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Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: last year was funky great snow everywhere by dec 15. anythong and everything could be skied. What I wouldn't give to have this again. For me, its just too painful to check this site everyday...without snow at the end of November?!? ahrrrrrrrrghhhh! It doesn't help that I talked to my family last night and they were all finding gloves, goggles, etc. to shred (er, maybe slowly move through is more appropriate) the 30cm of pow in the mountains of CO. And then they get to eat turkey. lucky bastards. i had a bunch of raw fish for thanksgiving.

can't we all just get along, folks? I like wiggling and poking, its fun! I am surprised the ski chick wasn't carrying a board, though. the people that a.) chill out on the sundeck all day without doing any sliding and/or b.) don't know what their doing are usually carrying a board (or standing next to one, looking all new-school cool). There was an earlier post about whether new snow sliders were on 2 planks or 1, and, despite all the new-school cool skiing is trying to portray, snowboarding is still the thing to take up. Therefore, see paragraph 2.

o-nigiri from a local shop is the way to go. a couple of those, some karaage, 315 yen, and you're set.

POWDER just ran a big article on Sunshine Village in their last issue. Mentioned its a sweet place to ski...with tons of avalanches/backcountry danger.

Too bad that pic on the previous page has the skier-chick carrying her skis THE WRONG WAY! Who carries their skis tails forward, eh?!? This sport's all about style, folks!

Quote: Originally posted by .db.: it sounds more like a physics term that has something to do with the application of moments of inertia along the radius of a curve about a central point. I just made that up. actually, the moment of inertia is explained in the following: For non-equation types, the moment of inertia is the name given to rotational inertia, the rotational analog of mass for linear motion. So for just making that up, db, you achieved not making a complete lack of sense. Bravo! And a toque is none of the above, instead it's a exclaimation canadians scream wh

Quote: Originally posted by mikazooki: Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" also mentions this when talking about the irrationality of some advanced technology. A good read. As far as the internet, I know where the original programmer for Netscape lives. We can go track him down while discussing the book. It'll be fun!

Three things: A shout out to the man in black is definitely a sensible shout. One of the cool Americans. Enderzero, I take it you know about Elliot Smith? Tough way to go . I saw him play spring 2002 and he could only get through like 1 song during the 40 minute set. He kept complaining that his fingers hurt, but I don't think it was his fingers... So sad. amandanism , I guess you Canadians stick together, eh? Tegan and Sara are quite entertaining, and they actually talk quite a bit live. I like that.

It makes one wonder how much better a ski that costs twice as much is, right?

Lets see, 15-20 cm, hmmm.., thats what in inches..., hmmm..., ok, i get it, yeah that's about right. It's especialy good if its groomed underneath (but this is rare), because then you can always carve/skid a turn if you need to, and you can get the feeling of the 2 ski powder ride. Fattwins mentioned falling over backwards, but I've never done this before, nor have I ever heard of it unless you're on snowskate things, or whatever they're called. Your weight should be a bit farther back in powder (read - centered), but if it gets too far back you'll 1.) get really tired and but some st

Yikes! Kan-jin everywhere! Where's South Park's "Blame Canada" when you need it?!?

thunderpants, any specific info would be great. I'm probably not going for that long (maybe a month split between N. India and Nepal). I'd like to do at least one decently long trek in the mountains. I've heard a guide is quite neccessary for this. Are these operations really touristy-like? Do they negatively take advantage of the cultural appeal of small rural villages (as I've heard they sometimes do in outfits in Chaing Mai, Thailand). How's the weather around August. LP says its pretty rainy. A summary of your trip might be nice.

It all depends on if they're fighting on land or in water, right? Let's go catch ourselves a bunch of both, and have them duke it out on the top of Niseko. That'd be fun.

Good news, ILive, cause it was about 8 million degrees in Kobe (Celsius). I like snow.

