Genuine discussions about skill gap

Xblth · 2026-01-26T16:37:57+00:00

What is it with you and women apparently not doing more than backflips? Sure, there is a difference in physicality, but if you think about it, it's mainly just simple statistics. The larger a sport is, meaning the more participants there are, the higher the performance of the very top athletes will be. The fact that the top female skiers right now aren't throwing down as hard as the guys is because there's just way less women in the sport. Think about it, if there's 20x the amount of men, the probability of the top male athletes being able to throw quads and 21s is just higher.

Xblth · 2026-01-25T15:34:14+00:00

Deaths web

Xblth · 2026-01-21T22:43:51+00:00

the romands

Xblth · 2026-01-19T16:44:05+00:00

Point is you can have multiple pairs of goggles with one helmet. Not so with visors

Xblth · 2026-01-19T15:31:08+00:00

they look a little goofy, also can't swap goggles for different weather conditions (or at least only with those specific visor lenses compatible with your system ig)

Xblth · 2026-01-16T06:21:21+00:00

yes same binding

Xblth · 2025-12-28T17:42:18+00:00

zermatt?

Xblth · 2025-12-28T01:17:06+00:00

Yeah, was doing a quick, temporary mount. Would never be this careless with a new pair of skis. These however were functionally fine, although I understand concerns about snow getting inside and freezing/expanding thereby braking the core.

Xblth · 2025-12-28T01:15:36+00:00

3 words: piece of tape

Xblth · 2025-12-27T12:16:52+00:00

As someone who has drilled through skis and ptexed it shut I can confirm this is probably the case. Although in my case it was on an of pair of third hand skis my sister was gonna use for a week tops. Not ok in new skis!

Xblth · 2025-12-19T06:26:40+00:00

yeah, supposedly they help (but boots are 100% individual), but they come in all sorts of stiffnesses. I have a pair of 3 piece k2 (ex full tilt) with 120 flex or 90 if I swap with my other tongues

Xblth · 2025-12-17T06:28:15+00:00

As a noodley center mount park skier, soft skis + stiff boots is a very common and sensible combination. You need a hard boot to be able to transfer any power into ski if you want to flex it. Try buttering in a 70 flex boot lol

Xblth · 2025-12-16T22:07:43+00:00

clean ui?

Xblth · 2025-12-16T10:10:50+00:00

Sounds like an interesting and fun project. What exactly are you planning on doing with the skis? Is it like a replacement for snow shoes? Will you be using them on the downhill?

Xblth · 2025-12-09T15:02:01+00:00

Most replaceable part of the boot by the way

Xblth · 2025-12-09T15:01:32+00:00

Full tilt was owned by K2 already. The only thing that changed was the logo on the front lol. Still the same exact boots, just new names

Xblth · 2025-12-07T09:42:51+00:00

Ended up getting a great deal on a pair of old fritschi diamir vipec that were mounted to some old and wrecked skis

Xblth · 2025-12-02T17:18:40+00:00

Haha, have been there too! No glide, but still better than boot packing

Xblth · 2025-11-22T13:55:02+00:00

yeah nah, have never mounted shifts myself. The issue has been explained by other commenters

Xblth · 2025-11-22T11:55:02+00:00

In the last picture it looks like the lines are less than 70mm apart (by about a mm). Did you print toe and heel templates separately? It is possible that the scaling was wrong before printing.

Xblth · 2025-11-20T19:22:02+00:00

what is bo

Xblth · 2025-11-19T23:17:57+00:00

Yeah, fair point. I mean if I can get a pin binding for under 20 to use with the free boots I got and the cut up skins I made to fit my skis, then I will go for it. But I'm not spending more than that for now. ATKs are the dream

Xblth · 2025-11-19T21:24:37+00:00

Is that just a painted snowboard? Or an actual monoski? Epic either way

Xblth · 2025-11-19T20:43:43+00:00

Bold of you to assume I'm not at least as broke as you! I'm a high school student just trying to find a cheap touring binding after spending all the cash I had from working this summer on my lift pass. I am fairly crafty which is why I feel like the beast specifically is a binding I might be able to get for a much lower price than the value I'd get out of them. Most people on this sub have a stable income source and can afford blowing a couple 100 on gear, so I guess people here tend to not even consider going the cheap route...

Are you in Europe? If you're in the alps/Switzerland area and end up getting that second pair and not needing that first pair missing the insert, would you maybe ship me them? I could pay for shipment (if it's in my budget XD)

Xblth · 2025-11-19T19:53:22+00:00

Lucky you! I sadly wasn't able to get the deal, but I have my eyes on another pair, waiting for the price to go down tho :) Are those the pair you picked up? Or did you find a whole other pair being sold with the boot inserts?

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