A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
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Johnny
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- Location: Quebec / Vermont
- Ski style: Dancing with God with leathers / Racing against the machine with plastics
- Favorite Skis: Redsters, Radicals, XCD Comps, Objectives and S98s
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska XP, Alfa Guards, Scarpa TX Comp
- Occupation: Full-time ski bum
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Rod, the orange ones are impossible to find in Canada... In the States, they are only available at Neptune... You can ask Mike, he can help you get your hands on a pair...
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
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Johnny
- Site Admin
- Posts: 2256
- Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:11 pm
- Location: Quebec / Vermont
- Ski style: Dancing with God with leathers / Racing against the machine with plastics
- Favorite Skis: Redsters, Radicals, XCD Comps, Objectives and S98s
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska XP, Alfa Guards, Scarpa TX Comp
- Occupation: Full-time ski bum
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Fifth day of skiing in a row... Even more fresh powder coming tomorrow morning...
Couldn't ask for a better October...
Couldn't ask for a better October...
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
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Johnny
- Site Admin
- Posts: 2256
- Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:11 pm
- Location: Quebec / Vermont
- Ski style: Dancing with God with leathers / Racing against the machine with plastics
- Favorite Skis: Redsters, Radicals, XCD Comps, Objectives and S98s
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska XP, Alfa Guards, Scarpa TX Comp
- Occupation: Full-time ski bum
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Teleskating...
A lot more difficult than what I was expecting... I like tele-carving downtown on the streets with my quad roller skates in the summer... Thanks to the moving trucks, they can carve like crazy... Not the case with skating blades. They are of course impossible to carve. You have to skid them during the turn... Skidding a sharp blade is NOT an easy thing! I was getting better in the end... But I will detune the blades a bit next time...!
A lot more difficult than what I was expecting... I like tele-carving downtown on the streets with my quad roller skates in the summer... Thanks to the moving trucks, they can carve like crazy... Not the case with skating blades. They are of course impossible to carve. You have to skid them during the turn... Skidding a sharp blade is NOT an easy thing! I was getting better in the end... But I will detune the blades a bit next time...!
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
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lowangle al
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- Location: Pocono Mts / Chugach Mts
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- Occupation: Retired cement mason. Current job is to take my recreation as serious as I did my past employment.
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Hey Johnny, they're pretty cool. Are they home made? Maybe you need a bigger boot and a cable binding to turn em. 
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Johnny
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- Favorite Skis: Redsters, Radicals, XCD Comps, Objectives and S98s
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska XP, Alfa Guards, Scarpa TX Comp
- Occupation: Full-time ski bum
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
No, they are Zandstra "Schaatsen", made in Holland since 1825...
Man, you're right...! I should mount them with NTN bindings and use them for icy days at the resort...!
Woooah! My next project!
Man, you're right...! I should mount them with NTN bindings and use them for icy days at the resort...!
Woooah! My next project!
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
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Johnny
- Site Admin
- Posts: 2256
- Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:11 pm
- Location: Quebec / Vermont
- Ski style: Dancing with God with leathers / Racing against the machine with plastics
- Favorite Skis: Redsters, Radicals, XCD Comps, Objectives and S98s
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska XP, Alfa Guards, Scarpa TX Comp
- Occupation: Full-time ski bum
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
100th ski day of the season today
Time for a little break
Time for a prayer
Thank you God for such a great winter
So thankful for the great season we had so far
So grateful for all the snow since October
I can't believe we're already half way through the season
I cant believe the best is yet to come
Hurry up, only 80 ski days to go!
Thank you God
Thank you Mother Nature
Thank you Ullr
Thank you Jesus
Thank you Milarepa
Thank you Mahavira
Thank you Krishna
Thank you Shakyamuni
Thank you Laozi
Thank you Tsongkhapa
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Time for a little break
Time for a prayer
Thank you God for such a great winter
So thankful for the great season we had so far
So grateful for all the snow since October
I can't believe we're already half way through the season
I cant believe the best is yet to come
Hurry up, only 80 ski days to go!
Thank you God
Thank you Mother Nature
Thank you Ullr
Thank you Jesus
Thank you Milarepa
Thank you Mahavira
Thank you Krishna
Thank you Shakyamuni
Thank you Laozi
Thank you Tsongkhapa
Thank you Thank you Thank you
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
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lilcliffy
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- Location: Stanley, New Brunswick, Canada
- Ski style: backcountry Nordic ski touring
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- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska BC; Lundhags Expedition; Alfa Skaget XP; Scarpa T4
- Occupation: Forestry Professional
Instructor at Maritime College of Forest Technology
Husband, father, farmer and logger
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
AMEN BROTHER.
Cross-country AND down-hill skiing in the backcountry.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
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Johnny
- Site Admin
- Posts: 2256
- Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:11 pm
- Location: Quebec / Vermont
- Ski style: Dancing with God with leathers / Racing against the machine with plastics
- Favorite Skis: Redsters, Radicals, XCD Comps, Objectives and S98s
- Favorite boots: Alpina Alaska XP, Alfa Guards, Scarpa TX Comp
- Occupation: Full-time ski bum
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Ski day #116 today... Now, this is what I call a perfect day. Snowstorm in the morning, first tracks in 3" of powder, and only 5 cars in the parking. In the afternoon, 50F, sun, t-shirt and soft spring time moguls.
Thanks Cannatonic for the Kazamas and thanks Mike for the old rusty bindings... They are SUPER fun...!
Thanks Cannatonic for the Kazamas and thanks Mike for the old rusty bindings... They are SUPER fun...!
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
"And if you like to risk your neck, we'll boom down Sutton in old Quebec..."
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lowangle al
- Posts: 2815
- Joined: Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:36 pm
- Location: Pocono Mts / Chugach Mts
- Ski style: BC with focus on downhill perfection
- Favorite Skis: powder skis
- Favorite boots: Scarpa T4
- Occupation: Retired cement mason. Current job is to take my recreation as serious as I did my past employment.
Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Hey Johnny what are those U shaped things hanging from the bindings? and are they allowed? 
My philosophy is that if a ski was fun 25 years ago it should be fun now.
My philosophy is that if a ski was fun 25 years ago it should be fun now.
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Cannatonic
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Re: A Lonely Bear in Eastern Canada...
Looks like a fun trip back to 1993! Gotta love seeing that pink neon base reflecting off the snow. They won't float in powder, but that's OK if there is no powder. legendary craftsmanship!LoveJohnny wrote:Ski day #116 today... Now, this is what I call a perfect day. Snowstorm in the morning, first tracks in 3" of powder, and only 5 cars in the parking. In the afternoon, 50F, sun, t-shirt and soft spring time moguls.
Thanks Cannatonic for the Kazamas and thanks Mike for the old rusty bindings... They are SUPER fun...!
"All wisdom is to be gained through suffering"
-Will Lange (quoting Inuit chieftan)
-Will Lange (quoting Inuit chieftan)