The Skiing/snowboarding Thread

[NzO]

Oh super cool

I haven't made a snowman in ages...

[UnfomaPaf]

Why is Croatia best choice for next summer vacation?

This is perfect choice for everyone who loves the sea and the sun. It promotes sailing and exploring hundreds of hidden places and islands along the Adriatic coast. You will surely fall in love with the clean and warm sea, a preserved nature and historical sites, as well as with a delicious cuisine and high-quality wines, offered to you by traditionally generous and kind hosts. Our job is to make your wishes come true, and yours is only to enjoy yourselves! Therefore, we invite you to discover the beauties of the Adriatic climate.
If you want to spend your vacation without a plan or schedule and without wondering where to go; if you want to choose a bareboat rental and spend your time in private, in hidden and romantic Kornati coves enjoying extraordinary gastronomic offer and watching the sunset from your boat, we may suggest a week boat rental in our All inclusive offer, which can include golf, wellness, diving, big game fishing or spending the night in the water Villa.
Some pictures of Croatian coast:



Hope that you will visit and truly enjoy in charm of Croatia

[jnumbaz]

Why is Croatia best choice for next summer vacation?

This is perfect choice for everyone who loves the sea and the sun. It promotes sailing and exploring hundreds of hidden places and islands along the Adriatic coast. You will surely fall in love with the clean and warm sea, a preserved nature and historical sites, as well as with a delicious cuisine and high-quality wines, offered to you by traditionally generous and kind hosts. Our job is to make your wishes come true, and yours is only to enjoy yourselves! Therefore, we invite you to discover the beauties of the Adriatic climate.
If you want to spend your vacation without a plan or schedule and without wondering where to go; if you want to choose a bareboat rental and spend your time in private, in hidden and romantic Kornati coves enjoying extraordinary gastronomic offer and watching the sunset from your boat, we may suggest a week boat rental in our All inclusive offer, which can include golf, wellness, diving, big game fishing or spending the night in the water Villa.
Some pictures of Croatian coast:




Hope that you will visit and truly enjoy in charm of Croatia

Is there a chance of meeting up with some sweet Serbian death squads?

[palmerage2]

I'm a boarder, been doing it for a few years on and off going up about 2 times a season but I finally got my first board this year Going to porters alot( hopefuly almost every weekend and then we are heading down to Queenstown for a week in the winter holidays which should be good fun

[Chickie]

Just booked accom and flights for a week of snowboarding fun in August - yeeha

[j2hyde]

where are you going?

[j2hyde]

Why is Croatia best choice for next summer vacation?

Looks like some wonderful seaside villages. Mind if we shell them?

[Chickie]

staying in Frankton and will most be boarding at Cardrona
I can't wait

[kona.stinky.]

Hi people. Is it too late in the season to be looking at buying skis? If not...

I'm 177cm tall, 62kg and I can do anything upto single black diamond runs.
I mostly ski at Whakapapa 95% of the time, turoa the rest of the time.

I'm wanting a ski that will let me do a bit of everything, I'm average at jumping now, but I would like to get some lessons and learn to 360 and ride switch.
Budget is a issue 'cause the GT needs some repairs, so not wanting to more than around 250$
Are any of these suitable for me?
Salomon Verse 6

Salomon Scream 8 pilot

Nordica Hot Rod Afterburner

Which of these skis would be best?
Cheers.

[j2hyde]

The verses are x rental skis. avoid
the scream 8's are nothing special, but they're your size and being skinny in the waist will be ok on that dirty ice you suffer from up there.
The afterburners have better all mountain dimensions and shape, and are the pick of the bunch, but they're way too big for you.

If you're serious about riding switch you need a proper twin tip or jib ski, but considering you've just described yourself as basically an intermediate skiier there's not much point bothering with a proper jib ski. Might as well learn to ski properly forwards before you try anything fancy. Of those the scream 8's are your best option. Check what size they've been mounted for and how many times they've been drilled. If they've already been drilled twice and you're going to need a remount then avoid.

[disoriented]

Yeah what J2 hyde said, skinny waist ski is the way to go for ruapheu, I wouldn't be so worried about ex rental or ex demo so long as u can get a good look at them first, ie bases and edges arn't fucked, but if your going to start jibbing you will fuck the edges anyway and will make that glistening hard pack sketch as hell to ski.

I'm a similar build to yourself and have a pair of 170 atomic 9.18 for sale, 64 underfoot, that have handled anything the ice ring of a mountain has chucked at them . You can have for peanuts if you want pm, if intrested,

[kona.stinky.]

Hmm... After looking again I have concluded that there are no decent twin tips under $250, so I've put the budget upto $400, or $450 if they're local.

What about these?:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=397183138

[j2hyde]

Looks good, much better than the others you were looking at. Dimensions and size should suit you fine. If you take a monopoint sized boot 27 or bigger you wont need to remount either which is very handy.