RSS FeedLet’s face it – skiing and snowboarding aren’t cheap, and backcountry snowsports even less so. Summertime is the best time to buy your backcountry kit as typically stores are trying to blow out of whatever inventory they have left from the prior year to make room for the upcoming gear in the fall. If you [...]
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(mock) How to: on the hill base grind/structuring
April 16th, 2009 
Justin *warning: blurry photos ahead, do not adjust your eyes* Step 1: Find east facing slope that has been baking in the sun all week. Climb said slope. Step 2: Achieve a zen-like state and sit/ponder the conditions you’ll be encountering in the near future to decide how you’d like to structure your base. Step 3: [...]
How to: Save $200 and get a few extra years out of your gear
March 26th, 2009 Justin So as mentioned in my Westcomb Rampage pants review my not even one year old Four Square pants lost a battle with my Black Diamond Contact crampons up at Lassen last Memorial weekend. The worst part about it was that the crampons weren’t exactly necessary, but as the boots I brought up there (Burton Hails) [...]
How to: refilling old binding holes
March 16th, 2009 Justin So this is an easy one, but as I see questions asked about it all the time and as I’m in the process of rehabbing a pair of new (to me) Volkl Gotamas I figured I’d snap a few quick pics and post up a how to to hopefully help at least one other out [...]
How to: ghetto fab delam/edge separation fix
March 7th, 2009 Justin Ever picked up a pair of Gotamas for cheap at an REI used gear sale and didn’t initially notice they had a delam/edge separation issue near a compressed edge. Well, if so, this ghetto fab how-to is for you. Today’s target: Materials needed: Slow cure epoxy (marine epoxy preferred as it’s more pliable when cured, [...]
