Member splittilps

@splittilps wrote:

@peacefrog wrote:

In any event get yourself 2 more guys. Have fun

At least call the outfit that you’re going with to talk about it. The only reason I say so is because my group of 4 arrived at our heli base with a 5th person who wasn’t with our group. After a discrete conversation with our guide (hey man, that guy isn’t with…

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@splittilps wrote:

@Reindeer mtn wrote:

Looks like this years bindings are a success and have sold out.
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I went to buy my Magnetos on Friday last week and the shop told me they were out of stock but would head over to the Spark RnD Warehouse on Monday and get another batch. I had them on my board the following Tuesday. Granted, I live in…

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@splittilps wrote:

Thanks for the input guys! b PLease keep it coming. I’ll look into that Haines outfit and Points North has already been floated by one of our group as a possibility. Some more background;

There’s 4 of us. All pretty solid riders and I’m probably the biggest puss of the group – but still comfy on difficult terrain when the snow…

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@splittilps wrote:

Big ass rock.

+1

@splittilps wrote:

I honestly don’t pay that close attention to depths.

interesting philosophy :scratch:

@splittilps wrote:

I’ve used a lexan shovel to dig a fire pit in frozen dirt with no issues other than sore hands, so I don’t fully accept the idea that lexan is more fragile – aluminum breaks too.

But, that issue aside, I do carry a metal shovel (BCA) in the BC for 3 reasons; 1) it’s the biggest I can fit in my pack and that makes for faster…

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@splittilps wrote:

Don’t think for a second that a cable lock will protect your board from a thief. I bet anyone with a Leatherman tool could pretty easily walk away with it.

It’s a deterrent. I hope no one is fooling themselves into thinking it offers any high level of security! :rock:

@splittilps wrote:

I had a bushing start to work its way out of my fuses because of a puck/pin/binding misalignment. Will is mailing me some spares and glue as we speak. Gotta love a company that stands behind it’s products!

Completely agree, they have been great to me as well. :bow:

@BGnight wrote:

The one on my car is doing great.
I just…

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@splittilps wrote:

Geezus dude, did you get this worked up when they started running ads for that new “Droid” cell phone, or any of another thousand similar “Coming Next Month” types of ads?

I just spend far too much time on the interwebs :nononno:
This has been in the rumor mill for well over a year. That’s why I’m sick of it.

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@splittilps wrote:

Bridger Bowl requires a transciever for their hike-to terrain as well as terrain served by their new lift. Big Sky requires one to ride the Big Coulior which is also accessed by a very easy hike.

Jackson and I forget which resort in Utah do not require beacons and each had an inbounds avy death this season. I’m more and more…

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@splittilps wrote:

McMansions.

😆 HA I got a kick out of that one.

And for what it’s worth not living there I always liked downtown bozeman. Thats where I’d look if I were to move there. I like the old run down houses.

So to summarize stay the fuck out of bozeman but get the fuck out of minneapolis.

@splittilps wrote:

Sorry to drift but I was just curious about this. Have either of you guys had problems with the Drivers causing pain on the back of your shins? To borrow a tele ski phrase, I get reverse shin-bang on my front foot. Trying to fix it with different methods of padding etc and wouldn’t mind speeding the process up a bit. I can…

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…the ulcer that SanFrantasico is growing over the whole deal, or the near epileptic fit that I need to fight off whenever I log on and see all those smilies.

I surfed for 18 years before I started getting into backcountry snowboarding. Little gangs of local dickheads are a total plague on the sport, so much so that I barely go…[Read more]

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@shredgnar wrote:

@lewmt wrote:

Ah yes, the ‘merican dream, that’s what all our boys over seas are fighting for right?

Well put lewmt

WTF? I think you read WAY more into that post than was intended. Maybe it’s easy for me to see the sarcasm since I’ve been out of school for over 5 years and have yet to gain a beer belly…

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@jack wrote:

@splittilps wrote:

One of my big concerns is weight since about 95% of my time on my split is in the uphill direction.

yes, but do you snowboard for the ride up or the ride down?

I snowboard for the ride down but I SPLITBOARD for the ups AND downs. And the downs are a lot more fun if my quads aren’t cramped from the approach.

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@splittilps wrote:

One of my big concerns is weight since about 95% of my time on my split is in the uphill direction.

yes, but do you snowboard for the ride up or the ride down?

@trackhead wrote:

@splittilps wrote:

And what do you get when you have one snowboarder in a big group of skiers?

Alot of waiting for the split boarder on the up track, the change over, the traverse, and the exit. 😉

Heh, heh. Yeah, true on almost all counts – I was the first one out though 8)

@splittilps wrote:

And what do you get when you have one snowboarder in a big group of skiers?

Alot of waiting for the split boarder on the up track, the change over, the traverse, and the exit. 😉

Nice pics though. Some friends of mine skied the first descent of “The Sphinxter”, the ice route on the mountain, years back. Looked like a cool line.

@splittilps wrote:

Your concern about the clip not fitting over the rivet etc leads me to think that you’re thinking of putting the wrong part of that metal clip in the fold of your skin. The solid part of the clip will go through the skin and the two little hook-ends will be the parts that go on the top of your board – with the rivet and black…

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That’s what I was wondering if I had to “set them up”. The Voile skins I have now aren’t like that so I wasn’t sure.

Your explanation makes sense. So I am just going fold the skin over and stick it to itself through the clip right? Seems weird that they would do this on the tip as won’t there be extra width of skin at the tip now? Also I don’t…[Read more]