|   Poll? What type of snow sports.... | scoutdog
Nov 13, 2003 2:26 PM | | Other than riding what other winter or snow sports do yall do? |
| 12 oz curls....{nm} | gpsser
Nov 13, 2003 2:28 PM | | neo marxist |
| You must be from Canada.... | scoutdog
Nov 13, 2003 2:30 PM | | I have see curling in the Olyimpics, looks like fun! |
| There is very little snow in SoCal.... | gpsser
Nov 13, 2003 2:50 PM | | So I gotta stay in top SSing shape somehow. |
| Hot Tubing and XC skiing.... | Meat Foot
Nov 13, 2003 2:41 PM | | not in that order.
Mike |
| Hot Tubing and XC skiing.... | Fast Freddy
Nov 13, 2003 6:01 PM | | and in that order!
FF |
| SSing is secondary to my winter sports... | onehotchili
Nov 13, 2003 2:44 PM | | which include skiing (telemark, alpine & XC) at the resorts and backcountry. i also do mountaineering and climbing.
being a former competitive DH ski racer, biking has always been an "off-season" activity... |
| Uh...snowboarding. (nm) | SDizzle
Nov 13, 2003 2:45 PM | | Snowboarding? |
| skiing | qtip
Nov 13, 2003 2:56 PM | | Telemark, resort and back country. I'll throw on the alpine boards once in a while, but free-heeling is so similar to ss (in my opinion) that I'm addicted to it too.
After I graduated college I spent a season working at Alta (local resort) and skiied every day....best job of my life.
I also enjoy snow shoeing with my wife. |
| Tele-skiing... | JAK
Nov 13, 2003 3:02 PM | | and am STOKED for it! Both on and off piste. I also plan on taking my newly converted SyCip fix'd rig on some snowy trail rides. Free the heel, but not the wheel...thats how I'm thinking 'bout this winter. |
| Watching 'em on TV after riding, with beer in hand. nm | Fast Eddy
Nov 13, 2003 3:02 PM | | |
| Snowboarding and hopefully ... | PROGRE-SS
Nov 13, 2003 3:07 PM | | ...if the weather gets well below freezing, I'll be building a backyard rink for my boys and myself to skate on.
James (missing the late night pick up hockey played on the many outdoor neighbourhood rinks back in Ottawa) |
| cross country skiing | Chequama Mama
Nov 13, 2003 3:24 PM | | For me singlespeeding is what I do to keep myself entertained, and in shape for the ski season.
We'll have snow any day now...
I hope
Paul |
| riding bikes in shorts & short sleeves... | offroadie
Nov 13, 2003 3:26 PM | | and skiing, usually in Tahoe.
sure, we/ve got wildfires, earthquakes, flash floods & gans, but hey, we can ride year-round! ;-) |
| riding bikes in shorts & short sleeves... | offroadie
Nov 13, 2003 3:26 PM | | and skiing, usually in Tahoe.
sure, we/ve got wildfires, earthquakes, flash floods & gangs, but hey, we can ride year-round! ;-) |
| Riding on snow | ernesto from Wisconsin
Nov 13, 2003 3:40 PM | | I really enjoy riding the hardpack if possible. I've accummulated many snow biking miles when I lived in Illinois and Colorado. Now, being back in WI, I can't wait to do a snow biking jaunt on the white gnome stuff.
BTW, the picture there is of me riding near Pollock Pines near Sacramento this past January. it was nice and warm, but under the trees, plenty of snow. |
| Snow.... We don' need no stinkin' snow! | SS rif
Nov 13, 2003 5:21 PM | | Heck, when it gets below 70, I break out the sweats!
I'll watch the weather channel, and when it starts to snow in the north woods, I'll lift a glass to the hearty souls, put on my shorts, and go for a ride in the great southwest! I love the desert! |
| Ditto the free-heel skiing | GlowBoy
Nov 13, 2003 9:20 PM | | Not surprising lots of SSers also find appeal in the simplicity of backwardness of telemark skiing.
I ditched the conventional downhill gear 10 years ago when I realized I didn't need it anymore. I'm a full-time pinhead now: backcountry, lift-served or good ole cross-country. Probably more of the latter this year now that I have a new Lab dog. |
| Snowboarding.. | MellowCat
Nov 13, 2003 11:26 PM | | use to Tele all the time, but the board has taken over now. Usually ride my MTB on snow more than I snowboard though. |
| XC skiing (skate and classic) (nm) | SS_MB-7
Nov 14, 2003 5:33 AM | | |
| free your heel...your mind will follow nm | Buchetti
Nov 14, 2003 6:49 AM | | |
| Ski for Real | T-Ruck
Nov 14, 2003 12:31 PM | | Lock your heel ski for real!
Drop your knee squat to pee! |
| With good solid cable bindings ... | GlowBoy
Nov 14, 2003 6:58 PM | | There isn't that much difference in stability between tele and downhill gear. And tele gear lets you ski telemark style or parallel. Your choice. |
| or try a Plate Binding like... | onehotchili
Nov 14, 2003 10:20 PM | | the Bomber Bishop (http://www.bombertele.com/). i will be using this binding this year with a pair of Volkl Explosiv's as my everyday Tahoe setup. i demoed the bindings last year and they rail like i was on a totally fixed heel setup. |
| Snowboarding, backcountry stuff..... | 2melow
Nov 14, 2003 7:27 AM | | I didn't get a season pass anywhere this year, so i'll be hitting Cameron Pass hopefully once a week.
Yum........ |
| Snowboarding, backcountry stuff..... | TrevorInSoCal
Nov 15, 2003 1:56 AM | | I realize that picture could be just about anywhere, but it's not, perchance just above Chair 3 (Face Lift) at Mammoth is it?
Looks kind of like it, what with the lift cables going up off to the right, and the little stand of trees, just about where they'd be above chair 3...
Oh, to keep it on topic My winter sport of choice is snowboarding. Went up for opening weekend at mammoth last weekend. At least i did *something* 'cause I sure haven't been riding much lately. 70-mile road ride about 3-weeks ago and nada since then except for a couple trips downtown (~2 mi.) on the fixie.
-Trevor |
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