Steep and Deep: The Snow Skiing/Boarding Thread

[TripletDaddy]

Getting everyone's gear checked and see what fits and who needs something new.

nice bacons

[dabrockster]

A lot of extreme skiing is not that impressive because they are just hoping from ski to ski, this is great because the guy just had to let them go.

Saw that on my FB feed today. That was insane..

[hostile]

A lot of extreme skiing is not that impressive because they are just hoping from ski to ski, this is great because the guy just had to let them go.

Holy cow!!! Couple of turns on the top to dump a bit of speed then a straight shot through the Death Star.

[RC Vikings]

A lot of extreme skiing is not that impressive because they are just hoping from ski to ski, this is great because the guy just had to let them go.

[hostile]

Getting everyone's gear checked and see what fits and who needs something new.

[Shaka]

These are the boots I got:
tecnica-ten-2-120-hvl-ski-boots-2014-red-black.jpg
Technica Ten.2 120

Sports Den did the fitting and insoles. The shell had to be ground down near my pinky toe on both boots. They fit great.

[Commando]

My hands usually get sweaty when I'm riding, so it's good to kick off the mittens on the lift w the wrist leashes. Luckily, I've never had a need for heated accessories, but I know that some folks with circulation issues get frozen feet. A boot with those inserts would be awesome.

[hostile]

Swany makes a good glove. The pocket on the back is great in the kids gloves for putting in a hand warmer.

[TripletDaddy]

im currently using the Swany X-cell 2 and absolutely love them. Very cozy. I prefer gauntlets over mittens, although swany makes a mitten, too.

[hostile]

Anybody tried these? Outdoor Research makes lucent heated gloves with 3 different heat settings, comes in gloves or mittens. Looks kind of cool.

http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/ca...heated-gloves/

I like OR stuff but I haven't tried these. For the last several years I have been using Hestra gloves for skiing. I'm not planning on switching anytime soon. Just picked up a pair of these.
https://hestragloves.com/sport/en-us...ve-finger/100/

[TripletDaddy]

Another video that shows more of the glove and the tech

[TripletDaddy]

Anybody tried these? Outdoor Research makes lucent heated gloves with 3 different heat settings, comes in gloves or mittens. Looks kind of cool.

http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/ca...heated-gloves/

[Shaka]

As I recall from when I bought mine they were selling Atomic, Lange, and Nordica. You bought the boots from them and then paid for a custom foam-injected liner. I wonder if you could buy the boots somewhere else and then have them do the liner?

I'm sure you could. I may just buy what I think are the correct boots from another boot fitter at a much cheaper price and if I hate what's going on take them to Surefoot next season for new liners. I'm also going to forgo custom footbeds initially because I've found they aren't always necessary. I'll probably end up at Sports Den on Foothill. They have a great selection and decent boot fitting techs who can do all the necessary shaving and punching of the shell.

[hostile]

The only flaw with Surefoot is their boots cost double. Great stuff but you can get a great pair of fitted boots for much less.

As I recall from when I bought mine they were selling Atomic, Lange, and Nordica. You bought the boots from them and then paid for a custom foam-injected liner. I wonder if you could buy the boots somewhere else and then have them do the liner?

[Shaka]

If I lived in Utah this is where I would go.

The only flaw with Surefoot is their boots cost double. Great stuff but you can get a great pair of fitted boots for much less.