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I have been pondering lately, and I have noticed that a lot of the ski-touring community is not hesh. Simply put, they are in tight pants, DPS whalers with pin bindings and there is no steeze about it. Just your average dentist who takes his Tacoma to rogers pass for the weekend to run shit laps of 8812 Bowl. How can we bring a more hesh scene to ski touring?
More park kids need to get on the touring wave. Literally even if ur just a Midwest rat just get daymakers, some skins, find a cool zone on the backside of ur 500vert hill and build a jump to fuck around with for the day
I can't tour with my normal ski pants cause I'm scared I'll step on them with crampons and fall or rip them. honestly, when I'm in the backcountry and skiing/climbing I don't care about how I look I care about functionality and safety
This was gonna go in the skiier confession thread but it’s honestly too depraved: i ski the resort on on3ps and XL arsenic big strides because I think I’m still the park rat I was as a teenager - but 80% of my ski days out are backcountry, wearing regular fit soft shell pants, planks I know the weights of by heart, and pin bindings made in a cnc machine by some Italian guy
however. you’re barking up the wrong tree. Even in the most purely uphill 86w skimo land there’s some chillers. Noah Dines? Jack Kuenzle? Maybe hesh is the wrong word but these dudes ill as fuck regardless of pant size
living in backcountry ski bum world is pretty much a less centralized version of Hood and Baker parking lots in their peaks. Yeah there’s lots of elitism from the weekend warriors but shit, it’s skiing. There’s a sick culture hidden under all the rich bs, same as park.
BenchhitterThis was gonna go in the skiier confession thread but it’s honestly too depraved: i ski the resort on on3ps and XL arsenic big strides because I think I’m still the park rat I was as a teenager - but 80% of my ski days out are backcountry, wearing regular fit soft shell pants, planks I know the weights of by heart, and pin bindings made in a cnc machine by some Italian guy
however. you’re barking up the wrong tree. Even in the most purely uphill 86w skimo land there’s some chillers. Noah Dines? Jack Kuenzle? Maybe hesh is the wrong word but these dudes ill as fuck regardless of pant size
living in backcountry ski bum world is pretty much a less centralized version of Hood and Baker parking lots in their peaks. Yeah there’s lots of elitism from the weekend warriors but shit, it’s skiing. There’s a sick culture hidden under all the rich bs, same as park.
this description sounds more core or purist whereas Hesh is more an abstraction than anything, heard someone say “having an autistic girlfriend is hesh” the other day.
Touring is about practicality over fashion. Baggy clothing isnt warm. It wont save your ass when you gotta spend the night outside. Less material is lighter! A xxl outfit will weigh a pound or 3. Techincal wear is like wearing nothing at all. When hiking, weight becomes an issue. Also, there are no lodges to take shelter and dry out with a beer and some fries.
Im going to point out that touring means getting away from the crowds. Consequently, rescue will be difficult too. If you build a mother hucker of a jump and dislocate your hip on a bad landing, you are stuck there for a while until help arrives. Looking cool should be last on your mind in the back country.
Now for jerries… look at the park: place is full of jerries and inbred offsprings. They are everywhere, get over it.
last point is this: I own everything OP hates and I can fucking shred.
The only part of ski touring that I think is lame as hell is the weight weenies. Unless your like the ultimate skimo kinda of guy that is super fit and doesnt have some weight to shed off the body, why are we looking at splitting hairs on weights of brakes.
That being said I am baggy clothes till I die in the BC
Touring is cool. My touring is mostly wandering around in chill terrain without hurry. I usually use the same clothing in park. I ski park on my touring skis sometimes and I will keep doing so in the future.
KungKalmarTouring is cool. My touring is mostly wandering around in chill terrain without hurry. I usually use the same clothing in park. I ski park on my touring skis sometimes and I will keep doing so in the future.
DraculaFlowThe only part of ski touring that I think is lame as hell is the weight weenies. Unless your like the ultimate skimo kinda of guy that is super fit and doesnt have some weight to shed off the body, why are we looking at splitting hairs on weights of brakes.
That being said I am baggy clothes till I die in the BC
freestyler540Touring is about practicality over fashion. Baggy clothing isnt warm. It wont save your ass when you gotta spend the night outside. Less material is lighter! A xxl outfit will weigh a pound or 3. Techincal wear is like wearing nothing at all. When hiking, weight becomes an issue. Also, there are no lodges to take shelter and dry out with a beer and some fries.
Im going to point out that touring means getting away from the crowds. Consequently, rescue will be difficult too. If you build a mother hucker of a jump and dislocate your hip on a bad landing, you are stuck there for a while until help arrives. Looking cool should be last on your mind in the back country.
Now for jerries… look at the park: place is full of jerries and inbred offsprings. They are everywhere, get over it.
last point is this: I own everything OP hates and I can fucking shred.
says the self-proclaimed shredder... recognition of skill comes from others, otherwise it is biased and therefore invalid.
not to mention kootenay pass is blown..
**This post was edited on Dec 16th 2024 at 5:46:18pm
pivotsexualsays the self-proclaimed shredder... recognition of skill comes from others, otherwise it is biased and therefore invalid.
not to mention kootenay pass is blown..
**This post was edited on Dec 16th 2024 at 5:46:18pm
Damn we got socrates in a sandbox helmet over here . Great to see a fearless hesh warlord bringing much needed law and order to free expression
pivotsexualsays the self-proclaimed shredder... recognition of skill comes from others, otherwise it is biased and therefore invalid.
not to mention kootenay pass is blown..
**This post was edited on Dec 16th 2024 at 5:46:18pm
Why you gotta bring stagleap provincial park into this😭😭😭😭
pivotsexualsays the self-proclaimed shredder... recognition of skill comes from others, otherwise it is biased and therefore invalid.
not to mention kootenay pass is blown..
**This post was edited on Dec 16th 2024 at 5:46:18pm
3 of my roommates only tour, and all used to be incredible park skiers. They all love skiing big backcountry lines and will pass skimo dudes on a skintrack, but they are anti looking like skimo dudes. They wear Hug Your Homies handprinted thrifted shit cause it'll makes them way faster on the skinner. Breathability feels like nothing. Trapping in heat and sweat feels like a hug. Hugging Your Homies and Telling Them You Love Them, feels good. Case and Point. Problem Solved. Hesh and steezy.
hug.yourhomies3 of my roommates only tour, and all used to be incredible park skiers. They all love skiing big backcountry lines and will pass skimo dudes on a skintrack, but they are anti looking like skimo dudes. They wear Hug Your Homies handprinted thrifted shit cause it'll makes them way faster on the skinner. Breathability feels like nothing. Trapping in heat and sweat feels like a hug. Hugging Your Homies and Telling Them You Love Them, feels good. Case in Point. Problem Solved. Hesh and steezy.
