sorry for getting repetitive. i think i went overkill on the 'voice-of-reason' bit, and g_h's posts enabled me to go over the edge, only to repeat the points yet again.Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
sorry for that. thanks for reigning me in.
peace.
I had a pair of Squads and traded them for the regular B4 which I have several pairs of and like very much. Ski flex is a personal thing and I like mine a bit less stiff. I felt the squad is good going really fast or for large people. Think of the word squad as in team meaning team issue ski for Rossi sponsered skiers if you ski like that you might like the squads. I guided heli skiing in Valdez and I think my guide pack was right around 30lbs, thank god it was not 50lbs. I cant figure out what the hell an LPs is though.
'legend pro', i assume, is what folks are referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kanone
and the guy's pack is overkill, no doubt, but that's due to his resposnibility & personal preference.
Quote:
I guided heli skiing in Valdez and I think my guide pack was right around 30lbs, thank god it was not 50lbs. I cant figure out what the hell an LPs is though.
there's your answer......a heli guide telling how it actually is......
-aaron
gone_huckin -- you don't know when to quit. El K's post is of his experience and his preferences, and it's perfectly valid. however, that is a separate point from what i posted about. what people carry in the mountains is personal preference -- it's as true for guides as it is for folks at any trailhead.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonehuckin
why don't you ask El K to list everything in his pack? does he carry things like a snow saw? it's not on your list and your list adds up to 30 pounds... must not be something people carry.
as long as you've got your 420 kit in there...you're good.
you can draw many lines through one point.
i like your style: wait for what you want to hear, then run with it! you should be reviewing custom skis.
UAN, dont you know that stuff is for medicinal purposes. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by upallnight
I mean we are talking about california here