General snow stuff

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by PeepeelaPew » Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:47 pm

I'm buying the Alpride SuperCap33 E2. They're putting one aside for me and sending it to me in Europe in 10 months.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by alakaboo » Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:22 am

I've heard good things.
I probably would've gone for something a little bigger.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by PeepeelaPew » Tue Apr 25, 2023 1:46 am

My ancient one is around 30L and fits shovel, probe, down, skins, snacks, basic emergency stuff. The canister and mechanism and design are far more clunky in the old one so I'm expecting to get more utility from the new one.

The lack of travel hassle is worth the price of entry.

Customer service has been good. Their English is fine although they asked if I could do French or German so I've been using the latter and they've been responding in a mixture of English and German.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by alakaboo » Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:19 am

Yeah, I use a 24l non-airbag pack and have space but if I was getting a capacitor bag I think I'd want it for hut trips.

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Re: General snow stuff

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by Grooter » Tue May 02, 2023 6:29 am

I went snowboarding a few weeks ago at Dodge Ridge in California

First time I have ever been to the snow in my life :o

People who tell you surfers translate to snowboarding well are full of shit - there is nothing, I repeat nothing in common :x

I wiped out so many times, and my body was sore for a week. One fall I took at high speed as some dumb cnut wiped out in front of me and rather than move just sat in the middle of the run taking in the mountain air as I was bearing down on him. I couldn't turn fast enough and hit the ground so hard it sent up a shower of snow in the process. I asked the stupid American cnut if he was planning on having a picnic and he looked at me with these idiot hu-moon eyes and didn't say anything. :x

Despite that it was fcuken fun, I'll be back next season!
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Re: General snow stuff

Post by alakaboo » Tue May 02, 2023 7:13 am

Those people are called gapers.
They look at you with eyes and mouth agape, unable even to comprehend their own stupidity.

Once you get into powder it translates, but I agree the first few days suck.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by Yuke Hunt » Tue May 02, 2023 7:37 am

Grooter wrote:
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I went snowboarding a few weeks ago at Dodge Ridge in California
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Re: General snow stuff

Post by Trev » Tue May 02, 2023 9:24 am

Grooter wrote:
Tue May 02, 2023 6:29 am
I went snowboarding a few weeks ago at Dodge Ridge in California

First time I have ever been to the snow in my life :o

People who tell you surfers translate to snowboarding well are full of shit - there is nothing, I repeat nothing in common :x

I wiped out so many times, and my body was sore for a week. One fall I took at high speed as some dumb cnut wiped out in front of me and rather than move just sat in the middle of the run taking in the mountain air as I was bearing down on him. I couldn't turn fast enough and hit the ground so hard it sent up a shower of snow in the process. I asked the stupid American cnut if he was planning on having a picnic and he looked at me with these idiot hu-moon eyes and didn't say anything. :x

Despite that it was fcuken fun, I'll be back next season!
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Re: General snow stuff

Post by PeepeelaPew » Tue May 02, 2023 9:39 am

I find it translates really well, if you have basic motor skills. I did a day or so and was up on the upper mountain. A few years later I had to quickly learn to get a job. I spent two weeks learning and was able to participate and pass a course with a bunch of pros.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by Skipper » Tue May 02, 2023 7:29 pm

my local auction house is offering top brand gear leej. get on it.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by PeepeelaPew » Tue May 02, 2023 7:30 pm

Hahaha I could sit with petulance in Singapore Airlines first class with that gear.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by Skipper » Tue May 02, 2023 7:49 pm

lol. i can just see it.
seriously tho', the shit this place proffers is just astounding. dead estates, hard times (i doubt) .. offspring offloading, (probs most likely) ...the mind boggles at the wealth and excess some people 'round here have grifted, accumulated, acquired is just that: mindboggling.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by PeepeelaPew » Tue May 02, 2023 7:56 pm

The skis look unused, and wouldn't be out of place in some resorts I've visited.

The Pewlette(s) might like the luggage.

I actually like that chair, not that I've got anywhere to put it.

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Re: General snow stuff

Post by Skipper » Tue May 02, 2023 8:12 pm

It's a sick arse auction house, i'd love so much of their stuff, but hey, where would i put it, and really, do i need it?.

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