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and to think that I thought winter came early in Maine
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midwestfisherman 
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Posted 25 September 2004 - 04:06 PM
Yuck! That stuff can stay where you are. 
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Posted 25 September 2004 - 07:55 PM
Looks like we're buried until April:
"The National Weather Service is predicting 6 inches total snowfall by midnight."
Fishing on Monday should be interesting. But, at least its not a hurricane...
"The National Weather Service is predicting 6 inches total snowfall by midnight."
Fishing on Monday should be interesting. But, at least its not a hurricane...
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artimus
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Posted 26 September 2004 - 04:51 PM
SKIS!!! DID SOMEONE SAY SKIS!!! 
Carl don't listen to these guys as they don't know what they are missing from the "other season". If you are as passionate about skiing we are two peas in a pod. Do you post on Epic ski as well? Watched any good WM movies lately? Flatlanders...baaa 
Art
Carl don't listen to these guys as they don't know what they are missing from the "other season". If you are as passionate about skiing we are two peas in a pod. Do you post on Epic ski as well? Watched any good WM movies lately?
Flatlanders...baaa Art
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Posted 26 September 2004 - 08:03 PM
A skiing forum! Oh no, I don't need to do that to myself. I spend enough time here.
The last Miller flick I saw was Ride, but I do try and check out the classic Stump movies once in a while. Just to reminisce about the days before sidecut and snowboards (no offense - I snowboard too).
I really did pull the new Technicas I got last season out of the closet, even though it is raining now. I'll also have to work on getting the stink out of my hockey skates as they too came out of hiding. Its still a little ways away, but coming fast!
The last Miller flick I saw was Ride, but I do try and check out the classic Stump movies once in a while. Just to reminisce about the days before sidecut and snowboards (no offense - I snowboard too).
I really did pull the new Technicas I got last season out of the closet, even though it is raining now. I'll also have to work on getting the stink out of my hockey skates as they too came out of hiding. Its still a little ways away, but coming fast!
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Posted 26 September 2004 - 10:31 PM
Sorry Carl, but I just couldn't resist
Epic Ski
Cool group just like here with a great gathering this year in Golden at KH.
I only know sidecut skis and love them. Knuckle draggers are cool as well as long as they don't have that punk attitude. My season is still 3 months off, but the swap is coming up in two weeks. That will give me the chance to dump 8 pairs of skis and get a decent pair for my daughter.
Have you skied Alyeska (sp)? Is the North side as nuts as they say it is?
Art
Epic Ski
Cool group just like here with a great gathering this year in Golden at KH.
I only know sidecut skis and love them. Knuckle draggers are cool as well as long as they don't have that punk attitude. My season is still 3 months off, but the swap is coming up in two weeks. That will give me the chance to dump 8 pairs of skis and get a decent pair for my daughter.
Have you skied Alyeska (sp)? Is the North side as nuts as they say it is?
Art
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Posted 26 September 2004 - 10:44 PM
I've been skiing since I was 3 (quite a bit longer than I've been fishing!), so I've seen pretty much every equipment advance there is, and sidecut is the most important (except maybe for wood -> fiberglass ). It just makes it sooo much easier to do what used to be hard, and makes what used to be impossible, merely difficult. I love it, but I still have a problem with these really new short skis of < 160cm. Man, when I used to run slalom, we'd use 210s in the gates!! Now you can't even find a pair of GS 200s. The tide will turn though. Mark my words.
). It just makes it sooo much easier to do what used to be hard, and makes what used to be impossible, merely difficult. I love it, but I still have a problem with these really new short skis of < 160cm. Man, when I used to run slalom, we'd use 210s in the gates!! Now you can't even find a pair of GS 200s. The tide will turn though. Mark my words.| QUOTE |
| That will give me the chance to dump 8 pairs of skis |
I know the feeling!The north face of Alyeska is awesome, but not epic, except when Xmas chute and New Years chute are open (usually just a couple days out of the year). I've skied just about everywhere, including a ton of backcountry, and I've rarely seen steeper terrain than the top portions of those chutes, and never in an open ski area. Not quite 'you fall you die', but it seems close. Otherwise the rest of the north face is 'merely' a steep open bowl.
I miss the light, fluffy powder of Colorado though. It's just too dense up here for my taste. 6 inches of AK snow feels like 3 feet of Rocky Mountain fluff. It's pretty close to California or Western Canada Snow, but even denser I think. Thats what makes it so that it will easily stick to a 60 to 70 degree slope though!
Jeez. Maybe I should visit Epic Ski...
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artimus
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 03:23 AM
I typically ski on a set of Atomic's in 180's (I'm 5'11, 200#). But I have this 'little set of Solly 160's that can be so much fun!! There is no other feeling then laying over a new shaped ski and just railing a turn......ooowww goosebumps!!! I've yet to venture out west, for fear that I'd find myself washing dishes somewhere never to come back. One of these days. And if I don't do it this year, I'll be one year older when I do...
One of these days. And if I don't do it this year, I'll be one year older when I do...
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 11:47 AM
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| So Carl, did you get that 6 inches that was predicted. |
Yes indeed Jim, we got exactly 6". Evidently it was the earliest, most snow that we've ever had. The rain yesterday kicked it back to about 2" standing, but it snowed a bit more last night. I don't think it got any farther north as the front didn't get that far. Weird.
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| There is still time before the ice comes! Capitalize brother!!! |
You know it Nick!
