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The Society for the Preservation of the Round Ski Tip has been informed.
That should be easy. I believe the Society has a membership of one?
The Society for the Preservation of the Round Ski Tip has been informed.
@David Chaus and I were making fun of you guys yesterday at Bachelor. We were struggling a bit to negotiate some highly variable cascade concrete in zero visibility and some indeterminate form of wet precipitation. One of us spontaneously blurted out, "Too bad we're not on FIS slalom skis!" That lifted the mood nicely.Any guesses as to who I was skiing with today? Three pairs of identical FIS SLs on the lift.
Today was the first time Taos has been open since Saturday. Firm in the morning, slush in the afternoon. Spring has arrived. Fun running into @Snowfan during @KingGrump spring training camp.
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Oh no, there are many members! They just don’t realize it yet.That should be easy. I believe the Society has a membership of one?
@David Chaus and I were making fun of you guys yesterday at Bachelor. We were struggling a bit to negotiate some highly variable cascade concrete in zero visibility and some indeterminate form of wet precipitation. One of us spontaneously blurted out, "Too bad we're not on FIS slalom skis!" That lifted the mood nicely.
Veteran of four Taos ski weeks. If you're gonna go with the slalom derivative direction (AX, SC), you might as well just ski the Blossoms. Personally that's not the kind of ski I like in steep challenging bumps. I like something that's basically a soft, narrow-ish ski (< 90mm) with an all-mountain tip and tail design. I.e., what Phil calls a "narrow wide ski." YMMV, obviously.Ski recommendation for a Taos ski week focusing on bumps?
I'm planning on doing a Taos ski week next January or February. My happiest place at Breck is the (somewhat) steeps and Peak 7/8 alpine bowls. My ski quiver mostly reflects that---daily driver once the high alpine opens here is usually a Stockli SR95 or SR102. But I want to work on my bumps skills/tactics through a Taos ski week. Not sure my current quiver is good for that.
I enjoy doing single black bump runs at Breck (old man low-impact techniques), have no problem in crud and variable snow conditions, but I suck at our double black bump runs. I demo'd the Montero AR (84mm underfoot) at Loveland this past weekend, really liked their performance in all sorts of short and medium turns, on piste and off. I've noticed a lot of Laser AXs when I've been at Taos and I briefly met 87 y.o instructor Stuart Murphy a few years ago who was teaching that day on a Stockli SC (72mm underfoot).
Since it's discount season on demos or overstock skis...are there some ski models that match particularly well for Taos bump lessons? I'm kind of a Stockli fan. I appreciate the "liquid mercury" of my Blossom AM77. But am open to other ski characteristics/families too.
Ski recommendation for a Taos ski week focusing on bumps?
Where are the pix?California here we come.
Hopefully in the California threads.Where are the pix?
Where are the pix?
No pix, didn't happen. Kinda like the tree they fell in forest...A boy gotta learn to use his imagination.