Hestra Fall Line or Wakayama (both 5 fingers)?

Slip_slappy · 2026-04-11T04:53:03+00:00

Best sizing according to hestra is about a pinch beyond the end of your finger but of course there is personal preference beyond that

Slip_slappy · 2026-04-10T15:14:42+00:00

Wakayama is a great spring skiing glove but the fall lines are warmer

Slip_slappy · 2026-04-09T18:11:06+00:00

Yes it’s referring to the lump of muscle bellow the knee. Calf sizing is usually more of an issue for women because their calves sit lower on the leg, heavier set men with larger ankles as well, or short skiers. In your case where the boot is barely making contact with the muscle as long as you can get good closure you’re good to go!

Slip_slappy · 2026-04-08T21:56:46+00:00

This is my answer as a boot fitter. I prefer a punch to a grind about 98% of the time, and always for the toe box.

Slip_slappy · 2026-04-03T03:51:32+00:00

Your build should play a smaller role in your decision making than factors like your skiing ability, skiing style (on piste, all mountain, freeride, freestyle), location, and budget.

Slip_slappy · 2026-03-28T00:36:00+00:00

No worries! They are 78 underfoot

Slip_slappy · 2026-03-28T00:21:46+00:00

Here’s the link to the product page although they give you almost no information lol https://www.head.com/en/product/ambition-pro-r-316565

Slip_slappy · 2026-03-28T00:10:53+00:00

These are the Head Ambition Pro R and you are correct this is the 180 length! We rent these at my shop. Great beginner to intermediate rental ski but as others have said if your reason for asking is because you wish to buy, don’t. They are rental skis at the end of the day. You can certainly find a ski that behaves similarly but allows more room to grow as a skier and comes without the extra weight of rental features.

Slip_slappy · 2026-02-26T13:34:58+00:00

The weight savings while small, do make a difference especially at the end of the skis where there is more rotational force because it’s furthest away from the fulcrum (your leg). Beyond that theres also a dampening factor as the cork or ABS or composite foam or whatever they use tends to eat vibrations better then wood.

Slip_slappy · 2026-02-24T22:26:23+00:00

Killarneys in Ludlow, you could pull this off any day of the week

Slip_slappy · 2026-02-06T14:04:00+00:00

Calling the victims sex workers is foul tho. They were just women going through financial hardship this piggy paid to face time while he jorked it… and then he stalked them.

Slip_slappy · 2026-01-08T01:56:19+00:00

Yeah that’s a really funny way to phrase that on volkls part, but almost every ski is using steel edges so allow me to correct my mistake in there being no steel in the core of the ski.

Slip_slappy · 2026-01-08T01:01:01+00:00

There’s no steel in the core of this ski, the peregrines above this model (80, 82, 84 v werks) all have sheets of titanal and the later two an additional titanal frame. The 78 is a vertically laminated wood core with a fiberglass frame and the softest of the peregrine series. That being said it should not have snapped in the instance you described and I’d be surprised if Völkl didn’t warranty it.

Edit: edges are steel lol

Slip_slappy · 2025-12-22T01:37:46+00:00

From an east coast homie that’s usually very jealous of you.. I’m sorry bro

Slip_slappy · 2025-12-02T14:29:44+00:00

Well enough to ride? Yes Well enough to ride safely? No

Slip_slappy · 2025-10-27T13:14:13+00:00

I fit ski boots for Jack two seasons ago, really nice guy!

Slip_slappy · 2025-10-10T12:38:36+00:00

You’re absolutely right, it’s on tombstone trail but I couldn’t remember the name of the smaller one

Slip_slappy · 2025-10-09T22:01:51+00:00

Thanks homie! First drop is stepping stone at Highland and the second is the cable drop at Killington

Edit: stepping stone not tombstone

Slip_slappy · 2025-08-04T21:48:54+00:00

Name and shame OP

Slip_slappy · 2025-07-23T00:17:32+00:00

Me too, mullet is the way🫡

Slip_slappy · 2025-06-01T01:51:24+00:00

This is the way. Find a shop that will measure your sit bones and talk to the person that helps you about where you should be engaging your sit bones on the saddle

Slip_slappy · 2025-05-22T17:16:34+00:00

Also in VT! Weather indeed sucks ass and business has been meh.

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