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  1. graffam198

    Blower, Pow, Cold Smoke - Skiing 24-25

    This is the way! So jealous! 10 days and that pass is paid for. How does your oldest like his Icelantics? Fun connection w/the middle as they are made in CO. I had a pair of their pilgrims for years and thought they were amazing. Replaced them 2 seasons ago to get a more modern bc set up but do...
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    Blower, Pow, Cold Smoke - Skiing 24-25

    Sooooo........ I got the itch. Kid 1 started race training two weekends ago, did the lodge and work. Thanksgiving weekend was 1/2 days. Saturday I did the lodge lurker thing but it was absolutely gorgeous. Went home and spent an hour and a half tuning the hell out of my rock skis. (old pair of...
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    Blower, Pow, Cold Smoke - Skiing 24-25

    If you really are in VT, or close by as some suggested, you should check these cats out: https://www.skiessentials.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwveK4BhD4ARIsAKy6pMJvAj8C-OsLblyXKWounRzAH234D412qccZj3_-SxYPvU6-Ko8qkGcaAo0QEALw_wcB I have bought skis from them before, both new and demo models...
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    Blower, Pow, Cold Smoke - Skiing 24-25

    I should add though, they are my absolute favorite ski. You just have to be intentional. They aren’t a cruising ski. I recently downgraded to a three ski quiver; rock skis, resort and BC. My M5’s handle it all, minus knee deep snorkel blower. For those days I bring out the gotamas (rock ski)...
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    Blower, Pow, Cold Smoke - Skiing 24-25

    Just remember, if you don’t drive the VOLKL they will drive you…they are very stiff and require a lot of power. At least my M5’s. I’ll be in the market for some easy to drive carvers this year…assuming I even try to ski. Been pointed towards Head
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    5-Ring Circus: The Olympics Soccer Thread

    Why is Dunn starting? What’s Jenna gotta do?!
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    Women's Soccer

    They aren’t really called the tea baggers are they? Or is this just a colloquialism play on the tea party? Just seems a bit 1990’s to be making a teabagging joke about a women’s sports team. Or, wildly short sighted on ownerships part…
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    The Big Come Back? USWNT post-WC ‘23

    My only quibble with all of this, which I think is spot on, is Dunn as a 2/3. She is absolutely lost as a back. I agree it's nice to have "insurance" but to pull out Fox or Nighswonger (unless it is a blow-out) is criminal. Dunn in the back was so ugly to watch last WC. I like Lily a lot, but I...
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    The Big Come Back? USWNT post-WC ‘23

    Cambell is a great keeper. Somehow that didn't register when I first looked and thought "Only two keepers?". I think Lynn is still battling her leg injury. She's back on the pitch, but I think under limited use. Not familiar w/the other two.
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    The Big Come Back? USWNT post-WC ‘23

    In the words of Gen Z, good, Alex Morgan is cooked. She was an amazing player and offers a ton of experience. But to offer her a roster spot is a waste and blocker of youth talent. Would love to see her in an advisory/coaching position.
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    U12 Soccer - Coaching a Team of Misfits

    I have a slightly different take. This age is my wheelhouse. Wrapping my season with 2011's (U13) and 2014's (U10) and the assistant on a 2012 squad (U12). For the kids who don't care? Don't force it. Just ignore them. They are doing it for attention. Separate them from the group and let them...
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    Yeah, it's been a wild ride. Obviously nothing is certain until they get in there, but I'll take the win? I had dinner last night w/my adventure buddies, they are heading down to Rock Creek today to go do a multi-day tour down there. We have some thunderstorms forecast; hopefully they get snow...
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    My season isn't dead yet...(I mean, it is but...) As alluded above PLC is a concern for my dueling surgeon's. One is sure it's toast, the other thinks it's fine. Nothing a second MRI can tell you, just have to get scoped. (Surgery sometime in May, I would have done it sooner, but soccer, Bat...
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    The Best Damn 3-21 Little League Team On The Planet!

    Shaun, this is such a great story. As the coach of the B team (Studly Duds as they call themselves), this really hit home. You were never my coach, my kid's coach, or even in my orbit, but I want to say thank you, from my kids, to being someone's coach of this caliber. Youth sports would be...
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    It fixes itself...allegedly! It's a grade 2, so anywhere from 10-90% torn, not a big range or anything...Doc said it was fine. 3 months it would be strong like ox.
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    Hell ya! MRI and doc came back. Pretty stoked. LCL torn, probable tear in ACL. BUT, if one were to tear their ACL, based on MRI, this is the way to do it. Doc thinks 50/50 on surgery. Felt confident that PT for 5 weeks will answer the question. Not allowed to run on the beach (good, who does...
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    Talking with my buddy over there, they did 8k' today, but lots of rockfall and avalanches all around them. He said yesterday was pretty hairy as well. Looks like they got snow on the 16th?
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    I saw that. And if the skier didn't get pinned on the outcrop for sure swept over that cliff. Waiting for the report to hit the internets. Be very interesting to see the after action on it. What were the conditions leading up, etc. I do see there have been some Serac falls this month, but that...
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    Yeah, just edited my above. Holy. Shit. Dead right? I mean, that cat gets funneled to looker right and what would then appear to be fully pegged against that outcrop. Solo or not, that's a huge ride and the skier probably died on the way down. Man, that's scary shit. Edit: I've watched this...
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    If You Want Big Air, Pull My Finger - Ski and Ride 23-24

    It worked on my phone, computer is failing
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