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Does piste skiing get any better than this?

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Well actually probably so, if using piste orientated gear as opposed to ski-touring kit Laughing

But as we really don't ski pistes we don't have the right equipment.

OH on 106 DPS Pagoda Tours (very lightweight touring skis with Xenic pin-bindings) and touring boots, whilst I was on a slightly more narrow waisted ski, Scott Slight 93 & Atomic Hawk Ultra 120 touring boots.

The pistes were just superb with hardly anyone about apart from ESF groups training, which was good fun following them at speed Very Happy

More of the same next few days, and no complaints, as was really good fun.


http://youtube.com/v/UScZTd1HK3E
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Does piste skiing get any better than this ???
Most definitely .. But youre going to have to get some Telemark kit for the experience
...... snowHead
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
There are a whole variety of generic and specific-to-this-video answers to that question... Madeye-Smiley Twisted Evil
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@Weathercam, looks mega but what is your helmet that looks to have a sun visor installed?
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Well actually probably so, if using piste orientated gear as opposed to ski-touring kit



You don't need the "probably" there! That would have been twice as much fun on the right equipment. You should borrow or hire some proper piste skis for a day and find out. The big difference is that you'd find you were getting much higher edge angles and therefore much more G in the turns and rebound out of the tails. It is just puts a huge grin on your face and is very satisfying. Personally I'd go whole hog and get hold of some FIS SLs. If I was in the alps as much as you I'd DEFINITELY pick up a second hand pair. I got some in very good nick for £100 from a snowhead. Some of the best money I've ever spent. The skis are so solid they will last forever when you are only using them a few days a season.
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Stick 10-20m of fresh snow on top of the strips and it would be loads better
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jedster wrote:
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Well actually probably so, if using piste orientated gear as opposed to ski-touring kit



You don't need the "probably" there! That would have been twice as much fun on the right equipment. You should borrow or hire some proper piste skis for a day and find out. The big difference is that you'd find you were getting much higher edge angles and therefore much more G in the turns and rebound out of the tails. It is just puts a huge grin on your face and is very satisfying. Personally I'd go whole hog and get hold of some FIS SLs. If I was in the alps as much as you I'd DEFINITELY pick up a second hand pair. I got some in very good nick for £100 from a snowhead. Some of the best money I've ever spent. The skis are so solid they will last forever when you are only using them a few days a season.


This. Pick up some heavy, solid GS skis. It's like going from a Lada to a Ferrari on-piste. So much more fun (on-piste) than off-piste/all mountain skis.
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After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
@jedster, I know, I know, I've come so close to pulling the trigger on some Slalom skis on more than a couple of occasions, but it's so rare to get optimal conditions (empty pistes) like we're currently experiencing, and I'd normally be doing XC skating.

@Frosty the Snowman, true we did say if we'd had the fresh of last week, and the empty pistes then we would have really silly grins on our faces.

I'll be working on today's production, later on, let's just say with all that room it's still possible to take your mate out.

Here's a teaser, guess what happened next Laughing

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nice footage, which 360 cam do you use?
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Frosty the Snowman wrote:
Stick 10-20m of fresh snow on top of the strips and it would be loads better


This;

But it has to be on top of perfect corduroy (rather than hiding moguls)


Also enough fresh snow falling that by the time you get back up the lift your tracks have been filled in snowHead
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@qwerty360, I think the word is perfection
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qwerty360 wrote:
Frosty the Snowman wrote:
Stick 10-20m of fresh snow on top of the strips and it would be loads better


This;

But it has to be on top of perfect corduroy (rather than hiding moguls)


Also enough fresh snow falling that by the time you get back up the lift your tracks have been filled in snowHead


I kind of love 20cms on top of moguls but I'm just dirty like that Very Happy
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jedster wrote:
qwerty360 wrote:
Frosty the Snowman wrote:
Stick 10-20m of fresh snow on top of the strips and it would be loads better


This;

But it has to be on top of perfect corduroy (rather than hiding moguls)


Also enough fresh snow falling that by the time you get back up the lift your tracks have been filled in snowHead


I kind of love 20cms on top of moguls but I'm just dirty like that Very Happy


20+cm on top of moguls is good for my skiing, (just like skiing in poor vis) because you have to ski roughly correctly so you can adjust by feel to what is going on instead of falling repeatedly.


Of course a delicious salad is also good for me, but I often (read: almost always) prefer a big juicy alpine burger with all the trimmings (burger size of standard plate covered in bacon and raclette with enough chips to feed a family of 4 for a week) (*grumble grumble, must remember I have returned to diet after PSB and need to (mostly) keep it up through Christmas...)
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
I just find you can fly at the moguls because of the cushioning and speed control impact of the fresh layer. It's a bit like a mini pillow line Very Happy
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@Weathercam, what camera set up were you using for that video? Been to SC once in feb 20 and it peed down for 2 days then froze over and all links were closed due to dangerous conditions..ended up with last 2 days which were decent skiing..looks like you have excellent conditions at the moment (we do in ischgl right now Very Happy )
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