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I was going through some pictures today for my FB and found some Lhasa stoke.
Whitehunter.
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I tried my best to resist buying another pair of skis but this thread made it impossible. I finally ordered a pair of fats Wednesday night.....Amped!!!
Hey Splat...any chance the white could be yellow? Also, and pardon me if it was mentioned already, are you guys doing some lhasa fats in 186 this spring/summer? Very, very nice stuff! I'm getting my 183 bros mounted up next Fri for a nice few weeks in the Wasatch. Really excited to get those puppies on the hill. Thanks!
Maybe this summer......well, you're in competition with the neon green Tyrone suggested a page or two ago.
Hopefully there will be some more stoke pics of Lhasas showing up here spring skiing.
God....I can't believe I skied pow on Monday and slurpee today.
^^ Nah, the white should be blood red. That would be a truly evil ski ready to slay.
I guess that would be cool ski for all the Twilight fans out there! Seriously though, I was just thinking about the black and red and you're right..it would be a pretty sweet setup..Quote:
Originally Posted by coldwater
Sounds like someone should make some white skis with blood dripping off the tails and call them 'Fangs' in case the vamp trends continue.
In lieu of that, all I got is some mere mortal Lhasa Pow stoke...
Andy cruisin' Canyons pow.
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z-bro (poached from mofro, I think.)
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powdork out there somewhere
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NICE !!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
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Originally Posted by Alaskan Rover
I think Powdork did a tail tap on that pillow before landing switch. Nice shot!
Here's a little stoke from last week.
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...4&d=1301361468
One of my favorite images from this season.
http://www.pullindev.com/ski_pics/pondslope3.jpg
Hi Lhasa owners,
A quick question, I got a pair of 191s whilst over in the USA and have so far only put 4 days on them during a January trip to Zinal.
I am out with my family in Stuben/St Anton next week, and it's looking like it's going to be warm and slushy. I am thinking the Lhasas would be perfect when skiing with my kids on piste to power through the crud, and just wondered what others thought of them for on piste spring snow?
Alternatively I could take my High Society Freerides......
Cheers,
Greg
and here they are in action skinning up the back of Zinal
http://gallery.me.com/ianscorah/100158/P1000528/web.jpg
and coming back down...
http://www.snowmediazone.com/the_zon...um/PJM0140.jpg
They are awesome in corn and crud.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregh
Take the Lhasas. You won't be disappointed; they're magic in Salz.
Any reviews on the 179 Lhasa yet?
I'm not really well qualified, considering I've only really been on skis for this current season besides maybe 10 times over the last 10 years of my life. I'm at the point where I can comfortably drop into steep bowls and chutes if they have smooth and consistent snow but I get destroyed in any kind of moguled or runneled terrain and am not really competent at jump turns etc. But consider me a pretty decent snowboarder who understands mechanics and is not afraid of speed - I'm just still trying to teach my body to do all the things I know it needs to do to ski. My other ski setup is a 178 cm Rossi B94 - stiff underfoot, fast, not forgiving, but you can hold backseat turns railing through groomers or deep powder and you need to be forward to get the ski to come around in steep variable stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by wickstad
I also weigh like a shrimp - 5' 8" (173 cm) and 130 lbs (60 kg).
I got one day (this last Saturday 4/2) on a 179 brototype with Solly demo bindings in a mix of manky Elmer's glue-off piste, almost-corn but more like faster manky runnelled off piste, manky groomers, and "semi-corned" groomers that actually got a refreeze the night before (nothing else did). Of course the almost-corn mank runneled bowl and "semi-corned" groomers were most enjoyable.
Here are my impressions of a Lhasa 179 from that day:
Nimble nimble nimble - "jumping nimbly bimbly from tree to tree" - was my main impression. I think this quality is a result of both construction and geometry. The full carbon layup makes the moment of inertia and swing weight so effortless - that combined with the tip rise means you can get the ski around extremely quickly. Even though it does not have much sidecut the tapered shape makes the ski quick to go from a big carve to a tight smear if you want it too (looks like all the sidecut is in front of the boot as it seems really straight behind the boot). This made everything really fun to ski.
Next quality is damp and snappy. Damp snowboards, and by my guess, skis, are generally not snappy. Snappy boards and skis seem to be a bit more chattery on refreezing uneven surfaces. The carbon layup gives it this incredibly snappy modulus but also dampens a lot of high-frequency vibrations.
Next quality is forward engagement ... some skis you can get away with riding backseat, but it seemed to me like all of the ski is in the 12-15" immediately in front of the boot. It seemed to me like if you can ski the boards from there, then you can do anything you want. I got a little backseat at speed coming down a runneled bowl and everything fell apart quickly - the ski owned me once I slipped back and I exploded on a runnel with no way to recover. That tail felt really stiff and unforgiving.
Fatness - I didn't really notice it, or feel that the ski was so much fatter than my Rossis (it really is, especially right at the front point of engagement at the end of the camber). However, nothing was firm enough to really test the difference in feeling on edge.
I didn't really try to get GS power carves as the conditions weren't really suited for that. And I was completely afraid of losing a knee or two coming through the super glue boot-deep mank we had due to a lack of refreeze.
Anyways, take those notes for what they are worth - from a snowboarder who can't ski like a rockstar but who really understands mechanics.
