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How much has your ski gear changed over the summer?

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I guess a bigger question is...........
Is the ski gear you have now, what you expected to have at this time, when last season ended?

I knew I needed new poles, and I knew I needed to replace my Karma's, but I never expected to get two narrow waisted skis that overlap my Volkl Race Tigers.
What I expected to have going into the 07-08 ski season: which was enough to make me drool
Elan Wave Spice
Volkl Race Tiger
Elan 888
The Ski (Bump Ski)
Dalbello Krypton Storm Boots
1 new pair of poles

What I ended up with:
Elan Wave Spice(80w)160
Volk Race Tiger(67w)168
The Ski (72)162
Blue House MR171(94 w)171
Elan Speed Magic(70)158
Nordica Olympia Firefox(70)162
Dalbello Krypton Storm Boots
Leki Trigger Grip Poles
Joystick Carbon Fiber Poles(with powder baskets)


How will it change before ski season?
I'm hoping to choose between the skis with overlap and sell off two pair.

And this isn't even getting into the new ski pants and goggles I bought
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Ah, the gear porn thread Toofy Grin

Guess I'll keep it going - got an unexpected pot of cash in September, so went a little crazy with this lot:

Skis - Atomic Nomad Crimson 169cm
Boots - maybe, maybe not, depending on what happens in Footworks
Poles - K2 6 Speed
Jacket - Spyder Chamonix
Sallopettes - Spyder Davos
Goggles - Oakley Crowbar, HI Yellow & Fire
Helmet - Sweet Rooster
Bag - Sportube Series II
Base layer - Skins

To be honest, only the poles were unplanned, though I've obviously splurged unnecessarily in terms of quality - though it doesn't half feel good Smile


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SnowHot, Do you expect to use all those skis - surely you could get through the whole season and not get the right snow conditions to use them all? Come to that you must have a whole room just dedicated to storage - mind you I suppose you could start up a hire shop Laughing Anyway I hope you get good use out of all your new kit Very Happy

Me? Well going into the season I had:

A second hand jacket from a charity shop,
A cheap pair of salopettes
A pair of boots - Head Edge 8.8's
A cheap helmet from ebay
A cheap pair of Birdz goggles from Ebay
A cheap pair of Rossignal goretex gloves from TXMaxx

This season I've added:

A matched set of Trespass Radium jacket and slaopettes
2 pairs of ski poles, one new, one second hand
and err.......was there anything else...................?


Oh, Yes!!


Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy A NEW SET OF ELAN WAVE MAGIC SKIS (160cm) Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

Methinks this thread was posted for me!!
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Most of my ski kit has shrunk... I'm sure of it Wink Ski pants seem to be the worst affected.

No new additions yet.

Before the season, I'll most likely be getting new ski pants and maybe a cold weather jacket (for off the slopes rather than on). Was contemplating the acquisition of a pair of skis too, but all the models and names and styles have changed from the last time I looked.
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Megamum, Love your enthusiasm ....... but why have you got two pairs of poles?


I've bought two pairs of ski boots - neither of them for me!
two pairs of skis - again not for me
Two ski suits - and you guessed it - they are not for me either
One helmet - not for.......
...still I got last seasons fischer RX8's for a brilliant price and my first girly Killy jacket, half price Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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More boots.

I needed something in blue for the evenings.
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I will be using the same poles (Scott Series 4 aluminum) as I have for the past 5 years and the same boots (Nordica Beasts) as the past 3 seasons. My sub-90mm underfoot skis are the same as last year:

2003 170cm Dynastar Skicross 10
2005 175cm Volkl Superspeeds
2007 177cm Nordica Ignitions

The changes will be in the 90+ range where I was looking for one pair of longer powder skis and ended up with three pairs. I even bought one pair (185cm Nordica Blowers) in that range this summer that got replaced before the summer was through. My 90cm+ skis are:

2003 177cm Nordica Beasts
2006 178cm Rossi B4s
2008 179cm Bluehouse MR 179 (new this summer)
2008 187cm Bluehouse Districts (new this summer)
2007 188cm Salomon Guns (new this summer)
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No changes Sad
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No changes so far, please God don't let me be tempted! Nothing for Rutschen yet either - but he's not tried his ski trousers on yet Wink
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ickabodblue, I bid for one pair on ebay and got them for a quid! However, they didn't include postage in the sale blurb and the lady said she would get them to me at some point - although I did offer to pay postage for them - time went by, and they didn't turn up, but we hadn't exchanged the quid as we were going to do it when she delivered them. Not wanting to be without poles ('cos I was having to make sure I'd got a broom with me to release the bindings each time I tried them on) I ordered some new ones off of ebay. These were a while arriving 'cos of the postal strikes and would you believe it the day the new ones turned up so did the £1 ones in the same postal delivery (number 9 bus scenario). I assumed that 2 pairs were no ill store - DH can use one set to help stopped him slipping on the ice as he walks round and for pulling the kids to the lift etc. and decided to keep both. N.B. I did then PayPal the lady the quid for her skis, the money for the postage and a little bit extra for time and trouble too.

