Comments on: Backcountry Skiing News Roundup — Lawsuits and Skiing Robots

By: RandoSwede

RandoSwede — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:11:44 +0000

Seems that “It’s all about the down” rings a bit hollow now…

By: Mark W

Mark W — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:44:14 +0000

That robot carves quite precisely. And good for the guy who climbed Kilimanjaro with his arms. Great story. The Dynafit video was alright, but not spectacular.

By: Col

Col — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:08:59 +0000

How about the “I used to be a backcountry snowboarder… until I tried to follow a 70 year old on dynafits” story? My leg muscles were shouting “Wait, I want that!”

Now I’ve got another season or two of ski practice before I can go back to ski my old lines! It’s well worth the learning curve though. Even a splitboard cannot touch a good touring setup on a deep, short, flat slope between pitches. That being said, I’m not convinced skis will ever touch the feeling of laying over sideways arcing one edge through deep pow.

I agree that it’s really the love of the mountains and snow that drives us uphill and down.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:22:28 +0000

Eric, good points, keep speaking up!

By: Eric Steig

Eric Steig — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:46:51 +0000

I guess I’m old fashioned, and I can’t blame Dynafit for their promo video, but I think it’s a bit sad that the theme always has to be “I used to downhill ski and then discovered my leg muscles.” What about those of us that got into backcountry skiing from a love of mountains, and used to do all this stuff on soft, low-cuff leather boots and cross country skis? The revolution has been in both directions! And more that latter than the former, I’d say.

But it won’t sell as many bindings I suppose.