Video from closing weekend at Mission Ridge, I love my 191 Lhasa Pows.
http://www.vimeo.com/22512311
POV follow and chase cams are me on my Lhasas
Lhasa tele, hell yeah. You oughta check in with Big Tim at telemarktips, Aaron.
I think he has his 191s set up with NTNs.
Z-bro, but Dromond for the photo credit actually...Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
Back side of Chair Peak earlier this season.
Two pairs of Lhasa's in that party.
I finally got to feel some Lhasa stoke! 191 Fats are $$
edit: to save myself from posting my inbounds gaping vid
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Max in Whistler...
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sick photo! love the base shots
Still frame of the 191 Fats in action.
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anyone have a shot of the profile? tried to search in a couple diff threads and couldn't find one. thanks
191 Fats profile this morning:
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191 Fats profile Sunday morning:
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powder11 sent me this shot of Max. Good enough to zoom in on, then show the full shot.
Thanks, Toby!
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...2&d=1305849073
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1305849072
Well, that's pretty big...
This needs a bump.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loon
So nice... I'm drooling over the pics in this thread. Setting up the 2011/2012 quiver and Lhasa 191's w/ clear tops and 192's should arrive sometime soon. Totally stoked.
4 months until it starts snowing again? I'll be ready.
insane. I just kept scrolling down wondering where that huck was supposed to end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skeeze
Haulin' my Pows & my 50 yr old ass up Shannon Ridge.. the plan was to bust their cherry on the Sulfide, but the cloud cover on the Ridge was too think to make the glacier.. So after an hour, settled for dodging Shannon trees.. & tree wells..
but, finally got out on them..
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sorry the stoke is kinda lame.. :o
tho WTF.. I dug it!!
FKNA!
Cool report though BaNosser. You don't hear about too many folks going for that approach. We've been up there and it is beautiful country. Bummer about the weather. And we're both now in the Lhasa club though not mounted yet. I'm sure they're great for the gloppy garbage that I bet you found out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by BaNosser
Thank Ullr for abundant snowfall so we have all that mank to still play on.
And props to you, BaNosser. By the looks of that pack, you made a day of it.
Well.. it was mank.. badly suncupped.. thankfully tho, it was covered with old man's beard.. lol.. but the Pows killed it! I have Barons on them and they skinned and skied solidly.. I promised them there was much better snow in their future..Quote:
Originally Posted by wickstad
Congrats to us on our wise choice.. We got one right..
..thanks again Pat
..and big thanks to Ullr
Well, today is my son's 2nd Birthday. Had a big party over the weekend but had to keep something to actually open ON his birthday...
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A few minutes later I went outside & found a box that musta been delivered today.... It turned into a birthday for the Mrs & I as well!
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I asked the Mrs if she'd be upset if I slept with the skis tonite. She said no problem, I was going to ask you the same question ;)
Had a few runs on the 179 brototype in April and May ... got to try the 186 for the first time this last weekend (June 19!). I'm a runt (5' 8" 130 lbs) so the 179 is for me, but I didn't feel like the 186 was cumbersome or "too big" at all!
Donner Lake stoke
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SchralphMacchio learning how to ski on 186 Lhasa stoke
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thanks for the fun splat!
That's a mighty pretty setting for a pic, Alex. Think it'll still be good Thursday?
I woke up with a sprained ankle and a throbbing head that morning. Looks like I shoulda made it.
Thanks Pat!
You should check with Dookey since he was out in the area today, but I think it should still be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
Well this is not really about Lhasas but thought I'd chime in from another corner. I got Superbros going in a sitski just a couple times this winter, and had a bad fall in my new rig on the second trip. All my fault, needed extra (chest) strap in my new rig and reworked outriggers. But on the first trip I had the 195s mounted on an older rig. That kept me in the backseat on nearly every second turn, falling a dozen times but it still felt and *fell* so well that there was no pain, I was smiling. The last run was pure love, real fast and easy (I had more room for wide turns), you know when the Supers wake up from slumber. If my head injury (subdural hemotoma) heals, I'll be out on a properly modified sitski this winter and cranking a bit.
Now I find out that a hot Canadian racer skis icy runs on his Lhasa 191s.
sitskib says on adaptivesportsforums.com:
"The Lhasa is absolutely sick. I have skied it on everything and to be honest it is one of the nicest turning skis even on icy Nakiska (old olympic mtn near Calgary that is usually mostly man made racing type snow)...."
That is insane, it shouldn't be possible mashing down on a single fat, rockered ski, but there you are. So now I'm thinking 191s or Bro 192s, the latter because those redhot topsheets just sing to me.
Thanks Splat for the insane fun.
Dood, seriously? Is that Ghetto Glider proceeds? The stoke meter must have been off the hook that day, presents for everyoneQuote:
Originally Posted by jgb@etree
It was a pretty exciting day at our house :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Piggity POW
My wife is so stoked to have the 164's as new daily drivers. And the 179's are sick - they're huge for her (5'3"), but they weigh nothing and she says she can't wait for a powder day to find out how well they float.
I'm pretty much beside myself with the Lhasa's & 192's. SuperBros are going to stay active for ripping days, but eveything else from my current quiver is being retired. Next year is gonna be fun.