Christian Skalka

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Profile: Christian Skalka and his wife Susan live in Burlington, VT, where he is a Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Vermont. In the winter you’ll often find them at Mad River Glen

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  • Jim Milstein: Andrew, I can only applaud the maple syrup of your region. As catnip is to ...
  • Andrew Wagner: Jim, we DO have good terrain, and we DO have good snow (occasionally). Only...
  • Jim Milstein: Andrew's note reminds me of the years spent trying to ski in New England. S...
  • Andrew Wagner: I think this tight rope maybe at its narrowest and most threadbare in the N...
  • Thom Mackris: Nice teardown, Lou!...
  • See: Thanks for the science, Lou. I couldn’t believe those screws would hold in ...
  • XXX_er: I think steel is likely to be more hardy and aluminum looks purdier but at...
  • Alex: Dabe, Thank you! I really like the spitfires. Sportiva boots fit my feet su...
  • Cody: sooo....when are we going to get a topless on snow review? :P...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Zippy, thanks for your patience. Jim, please go easy on the attempts at hum...
  • Dabe: How do you like your spitfires? Great report & photos!...
  • Jim Milstein: A longitudinal line runs lengthwise along the ski. There can be no dispute ...
  • Frame: Zippi, I think it comes down to interpretation. I interpret longitudinal ce...
  • atfred: How about "ski width midpoint"? Points should be the same wherever measured...
  • trollanski: High five to Roman Dial and others for proving this...Great vids on youtube...
  • Thom Mackris: In case any Coloradans are interested, I just learned that the 1st Annual C...
  • Joe John: Looks like fun. Someone should send one to the German that swims to work i...
  • zippy the pinhead: Hi Jim, I fail to understand why you insist on using a word which relate...
  • Jim Milstein: Longitudinal center line is exactly the term you want. No ambiguity. If you...
  • zippy the pinhead: Exercising my search-engine-fu, I came up with a couple of antonyms for lon...
  • Sedgesprite: AKA: Poor Man's Supercub. Roman Dial has been advocating them for years. Eq...
  • Lisa Dawson: Sure looks like fun. My achy knees agree!...
  • Alex: alas....if only a kayak could fit in my packpack, yes I would have a melt d...
  • biggb: Shhhh ... don't tell this guy about whitewater kayaking ... he might have a...
  • Crazy Horse: Lou, the thing is, solutions that actually have a chance of solving the hou...
  • Jim Milstein: Center line...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Crazy, I keep thinking that if the political will was there, then the land ...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Bill, re the waste disposal, it's handled just like any other hook ups....
  • Lou Dawson 2: Zippy and all, I agree, longitudinal is probably not the best word. I did a...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Afox, yeah, the way most ski graphics are applied to skis is not inherently...

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