Blades

d-don

Anyone ever used them ?
Your opinions ?

My experience :

I love them ! 99cm version salomon ...
No ski poles no lugging big skis around ...

The response and turning angle and diversity far out ways skis in my opinion but that's my opinion .


I know I know probably will here the (down with that sort of thing response ) but each to there own peeps ...
I got my go pro ready few days left and I will post vids of what they can do lol

d-don

And before you critic the pic .. The bindings are being changed in the first hour I hit the resort to release ones

Fattes

What's the hardest thing about snowblading?? Telling your parents you are gay!! Ha ha

As long as you are safe and having fun that is what it is all about

But if you want the general perception of them most people think they are a joke, they were even the kit of choice of saucer boy! They were designed as a training tool for racers to work on fore aft balance & broke out to general use as a response to snowboarding. Responsiveness and turning angle versus a decent pair of. Skis there is no competition the skis will come out too every time on top, skis will be more stable and you can generate and deal with greater forces than you can on blades.

fannymagee

Wow, no need for the homophobic 'jokes' there Fattes- completely irrelevant to the thread...

Fattes

fannymagee wrote: »

Wow, no need for the homophobic 'jokes' there Fattes- completely irrelevant to the thread...

Wise up would you

olaola

I got himself a pair, he loved them for a while - tricks and 360s, goofing around. But the flats and the lack of speed got to him after a while & he's gone back to skiing. If they were handy to bring with us, I'd say he'd bring them for a day or so for a bit of messing around.

fannymagee

Ah I just hate that "you're gay" nonsense.

Re: blades, I think the cool/not cool debate is funny- it's just more ski-wa*kerism really- as long as everone's safe and having fun, who cares??! Looking forward to the videos D-Don

Fattes

Nothing to do with anything other than safety every major manufacture removed them from general sale to the public as by their very nature they are designed to be unstable and the industry responded to feedback in relation to them.

But don't let facts stop you throwing out your second personal insult of the day at me

d-don

yawn .... each to their own bud..... you jog on there to the slopes with the jones's ..... the way i see it is I go for the fun and sport and short skis are fun -less hassle and more fun in ski parks... don't worry I wont take offence to you joke and I wont say you could be a closet case.

d-don

fannymagee wrote: »

Ah I just hate that "you're gay" nonsense.

Re: blades, I think the cool/not cool debate is funny- it's just more ski-wa*kerism really- as long as everone's safe and having fun, who cares??! Looking forward to the videos D-Don

Hey FanjitaMagee .. exactly fun is key .. videos roger ! go pro ready to go and 64 gigs of messy fun comin up ahahah. ... now to decide on what cheese music I will put on me video when I get back ..


Im thinkin this what you think :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-WHW-QNswE


Promise to do the one leg kick lmao

Fattes

d-don wrote: »

yawn .... each to their own bud..... you jog on there to the slopes with the jones's ..... the way i see it is I go for the fun and sport and short skis are fun

God did you read my post or just react??? Middle paragraph is the important bit.

As for the bottom paragraph, it's fact not opinion if they were better in the park every athlete on the Dew tour or at sloppy style events would be wearing them. They are what they are we use them 1/2 days a year for training.

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

God did you read my post or just react??? Middle paragraph is the important bit.

As for the bottom paragraph, it's fact not opinion if they were better in the park every athlete on the Dew tour or at sloppy style events would be wearing them. They are what they are we use them 1/2 days a year for training.

Glad to hear you know my mountain name ..... pardon if I missed something I had a long day creating magic. It is not fact. show me a link and we will go from there.... and I will show you mine ... but yet again - no two people are the same .. I like what i like and You do what ever you do be doing is cool with me just dont fly across with those lanky things while I be stylinnnnnnnnnnnnn :P

JNinja

Blades are ILLEGAL .... Now leave me alone ...

JNinja

I am waxing me blades ������������

Fattes

d-don wrote: »

Glad to hear you know my mountain name ..... pardon if I missed something I had a long day creating magic. It is not fact. show me a link and we will go from there.... and I will show you mine ... but yet again - no two people are the same .. I like what i like and You do what ever you do be doing is cool with me just dont fly across with those lanky things while I be stylinnnnnnnnnnnnn :P

Like I said if you say they are better than skis in the park than why don't the pros use them. I Boarded first for a few years than blades for a season and a bit and now skis so I have a broad comparison

Breckenridge, squaw and park city banned them in the early nighties due to a large increase in ankle and knee injuries through their use. They were removed from the x games in 2001 for the same reason.

