A sight that can ruin a perfectly good pow day...

[jibij]

Would getting those old men out of their stretch pants concert you?

Sure... who doesn't love reliving those childhood memories of no-pants Twister with Grampa.


Good times. Good times.

[Ubersheist]

now you wanna talk about gaper gear, get some Cat Tracks. Someone I raced with this year would put them on for a walk of maybe 200 feet from the car to the snow, I mean come on, what the hell are you trying to save your boots from?

Powder cords, I can take em or leave em, it doesn't bother me to see others wear them.

First off, there's one instance for which Cat Tracks are a good idea, as in my case. I have horrendously bad feet and lower legs for skiing. (Wide feet with high arches and very big calves = no advanced/expert boots out there for me, only beginner boots.) As such, I've held onto the same pair of boots (after trying many others) for about 7-8 years now. A couple of years ago, I started going through the processess of replacing them. After having experienced, well qualified bootfitters tell me repetitively that they can't help me and that I should take up snowboarding, I finally found found one that seems to have it right. I've already spent hundreds of dollars AFTER I bought the boots (not including the previous pairs I bought, had altered and then returned) and literally hundreds of hours in this boot shop (not including the hundreds of hours spent in other boot shops), they're nearly perfect.

The only reason I'm getting new boots is because the heel and toes of my old boots are worn down so much that they're loose in my bindings, and now even some shops won't mount skis with my boots (that's saying a lot because nearly every shop looks the other way when you bring in worn, out of spec boots when mounting bindings).

I wish I had Cat Tracks and had worn them more often with my old boots. Will I wear them with my new boots? I certainly will for a while, until I get lazy and/or forget and then start pissing and moaning when I have to go through this whole long and painful (literally) process again a few years from now.

I brought out the powder cords again today.

It was a good day for them. I had lots of fun

How was your day?

End of discussion.

[Ubersheist]

Most store-bought powder cords aren't much longer than the tail of the ski, and are therefore useless. Get some flagging tape or just some orange accessory cord and make your own: 6 feet is a good start. Tie them to your binding and tuck them under your cuff on the outside.

If I'm a gaper, fine. I'll happily gape multiple pow laps while the real skiers are digging and hiking.

Ditto. Surveyer's flagging tape works dandy, and costs only $2 for 100 feet of it.

Yeah, I said "end of discussion" in the previous post, but this thread is damn funny, and I truthfully don't want it to die yet...

[scoober]

Skis put on car roof racks going forward.

what about twin tips? do we mount those perpendicular to the direction of motion?

[powstash]

Powder chords rule for xtreme deep days

Seriously why bust on someone elses gear?

Cause powder chords are GAPER TOOLS and we like to mock gapers so when I see you in the tram line next time with your gaper tools I'll mock you, point, round up my posse to point you out in your silly one piece with powder chords and then we'll ridicule you until you cry like a little school girl.

Yea, that about sums it up.

now you wanna talk about gaper gear, get some Cat Tracks. Someone I raced with this year would put them on for a walk of maybe 200 feet from the car to the snow, I mean come on, what the hell are you trying to save your boots from?

<pst, buddy, yea over here>Edit:
As for cat tracks - I use them when I'm at The Canyons. You friggin' have to walk about a 1/4 mile on assfault to get to the gondola. Rips the shiz outta your boots. There was a ticket guy there that made fun of me saying, "uh, do yu hav ze boooot savers?" every time he saw me. Those silly things have kept my boots solid for nearly 3 seasons. (well that and my Surefoot Foam liners)</>

[KQ]

I wish I had Cat Tracks and had worn them more often with my old boots. Will I wear them with my new boots? I certainly will for a while, until I get lazy and/or forget and then start pissing and moaning when I have to go through this whole long and painful (literally) process again a few years from now.

<pst, buddy, yea over here>Edit:
As for cat tracks - I use them when I'm at The Canyons. You friggin' have to walk about a 1/4 mile on assfault to get to the gondola. Rips the shiz outta your boots. There was a ticket guy there that made fun of me saying, "uh, do yu hav ze boooot savers?" every time he saw me. Those silly things have kept my boots solid for nearly 3 seasons. (well that and my Surefoot Foam liners)</>

Probably already know the answer to this, but.........why not just carry your boots and change in the lodge?

[road trip]

what about twin tips? do we mount those perpendicular to the direction of motion?

