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Dec 25, 2015 23:16:40 GMT -7
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Post by JimRatliff on Dec 25, 2015 23:16:40 GMT -7
LP: I have now used my Transpack double wheeled back on one trip (to Colorado) and was very pleased. As you know by now, it's got 4 straps inside for the two pair of skis, 4 more straps for the two sets of piles, two straps on the outside to keep the overall bundle tight, and a zipper at the end to switch between a 165 and a 180 length. And the resulting package is noticeably lighter than my SportTube.
I used to worry some about my skis getting damaged, but the reality is something new always catches my eye long before that happens.
Review your thoughts after your next trip (either here or there).
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Post by superbman on Dec 29, 2015 13:06:13 GMT -7
So far, I like Pug ski, a lot in fact. It's become a sort of Casablanca for regular ski forum notables. Phil's gear driven take helps as we all, no matter what other pretensions we profess to have, love, love, love talking and thinking about gear.
Josh has made good contributions, LP has been a real catalyst to good discussions. I think the only almost contentious technique fracas came up in the thread about Klaus Mair (and not the one on PMTS, go figure)--though the one thorny poster in that thread started slinging that 'I only study Marcel Hirscher in super slow-mo' BS. But, it got bottled up fairly quickly.
What helps with Pugski, aside from Phil and Tricia general bon homie, is that many of the actors have skied with each other, and most comments are vetted by common experience. Folks from the HH camp who've made turns with Bud, or Josh, or any of those guys know they know a thing or two about gear and technique, and the same can be said (though to a lesser degree) of those who embrace the PMTS style. I think the heyday of those debates are behind most of the forum users these days.
I will say, that the Epic instructional forums are at their all time worst, with painfully endless threads, and frighteningly long-winded naval gazing pontificators running amok. Even from a traditional teaching enthusiast point of view, those threads are just no fun and not useful.
So, here's to Pugski!
Oh, and I said as much in a thread on Pugski, they are doing a great job filling the gear review void between realskiers enthusiastic technical ski promotion and Blister Gears big guns for Big mountain gunners review. I think of it as 'the skis we actually buy ski reviews and discussions.'
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Post by HeluvaSkier on Dec 29, 2015 17:09:30 GMT -7
Folks from the HH camp who've made turns with Bud, or Josh, or any of those guys know they know a thing or two about gear and technique, and the same can be said (though to a lesser degree) of those who embrace the PMTS style. What exactly is that supposed to mean?
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Post by superbman on Dec 29, 2015 18:39:37 GMT -7
It means that there are far fewer representatives of the PMTS high end skill set over there vs. the number of higher skilled TTS guys, therefore, there are less of them to be well-regarded. In fact, other than you, I am not sure there are any other high end practitioners posting up yet. Duh.
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Post by livingproof on Dec 29, 2015 19:48:24 GMT -7
This was not going too badly....until the Duh. For the record, whatever detente exists in Pugski between TTS and PMTS is only one Duh away from a holy war. This little forum is living proof that an explosion only makes some feel good for a short time, in the long term, is it really worth fighting over?
I am in a unique position with respect to both camps. To both, I'm a skiing light weight in that I can't keep up with the big boys. Over the past 6 years, I've met and skied with the high level skiers who are singled out in the PMTS forum as inept as skiers and coaches. Personally, they are my friends, and, they ski me into the ground. I'll never have the chops to influence them, don't even try, other than to slip in some PMTS video. I've been in the gun-sights of high level PMTS skiers for not sharing the passion, but, am welcomed by many of the more pedestrian PMTS'ers.
I just ask everybody to take a deep breath, exhale and let it go. Walking away (but coming back and continue posting) is a good thing.
And, just for the record again, I still have not skied this season, Pa. weather patterns are not changing much until mid-January. So let's maintain our detente while many of us in depressed states of mind. The real enemy is the weather.
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Post by HeluvaSkier on Dec 29, 2015 21:56:49 GMT -7
I'm beyond arguing with hacks posing as wanna-be internet experts, about the technical aspects of skiing, that their ignorance, ego and pathetic fitness will never have the capability to comprehend, let alone execute beyond an low intermediate level.
Duh.
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Post by meput on Dec 30, 2015 10:51:02 GMT -7
I'm beyond arguing with hacks posing as wanna-be internet experts, about the technical aspects of skiing, that their ignorance, ego and pathetic fitness will never have the capability to comprehend, let alone execute beyond an low intermediate level. Duh. Heluva, You've described me to a T. I especially like "their ignorance, ego and pathetic fitness will never have the capability to comprehend, let alone execute beyond an low intermediate level". Yup, that's me . Duh.
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Dec 30, 2015 22:36:26 GMT -7
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Post by ToddW on Dec 30, 2015 22:36:26 GMT -7
Jim,
That's not so. At your first "blue" camp while you were charging bumps on the West Wall, Harald sprinkled the magic pixie dust over you. You're now a blue groomer skier (just like Heluvaskier. ;-)
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Dec 30, 2015 22:42:45 GMT -7
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Post by ToddW on Dec 30, 2015 22:42:45 GMT -7
Heluvaskier,
Since you mentioned pathetic fitness ....
You recently posted that you expect several weeks of lackluster skiing due to a loss of fitness from illness. It would be really interesting to read a short before and after description once you've fully recovered. I suspect it might inspire renewed fitness efforts by many recreational skiers. Possibly posted at pmts, epic, and pug to have broad reach.
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Post by HeluvaSkier on Jan 1, 2016 15:00:26 GMT -7
Todd, There was a big discussion on Epic in the fall. My input was ignored by some and labelled as wrong by others. Some said cycling was useless, others said lifting was useless. They are useless. Why would the armchair and keyboard experts listen to someone who is actually... you know, doing it.
You can see a big difference between 2013 and 2015 though... 2013 is all cardio (bike racing); 2015 is cardio (bike racing) mixed with intense gym work to where I was squatting about 2.3x my body weight. The proper mix of total body fitness has proven to be a good combination to deliver the best performance and durability without becoming extremely fatigued by the end of the season. I was almost back to 2x body weight squats before getting sick... now I'm probably back to 1.5ish. I'll know more after I'm back in the gym this week.
2013:
2015:
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