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How to: Bow Mounted Crab/Shrimp Pot Holder

Justin — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:21:27 +0000

Ahh spring, where a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of….watersports. And bikes. And maybe finally posting a TR from the Oregon Splitfest. But whatever, it’s sunny out and while I know I should be stoked on hitting highway 20 and some local spring splitboard objectives, but I can’t lie, I’m not*. I’m

Pimp My Bindings

Justin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:17:59 +0000

PLUS

EQUALS

The Blazes I won up at Splitfest were mediums, but I usually take a large. Looked up the stats on their site and the baseplate length is the same between the M and L, the difference is just in the width. As my wide

Dehydrator working overtime

Justin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:12:24 +0000

Been doing some last minute dehydrating to add some extra oomph to my Enchantments meal list. Wild huckleberries for oatmeal and dessert topping, lemons to use for cooking trout we catch, orange peel for making rye old fashioneds (note: Old Overholt makes a good, cheap, flask filling rye), pasta (if you pre-cook your pasta

How To: Make Your Own Cucumber® Wax Remover

Justin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:32:19 +0000

Probably old news to you grizzled vets of all things off-the-couch, but as I’d never seen/heard (nor considered) how to make something similar to the Pickle Wax Remover®. I’m a lazy ding fixer aka just slap one of those Quik ding stickers over any dings, top it with some duct tape and call it

How to: STI shift lever swap

Justin — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:26:31 +0000

The front Shimano 600 STI shifter on my circa-95 or so Raleigh road bike aka indoor trainer bike finally gave up the big one last summer. However, as this bike never gets ridden (I mean c’mon, who rides an indoor trainer? BOOORRRRRRIIINNNGGGGG), the brakes still worked and as I’ve got chicken legs to the

BC on a budget #1

Justin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:28:35 +0000

Let’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

(mock) How to: on the hill base grind/structuring

Justin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:29:32 +0000

*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 1: Hike up east facing/melted out peak

Step 2: Achieve a zen-like state and sit/ponder the conditions you’ll be encountering in the near future

How to: Save $200 and get a few extra years out of your gear

Justin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:52:33 +0000

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

How to: refilling old binding holes

Justin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:34:44 +0000

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

How to: ghetto fab delam/edge separation fix

Justin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:37:46 +0000

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:

Pic of part of the area to be fixed

Materials needed: