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Posted by: @kimchi
Falling in love with the Stealth

Aren’t you glad someone kinda made one appear for ya…. 😉

Posted by: @c-fuzzy
a solution?

https://skimo.co/nikwax-ski-skin-proof

Posted by: @kimchi
although I’m more comfortable riding aspens than pines / firs because of better visibility).

Yea, that’s the zone I was talking about, those stashes I took you in last year. 

Posted by: @kimchi Board is a lot to handle in tighter tree zone Interesting. Is it maybe the snow quality? I took mine into my super tight stashes last week on a pow day (14” new ) and it seemed…   Read more»

Posted by: @spacebird sorry you took my response so personally I didn’t take it personally, I just think you have poor reading skills, don’t know what you’re talking about and are trying to enlighten me ( progression is literally the…   Read more»

Posted by: @spacebird but I think it’s rad they are experimenting Look, I love Korua…. But you’re wrong they are not experimenting. As has been stated by more than just myself. It’s been done before and it doesn’t work. That’s…   Read more»

Posted by: @spacebird Rocker?  Ski industry did it first.. Shane McConkey Posted by: @spacebird Apex Ski Boots? Ski industry first… Posted by: @spacebird implying that something is not possible because ski companies haven’t done it yet is pretty damn naive…   Read more»

To maybe put this to rest… Which it probably won’t. The BC Ski industry has been around far longer than the Splitboard industry. They produce roughly 20-30x the amount of equipment than the Splitboard industry ( last time I saw…   Read more»

Posted by: @alonzo
but I will remain skeptical until I hear positive reviews from people I trust.

It doesn’t work…. Whether you trust me or not is a different issue.. lol 
 

Posted by: @kimchi
I’ve been thinking through what I can put on my boards to shed snow effectively

This would do it, but not sure if it would be cost effective…

Posted by: @casjcade Posted by: @spacebird @casjcade where have you seen it before?  this is a new concept to me, had no idea it’s been done before… Mostly on custom alpine/cross skis and boards, but was a company that had…   Read more»

Did I need these? Nope. But it didn’t stop me from getting them… 
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Posted by: @burkhart Any of you guys ever tried this? So back in the day, and by that I mean the 90s and early 00s before most companies moved to 1:1 lasting, it did work sometimes. It still works today, kinda…   Read more»

Posted by: @kimchi Either he did something that caused them to let him go, My understanding of the situation, as of last year, was that he just didn’t want to change with the times… I.E. keep making boards with 25cm…   Read more»

I broke a bit of trail today…
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Got out on my Stealth 63 today for it’s first proper pow day. Hell fuckin’ yea!  LOVED the deck.  So today the pow was a little heavier than normal Utah blower, but not heavy or mashed potatoes. It was the…   Read more»

Different strokes… I’d never use one at a resort, I use headphones, but I use a JBL Clip on my backpack while touring.. Nothing like some lounge/house and or Dead/Phish while skinning. I won’t do headphones while skinning because you…   Read more»

9” today. Still so hyped on how well the TF 54 does for me. Kinda hard to believe I was riding almost exclusively 165cm decks as little as 3 years ago. At 6ft, 165lbs it just rides amazing, the best…   Read more»

Posted by: @kimchi i’m 6′ tall Haha, you’re a tad bit taller than 6’… I though you had 2-3″ on me, when we rode together.  Even with my duck stances, I always run more forward lean on my rear foot…   Read more»