One ski to rule them all! A one ski quiver for all disciplines

[Musk Ox]

Basically Stephen’s taking a zero-tolerance attitude to bullying, and as far as that goes he’s completely right (good for you Stephen, right on).

Honestly had the dude posted a 360° video of himself scrubbing off speed by dropping a knee as he swivelled down groomers naked, he’d rightly be a bona fide legend here regardless of his posting style.

For what it’s worth, I tried to puncture a bubble with a bit with humour, and I’m cool with being called on it if I missed the mark. I really like this place because that kind of nonsense doesn’t happen here really.

I'm simply choosing not to engage with him anymore. C'est la guerre.

In other news I’ve just got off the phone from Voss and I’m thrilled to announce that the X-Nip’s going to be on the shelves by the end of the season for a wallet-friendly 450 Norwegian kroner per norg, meaning you can insulate both nips for the price of a pint of basic lager or a bag of salad.

[randoskier]

Basically Stephen’s taking a zero-tolerance attitude to bullying, and as far as that goes he’s completely right (good for you Stephen, right on).

Honestly, had my guy posted a 360° video of himself scrubbing off speed by dropping a knee as he swivelled down groomers naked, rather than merely giving it the hips, he’d rightly be a bone fide legend here regardless of his posting style.

For what it’s worth, I tried to puncture a bubble with a bit with humour, and I’m cool with being called on it if I missed the mark. I really like this place because that kind of nonsense doesn’t happen here really.

In other news I’ve just got off the phone from Voss and I’m thrilled to announce that the X-Nip’s going to be on the shelves by the end of the season for a wallet-friendly 450 Norwegian kroner per norg, meaning you can insulate both nips for the price of a pint of basic lager or a bag of salad.

They already have them in America! Yankee ingenuity.

[wabene]

Maybe it's time for those Yanks to point that impressive ingenuity towards there own healthcare system. Sorry, the whole "American" exceptionalism thing just triggers me and I'm liable to pop.

[mikael.oh]

I'm putting this thread back on track now, and you better behave.
If you can't share the Stoke then move along to another thread.

I just came back from an 11km classic ski in Baywatch Mode. The last couple days I let all the ugliness here get to me but just one ski in Baywatch Mode and I'm back! My heart is full, I'm thankful, and my Stoke is high. That's the power of cold therapy!

I also went to a ski resort yesterday and skied thousands upon thousands of vertical meters with this setup.
When the steepness is less than 35 degrees and you have a prepped surface, it really is effortless to ski. You're cruising at high speed and making big turns by just slight movements and the skis do all the work. It really is a rather wondrous feeling to be able to do that on this equipment.
When it gets to 40 degrees you have to put in a lot more work and you lose some of that flowy feeling described above, but the steeper stuff is not without its own charm. I start thinking more about consequences of a fall when it gets that steep and I try to haul ass as I don't have as big of a safety margin in my technique.

The light was pretty flat at the start of the day at the resort and that showed me how much trust I have in this setup.
One of the runs I looped is maybe 27 degrees steep on average or something like that and pretty uniformly steep with the exception of a few short undulations. At the speed I was going I couldn't really see and prepare for them but I found it was not necessary. I felt relaxed and in control even though my knees moved up and down unexpectedly as I moved through the undulations. I could just relax, and feel my way through it. It was lovely!

[mikael.oh]

Hahaaa, I'm having so much fun!

Just cut off a big chunk of my 30mm mohair x-skins and went on another Baywatch Mode classic ski. The skins now stop about an inch in front of my heel.

I hava SO much more glide and still excellent grip! The glide is starting to be comparable to people with normal classic skis now. Still not as good obviously, but before I was in a completely different(much slower) league. And my grip is much superior to most if not all people I see around me.

It's also SO much more fun now. It's a completely different sense of flow. I was quite a bit faster than before, and with much less effort.

The whole gearing changed. I now use kick double pole instead of diagonal much more, and I also double pole quite a bit which I didn't do at all before. My diagonal has much more glide as well .

I'm seem to be developing a double poling technique unique to this setup. If I get up on my toes in the setup like you're supposed to, that slows me down. Instead I take advantage of the high uppers of the Transnordics and lean back against them and have that as my double poling stance

I skied all the way home today and they haven't prepped the last kilometers in quite a while so it's just ice now.
I had superb glide on the downhills and, surprisingly, still really good grip going up(not in tracks).
The last couple short hills I had great momentum from double poling the flats and downhills and then literally ran up the ups like I was in a sprint race and had perfect grip doing it. It was so much fun!

The Gammes have truly arrived as classic skis with this recent skin mod, and I still have awesome grip so I see further glide gainz in my future. Can't wait to go skiing again!

[Tom M]

You make me smile and nothing makes me happier than knowing that you are having so much fun. Rock on!

[mikael.oh]

I just took the Gammes out on their first proper skate outing and they performed magnificently!
I could probably sell my skate skis now if I wanted to and be happy just using the Gammes. That´s how good it felt!

Conditions were perfect today. A Sunny -2 celcius so obviously I was out in Baywatch Mode

I haven´t used my skate skis in weeks and just been focused on using the Gammes to improve my classic technique so being back skating and getting that flying feeling was wonderful.
I used a lot of V2 today, also up a lot of the uphills, and it´s incredible how efficient you can be doing that, even with this equipment which is roughly double the weight of normal skate gear.
When it was steep and long enough that I had to use V1 it did feel clunkier than my normal skate gear but with time I can probably modify my technique to better suit this gear. All in all I was A LOT faster than when doing classic and with much less effort. I was also really happy with the poles. It´s the same poles I use for everything else and they were just long enough in their longest setting to work beautifully for skating. I still can´t believe how well this gear is working for all the different usage scenarios!

The one dowside is that I developed a blister on top of my right foot, in the same spot I got my only other blister, the first day I used the BCX Transnordics. It seems my right foot rolls sideways a bit. I didn´t lace up the boots as hard as when I´m alpine skiing but am going to lace them a bit tighter next time and see if that helps.

Tomorrow I´m meant to take the train a bit north and ski back home using classic technique but I think I´ll be fine if I put a compeed plaster on the blister. The ski must go on!

Here´s the only pic I took today(was too busy enjoying the skiing). It´s Ullevålseter, one of the classic huts in the forests around Oslo. After this it was pretty much all uphill to get back to where I started and complete my circuit. 11.5km with 285m of climbing and an average speed of 13.4 km/h.

[randoskier]

Maybe it's time for those Yanks to point that impressive ingenuity towards there own healthcare system. Sorry, the whole "American" exceptionalism thing just triggers me and I'm liable to pop.

I agree, a disgraceful system with poor outcomes. Also a university education is a total rip-off there, free or nearly free in most other Western countries.

Rugged individualism and American Exceptionalism are both myths. But better a discussion for the Misc category.

[Tman]

I like the vibe of simplicity, don’t let the idiots get you down! You skied uphill in the video and immediately started skiing down, did you not need skins to go up?

[TheMusher]

I salute your Gamme endeavours OP!

Now waiting impatiently to see you rock that on a proper topptur