Member nickstayner

Cue “Thread Resurrection” theme music. . .

For 100% POV, I thought this was fairly entertaining.

Do we still got haters of this edit?

While we’re at it, here’s a refresher from the GoBros @ TGR
http://www.tetongravity.com/story/bike/how-to-make-the-perfect-pov-edit-with-andrew-whiteford

As, @nickstayner said, take…[Read more]

@nickstayner wrote:

@acopafeel wrote:

adding on to Christoph’s fantastic point… if you do happen to misfire and poop a bit on your boot – don’t worry, as it will just bounce right off that hard shiny plastic :thumbsup:

Plus, plastic surfaces are more easily disinfected! You’d be a real shitheel at that point. (can’t believe this thread was…

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@nickstayner wrote:

Great TR!

Where’d you guys rent the RV from? What was the price for your trip? Where’d you park the rig at night? OK to sleep in those big lots on Turnagain?

Taylor took care of the RV through http://www.alaskafamilymotorhomes.com/Pages/aboutus.aspx
I think it was about 80 or 90 bucks a night, off season price. I think the…[Read more]

EDIT: Exactly what HFT said. Spot on.

@nickstayner wrote:

Could you talk a little more about the icing issue w/ the cleats? … He had borderline unmanageable icing issues, to the point where he had to unscrew the cleats and change their position at the top of the skin track. We did have a Voile scraper between us and used it furiously to no real…

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– I had mixed feelings after learning that Jones (and the Guch!) made the first snowboard descent of the Otterbody on the Grand using guides. While obviously one hell of a feat (especially in such conditions!), since a major part of the trilogy’s storyline has been self-sustained, human-powered adventures in the mountains, it…

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@nickstayner wrote:

How about yourself?

No hard plans for a trip at this time. Drop me a line when you’re down this way in May.

@nickstayner wrote:

Awesome photos Duane! Is Game Cr south of Teton Canyon? That place looks great. How much is it?

Thanks nick! Game Cr is three drainages south of Teton. Teton-Darby-Fox-Game. The yurt sits on the ridge between Fox and Game. This ridge culminates at the summit of Housetop Peak. Just south across fox creek canyon from Fossil.…[Read more]

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@samh wrote:

Our ECT resulted in an “X”

ECTX meaning you couldn’t isolate your column w/out failure? What was the problematic layer?

Nothing propagated. “X” meaning no fracture, no propagation.

@nickstayner wrote:

Last weekend in Cooke. Still too worried about deep instabilities to jump on anything too committing…

Hilarious to see that photo of Patrick up there btw too. It was a totally unexpected moment.

It’s okay to get surprised by one of your photos popping up randomly online. Not okay to get surprised by a 10′ deep slab.

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@lewmt wrote:

Cool to see you young bucks slaying dragons. Good seeing that Nomad character still wanders these parts too. Haven’t seen him hopping off a chimney of near vertical exposure lately – is he getting old?

You mean like this?

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@shredgnar wrote:

What shovel do you guys use?

Voile Telepro D-Handle: http://www.voile.com/voile-avalanche-shovels/voile-telepro-t6-avalanche-shovel.html

Very burly, came highly recommended by a lot of avalanche professionals (patrollers, avy center folks) I know.

I have the small BD Deploy. When one of the guys in my Avy L1…[Read more]

@firstlight wrote:

I’m shocked Jones would even sell this as a defect! :scratch:
The brand name is worth more than a $100 board sale.

I think Jones is smart to sell blems and defect boards. There is a big market for them. Like the OP said it’s a chance to check out the board without going broke. It also provides a reasonable entry for someone…[Read more]

@nickstayner wrote:

Disagree with pretty much all of this. Not to beat a dead horse, but you asked for debate, so…

You neglect to point out that skiers are in mandatory control of two objects & two edges all the time. With that fact alone you should see why a board is more stable!

Try to run a steep downhill course on a snowboard. A dude on…[Read more]

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@acopafeel wrote:

But I couldn’t even finish it. I drove me nuts. I felt like I was watching a great movie on crack. It cuts in and out of shots so quick

my thoughts exactly… it felt like watching a music video

Agreed… stunning visuals but I prefer stuff like the Powderwhores. Into the Mind was just a little too glossy I…

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@nickstayner wrote:

No offense and props for getting to work w/ some avy science legends, but how did you get through a grad-level course without having basic spelling & grammar skills?

The T.I.T. (Troll Institute of Technology) has deemed grammar as being beneath them

@nickstayner wrote:

Best troll on here in years!

Jesus, 19 comments in and he’s pissed off everybody who usually has things to say.

Well played sir. Well played.

@nickstayner wrote:

Holy shit… is that a site up by you? I know the T-Roots are rumored to have gotten a huge amount of snow…

My coworked said Albro Lakes in the Roots had around 6′ already.

@ricorides wrote:

And as far as Sweetgrass films go, their films are always super serious. Exhibit A: Solitaire. Using “Heart of Darkness” as a metaphor for backcountry skiing in South America. Shit, it couldn’t possibly be anything else but super serious.

Yep. I thought Solitaire was pretentious. I got that same feel from the trailer for “Into the…[Read more]

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The new Sweetgrass movie “Valhalla” should be entertaining and will certainly have a fair shake of splitboarding… curious to see how the narrative plot/ski movie works out this time.

Just saw “Valhalla” and thought it was great. No ski porn just lots of fun….nakedness, night fireworks shredding, and some other ridiculousness

@nickstayner wrote:

Fixed chain draws! Some kind of quartzite?

yah we fixed the clips there cuz its super steep, you end up more than 30′ out from the base when you lower off, cleaning draws would be a hassle.
and we want to encourage people to try the routes!
Quartzite yah, super crappy quartzite!! lots of moisture plus cold and sun makes for…[Read more]