B.T.W. I'm hoping that one pair of skis will do me for the foreseeable future, despite the huge quivers being displayed here.
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Megamum wrote:


B.T.W. I'm hoping that one pair of skis will do me for the foreseeable future, despite the huge quivers being displayed here.


Me too! Madeye-Smiley
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Thinking of some new Crispis in yellow.
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Megamum, most people only have one pair of skis. This site is full of obsessive nutters. Laughing
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Lizzard,
I suspect most don't have any at all, I have about five pairs sitting in the cellar but only one of them is really a useable pair of alpine skis. The rest are full of holes or lacking bindings, plus one pair of x country that I put on the weekend we get our annual snowfall. rolling eyes
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Lizzard, I could stand not being classed as an obsessive nutter wink One set is fine Toofy Grin
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Quote:

B.T.W. I'm hoping that one pair of skis will do me for the foreseeable future, despite the huge quivers being displayed here.

Perhaps a more meaningful number might be # of skis/# of skiing days per year?
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Megamum wrote:
an obsessive nutter ;-) One set is fine :-D


Bah.

You don't know the meaning of the term.

And the proof is:

http://www.narsil.org/Dana/dana.html
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Megamum wrote:
SnowHot, Do you expect to use all those skis - surely you could get through the whole season and not get the right snow conditions to use them all? Come to that you must have a whole room just dedicated to storage - mind you I suppose you could start up a hire shop Laughing Anyway I hope you get good use out of all your new kit Very Happy


Well, now, I did say I had a bit of overlap in there with the Speed Magic, Firefox, and Race Tiger. I just need to ski all of them on the same day to determine which of the three I keep.
The Race Tiger is my slalom ski from last season, and I really enjoyed it, but I rarely keep a set of skis longer than one season.

ickabodblue wrote:
Megamum, Love your enthusiasm ....... but why have you got two pairs of poles?


Ah, but you never know when you'll break a pole or lose one from a chair lift, and its nice to have a spare pair!

ickabodblue wrote:
Megamum wrote:


B.T.W. I'm hoping that one pair of skis will do me for the foreseeable future, despite the huge quivers being displayed here.


Me too! Madeye-Smiley


You are young grasshopper. We will teach you the ways of the mighty quiver.
Besides, men love chicks with quivers. Wink


Lizzard wrote:
Megamum, most people only have one pair of skis. This site is full of obsessive nutters. Laughing

Nutters...........Obsessive nutters?
I've been called a Gear Ho before, and even a Queen of the Quivers, but never a nutter. I love it!!!

Elizabeth B wrote:
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YET!


eng_ch wrote:
No changes so far, please God don't let me be tempted! Nothing for Rutschen yet either - but he's not tried his ski trousers on yet Wink

I see you posted "Yet" twice. I'll be expecting an update some time soon snowHead



Megamum wrote:
Lizzard, I could stand not being classed as an obsessive nutter wink One set is fine Toofy Grin

Resistance is futile. You will be infected!!! Madeye-Smiley


Comprex, I know you'll have some kind of update in the near future. You can't disappoint!
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"Resistance is futile. You will be infected!!! "

SnowHot, I fear you may be right!! wink Toofy Grin
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Comprex, I know you'll have some kind of update in the near future. You can't disappoint!


check signature strip.

I came across a stash of Dalbello SGSs a week ago, but they were all the un-modified 2-bolt type.
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I NEED new skis!!!!! Shocked

I will be buying the K2 Tough Luv, and will probaby consider the Lotta Luv. (the Lotta Luv will replace my current teaching skis, which will then be rock skis - imperative because I've already taken a few chunks out of the bases of my teaching skis.)

Boots always need work done on them although I should get another season out of them - I'm having warming footbeds, though, this season.

I need new gloves, goggles, socks and thermals.

