Epic day at Squaw Valley. My retro suit was popular and a good source of entertainment for all. Although there was a ski club on the mountain and I even saw a full blown Jedi on skis, light saber attached to the outfit.
Other than the 80’s throw back color, the ski suit was awesome. It would be the way to go if it was a more modern color. Actually, if it had been 10-15 degrees colder, it would have been perfect. I was in a thin performance T-shirt, socks and chonies and I was boiling.
Now an update on my personal experience that day with the retro 189 thin sticks vs my wife’s rented 160 modern K2 parabolic skis.
https://youtu.be/B6fJAHYurL4
I like to think I can hold my own on the slopes, granted I am rusty but I do OK, I am not a total soup sandwich. Needless to say, I spent the day on the raggedy edge of “out of control”. Enough so, I kept asking myself what is wrong with me. Edges would catch shooting the skis on their own trajectory with countless “train wreck” moments. On the last run of the day, I decided to try to commandeer the wife’s rentals and was surprised to discover my boots fit into the bindings, although I could step out of them due to the light tension setting.
We end up at the top of Red Dog as the mountain closed.
The group then all headed down with the Ski Patrol guys on the final run with the hill all to ourselves. It was like night and day with the modern skis, the control and carving ability. I know my A-game is currently more like a “C+” at best right now but it truly drove the point home of the newer ski design.
My older boots did well for me and will work as this late season finishes up, giving me time to look at a much better pair. The jury is out on what brand but I was eyeballing what MFG the professionals were all using.
Cheers