In 99 pretty much every major ski company made them now only two do, and don't sell them retail. Like I said whatever your poison is and you are safe and having fun off you go.

But claiming they are better than normal skis is a bit silly considering that if they were they would be prolific on the freestyle tour.

The big killer for them
Was the introduction of the 1080 by the company that made the trade mark ski blades famous! The same company who I work and ride for under a pro deal the reason they have for stopping selling them commercialy was the number of law suits pending over safety concerns

d-don

these are my blades there are many like mine but these are mine

JNinja

Hey Fattes , you soooooo got a royalty payment for your last paragraph didn't ye go on admit it ;-)

d-don

JNinja wrote: »

Hey Fattes , you soooooo got a royalty payment for your last paragraph didn't ye go on admit it ;-)

lmfao

Fattes

JNinja wrote: »

Hey Fattes , you soooooo got a royalty payment for your last paragraph didn't ye go on admit it ;-)

Jesus I wish!!! Might be worth a few bobble hats in my defence I never mentioned the company name

Jvan blades are not illegal just some resorts don't allow them plenty do

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

Like I said if you say they are better than skis in the park than why don't the pros use them. I Boarded first for a few years than blades for a season and a bit and now skis so I have a broad comparison

Breckenridge, squaw and park city banned them in the early nighties due to a large increase in ankle and knee injuries through their use. They were removed from the x games in 2001 for the same reason.

In 99 pretty much every major ski company made them now only two do, and don't sell them retail. Like I said whatever your poison is and you are safe and having fun off you go.

But claiming they are better than normal skis is a bit silly considering that if they were they would be prolific on the freestyle tour.

The big killer for them
Was the introduction of the 1080 by the company that made the trade mark ski blades famous! The same company who I work and ride for under a pro deal the reason they have for stopping selling them commercialy was the number of law suits pending over safety concerns[/QUOTE

Okay ...... back in your time period of clarifications times were different granted they came with fixed bindings but not me.. I have done some daring things and to this day not a problem.. whizzed passed skiers on black runs etc but then again i dont care cause its (fun ) i am after not a totem pole .

I dont claim commercially I claim from experience.. Due to my good nature I had a pain me boxxox picking skiers up of the slopes in worry they might be trampled on by a ignorant skier ..

I don't care who sponsors you but you need to realise You started out somewhere at one time and learned certain things along the way .
YOU NEED a dose of back to basics in being helpful and not a nob jockey ..

Anyways roll on my holidays cause this boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii is going blading and if your nice Ill stick in a pic on the video with FATTS licks blades on it

JNinja

So when you say some resorts don't allow them , would they actually approach and say " nooooooo short ski's a no go " ... Have you seen it happen or is it more so an unwritten rule ?

Fattes

d-don wrote: »

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Okay ...... back in your time period of clarifications times were different granted they came with fixed bindings but not me.. I have done some daring things and to this day not a problem.. whizzed passed skiers on black runs etc but then again i dont care cause its (fun ) i am after not a totem pole .

I dont claim commercially I claim from experience.. Due to my good nature I had a pain me boxxox picking skiers up of the slopes in worry they might be trampled on by a ignorant skier ..

I don't care who sponsors you but you need to realise You started out somewhere at one time and learned certain things along the way .
YOU NEED a dose of back to basics in being helpful and not a nob jockey ..

Anyways roll on my holidays cause this boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii is going blading and if your nice Ill stick in a pic on the video with FATTS licks blades on it

Personal abuse is not welcome around here. I am being helpful you made claims that can not be supported I am sticking to the facts

Fattes

JNinja wrote: »

So when you say some resorts don't allow them , would they actually approach and say " nooooooo short ski's a no go " ... Have you seen it happen or is it more so an unwritten rule ?

Depends on the resort, basically you would be stopped at the first lift in the am or when a piste patroller notices them, a large % of North American resorts don't allow them, Europe is a little more relaxed but there are a few places that don't allow them.

The supply of them will kill them off as most available ones are now 8 years old or more and they were made from composite cores which degrade over time

JNinja

I ski'd oh I mean " bladed " on a 2013 Solomon pair last year , are we talking the same equipment here ? ... I know there is a 120cm blade that is commonly used we had em for one day and returned them , using the 99cm instead , is this what your referring too ?

