I just ordered my first pair. Guess I am really late to the party.Quote:
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I just ordered my first pair. Guess I am really late to the party.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
-52 degrees in the hole? Damn that’s cold
Anyone old enough to remember when they had Gm cars parked on Broadway just to test their ability to start and run in frigid temps?
You would think they had freezers in Detroit for that. But no. They went ho.
Lol, no DJ that wasn't me. I gotta late start and decide to dork up to Taggart in the afternoon.
Filling in nice up there!
Funny I kinda thought I might of rode up with you yesterday on one of the thunder laps. If there was an orange jacket I would have asked but there was not.
Anyway, me: grey beard, usually cut short. Older Teryx jacket with green sleeves and brown body. Not many of them left around (which I don't really get - since they are virtually indestructible).
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I can't keep up with this place. I didn't even know Marshal was making skis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Truckee Joe
We need another forum room for maggot made skis. I only know ON3P posts here, and of course BRO when he was around (hope he's doing well). Did anyone from Praxis post here...idk. And now Marshal. I'd certainly prefer to support a Mag when buying boards, but of course I want the ones that will make me ski like SkiJunky.
Lol, MO has been posting here about HL skis for 3 years now, he is by far the most active owner of any ski manu on here and answers questions very timely when he isn’t tuning and shipping a new batch. There are several threads on them. His skis won’t make you ski like SkiJunky but they will make you think you are skiing like him. Check them out dude. I’m definitely addicted to the koolaid as I now have 4 pairs. Don’t really want to ski anything else.Quote:
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MO needs to ski Jackson more
And yes
HL is the bomb
I like that so many mags are into the burlier small batch skis. And typically, very strong skiers.
Joe, you're right on time for those skis. Which ones did you order?
First pair I saw were the swallowtails Pfluffenmeister mounted up in the waxroom a season or two ago. Super sharp and nice looking to boot.
Then Schwerty's R90's? and then Swerves whatever radness he was on in Suisseland this spring. The green with yellow beaker ones. Fucking beauties.
Weather's ramping up. Splugen tonight.
What if Igneous and Heritage labs had a ski baby? Describe.
Heh
Reminds me of splat
Hope his health is better
But I went from legend pros to Indy bro models.
Crowd sourced here
Before there was crowd sourcing
But he proved metal race room wasn’t required to have a damp charger.
MO is the new splat on the trg.
Yeah. There’s some haters. But he’s not getting rich. He’s helping our passion and addiction.
Now he has free you do it demos
The first hit is free. Typical pusher.
And then you’re hooked.
PS. On3p was born here
Big igneous fanboy
And now he has a real ski biz
I’d sign up. As you know I mostly turn around on iggys at the village but those HLs have grown on me a bit.Quote:
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I find they remind me of a more modern version of the ole FFGS. Tips are way different tho.
I’m gonna try for a few laps around [emoji637][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]]:[emoji639][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]] Tuesday DJ.
What HL ski would be the best tomorrow? Might be kinda deep out there.
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Thanks for drill and work bench.
Will be up in Januaryish (storm dependant)
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funky turned me onto a pair of HLs this fall, ZF one one six. Don’t want to turn this into a ski review so I’ll just say it’s my perfect JH ski.
Keep the snow stacking up, looking forward to getting back in the Tetons
No reports from this AM… that good huh?
The "Ghee was skiing well and uncrowded to boot. Foggy on top, but you knew that.
Backcountry was deeep, still a little sensitive. Warmed up by early afternoon. Nice to get out. I've been battling a neck/ shoulder issue, so taking it easy. We got Targhee passes for the first time in years- will be nice grabbing a lift ride on the deep days.
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I was having such a good time yesterday that I jacked my back a little in the foggy bumps. Relaxed and watched webcams as it stacked up overnight. Rehab day off. :nonono2:
Firsthand report from TruckeeJoe hopefully being outlined now. He walked over for a wax and green session and said firsties into Laramie didn't suck, but he can fill us in...
I'm trying to ski into some shape but it's a rough row to hoe now. Easy turns and planning my best pow days better. Beware the mindless charging pre-storm cycle. FOG.
Stoke level very high today. After 2 great early thunder laps, i moved under the Gondi and found even more pow. By the time I migrated back to thunder, I managed to catch the rope drop on Laramie bowl as the sun was coming out, 3 very fast laps in there.
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Wow tenth chair on sublet, now partying at the moose. Another killer day in WY.
Livin the Dream. One day at a time.Quote:
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Way to get after it.
I didn't last until they opened it. We figured it was an imminent soft opening.
Multi speed laps in the cowpow cloud first thing, 5 gondy laps at schnell pace.
DJ - sent a text from Casper that never went through. Wish we coulda turned. Met a prospective client later that day (in his 80s), that chuckled when I mentioned i was hoping to take laps with you. Never skied with ya but knows and had high praises for your carp work!
Anyway, I got some stupid lung crap but might sneak in a few laps before the blackout happens.
Thanks Schwerty, very cool to have so many friends and acquaintances in our small town, yes?
Feels connected.
No worries on the missed turns. I'm going easier, trying to tune up for full on winter. It's goin' slow.
Holla on your likely ski days, I'll work it in as priority 1.
It's been too long since we turned...
Nice making some turns with ya TJoe, and meeting you DJ!
I woulda been a better tour guide if I’d remembered to get out of fucking walk mode…
Stoke kills...look it up ;)
Saw @Truckee Joe in the singles line at Gondi. Also, I saw all his OSU kids ...lol.
Been one helluva a cycle.
Turns with @Djongo Unchained have been a kick. Especially on the DOJE (day of jacket event).
Overall, she's starting to ski like herself.
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P.s. the new subby chairs are so shallow, backs are super high and the sides are low ... I think it is actually scarier. Especially over all the rocks. Lol.
