SNOW AT STEAMBOAT

[LivingProof]

Team Steamboat,
Enjoy the soft snow out there, there's none here! Did my first day yesterday and needed all that 3 degres of bevel provide on "hardpack".

Tell Greg that his Supershapes rock!

All I can say is "wish I were there".

Have a safe return! See ya in JH.

Mike

[Gary]

Morning Mike...thanks for all the good thoughts....snow has been OK but there has been plenty of fun stuff to play in and work out the legs and hone technique....great start to the season.

Greg headed home early to save vacation time for better snow and more open terrain.

Glad to hear the 3 degree works for you...

So...gotta hear a review of the SS ..

Looking forward to turns with you and the gang in JH....G

[Ron]

Ron,
So you could tell a difference bt 2 and 3 degree?? If so, please elaborate, I am curious.
THX
Perry

Perry, the difference is just better edgehold.  In the soft snow, there is no felt difference.

[Ron]

I got new footbeds this week. My right leg/knee now is a little different after the injury a couple season back.  I went to my Steamboat fitter and he quickly ID'd the problem,  New beds are so nice, almost all knee pain is gone and it keeps my leg/knee from dving in. Made the edge-2-edge that much qucker now. Had to get used to it. Essentially, he built the bed with extended support on the inside of the bed (big toe side) down to just behind the ball of foot to add support and increase the effeciency when you edge-in the foot/knee/leg.

Bump skiing up here has been fantastic though, so much fun to criuse through bump fields of nice soft mounds. Stuff we ddn't go into 2 season ago are now just playgrounds.

Aslo, I took Phils advice and shortened my poles by an inch, made a real difference. Poles that are too long get i n the way on bumps and helps to keep forward (stacked). Makes things flow a little smoother.

[LivingProof]

So...gotta hear a review of the SS ..

Looking forward to turns with you and the gang in JH....G

G,
We all need to transition to bindings that are adjustable for size so that we can share the real experience and not just talk about it. New forum motto "real skiers ski with adjustable bindings, no more b.s." Give it up, share with a bud!!! I'll commit to bring adjustable bindings to JH, anybody else in?

The SS are Harald approved, nothing else to say! They rock in PMTS turns. Great learning ski, but in the short stretches with patches of real deep loose granular yesterday, something more like Pilgrims may have rocked more.



Mike

[Gary]

Hey Mike, don't really believe certain skis are better suited to specific ski disciplines....at least not at our mere mortal levels.

I've found the SS series of skis to be just great versatile performers...for me, certainly up to boot high snow they are a blast. The fact that you've got a great carve and powder ski is downright perfect!

Now...get your carving butt out and ski something fun, something that allows you to express your innerself!...OH YEAH....

G