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tommyadrian5 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Mar 13, 2003 Posts: 563 Location:Right Behind You...	Posted: Jan 22, 2004 - 10:19 PM GMT hey anonymous your post is almost as stupid as posting anonymously, have you skied the bandits??? Or are you just basing your comment on the fact that they have a "foam core"

Brian Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 28, 2001 Posts: 2789 Location:CENTRAL MASS.	Posted: Jan 22, 2004 - 10:37 PM GMT old gear.......olin racing 185cm skis,hexcel firelites 185cm honeycomb core-1977 era. new blizzards as of 2 yrs ago 190cm.... new marker bindings on the olins and blizzards- salomon 555 w/runaway straps! on the hexcels... kerma poles.....old lange boots w/heating system.model is tsh,superheat microcant.era 1980 size 10.5- i always say---if it works,use it! brian o __________ "riders on the storm" JM

SNOWTURX Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: 593 Location:In the 510	Posted: Jan 22, 2004 - 11:01 PM GMT Quote: your post is almost as stupid Hey TA5 is Stupid you're favorite word,closely followed by Dumb ? Drag your ass into the 20th century and use a Thesaurus now and again you witless schlemiel.(See...easy) ,TURX. __________ Don't Sweat The Petty Stuff, And Don't Pet The Sweaty Stuff

tommyadrian5 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Mar 13, 2003 Posts: 563 Location:Right Behind You...	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 12:31 AM GMT Hey snowdorx we're in the 21st century now pal, and there are plenty of thesauri online.

tommyadrian5 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Mar 13, 2003 Posts: 563 Location:Right Behind You...	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 12:34 AM GMT Oh and "TURX" by the way, "you're" is a contraction of "you" and "are", so technically you just said "hey TA5 is stupid you are favorite word" The appropriate word would have been "your" - a possessive adjective I think you need some elementary school grammar lessons before you start playing around with thesauri and using big words.

SNOWTURX Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: 593 Location:In the 510	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 12:50 AM GMT EXACTLY ! __________ Don't Sweat The Petty Stuff, And Don't Pet The Sweaty Stuff

SNOWTURX Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: 593 Location:In the 510	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 1:04 AM GMT As far as my misspellings go.Just lately I have been having trouble with your,you're,but more trouble with there,their,they're. I think it stems from this online mis-spell-speak of the 'troubled youth' of today.I guess I'm absorbing it. So,did you do yourself a a mischief not calling me stupid ? ,TURX. __________ Don't Sweat The Petty Stuff, And Don't Pet The Sweaty Stuff

WoodCore Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 13, 2002 Posts: 3134 Location:CT	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 1:17 AM GMT All this talk about "Woodcore" skis is getting me excited. Currently "playing" on the Volkl 724 pro's. It's a do it all ski. Wide enough to float in the pow, stiff enough to hold on the hard pack, and just the right side cut to rip on the groomers. Kinda like riding a pair of nimble bulldozers around the mountain, flattening everything in sight. When I want to get down to serious business the Volkl six stars are a just that, all business. A precise ski that delivers power, edge grip, and precision arcs. My feet are happy in my pair of Tecnica Icon Alu Comps with the hot form liner. The perfect balance between comfort and high performance, plus I can warm them up on the way to hill by plugging them into the cigarette lighter in my car. I love Woodcore Skis, forget that foam stuff, get some wood under your feet __________ "Freedom often leads, but responsibility always follows close behind."

dirk109 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 21, 2001 Posts: 1082 Location:Stratton, VT	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 1:25 AM GMT I gotcha all beat...................STOCKLI Laser GS

WoodCore Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 13, 2002 Posts: 3134 Location:CT	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 1:26 AM GMT Quote: [quote]orange: the Beast is a quite kewl ski rocks in powder! Unfortunately it is very hard to find a Nordica ski dealer. The ski line is very race oriented and has not caught on with the general public in the east. [/quote] That will change in the next few years as one of the original partners in Tecnica has bought out Nordica. It's a long story but basically the two lines will remain seperate but share distribution resources here and abroad. In my younger days I was a huge fan of Kastle skis, which was bought by Nordica when it was owned by Benetton several years ago. I think the factory and design people from the original Kastle are still pretty much in tact, which would explain the high caliber of the Nordica skis. __________ "Freedom often leads, but responsibility always follows close behind."

orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 3:09 AM GMT Interesting you post that. I am actually in commercial real estate and Bennetton is one of my clients. This summer I had to relocate the Bennetton people who worked at the Prince/Nordica headquarters after it was sold. I got a free pair of Grand Prix skis for doing it! __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

skipatrol40s Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 29, 2002 Posts: 1479 Location:	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 12:54 PM GMT I am 5’11 190lbs. Given that here is my gear. Skis for east side of Mississippi are all mountain type ski 175 cm length (111 – 68 – 9 last years model with regular alpine bindings DIN 12 binding set at 8.5 . Skis for west side of Mississippi are wide powder boards 178 cm length (122 - 94 – 112). I have alpine touring binding on these again DIN 12 set at 8.5. This particular ski is not too bad on a groomer run either. I demoed a midfat 74 waist ski this year and wow did they carve. I was extremely surprised that the new midfats can carve that well. Next east coast ski will probably be a midfat with about a 78 waist that should handle anything like bottom less over the knee powder, nasty crud, moguls, groomers and my favorite good old east coast hardpack. Well anything but a race course that is. I don't race competively. Boots have custom foot beds since I have a high arch. I use alpine boots in both skis. Someday maybe I will get alpine touring boots. Poles are 15 years old have a slight bend in them when I fell once back in 1992. Some blue paint still not scraped off. Gore Tex paints and shell, polypropolene or Capilene fabrics for base layer. Also like the Schoeller fabric for a soft shell. All right lets go skiing.

Live2Ski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 18, 2003 Posts: 244 Location:Where the powder is!	Posted: Jan 23, 2004 - 8:34 PM GMT Hey tommyadrian5, Foamies are for wimps. I skiied on the Bandits last year and they ski like noodles. Not for aggressive skiiers but great for you average skiier. Sorry but woodcore skis RULE!

skipatrol40s Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 29, 2002 Posts: 1479 Location:	Posted: Jan 24, 2004 - 5:48 AM GMT Quote: Hey tommyadrian5, Foamies are for wimps. A friend of mine has this son in his early 20s that skied 110 days at Jackson Hole last year. He lives in Teton Village. Awesome very aggressive skier. Most of those 110 days were skied on Bandit XXX . Salomon Pocket Rocket another popular west coast powder ski that is foam. Lots of aggressive skiers on foam these days. Be careful how you use the word noodles.

sbumwannabe Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 160 Location:	Posted: Jan 24, 2004 - 1:21 PM GMT Core type is like having a conversation about religion.... I ski on a salomon crossmax10, it has a form core. I can feel the surface more than a wood core and when I demoed it to a simular length wood core ski, it felt more nimble, light. The pop out of a turn was better. Also, it's stiff enough to punch through the crud but the wood core was a lot better. I bought it longer since I tend to ski fast. Feeling the surface also becomes a negative, it tends to chatter in granular surfaces and hardpack, the ride becomes a little bouncy. For this type of surface, I like my K2 axis xr just because its stable and I bought it on the short side so that I can engage my edge on the harder surface.

tommyadrian5 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Mar 13, 2003 Posts: 563 Location:Right Behind You...	Posted: Jan 25, 2004 - 4:06 PM GMT Alright, i'll admit, it seems that you woodcore addicts like them more for the nice groomed cruisers you hit up all the time. Frankly i'll take a lighter, more nimble, more responsive foam core ski anyday, makes it easier to dodge trees, but since you all seem to like to dodge beginners, stick to the wood core stuff, you keep all the ski companies in business paying twice as much for old technology.

songfta Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 14, 2004 Posts: 564 Location:Washington, DC	Posted: Jan 25, 2004 - 5:21 PM GMT Old-school gear: Dynastar G9 206cm with Marker MRR step-in (fun for super-G these days, but used more for early-season rock time). New-school gear: Atomic SX:11 with SX:614 bindings. I tried a lot of skis at the end of last season, including the P50 Platinum, Salomon Crossmax 10, Dynastar Intuitiv 74 and Course 66, and the Atomic GS:9, SX:9 and SX:11. Of the bunch, the SX:11 was the clear winner. It cuts boilerplate like butter, runs the gates perfectly, loves powder and crud, does the chutes and the trees. My knees and back aren't happy in the moguls, so that doesn't matter as much to me (I'd have gone with the SX:9 if that were the case). But the SX:11 is a super ski: the weekend after Christmas (after the rain in New England coated most mountains with a couple inches of solid, see-through ice), the SX:11 was in the zone, making effortless carves at all speeds, from a crawl to full F.I.S. race speed. Otherwise, the variables are the same: Lange L10 Race boots, Scott World Cup or Smith GS-bend poles, Briko Windshape helmet. __________ Track my adventures at randomduck.com

songfta Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 14, 2004 Posts: 564 Location:Washington, DC	Posted: Jan 25, 2004 - 5:23 PM GMT One additional item: the SX:11s are 180cm. And I'm 6'4", 204 lbs., former F.I.S. and NCAA racer. __________ Track my adventures at randomduck.com

Anonymous	Posted: Jan 26, 2004 - 9:45 PM GMT My skis: ------------- Volkl P50 SL (2002/2003), World Cup Stock Atomic 9.20 GS K2 Four, Race Stock My boots: -------------- Technica Explosion 8

Anonymous	Posted: Feb 04, 2004 - 5:58 AM GMT Quote: Core type is like having a conversation about religion.... I ski on a salomon crossmax10, it has a form core. the crossmax 10 is a wood core. crossmax 9 and below are foam cores

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