Never really good unless you are Hirscher, made my day 🤣🤣🤣
@bdoyle965
4 ай бұрын
Hi Josh, I love your videos. I switched to shorter poles earlier this year and it was long overdue. Keep up the vids. You have a lot of great info for skiers. Thank you!
@Bushwackerinpa
4 ай бұрын
thanks for the props man! Yeah I kind of had a break, because of my broken my shoulder. instagram.com/p/C4v3Aeiuaux/?img_index=1
@scottb6047
4 ай бұрын
Hi Josh. Really good info. It will be disagreed with by the "skinny ski cult" but its so true. I spent Friday-Sunday in the same snow at Sunday River in Maine (plus lots of past experiences). I am very large, 6'4", 240lbs and started Friday on 192cm long, 143mm wide super fats. In the deep dense snow they were so easy to ski, floated, pivot steered, didn't get grabby. Switched to 186cm long, 118mm wide Rossi Black Ops. In the packed conditions they carved much better. In the deep dense I had less float, more grabby, and had to keep more weight on my heels to keep them able to pivot steer. The next day was on 187cm, 96mm wide Liberty Origins. Even better on packed snow, but in the deep dense they were grabby, some float, but had to hop turn them as they didn't pivot or steer at all. Tails were sunk too deep. When the skinny ski crowed says they ski in "in the snow" their context is light powder. Heavy dense snow will rip your ACL if your in it and not super careful. Keep up the good tips. PS: I have been using your tip to smear a turn around the berm of a mogul to control speed with great success. Thanks. Oh yeah, one more comment as feedback, your math formula for pole length versus height is a bit off for really tall people. I found I like 130cm poles (125 by your ratio, too short) at my 193 cm which is a ratio of .67
@urbanrunoff
4 ай бұрын
i agree on ski boot flex. i went too soft with my new boots. I thought i 'd be doing the right thing by going 120 (after being in 130's for a long time), too much flex and the boots feel packed out after 1 season, it gives me weird shin burn too. As for width i stay 96, yes it is a little more work the first day after a dump but we get a lot of windcrust and i prefer to cut through then get bounced around on top an loose all precision.
@Bushwackerinpa
4 ай бұрын
here being "IN" the snow typically means skiing on ice, dirt, rocks and stumps. Its actually another reason why blower powder can lead to injury here. I have 15+ skis so sometime I use narrow just never in heavier snow.
@SteveAmes
4 ай бұрын
With you on the stiff boots for sure.
@cameronwhite2312
4 ай бұрын
Great video. I was also at Jay on Friday, and Stowe on Thursday. I was skiing on 180mm Atomic Mavericks in 100mm waist. Friday was a struggle for me with the heavier snow. Someone mentioned that I should consider getting a dedicated powder ski, and after looking at this video, I'm wondering if they're right. This was my fifth day in real powder (4th season on skis after a lifetime of snowboarding), so I'm still working on my technique. But are the Atomics enough for heavy snow days like that? How wide should I go for Vermont skiing?
@Bushwackerinpa
4 ай бұрын
I mean the the reality there are many powder day your 180cm 100mm skis are likely enough, but a few days a year I would struggle on ski that narrow. The reality a ski that ski well in dense and heavy is not an everyday ski. With out know your weight /height and how you ski its hard to know exactly what to recommend.
@cameronwhite2312
4 ай бұрын
I'm 6’, 210lbs. I started on Enforcer 88s which are great, then picked up the Mavericks as they were lightweight but stiff enough for my size. They did great on the other lighter powder days, though.
@tlougee
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for these equipment tips! Are you working at Jay now? Last I knew I think Stowe was your home mountain.
@Bushwackerinpa
4 ай бұрын
no I still work at Stowe.
@brentbooher1978
4 ай бұрын
What ski boots are you wearing?
@Bushwackerinpa
4 ай бұрын
its modified Kr2 pro. They have not been sold since 2016 and are the only cabrio boots that have PU plastic and solid lugs. I have extra plugs and carbon fiber to make them flex stronger than the 130 that was the stiffest stock set up. you can achieve these flex number in modern race boot but cabrios go off and on MUCH easier.
@brentbooher1978
4 ай бұрын
@@Bushwackerinpa is there any other 3 piece boot on the market today that would perform with this level of stiffness and support? I’m a big guy (240 lbs) and advanced skier.
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