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Darren S · February 16, 2009, 11:08:30 am

Glad you had a good trip to Whistler.
Looking forward to your photos of the cat boarding.

SA Chris · February 16, 2009, 11:08:53 am

http://catskiing.ca/Cat-Skiing-Operators/ has some good info.

I also got a recent mag that has a full listing of all heli and cat operations in Canada which I can scan if anyone wants a looksee.

SA Chris · February 17, 2009, 10:27:42 am

All pics by Mike Crane http://www.mikecranephotography.com/

SA Chris · February 17, 2009, 10:28:24 am

sorry they are all a bit big

SA Chris · February 18, 2009, 09:51:19 am

Oh well I like them.

Had a couple of conversations with people who had been to Japan for boarding and were raving about amount of snow and quality. Has anyone been? Be nice to combine some time on the hills there with a few days in Tokyo and a bit of climbing either there or somewhere like, say Hong Kong? (I will get there evenially Stu!)

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/index.php

Plattsy · February 18, 2009, 10:17:11 am

Can't see those piccies at work. I'll have a look later.

IIRC BBC's ski sunday visited Japan in last years series and IIRC it looked and sounded amazing. Might be some footage available on t'web.

Got back from Austria on Sunday. Went to the same resort everyday whilst there (shame cos I'd have preferred to sample some of the other resorts. Especially Turrache Hohe (?) which has a ski-taxi across a frozen lake joining up the two mountains the pass covers). Kreischberg is a decent little resort. Small yet perfectly formed.

We stayed in a chalet about 10mins from Kreischberg in a place called Stadl an der Mer (1hr 30mins from Salzburg). Very nice brand new chalet. Sleeps 8 easy (10 including the settee). The village is very quiet and the resort also rather quiet. So if you don't want things lively this place is ideal.

The drive home was very interesting. Major snow fall. Snow ploughs. Broken fuel hose and a damaged clutch.

SA Chris · February 18, 2009, 02:33:27 pm

Anyone heard from Kim? How is his season progressing?

dave · February 18, 2009, 02:46:19 pm

sounds like he having a good time, getting out almost every day by the sounds of it! he has been logging onto here though so maybe he'll see this and reply.

Bubba · February 18, 2009, 02:56:58 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on February 18, 2009, 09:51:19 am

Oh well I like them.

They didn't show up for me.

Japan seems a long way to go just for the snow. Not to mention the snow-destroying air miles

SA Chris · February 23, 2009, 10:45:29 am

Quote from: Bubba on February 18, 2009, 02:56:58 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on February 18, 2009, 09:51:19 am
Oh well I like them.
They didn't show up for me.

Japan seems a long way to go just for the snow. Not to mention the snow-destroying air miles

Bugger. Could anyone? Wouldn't just go for the snow, been making threats to get to HK for a long time now.

SA Chris · February 23, 2009, 10:47:47 am

SA Chris · February 24, 2009, 09:01:12 am

Are they visible?

Plattsy · February 24, 2009, 09:12:49 am

I can see 3 pictures of what looks like grade A conditions.

Plattsy · February 24, 2009, 09:20:53 am

Anyone see Ed Leigh test-riding boards last night on High Altitude, BBC2 (think it's been on before)? He has got possibly the best job in the world. Heli-boarding in New Zealand test-riding boards.

The tapered board and the swallow tail board seemed the best boards for deep powder. Anyone tried either of these types of board?

SA Chris · February 24, 2009, 09:40:17 am

I tried riding a Burton Malolo that one of the guys on the cat trip had - I didn't really like it; too easy to turn and tricky to get a nice drawn out carving turn on it. Sure it would be nice if it was botomless fluff though, buy you can achieve a similar effect by just moving bindings backwards.

lagerstarfish · February 24, 2009, 09:42:51 am

My mate Casty has a huuuuge swallow tail (2m I think) which I've had a play with in deep powder. Very easy to ride.

SA Chris · February 24, 2009, 09:47:16 am

Too easy?

Had a look at the new Fish

Love the retro graphics

Plattsy · February 24, 2009, 09:50:20 am

Quote from: SA Chris on February 24, 2009, 09:40:17 am

I tried riding a Burton Malolo that one of the guys on the cat trip had - I didn't really like it; too easy to turn and tricky to get a nice drawn out carving turn on it. Sure it would be nice if it was botomless fluff though, buy you can achieve a similar effect by just moving bindings backwards.

Ed used a control board with the bindings right back. Reckoned his right leg felt like he'd hopped a marathon. I guess with the tapered/swallow tail boards there's no need to move the bindings back?

He was riding some of the deepest powder I'd ever seen.

The swallow tail looked fast. He also test drove a banana board and a 2m+ long board. Which he tried to land a drop off and failed.

Here's the iPlayer link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hzlqf/High_Altitude_Shorts_Snowboard_Testing/

SA Chris · February 26, 2009, 10:20:56 am

Quote from: cofe on February 03, 2009, 07:02:46 pm

apparently travis rice has just made a snowboard vid with a $6m budget. shit.

http://www.thatsit-thatsall.com/

Has anyone seen it btw? Some nice looking sequences, but looks like a load of wanky stuff thrown in too.

AndyR · February 26, 2009, 06:52:15 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on February 24, 2009, 09:47:16 am

Too easy?

Had a look at the new Fish

Love the retro graphics

Did you go and visit the Prior factory shop in Whistles when you were there? Their Spearhead board looks very nice - I bought one of their splitboards for work recently - great board.

SA Chris · February 27, 2009, 07:56:12 am

Had thought about going, but never got round to it. Had a look at one of the new Prior Splitboards in one of the shops though. Lovely piece of kit, great graphics, but couldn't justify it.

I recommend the free one day avalanche awareness classes they do at Whistler btw. We were the only two that showed up for it (was a pretty minging day anyway) and the guy was really good.

Darren S · February 27, 2009, 09:06:23 am

I went to the prior factory a long time ago, pretty impressive how you can just wander off the street and end up chatting to the boss of the place. They were really laid back but so into the boards and boarding in general, really nice to see a manufacturer that loved what they were doing.

Fiend · February 27, 2009, 11:00:56 am

Quick SKIING question (that's a question by a skier, about skiing, for skiers, sorry):

Any tips and tricks on becoming better at jumps, bumps, and drops??

I'm a competent skier - reds easily, blacks steadily, can do moguls fine although get bored of them, bit crap on off-piste but it doesn't really interest me.

I really like doing little jumps and drops off all the random bits where pistes meet and snow is banked up etc etc. I used to be more confident with this as a kid, now I've grown old and cowardly and want to regain some of the fun and confidence I had with it... I've re-learnt a bit about keeping the bounce in my legs etc etc. But more tips would be appreciated...

Ta

slackline · February 27, 2009, 11:06:21 am

Been a good few years since I skied, but always found the problem of jumps was that I had a natural tendency to lean backwards so keeping your weight forward on take off is probably a good thing. I guess keeping the knees flexible in anticipation of the landing is fairly self-evident.

Darren S · February 27, 2009, 11:26:16 am

Quote from: Fiend on February 27, 2009, 11:00:56 am

Quick SKIING question (that's a question by a skier, about skiing, for skiers, sorry):

Any tips and tricks on becoming better at jumps, bumps, and drops??

Ta

Yeah, get a snowboard ( thats an answer from a skier (20 years), now a snowboarder).

Much easier and safer on a board.

If that doesn't satisfy, then get some lessons.

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