hey fisheater, when you coming up for a ski?! the forecast is calling for snow everyday this week, so things are looking good! i know i am preaching to the choir here, you guys are more experienced than i in these things, but i guess i just wanted to have another thread for somebody like me who is t...

hey folks. just took the first run on the USGI's and thought i'd post some thoughts about them. first off, i'm coming at XCD from a mostly cross country perspective, having only skied on skinny track skis and flexy boots. so the USGI's mounted with NNN-BC Magnums and Alpina Alaskas is a heavy-duty r...

***northern michigan trail report*** hey all, happy sunday to you. after posting early this morning i headed out on the asnes usgi's. overall, i am super impressed. i think i will save that and post a separate review though. so on to the conditions report! the temps stayed consistent at around the l...

hey folks, things are shaping up here as we have been getting on and off flurries for the last few days and i have been able to get outside! yesterday i earned my turns yo-yoing at hickory hills for a while, and then doing a couple laps on the hickory meadows loop. there were quite a few skiers on t...

yeah i'm not sure what to say about the longer skis. they are just very "weak" compared to the 200's. i would imagine the easier flex would make it more comfortable on dh's. i guess the "rocker" i was talking about is really the camber. i was trying to say that it seems like the side profile of the ...

hey all, season 17-18 ski report from northern michigan :) we've been getting lake effect all day and i've just been watching at the window, gnawin at the bone! but when i got home i went out with high hopes of extending my set track. i was in such a hurry that i didn't even think about putting a fr...

mornin! my incompetence is trumped only by my stupidity, so i got that goin for me. like you lc, when going dh i use whatever means necessary to turn. but i am probably more obsessed with tele since i can't really do it yet. i can see how useful it can be as a technique in my arsenal. snowboarding w...

thanks LC, the season is upon us!!!! get yours yet tonight?? took a couple quick laps in the woods behind the house tonight since winter has finally arrived...first run on the alaskas and magnums. it is a much different feeling than i am used to. so much more control than my previous boots/bindings!...

haha, i wish i could ski like that...i wish i could fall that gracefully too...

hey folks, nice to see michiganders here :) @fisheater - word in the paper the other day was that they are finally cracking down on that place. i think we missed the window on it, and i don't need a trespassing conviction :( ahhh, to be young again.... but i would definitely be up for a day ski some...