Fattes

The 120 blade is slightly different to the original ones on that it has a proper sidecut and shape and a wood core and is more stable than the original ones some instructors use them and coaches use them on the hill, I have a pair but have never used them.

It is however not sold at retail and some larger rental chains or main retail partner shops will get them from manufacturers

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

Personal abuse is not welcome around here. I am being helpful you made claims that can not be supported I am sticking to the facts

pot kettle black ? I took the gay
joke on the chin .... so let them drop and grow ..
facts is fine .. NO PROBLEM THERE ...

I have not chosen to support claims yet until I bring out fabio ( my go pro ) this weekend and I will support those i hope... if not its all in fun ..fun fun

:rolleyes:

JNinja

You had me thinking I had rented in essence two lengths of plywood with the age remark , to me there seems to be the same amount of research go into the new Summit series of blades so surely there is a market somewhere ... Les Deux Alpes we hope ��

Fattes

d-don wrote: »

pot kettle black ? I took the gay
joke on the chin .... so let them drop and grow ..
facts is fine .. NO PROBLEM THERE ...

The joke was a standard snow sports banter gag not aimed at anyone just like I have used Pri&@s with sticks to describe skiers on her .Yours was personal abuse!

prunudo

Fattes wrote: »

Jesus I wish!!! Might be worth a few bobble hats in my defence I never mentioned the company name

Jvan blades are not illegal just some resorts don't allow them plenty do

Ah now, I never said anything. Bar thinking they look silly, I've no opinion on them, I'm too busy enjoying my snowboard to care

d-don

Fattes wrote: »

The joke was a standard snow sports banter gag not aimed at anyone just like I have used Pri&@s with sticks to describe skiers on her .Yours was personal abuse!

nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooo :rolleyes: course it was not .. Okay okay I wont use blades Ill use small skis :eek:,,.... well what if i was gay.. some may say its homophobic lalalalal.... so shhhhhhhhhhhhh (grab you fingers ) and lets get back on track...


4x 8's pao or rough #? spax screws?

anyways
the whole thread is about SMALL SKIS (correctness~) i like em and I am gonna make sweet white powder mo jo in a few days god willing.:D;)

d-don

jvan wrote: »

Ah now, I never said anything. Bar thinking they look silly, I've no opinion on them, I'm too busy enjoying my snowboard to care

lahinch has great surfing now

prunudo

d-don wrote: »

lahinch has great surfing now

Just as well I have a surfboard so but this is winter sports so let's stay on topic

d-don

jvan wrote: »

Just as well I have a surfboard so but this is winter sports so let's stay on topic

i like you:D ... lets have blade babies . . one blade and a hybrid snow board:D

JNinja

I have heard and may simply be coincidence mind , but some refer to blades as " fatty's " or FATTE'S , see I reckon deep down in a place you don't wanna go Fattes , you had ur heart broken by a short ski'd temptress ... I can see a passion there alright ��

d-don

JNinja wrote: »

I have heard and may simply be coincidence mind , but some refer to blades as " fatty's " or FATTE'S , see I reckon deep down in a place you don't wanna go Fattes , you had ur heart broken by a short ski'd temptress ... I can see a passion there alright ��

Mother Mary Devine Joseph..... A wolf in sheeps clothing:eek: ....

feel like singing a tune or something to soften the effects


I'm Coming Out"

I'm coming out
I'm coming
I'm coming out
I'm coming out
I'm coming out

I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show

There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live
And I wanna give
I'm completely positive
I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never knew it
Ooh, I'll make it through

The time has come for me
To break out of this shell
I have to shout
That I am coming out

I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming
I'm (coming out) coming
(I want the world to know)
(I got to let it show)

I've got to show the world
All that I wanna be
And all my abillities
There's so much more to me
Somehow, I have to make them
Just understand
I got it well in hand
And, oh, how I've planned
I'm spreadin' love
There is no need to fear
And I just feel so good
Everytime I hear

I'm coming out
Coming
(I want the world to know)
(I got to let it show)
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show

[Instrumental Interlude]

I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show.... scat to end

Fattes

I came out years ago nobody was surprised

Fatties now generally covers skis with a waist over 100mm

Beasty

I don't think the local mods are online, so I'm going to lock this and let them have a look through the thread when they get a chance