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Noticed the high solid backs of the chairs while skiing Laramie Bowl Tuesday
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same as it ever was. That lift on a hard stop is/was scary as shit. One of the few where I almost always put a bar down.Quote:
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Fun day skiing with you guys.
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Locals opening up the OBwith first tracks of 24/25 in RS. Sir Vic's slide above the lines. It always cracks. Always.
Mag getting the sweet slalom turns left, passed mag's kid in the center and local jhaf ripper opening up the radius on the right.
That's a Disney adventure party right there.
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@TruckeeJoe - thanks for connecting, nice to hang out and catch up as well as bang around the hill. Super stoked you got the tits skiing and had a beauty of a closing day.
Safe trip home.
Nice to meet ya GK, thanks for finding us and taking laps with TJ. Nice HL boards, sharp.
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FYI - The Golden ticket dates were expanded a coupla days ago...
1/2 price dailies with a season pass from anywhere now thru Christmas Day.
Then again from Jan. 6 thru the 17th, and end of season from Mar. 17 thru April 13.
It makes skiing JH way more viable.
Oh no, it's different and not in a good way. Shorter seats front to back. High back makes hanging a pack on over tha back unpossible. Bar is reaaaaly close to you when down, which will be everyone now if it wasn't before.Quote:
Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1
The casualness of the Couch is gone. This is more like a big city revolving door. Easy to manage but don't fuck up or the consequences may be real, and closer than before. Sublette is pack central.
TJoe told the top lifty he was unimpressed. Lifty smiled. prolly heard that already.
At least they got the maze orientation right. So far. They set it up today for 250 skiers even tho it was just the 20 of us.
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What I failed to mention prior, is that the mountain is skiing reaaally well. Soft snow everywhere, on and off piste, not too busy and today was stunning bluebird on carvy chalk to pow.
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Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
Wow ! Who designs these things ?Quote:
Originally Posted by lindenle
Sublette was already the most pack unfriendly lift
on the mountain. Well I guess besides Teewinot.
Hard to believe they could make it an even shorter seat.
I always felt like I was going to launch getting on.
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Sweet ! And good on you for christening RS.
From the looks of the tracks on the right, someone
was going Mach speed and taking flight.
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BB on tram opening day Dec. 3, 2022
getting firsties.
They fucked up the couch....and Nightmare.
Why can't we have billionaires that are actual skiers to make our ski lives better instead of making us shake ours heads in disbelief. First world problems!!
To be fair, my initial impressions of Sublette are that it's really nice. New and super smooth. Easy on/off.
It's just a shame they didn't use more common sense with the chair fit for skiers. We concluded yesterday that the 2 year old Thunder chairs were the same type as the originals. They shoulda gone with that style.
The new chairs may be heavier but the high backs are gonna catch wind waaaay more than the old ones. Remains to be seen how they work in big wind.
And with great relief, I can say that the tower does NOT impede Nightmare rock. It's closer to the in run but no problem.
But you're not wrong Jackstraw, it would be a miracle for someone with big money and some real vision to make JH finally realize it's true potential.
They just, don't, get it.
^nice! I like the positive vibes you got going on! And yeah for Nightmare!
Anyone been in the new Tram Dock bar/restaurant that replaced RPK3? It still needs some polishing (like bartenders who know how to pour beer), but I think it has some potential.
Side note - My wife who used to work ticketing had to explain the RPK3 name to me, it was a lot cooler after that. My guess is a lot of people had no clue WTF it meant, which is a shame. But not a bigger shame than the restaurant itself.
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Hope some mags got the goods in the bowl today. Haven't been up all week so don't know what the conditions are like.
seems like a much more casual grab a beer bar - maybe food if you are hungry
- whereas rpk3 seemed much more upscale, sit down etc, i'd never go in there.. I like the change.
also what did it stand for?
When you got the rpk3 from those in the know it was hard to sleep. Might as well get in the tram line early
Yah from the marketing side, too much inside baseball.
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Rendezvous peak 3
There were three levels of snow.
RPK 3 was fasten your seatbelts. It’s gonna puke snow big time.
As I recall: Rendezvous Peak overnight forecastQuote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
RPK1 - 1-3"
RPK2 - 3-6"
RPK3 - 6"+
RBowl doesn't look particuarly inviting to me, but the odds of it being soft and carvy are good...aaaaand the rocks and carnage potential are brutal. That scree face is sharp like volcanic rock, gnarly abrasions.
Funny about the new, old, restaurant. I remodeled that whole thing alone except for the carpet, back in 1997. It was beat then.
That dude hucking full tilt boogie coming outta Alta Zero in that new Sublette viddy? He was the carpet guy. We had fun that Fall. I compared aches and pains with him the other day. He's more broken than me. Reese!
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Fresh pics of Nightmare rock:
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T'was a nice day for the old LPR's. They actually felt a bit worn out today. Mebbe time for the fresh pair to finally hit the silk. These have about 5-600 days on em.
Digging the pics.
Won’t be back until February.
The new couch. Wow.
Do you have to sidestep for the lower gate?
?
Changes.
PS. 6”+ was rpk3?
Not doubting you. To me it was most often over a foot. But yeah there were a few rpk that didn’t pan out.
PPS. LP old school. lol. Was just reminiscing about super nobis. Hah.
^^^^^^
Nope, the upper terminal is only about 30' lower so no major loss of elevation, plus they graded it so it looks almost the same. Same skate to right, thru the bottom of RBowl to the lower RS gate.
Haven't swung into Tensleep yet. But the 3 lines thru expert chutes were shite.
Yeah RPK3 has serious implications. Then we always loved the RPK1's when they turned out to be RPK1foot overnight. Sleeper daze.