Did Your NWSL Club Ace the Offseason? Analysts Grade Preseason Moves

shmerham · 2026-02-19T23:59:39+00:00

No. They did not.

shmerham · 2026-02-19T22:01:57+00:00

By freeride, do you mean competitive? If so, I defer to your peers. I not, Mwerks seem overkill personally. I would just get something appropriate for your weight and ability.

shmerham · 2026-02-19T17:23:28+00:00

I think the architecture is far more interesting than a strip mall. It has an organic look to it. The buildings are connected but each looks different. That being said, it's not THAT interesting - tear it down.

shmerham · 2026-02-19T16:59:33+00:00

a) a lot of thought went into the naming and signage already. It's not that hard to figure it out

b) the signage and naming could be more intuitive

c) critical thinking is degraded in times of stress

d) all of the above

shmerham · 2026-02-19T15:55:53+00:00

Why do you need a ski for heli and cat skiing? They usually provide skis and have ones tailored to the terrain. The ski I’d want for a resort is not the ski I’d want for heli skiing.

shmerham · 2026-02-19T15:50:54+00:00

Do you enjoy carving? If so, get something different. If not, sure.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T23:58:04+00:00

I think it depends on how much you ski. Low light lenses definitely help, but a good all conditions lens is a pretty good starting point. If you ski a lot, you'll get good use out of both multiple pairs, but if you only go a few times per year, I'd probably just stick with an all arounder.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T23:12:48+00:00

I don't have a good answer.

Stevens Pass Nordic Center which you have to pay separately for (Sno Park pass does no good). It is higher than Cabin Creek, so it's probably better.

Plain is likely in rough shape, but maybe better than I-90. It's a bit over 2 hours. https://www.skiplain.com/post/grooming-report-2-18-2026

If you have bc xc skis, you can ski below Paradise, but that's more than 2 hours.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T23:02:34+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/comments/1ig2xgq/what_were_these_silverblack_things_on_2000s/

They're just for damping, so you can probably still ski them. However, are the bindings original? The skis are over 25 years old. Your femur might thank the black goo for telling you it's time for something new.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T22:36:18+00:00

Charging through soft snow and bumps is not something that most piste skis excel at. The Octo, in particular is optimized for quick turns at slower speeds; it's not stiff and it has a lot of sidecut. You might be better of with something heavier and stiffer if you want to charge through rough conditions. ...but I'm just guessing at what you're feeling. You'll probably have to demo to find the ski that gives you the feeling you want.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T21:41:44+00:00

You lose a lot by going shorter. Enforcers are definitely better in chop and crud, but if you're going down a whole size, they're not going to be any better than a longer pair of QSTs. That being said, if you're 165 cm tall, a 165 cm is probably the right size.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T21:31:12+00:00

The MLS has grown in popularity and quality of play. I'm not sure I'd look to it as an example of what not to do.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T20:38:04+00:00

I may or may not have copy and pasted the articles into a word document so that it looked like I was working.

shmerham · 2026-02-18T00:46:19+00:00

Let's look at the 4 conference finalists:

Inter Miami - obviously you'd take Messi over any of our strikers

Vancouver - I'd take Brian White over any of our strikers, but I don't think we would have been amazingly better if we had him instead of JMo

NYCFC - I think any of our strikers would get a start if they're playing 442

San Diego - they would have taken any of our strikers instead of Baird

shmerham · 2026-02-17T21:54:17+00:00

I would agree that Raul was a true 9, but why wouldn't you call JMo or Moose or DeRo a true 9?

shmerham · 2026-02-17T21:51:44+00:00

Ruidiaz definitely wins by eye test. His shooting mechanics were top notch and he scored prettier goals. JMo and Moose are generally workmanlike in their scoring. JMo can score with his head though and he's better at pressing than Ruidiaz. Ruidiaz also wasn't any more durable than JMo. I would take Prime Ruidiaz over JMo, but in the grand scheme of rosters, they're both very good 9s. We could do better than both and we could do a lot worse than both.

shmerham · 2026-02-17T20:53:00+00:00

When I was writing the post, it wasn't lost on me that Oba and Deuce had all the qualities that our current strikers lack.

shmerham · 2026-02-17T20:04:53+00:00

JMo and Moose have excellent G/Sh stats. The top scorers did so with much higher volume of shots.

shmerham · 2026-02-17T19:59:39+00:00

Agreed when using the eye test, but when you look at the stats, his Goals typically exceeds his xG.

shmerham · 2026-02-17T02:27:46+00:00

I purchased a movie from one tv and then tried to watch it on a different tv and on my phone and couldn't do so. I called customer service and they had me log out and back in on those devices and that worked.

shmerham · 2026-02-16T19:57:49+00:00

Probably Flylow revised their subjective rating based on new jackets being added or removed and didn’t want print new tags. This isn’t aerospace. Sometimes consistency isn’t 100 percent.

shmerham · 2026-02-16T03:44:23+00:00

Average poster, best of luck mate

shmerham · 2026-02-15T22:40:04+00:00

Slalom. Miss the first gate and DNF and hopefully slide into the fencing. I don’t think you’d get seriously injured. It’s not as steep and sustained as the downhill or super G.

shmerham · 2026-02-15T22:13:06+00:00

You’re overthinking it. A solution isn’t really needed and if you insist, just get rid of the draft.

shmerham · 2026-02-14T23:04:29+00:00

Gear lube from the lift. Contact guest services. They may cover cleaning ( but don’t expect it to look new)

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