Fattwins 0 Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 I thought the stix were light for a pow ski? not as heavy as head 103s and that. I met a guy last year that toured fast on im103s with trekkers and race din14 binders. Dude mached up the mountain in a way I could only dream. This guy though ski bummed alot in France and Japan was just a place to bag biglines. Link to post Share on other sites
Siem Reeves 0 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 the big stix are pretty light. mounted with marker bindings, they don't weigh much more than my powairs with rossi axial bindings. oops, my whole point for replying to this thread was to say that my g3 skins had no problem hooking over the tips of both sets of skis, but i just remembered that touque's big stix are a season newer. anyways, my skins were bought to fit my powairs (before i got the 106 bigstix) and i have to admit, they aren't all that great on my bigstix. they do let me get up a slope, but there is sometimes a bit of sliding involved. having said that, i still need a bit of practice with the whole setup Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 doesnt your hubby use G3s? if he does adjust them and do a small test climb you will like it much better. with narrow skins you should break trail cause you wont slip as much. Toque Im sure wants to book it up the ridges so he would want wider skins for those skis. Has it snowed up there yet? Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 dudes, it's like the fattwins/toque show up in here. wish i could be there. stuck in true flatlands. damn, i'm jealous of the dude with 3 brand-spankin' new pairs of volkls. just got me the 02-03 v-pros. alright, to business. fattwins or toque-- you guys got any friends in the whistler area who like to go bc? i'm heading there dec 11-19 and wanna get at least a day or two in the bc. suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Author Share Posted November 11, 2004 find dane in here. he doesnt post anymore but he put his email in here. he lives in VAN and has a whistler seasons pass. he doesnt do much BC but Im sure he knows a fee short hike spots. where in the flats are you? Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 yo crazyski!!! you gonna be in whistler in dec?? well, if all goes well I might be finished with my avie course by then...and also finished with my quarter... make a pitstop in seatle and we can sneak in some turns! danz Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Author Share Posted November 11, 2004 how is school down there wizard man Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Hey there Crazy. Good to see you on here again. Med school let you take a little break I guess. Have fun in whistler buddy. I wish I could be there to show you some good runs. You going to meet up with Matt and I in Kirkwood next Feb/March Maybe I'm just a big wet pussy about the bigstix. When I lift them they seem really heavy. But then I guess I'm compairing them to my new touring setup Silly me. My bindings might also be weighing me down quite a bit. They look pretty heavy. I should transfer my 1080's marker bindings over to the bigstix. Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 ah, danz. checked out your blog through asia. lookin' good. i had a blog, too, but it was barely updated. oops. you as bummed about being in school as i am? actually, i'll be in seattle december 9-11, then i'm heading up to whistler with chelsea clinton's stanford roommate and a former Seattle Seahawk (among others). The crazy people they let into med school in chicago... i'll be in whislter til the 19th -- we gotta meet up. and about kirkwood, toque, make it the third week in march and i'll be there. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Hey man If I end up going that is the week I will be there. Sweet deal Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 crazyski... well I hope chelsea's roomate is more of a looker than chelsea send me a pm before you hit seattle...we should at least grab some beers...and if you have room on the floor for me at blackcomb, I will bring gandalf and a sleeping bag (I am so broke ) Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Author Share Posted November 11, 2004 Just think in about 8 years the doctor will be rolling in cash. Not skiing much but rich as hell. The wizard riding nuke making rocket-man will have enough money to bank roll a county by then. You poor learning bastards. My wife wishes I was as motivated as you guys. Toque the demo binders are the same weight as the damn line binders. Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 6 years and counting for the doctor-making-big-bank thing... 3 1/2 years left of med school, 3 years of residency in ER, then its a fully transportable position with decent pay and no responsibility outside shift hours (except for all the times you get sued frivolously) but before that i'll be US$200,000+ in debt. YAY for modern American medicine! wizardman, i'll be sure to send a pm soon. fattwins, i'll talk to dane soon toque, learn how to spell...and thanks for the pics. and one last thing. Link to post Share on other sites
powda tele 0 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Hey Skibeaver. How are the Gotamas? I'm thinking of using them with tele bindings, but I'm more leaning toward the K2 Hippy Stinx at the moment. My guess is you'd have to have seriously deep pow for the Gotamas to be needed. Your thoughts? Cheers. K. Link to post Share on other sites
Ski Beaver 0 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Report from September / October in Oz: Rode the 04/05 190cm Gotama's in a foot of fresh snow yesterday; My previous experience with fat skis was the Movement thunder at 87mm waist and my volkl V-Pros at 83mm. They are seriously weapons in the powder! Tight trees, can do jump turns on them too, they are lighter than my v-pros, although they can get heavy with a lot of snow build up on the tops of the skis. My first runs on them were just going straight on powder and just getting the feel for how they flexed, then I started rolling them in some turns and they do hook up quite well. I can lean rightback and it feels like I am skiing on the ends of the tail, it is a pretty soft and forgiving back half of the ski, you can lean back and still be turning. Things got a little cut up so I tried them out at mach speed to see how they plow through the crud - it was all still soft but there was no sign of them being deflected or being thrown around - they just plow. I tried some short turns out and I found it quite easy to do short radius turns on them - surprisingly. They do feel wide , I had them carving at pretty high speeds and could do rail turns as well but you know that to bring the next turn around you have a lot of ski to turn over. Did a couple of jumps on them and cornice drops and you can actually feel the air underneath the ski - they feel stable on landing. Skiing switch on them was interesting, I am pretty sure they ski faster switch than my V-pros or even 724 EXP's not sure why (anyone help explain it) but they feel great switch. More reports to follow next time I ski them but overall I am very impressed with them. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 better design and more centered for switch skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 7, 2004 Author Share Posted December 7, 2004 an update to the quiver finally mounted and ready to go Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Nice new setup there Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Here it is, the Midwestern quiver for never skiing in the midwest: Left -- 02-03 Volkl V-Pro 190 Right -- old-ass Pre (now defunct) m5b 185 with voile tele bindings Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 I hhave a feeling tese pics wont work all the time. if they dont show then pop them onto bigline and link from there. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 You guys suck All I can see are nice little red Xs You leaving for Whistler soon Crazy? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 my pc at home opens it up but only if you access the pic on his site first. the biglines way Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 thanks for that, fatty. i thought that might happen. toque, 2 more finals to go, then i'm off on thursday after a heavy day of much-deserved drinking. first day will be sunday. they finally got a bit of snow, too, but they need more... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 man I had to work hard to get the files right yamakashi kun but here it is. Yuki Ps aka yamakashis quiver Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Whaaat? I thought YP was a friggin snobo rider? Man, this changes everything. Link to post Share on other sites
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