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Snowpulse Snow Rider 15 Airbag Pack Review with Mark Homden of Snowbird Ski Patrol
Snowpulse Extra Cylinder
February 23, 2012
Mark Homden from Snowbird's Ski Patrol gives you the full low-down on Snowpulse's aibag system.
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Snowpulse Snow Rider 15 Airbag Pack Review with Mark Homden of Snowbird Ski Patrol
Snowpulse Prorider 15 Backpack
February 23, 2012
Mark Homden from Snowbird's Ski Patrol gives you the full low-down on Snowpulse's aibag system.
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ABS Powder Line 5 Airbag Pack Review with Andrew McLean
ABS AvalancheRescue Devices Activation Unit
February 23, 2012
Backcountry.com Athlete Andrew McLean tells you everything you need to know (and more) about the ABS airbag system.
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ABS Powder Line 5 Airbag Pack Review with Andrew McLean
ABS AvalancheRescue Devices Powder Line 15 Backpack
February 23, 2012
Backcountry.com Athlete Andrew McLean tells you everything you need to know (and more) about the ABS airbag system.
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2010/2011 Salomon Lady Ski
Salomon Lady Ski - Women's
September 24, 2010
The Salomon Women’s Lady Ski’s voluptuous figure turns heads and slays white dragons from summit to base in an impressive variety of conditions. And, of course, in regal style. Since every mountain mistress knows a fat ski is only as good as its carve, Salomon gave the Lady Ski a generous rockered tip for flotation and a 85mm waist that lives to turn.
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2010/2011 Salomon El Dictator Ski
Salomon El Dictator Ski
September 24, 2010
When Cody Townsend calls the Salomon El Dictator Ski 'teenager-at-a-strip-club stiff,' you can be sure it's no noodle. He ought to know, because he and cult freeski legend Kaj Zackrisson designed it to be. Their goal was a big-mountain expert's dream ski: big, fast, and burly, but incorporating all the recent design innovations that make powder skiing a pleasure, not a chore. The result is El Dictator, a flat-tailed, wood-cored charger with just enough tip rocker to pull you up from the depths of a 60-footer's bombhole. In a market trending toward forgiveness and all-mountain versatility, few skis stand apart to represent the old school. This is one of them.
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2010/2011 Liberty Genome Ski
Liberty Genome Ski
September 24, 2010
Being the genetically-superior golden child of the fatty-fat-ski family tree, the Liberty Genome Ski glides on pow and whittles the hardpack like his brothers and sisters can only dream about. This full-tip fatty with rockered tips and tails lets you float the fluff, yet features sufficient sidecut to keep you from skidding down the groomers like a chump. So take the Genome out and float your switch cork 9 into a deep bed of sweet confection to see why this kid was mom and dad’s favorite.
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2010/2011 4FRNT Renegade Ski
4FRNT Skis Renegade Limited Edition Ski
September 24, 2010
The fully-rockered, limited release, Eric Hjorleifson pro model 4FRNT Renegade Ski doesn’t have any Facebook friends, but it sure-as-shit knows how to impress at high altitude. This fully wood-cored ski likes the deeps, and the steeps, and it likes them fast and hard. A full maple core offers stability as you slash and slarve, and the sintered 2000 base stands up to whatever abuse you can put it through.The fully-rockered, limited release, Eric Hjorleifson pro model 4FRNT Renegade Ski doesn’t have any Facebook friends, but it sure-as-shit knows how to impress at high altitude. This fully wood-cored ski likes the deeps, and the steeps, and it likes them fast and hard. A full maple core offers stability as you slash and slarve, and the sintered 2000 base stands up to whatever abuse you can put it through.
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2010/2011 CoreUPT Candide Ski
CoreUPT Candide Pow Ski
September 24, 2010
Candide crushes burly backcountry lines and freestyle hits with superhuman-like fluidity and power so his pro model, the Candide Pow Ski, was designed to keep up as such. At the center a fiberglass wrapped wood core creates explosive pop and gives the Candide the power to suck up rough landings with ease. A long radius sidecut hauls ass down wide open faces, but also retains the ability to make a quick adjustment should things get tight in the trees. From the mind of the man who continues to redefine backcountry freestyle skiing comes a smooth set of boards for turning the mountain into your personal, powder-packed playground.
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2010/2011 Moment Reagan
Moment Reagan Ski - Women's
September 24, 2010
Moment offers up the largest ski in our women’s line with the pow-slaying, tip-and-tail rockered Moment Reagan ski. Believe it ladies: the Reagan will make your manfriend wicked jealous. The Reagan’s fiberglass reinforced wood core turns your stability knob up to eleven, while the sintered 4001 base takes the bite out of early-season shark fins and other base-destroying nasties. A traditional camber underfoot carves hard on the cat-track on the way back the lift, and the rockered tips and tails are full of nothing but deep thoughts.
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2010/2011 Black Diamond Starlet Ski
Black Diamond Starlet Ski - Women's
September 20, 2010
Don’t waste those hard-earned freshies with a touring ski that can’t handle the down—the award-winning Black Diamond Women’s Starlet Ski balances uphill efficiency with pure downhill bliss thanks to its lightweight construction, early-rise tip, and 100mm waist. Black Diamond also outfitted the Starlet with a women’s-specific flex that gives you optimal torsional stiffness and smooth turning in soft snow.
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2010/2011 K2 Lotta Luv Ski
K2 T Nine Lotta Luv Ski w/ Marker ERS 11.0 TC Binding - Women's
September 20, 2010
K2 wants you to star on its ‘Ski of Love’ reality show, which features the Women’s T Nine Lotta Luv Ski w/ Marker ERS 11.0 TC Binding as one of its all-mountain ski contestants. You’ll find this ripping, expert-level ski’s 82mm waist and progressive sidecut extremely hard to resist.
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10/11 Line Pandora Ski
Line Pandora Ski - Women's
September 20, 2010
Start grinning. The Line Women's Pandora ski will have you hammering pow stashes in the tight trees and stealing lines form veteran powder skiers, while they watch your turns in awe. The early rise, early taper tips will get you up on top of the snow and the beefy 115mm waist will keep you there.
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10/11 Armada Triumph Ski
Armada Triumph Ski
September 20, 2010
The crew at Armada loves all kinds of skiing. Recognizing the similarities in bombing huge in-runs and charging on hardpack, they designed the Triumph, the first ever park-bred directional carver. The only Armada board sporting a Titanal aluminum laminate layer that stiffens and dampens, the Triumph wins with killer edge hold so you can carve like butcher. Positive camber and a healthy sidecut give a tight turning radius that let’s you lay this ski over get ‘em out from under you. The Comp Series Base means you can dust the racer douches without pulling on the spandex.
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2010/2011 Black Diamond Drift Ski
Black Diamond Drift Ski
September 20, 2010
Don’t waste the precious turns you’ve earned—make the most of them with the Black Diamond Drift Ski. With its lightweight construction, early-rise tip, and fat 100mm waist, the Drift hauls up the skin track, turns quickly in tight chutes, and still has the cajones to send the downhill like your favorite pow stick.
Helpful Votes: 2 Yes
2010/2011 K2 Sidestash Ski
K2 SideStash Alpine Ski
September 20, 2010
With its light, powerful build and sport-utility dimensions, the K2 SideStash Alpine Ski brings the ruckus to any terrain, then laps back up for more. Hybritech sidewalls, All-Terrain rocker and a beefy waist make the SideStash a reliable charger inbounds or out, blowing powder and crud fields to hell and billy-goating tight chutes all in the same tour. Lightweight aspen and paulownia in the core keep you fresh for the next skin up.
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2010/2011 Nordica Enforcer Ski
Nordica Enforcer Ski
September 20, 2010
The Nordica Enforcer sticks with traditional sidewall construction and do-it-all dimensions to give you dependable, powerful performance in almost any conditions. With 98mm underfoot to keep you afloat, you can take it out after a storm without feeling hopelessly under-gunned. After the pow is gone, the flat tail, titanium-sandwich wood core and vertical sidewalls lay down the law on groomers and hardpack like an Old West sheriff. Hell, you might even say it's an enforcer.
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2010/2011 Volkl Kendo Ski
Volkl Kendo Ski
September 20, 2010
Slice, dice, and carve manicured corduroy with the power of a turbo-charged, industrial strength food processor when you lay the Volkl Kendo Ski on edge. A full-length wood core snaps out of turns, loads with energy when the snow is firm, and floats with forgiveness when you venture into the freshness. With a revamped waist that’s 8mm narrower than last season’s Kendo, this titanium-topped plank lays trenches where others merely scratch the surface.
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Blind Hollow Yurt
Stoic eVent Stash Shell - Men's
January 5, 2010
The Stash in action.
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Stoic eVent Stash Shell - Men's
December 17, 2009
This is the most breathable hardshell i've ever owned. Fur reelz. I've been using the Stash prototype for quite a while now, and eVent has become my favorite shell material for pretty much anything from resort skiing to touring to walking around town in the rain. Once you get your core temps up, you'll be able to see the eVent fabric perspire--little beads popping out through the fabric that roll off just like external moisture--its awesome. I don't soak in my sweat anymore, and my merino base layers stay dry, comfortable, and warm even when i'm on a long tour.
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Stoic Tour Softshell Pant - Men's
October 30, 2009
How does softshell material really repel water? Check out this article from one of our past Backcountry.com newsletters:
http://www.backcountry.com/store/dc/650/Backcountry-Softshel
The softshell used in the Tour Pant falls under the "stretch-woven" category in the article above.
The softshell material we used in the Tour pant is on the very high-end of softshell water repellency when compared to the wide range represented in the outdoor apparel world--i'm speaking from actual experience. I'd take Tour as my only pant for a week-long hut-to-hut tour despite weather conditions--nasty or bluebird, these pants will suffice. I'd wear the Tour for most tours in the Wasatch no matter how nasty the weather, and the same goes for inbounds days. The softshell material isn't optimal for a rainy day at Whislter, or a Cascade-cement day at Baker(they'll saturate and get heavy if you're sitting still on the lift in steady precipitation for long periods), but they'll fend off moisture in sub-40's temps just about as well as a hardshell--especially if you're moving a lot.
And if I could double-capatalize the 'D' in DWR for the Tour Pant I would, because the water-repellent treatment is SO DURABLE.
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Stoic Tour Softshell Pant - Men's
October 29, 2009
Sizing chart is up!
I'd definitely shoot for a M with your sizes.
I'm 34" in the waist and 6' 2" tall and the L fits perfectly.
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Backcountry.com Stoic eVent Shell - Men's
November 18, 2008
In an effort to keep weight to a minimum as well as to increase maximum potential breathable area (more pockets = more fabric for moisture to travel through), the jacket has no interior pockets. The chest pocket and hand pockets have waterproof zippers and are non-lined. The chest pocket holds anything from Gu packets to a G1 iPod, and the hand pockets will fit enough granola bars, sunscreen, maps, duct tape on a pen, and walkies for your whole touring crew.The collar is lined with microfleece and the lining is minimal—just enough lining to protect your chin. The collar also has a zipper guard flap, which keeps scraggly beards and freshly shaved faces off of the zipper. The fit is definitely layer-friendly. I can wear a micropuff under mine without any loss in mobility.
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