I could do with a new non-work jacket, but that's not a need, but a want and the current ones can last another season.
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pollittcl, Where have you been?
I've missed you!

comprex, Nothing clicks for me in your sig strip Sad
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Thinking about this again. I only ever ski on groomed slopes so why would I need more than one set of skis? Puzzled
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SnowHot, I've been around, but I've had limited web access at times - it's difficult to post from a yacht in the middle of the Med! Plus during ski season I always forget. (Missed you too!) Very Happy
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PhilG wrote:
Ah, the gear porn thread Toofy Grin

Guess I'll keep it going - got an unexpected pot of cash in September, so went a little crazy with this lot:

Skis - Atomic Nomad Crimson 169cm
Boots - maybe, maybe not, depending on what happens in Footworks
Poles - K2 6 Speed
Jacket - Spyder Chamonix
Sallopettes - Spyder Davos
Goggles - Oakley Crowbar, HI Yellow & Fire
Helmet - Sweet Rooster
Bag - Sportube Series II
Base layer - Skins

To be honest, only the poles were unplanned, though I've obviously splurged unnecessarily in terms of quality - though it doesn't half feel good Smile


Nearly forgot the most unexpected bit of kit: http://www.yorkfitness.com/Cycles-item-442/York-2-in-1-Cycle-/-Rower.html

I'm crap at going to gyms, so thought this might give me at least a chance at getting fit before January. So far so good, using it most days, but it's only been here 9 of 'em Smile
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comprex, You, dude are the most cryptic poster on these boards. What am supposed to see? I am getting a page of marcos's shoes.

PhilG, That is a good investment. I got myself a spin bike two years ago and love it. Makes a difference when you can get on and ride at home frequently.
Keep those legs in shape for ski season.

ickabodblue wrote:
Thinking about this again. I only ever ski on groomed slopes so why would I need more than one set of skis? Puzzled


I don't think I ever mentioned the word NEED. If I did, then I'm sorry. Madeye-Smiley Now look into my eyes and tell me what you really need
Resistance is futile .......... bwaaaahhhhh!!

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I think I mentioned a change in the quiver from what I had intended to have. My problem(if you want to call it a problem) is that I can't pass up a great deal, nor can I pass up an opportunity to get the one ski that has been on my mind since I first heard about it in February.( the nordica Firefox)

I got the BlueHouse skis in place of the Elan 888's because the Trip8's weren't available and the BlueHouse skis were a BARGAIN!!! Whoo hooo!
My carve ski intention was to get the Fire fox and sell the Race Tiger but then the Elan guy hooked me up with the speed magic when he couldn't get the 888 for me.

See, you have one plan in your head and then its all turned around and you end up with something completely different. A lot of something completely different.
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SnowHot, Now you see I am never gonna do tricksy type things in any park...... but, ever since the snowheads ski test at Braehead I've hankered after a set of Misconducts just 'cos I loved the fluorescent pink soles and the way they made the snow all pink and they were nice and bouncy and I'm the wrong side of 40 for godsake!! Must grow up! rolling eyes
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ickabodblue, I'm on that side of 40. This is the time to look forward and say..........Heck If I don't do it now, then when?

In the words of Mario Andretti:

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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SnowHot, You're a bad influence!! Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin
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SnowHot, You're a bad influence!! Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin


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ickabodblue wrote:
SnowHot, You're a bad influence!! Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin

Nah, she's just a carrier. She got infected hanging around too much in the gear threads at EpicSki.
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ickabodblue wrote:
SnowHot, You're a bad influence!! Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin Toofy Grin

Nah, she's just a carrier. She got infected hanging around too much in the gear threads at EpicSki.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it! wink
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Just bought these after witnessing Mosha Marc's dead leg last season
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My gear is 12 months older....
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spyderjon wrote:
Just bought these after witnessing Mosha Marc's dead leg last season

Now, THAT's HOT!!

Guvnor wrote:
My gear is 12 months older....

But the question is..........
Did you expect to have the same gear going into the season? wink

I think my ideas have changed a lot, and as of yesterday the quiver I have listed may have changed, yet again, just a teensy weensy bit. rolling eyes
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Yes.....if it ain't bust, don't fix it.....
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Evil or Very Mad

You lot have too much money! You should start a charity for under-priviledged obsessives like me...
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marmalade, they don't need 90% of the cr@p they buy, and it doesn't make them better skiers either. Don't know why they don't spend the dosh on extra ski time instead.
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