ILivetoSki is right (as much as I hate to admit it). Poles are important everywhere. Balance is everthing. As much as is hard to admit, just look at racers, especially downhillers. Poles have gotta add some drag when doing 130km/hr on Kitzbuhel, and downhillers rarely bash gates, so why are they still using them? Because they need to... I did hear this nasty story of a dude that wrecked, snaped his pole and impaled his leg on the sharp end (along with his femoral artery), and bled to death on the mountain. yuck. I've snapped composite poles twice, and those give some nasty carbon c

Is that natural snow? Cause the trees look pretty green, eh? I'm still a supporter of a world-wide snow dance for Japan. Say, 10pm tonight? God can't ignore us all, can he/she/it?

Quote: Originally posted by Thunderpants: [QB] Badmigrane and others, thanks for the input, and forgive me for beeing a bir of a flyfugger, but: how in the world can a chip, however clever it is, amplify a signal whitout a external powersupply, if Head have found a way, why don't we all connect their chip to everything electrical, and get our power amplified 7 times at no cost? do you know what i mean? Something everybody should know - the first two laws of thermodynamics: 1.) ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED; IT CAN ONLY BE CONVERTED FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER. ie, head takes small a

Yup, my mistake. I got the wrong gimmick name. The piece of rubber I was thinking of was on the K2 MSL from around 95-96...I don't remember the name. The pleizoelectric gimic was first on the K2 Four. I use the word gimmick because I can't imagine that technology built to make meaningful electric current for a F16 doing mach 2 and 6 g's can possibly make a meaningful current for snow riding...even if you are pulling off deep carves on bulletproof crud. Marketing always disguises itself as increased performance - see any manufacturer's integrated ski/binding system.

I used to work in a tennis shop where I sold Head racquets that had this "technology." In my opinion, this is merely a marketing ploy - the more new gimics, the more sales. I remember when K2 had a "plezioeletric dampening system" around '96...it was merely a piece of rubber. Get the equipment that suits you in the important catagories, sans the gimics - length, girth, sidecut, stiffness. Just like any good woman would pick a man.

This is TODAY in Utah. May the snow find its way to Hokkaido (and the rest of Japan).

Thanks for the input, fattwins. I'm pretty flexible for brands - I love the stiffer feel of the volkls (so an ax4, explosiv, or older model g4's would be good), but I used to ride K2s, and like their cheaper price tag. I'm heading to Niseko in December, and probably won't do a lot of skiing before that, so do you think there's a better/cheaper selection up there? Do ski stores tend to sell demos or last years models for good prices? I'll send Oufreeski2 an email to check on stores in Nagoya.

yup, I'm still on '99 volkls. i love those skis. the only problem is that they're still skinny underfoot, and the bindings are a bit toast. i went to a couple of big ski stores, and found racks and racks and racks of skis, more new skis than i've ever seen in one place before, and was extremely disapointed to find none wider than 80mm (solomon 1080's), or longer than 181cm. 181cm?!? I haven't had skis shorter than 185cm since I was 8!!! Does anybody know anywhere in Nagoya/Osaka/Gifu that has any big powder boards?

I'm looking for that same trip (sans the cycling) starting sometime in August. Does anyone have any experience/advice with this? I'm looking forward to it.

So, SJ peeps have good music taste, and travel the world extensively! Yay! USA (46 states) Canada Mexico Honduras Bahamas U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John, St. Thomas) St. Maarten/Martin (both sides...rented a moped on one side, had it stolen on the other side) New Zealand Australia Japan (x2) Hong Kong (x2) Germany (x2) France (x2) Switzerland Austria (x2) Italy Lichtenstein Czech Republic Thought this list was longer, I guess I gotta work on that... For ILivetoSki: North - 55 degrees, Ontario, Canada South - 47 degrees, Stewart Island, NZ

Quote: Originally posted by spook: the other day someone gave me a new one - there's an ingredient in vitamin C tablets called calcium ascorbate (or maybe sodium ascorbate). apparently this is very good for you, but taking heaps of vitamin C doesn't do you much good, because of the other ingredients. Not to a chem nerd on all y'all, but vitamin C is THE only ingredient in vitamin C, and the chemical name is sodium ascorbate. It is a complex organic compound. It looks like this: Alcohol, on the other hand, is a simple compound, and looks like this: Isn't it beautiful that