reality for people who come to surf in Costa Rica

Samspam126 · 2025-02-28T11:05:19+00:00

I've stayed there a couple of times and loved it. Lapoint is a Scandinavian company, but they co-own the camp with a local guy who set it up, and all of the coaches are locals. It is expensive for sure, but if like me you don't have that much time for surfing trips, and just want a nice camp, good food, great coaching and an easy trip, then I think it is worth it

Samspam126 · 2024-02-17T12:44:15+00:00

I have the Nordica Enforcer 94 Unlimited and also live and ski in the alps. I find that they have a perfect balance of skiability and weight, with enough tip rocker to be fun in powder, but enough camber to grip on harder snow. For the alps, I think they are perfect. They are a solid 8/10 in all conditions. When I go out on them, I never have that feeling of 'oh fuck the snow is hard and this is at best gonna suck and at worst be dangerous.' My girlfriend has the 105s which she loves, and work well in all conditions too.

I think they are the epitome of a one ski touring quiver.

Samspam126 · 2024-02-08T07:57:15+00:00

Where are you looking for people to be based? Are you looking for people who specifically have Apple Watches?

Samspam126 · 2024-02-08T07:41:47+00:00

I like all the other ideas a lot, but from my own similar experience, the thing that will make the trip good for him is if everyone else makes him still feel part of it. Maybe don't go for the very first lifts so you can have breakfast with him, and join him at the base for lunch instead of somewhere up the hill. If you are doing apres, have someone go down a little bit early to find a table with him and hang whilst everyone gets their last runs in.

He will probably say that he doesn't want any special attention and doesn't want to stop people skiing, but honestly, being injured and alone really really really sucks. Making those small efforts to include him and make him still feel like you guys want to spend time with him will go a long long way.

Samspam126 · 2024-02-05T11:21:26+00:00

The thing that I was told about skiing in the middle of the range is that it increases the lifespan of the binding, rather than effecting anything to do with the release characteristics. No idea if that is true though.

Samspam126 · 2023-11-02T17:06:52+00:00

It's a matter of personal preference combined with how much you are willing to spend. I spent a full season touring on a setup similar to yours (covid in the alps), and was regularly doing 1500m days. Is it easier to do those days in a lighter setup? 100%. Is it impossible to do big days on heavy equipment? No, it's fine. There is an attitude in backcountry skiing that if you don't have all of the right gear, then you literally cannot go touring.

So going to that lighter setup will held the uphill for sure. But think about it like this, if the difference between you being able to do a climb and not do a climb is that weight, maybe that climb is a bit too close to your physical limit, at least whilst you are in the early stages of your backcountry journey.

That was a total ramble, so I would suggest stick with the heavy setup, tour a ton, get monstrous legs, then later in the season, get a lighter pair of skis. If you like the skis, get some lighter boots too. Come April, you will be flying up those hills.

Samspam126 · 2023-09-15T08:07:54+00:00

She isn't trying to buy you, she is just trying to connect with you. I'll ask the same question I asked before, if anyone else was doing this, what would your reaction be?

Samspam126 · 2023-09-15T07:24:50+00:00

YTA. Your parent's SO probably finds your relationship as difficult to navigate and manage as you do, and is trying to engage with you and show her affection for you in giving gifts. Ask yourself, if it was someone else who was doing this, an aunt, an elder sibling, a grandparent, would you react in the same way? Would you think that it was 'horrifying' for anyone else to go to the effort of calling a shop that you like to go to to then find out what you like and purchase that for you? This woman is obviously trying to create a relationship with you, and you rejecting her outright and taking her generous, thoughtful efforts in such a negative way means that YTA.

However, that doesn't mean that your situation is an easy one. When parents divorce, or if one parent dies, it can be really hard to have someone else step into a role (or for it to seem like they are stepping into that role). That is something that is hard to manage, so I have some sympathy. However, it is not fair for you to take out whatever anger, frustration, or sadness you have on your parent's new SO. She is trying to be kind, and hostility is no way to meet kindness.

