Comments on: 24 Hours of Sunlight 2007 — Is Now History http://www.wildsnow.com/603/24-hours-of-sunlight-let-the-games-begin/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark Worley http://www.wildsnow.com/603/24-hours-of-sunlight-let-the-games-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5480 Mark Worley Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:43:15 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=603#comment-5480 It's all pretty mind boggling, and I want to get involved. Anyone who's ever been around an alpine ski race had to have laughed like I did at More Cowbell! Hilarious! It’s all pretty mind boggling, and I want to get involved. Anyone who’s ever been around an alpine ski race had to have laughed like I did at More Cowbell! Hilarious!

]]> By: Mike Marolt http://www.wildsnow.com/603/24-hours-of-sunlight-let-the-games-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 Mike Marolt Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:54:55 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=603#comment-5471 Ya, way to go Mike. There were a handful of split boards. I couldn't believe how great they worked. The change over at the top was just a simple click and go. It was super. Mike was 4th and I am almost certain the guy in 6th was on a split board as well. M Ya, way to go Mike. There were a handful of split boards. I couldn’t believe how great they worked. The change over at the top was just a simple click and go. It was super. Mike was 4th and I am almost certain the guy in 6th was on a split board as well.

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]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/603/24-hours-of-sunlight-let-the-games-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5470 Lou Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:14:08 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=603#comment-5470 Indeed, way to go Mike Schneiter a splitboard! Amazing! Indeed, way to go Mike Schneiter a splitboard! Amazing!

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/603/24-hours-of-sunlight-let-the-games-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5469 Lou Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:11:32 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=603#comment-5469 Hi Matt, there were actually quite a few people using tele gear, some on free-pivot. I think the reason tele is not better for this sort of thing is that the Dynafit setup allows one to use really ridiculously skinny and lightweight skis for the downhill because the heel is locked for max control. Trying to free-heel on skis like that would be a rodeo. Thus, it's not so much the bindings but the skis that's the critical factor. That said, the race style Dynafits the top guys are using weigh perhaps 10 ounces per ski, and getting that light with a tele binding that worked for the downhill and had a free pivot would be quite difficult. In races of this sort you don't make a lot of time by going downhill fast, but you do make up some, and not turning much saves the legs. Thus, the top guys are actually coming down doing wide turns or even striaghtlining at 50 and 60 mph. That would be pretty difficult with free-heel on a pair of skinny 150 cm skis, though not impossible. The gear is an interesting issue, as the downhill asks for good skiing equipment, but the uphill is moderate enough for a pair of nordic race skis with mohair skins and you could almost skate it. The weirdest setup we saw was a guy going up with crampons on his feet, carrying his tele skis on his pack. That spoke volumes about how open this is to trying different gear. Hi Matt, there were actually quite a few people using tele gear, some on free-pivot. I think the reason tele is not better for this sort of thing is that the Dynafit setup allows one to use really ridiculously skinny and lightweight skis for the downhill because the heel is locked for max control. Trying to free-heel on skis like that would be a rodeo. Thus, it’s not so much the bindings but the skis that’s the critical factor. That said, the race style Dynafits the top guys are using weigh perhaps 10 ounces per ski, and getting that light with a tele binding that worked for the downhill and had a free pivot would be quite difficult.

In races of this sort you don’t make a lot of time by going downhill fast, but you do make up some, and not turning much saves the legs. Thus, the top guys are actually coming down doing wide turns or even striaghtlining at 50 and 60 mph. That would be pretty difficult with free-heel on a pair of skinny 150 cm skis, though not impossible.

The gear is an interesting issue, as the downhill asks for good skiing equipment, but the uphill is moderate enough for a pair of nordic race skis with mohair skins and you could almost skate it. The weirdest setup we saw was a guy going up with crampons on his feet, carrying his tele skis on his pack. That spoke volumes about how open this is to trying different gear.

]]> By: Matt Kinney http://www.wildsnow.com/603/24-hours-of-sunlight-let-the-games-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5468 Matt Kinney Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:31:09 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=603#comment-5468 Tks lou for the great coverage. Much better and cleaner than NASCAR from Atlanta. Good show Yung Gunz and nice revcovery Pollie.. An amazing event. (any freepivot tele's hold up on the course, just curious? Looks like an exclusive AT event.) EYT Tks lou for the great coverage. Much better and cleaner than NASCAR from Atlanta.

Good show Yung Gunz and nice revcovery Pollie.. An amazing event.

(any freepivot tele’s hold up on the course, just curious? Looks like an exclusive AT event.)

EYT

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