Looking at the Nosi, after having difficulty skiing down in deep powder with the FTX 196 recently due to insufficient float. This is only a partially a good excuse however because I rarely get to ski in deep powder. I am very happy with FTX generally. performance otherwise. On a similar note I am al...

Interesting discussion. I am currently using old Fischer E99’s with Merrel XCD 75 mm boots on mostly ungroomed trails with short climbs and twisty descents, mostly in Western Mass and central NH, and trying to decide which Asnes to buy. This would be away from groomed areas on trails with some snow...

Maybe we are all in the matrix and nothing is real, at this rate. At some point you have to get a grasp on facts. We cannot have a completely covering Cartesian approach and verify everything in history for ourselves, there may well be 8 billion different opinions on the details. My understanding of...

Cool down guys this was obviously a spam first post which triggered Rando's sarcasm.

This used to be called the Fischer Jakt Crown. Jakt = hunting in norwegian.

Had them on my first fjellski, they worked fine. If you ski through slush and let them freeze overnight you may experience difficulty in operating them, as ice can theoretically block the mechanism underneath the button. I never had this problem myself. I did read about people experiencing this prob...

As much as I like the Xplore bindings for the control they offer over NNN-BC, these issues are worrying. I am definetely happy and convinced by the Xplore system, but if my life would depend on reliability (eg. expedition style tour across greenland) I would probably use NNN-BC. OTOH on that kind of...

The finnish company Startex, who amongst other things produces Start ski wax, is apparently gone bankrupt.
https://www.langrenn.com/equipment/smor ... r-konkurs/
I know that some here are fans of Start ski waxes. Stock em while you can...

I have a Thule Motion XT XXL on the roof. It fits a pulka and several pairs of 210 cm skis concurrently. 215 should fit according to specs The Motion 3 XXL, both in standard and low, are specified to fit 215 cm skis as well. My roof box basically lives on the car. It's so practical for extra luggage...

Es bleiben im Raum: Keitel, Jodl, Krebs und Burgdorf.
1) Downfall is a great movie.
2) This thread should not be here.
3) out of the major Swiss cheeses only Emmental has holes like that