Seriously! I put them on my roof rack and I just sit there in the drivers seat not knowing what to do.

[KQ]

Seriously! I put them on my roof rack and I just sit there in the drivers seat not knowing what to do.

For God's sake man, didn't the store that sold them to you tell you? You either have to get a roof box or transport them inside the vehicle.

[optics]

Seriously! I put them on my roof rack and I just sit there in the drivers seat not knowing what to do.

Clearly, you should put it in reverse. Solves the problem entirely.

[Professor]

While I can not explain why I have such a deep seated dislike for pow cords, today they made my day. Getting on the tram the guy in front of me is dragging his powder cords from his rental skis. He has the cords wrapped around the heel piece of his bindings.... I keep thinking of stepping on them and watching him drop all his shit, but I just couldnt do it. But then HE steps on his own pow cord. But he doesnt drop his gear cuz it pulls the rental heel piece off and he just stands there staring at it. God I wish I had his expression on film As for those that want me to explain why I hate pow cords, you just wont understand... But for the record, Baldy was kind of deep today

[powstash]

Probably already know the answer to this, but.........why not just carry your boots and change in the lodge?

Cause some dumass east coast resort design "genius" didn't plan for a base lodge - so there isn't one. The most "ah shit" resort layout and infrastructure ever is at The Canyons.

Midget can back me up on that one.

Prof - we need tram line survelance camera footage to see that one! Nice

[skibe]

Baldy was kind of deep today

Bastard

[INDY GS]

for people who walk considerable distance in their ski boots, cat tracks are fine. I am merely mocking the fact that some people feel they need them on to walk on a snow covered parking lot for 200 feet before they put their new boots into their new bindings that they will replace after another 10-20 days of skiing. The same ahole does'nt feel the need to tune his skis, because they were brand new at the beginning of the season, and he wonders why he is slow and the edges are rusty. [/rant on this dude]

viva la marking tape...on deep days...if I remember...if not, the DIN is cranked so my leg will break off before a release.

[G]

I agree with the nylon marking tape idea. I use it all the time. In fact, since it comes in rolls of 100 feet, I usually use the whoe thing at once, fifty feet per ski.

And I refuse to tuck it into my pants, Just let 'em fly!

[Dr. Send]

You know what the obvious solution to all this is; take up tele! Vibram soles take care of the cat tracks, and non-releaseability and leashes take care of the cords. Case closed.

[scoober]

Clearly, you should put it in reverse. Solves the problem entirely.

i just do donuts the whole way.

[optics]

Polish? Like Plake?

[Shepherd Wong]

More of a pet peeve but Tram Scorpions sometimes drive me bananas.
The people who carry their poles parallel to the ground when in line, each step they take, their scorpion tail keeps trying to STING my johnson. Man hold your poles upright.

[Blurred]

More of a pet peeve but Tram Scorpions sometimes drive me bananas.
The people who carry their poles parallel to the ground when in line, each step they take, their scorpion tail keeps trying to STING my johnson. Man hold your poles upright.

Quit trying to rub your sausage in my backside and I wont "scorpion" your teabag.

[Shepherd Wong]

Another are those people who
1. Their outfits either make them walk like the little brother in A Christmas Story or
2. feel that because they have boots on and snow clothes, that they are required to waddle around like that dude.
Good grief!

[Tri-Ungulate]

When I see a set of those trailing behind someone in the lift line, I always tap them on the shoulder and tell them that their shoes are untied. They always look down.

heh

forget losing the ski. if your bindings aren't cranked and you lose a shoe in a no fall zone, your not going to need skis anymore. not that I would care if someone were using them, but powder cords are for gapers.

so bro brah, to be real core I s'pose you gotta ski on nonreleasables...

...check...

[ill-advised strategy]

Quit trying to rub your sausage in my backside and I wont "scorpion" your teabag.

potd

[Shepherd Wong]

Quit trying to rub your sausage in my backside and I wont "scorpion" your teabag.

Considering the wide birth I give these Scorpions my wang appreciates your sentiments.
(62" flacid)

[Core Shot]

Love the scorpoions comment - didnt know that had a name, but it peeves me.

Same folks when walking up stairs hold their poles horizontal to poke your eyes out.

Add to that, folks that swing their tips up to eye level when polling on a traverse, wildly flailing and swinging with every push.
Keep 'em low!!

[DINMS]

Thats fantastic.