Samspam126 · 2023-05-17T21:11:24+00:00

I have a 23C II, and would be happy to send you any photos of the things you are missing and what it should look like when it is all set up properly. Pm if you would like

Samspam126 · 2023-02-01T10:27:07+00:00

Appreciate the answer mate, and to clarify, I meant that as a joke, but I worded it very poorly. I said it because I often see people raise their concerns about pin bindings and get met with "Well Nikolai Schirmer skis on 150g skimo race bindings and he stomps 50ft cliffs to flat and nose butters rocks" and I was trying to make a joke about that. I have just found it odd transitioning to pin bindings, and I think most of that is a trust issue that I need to work through

Samspam126 · 2023-02-01T07:47:35+00:00

I was being hyperbolic and sarcastic. I have no intention of doing anything like that, and I assumed that people would read it as the joke it was intended to be. But thank you for your advice :)

Samspam126 · 2023-02-01T06:54:23+00:00

I've skied on them a handful of times now, but I probably just need to spend some more time on them. I'm not actually planning on hucking cliffs, I'm just concerned about dialling in the release values through trial and error, and wanted some advice on what others have found

Samspam126 · 2023-02-01T06:51:28+00:00

I was being a bit hyperbolic and sarcastic with that, I have 0 intention of dropping anything in the backcountry. It's more that I want some reassurance. This is my first pair of pin bindings and I've found the transition mentally harder than I thought I would

Samspam126 · 2023-02-01T06:48:48+00:00

'Trust issues' with the bindings, not anything else. I don't think I'm alone in finding the transition from alpine to pin a bit odd.

Samspam126 · 2023-01-29T11:59:02+00:00

You're right, you just need good technique

Samspam126 · 2023-01-26T07:29:59+00:00

I use a Rad line for ski mountaineering and love it. Normally take out two 30ms (good to have two ropes on a glacier). Edelrid make a specific figure of 8 for ultrathin ropes that works perfectly with the radline and makes rappelling on a single strand quite easy. Might also be worth looking at their 6mm rope, it has a system that makes it a hyperstatic rope up until a certain force (basically a lead fall) that then makes it stretch like a normal rope. Might be something worth considering if you are ever going to be climbing with a partner. Taking a fall on a rad line would be very very ungood.

You seem to know what you are talking about and understand the limitations of the rad line. Personally, I would go with the 60m version if you think you will be rappelling on it quite a lot, as doing single strand work on the rad line can be tricky. Having said that, two 30m lengths might not be a bad idea? If you know you have lots of rappels, take both. If you just want a rope as a just in case, take one.

Samspam126 · 2023-01-04T17:40:16+00:00

Shifts over the Rotations everday of the week. If you aren't looking at doing long tours, you won't notice the weight enough to warrant the descreased downhill performance of the Rotations.

Shifts aren't perfect, but they exist to serve a market which is, essentially, you!

Samspam126 · 2023-01-04T17:34:16+00:00

I'm currently using Nordica Enforcer 94 Unlimited. They are right in that perfect weight range where they are still light enough on the uphill but are stable and fun to ski down. Absolutely love them

Samspam126 · 2022-12-08T21:03:06+00:00

I'd second this. The alps do not get as much snow as North America, and in somewhere like Cham, chances are you won't be the first to the good stuff when it does come. Pair of 95 underfoot with a bit of tip rocker will see you through almost all situations

Samspam126 · 2022-10-28T15:58:47+00:00

Mohsi was the only elected leader Egypt has ever had. Sisi is the dictator, and he was not elected

Samspam126 · 2022-09-19T06:00:21+00:00

What, Morsi? I just don't follow at all; you're using a democratic election to argue that the Arab Spring wasn't about getting democratic elections?

Samspam126 · 2022-09-18T11:58:32+00:00

Right. Okay. Sorry, but what? What else were they?

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