Japan 2026

[Sbooker]

Tony and I had the "daily driver" discussion while at Serre Chevalier during a snow drought. I told him that his mid-90s didn't make sense for me when you're skiing mostly onpiste hardpack or offpiste with a bit of loose snow. People always swear that their mid-90s "are easy to get on edge" but IMO they look like a recipe for skidding most turns. I know that I'm not good enough to get my 98s on edge without a few inches of fresh snow.

Yesterday at Loveland -- my 82s next to someone's 115s. Why anyone would choose to use those right now in Colorado makes zero sense to me but hey, enjoy and get it on (ZZ Top reference):

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We are both not accomplished skiers. Kylie in particular doesn’t carve turns regardless of what skis she is on.* I can and do get my Rustler 10s (102mm) on edge in good conditions. They are so fun. I love the feeling of being propelled out of a wide turn. There is no doubt I couldn’t get them up on edge in anything like icy conditions.
I’ll take my Armada Declivity 92s to Europe in about 5 weeks time. I find they work ok for me in up to about 8 inches of snow and they are certainly grippier on harder surfaces that my Rustlers.

*She seems to have fun anyway.

 

[Tony Crocker]

I’m at the Mammoth industry demo now for the 7th time. Last snow here was Jan. 8 so we will be testing lots of under 90 skis.

 

[Sbooker]

On the change of weather this time of year.
The hotel presented us with a special festival dinner last night to celebrate the end of winter.

Edit. I don’t know why the hotel has us back in February 2020. I certainly don’t want to relive the couple of years after that time.