Word after word, situation after situation and feeling after feeling – life goes on like a continuous wave that we can be on top of, under or behind. I have been writing loads of words this autumn, but I have felt that they (the words) have been for me alone. Isolation from distraction seems like […]
Chapter 1 My great friend Magnus is dead. No words can describe how much he meant to me. He was like a brother. He was also a son, a brother and an incredible friend of so many people out there around the world. Magnus treated everyone the same and he was a friend to everyone […]
Packing, preparing, some nice skiing and waiting for weather windows. After years of dreaming I finally made it to New Zealand! With very little computer time I’m going to keep it short, but I promised family and friends I’d post photos, so the bigger stories and reflections will come later. Following arrival in Christchurch and […]
Like always when on the road trying to climb and ski mountains, one has to have a bit of luck. Weather at the moment here in New Zealand is tricky for mountain skiing, to say the least. After our last ski on the Footstool we went down south to Wanaka to make the best use […]
Happiness is only relative to our expectations. That’s why I like to enter every ski adventure with low expectations and an open mind. Last weekend JP Auclair sent me a message saying he got the week free for skiing and that we should catch up. Weather did not look like it would be on our […]
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Flavius
28 November, 2011This descent was … breathless. I see that you are using Dynafit boots. Myself I own a pair of Zzero 4 U-TF. I found them sometimes too soft, specially on icy slopes. What model do you use? Do you switch tongues to make them stiffer?Thank you in advanceFlavius
Andreas Fransson
1 December, 2011Yo Flavius! I use the zero as well and I think they are very good as long as its not too hard and Im going too fast. I don’t think there exist a perfect skitouring boot for super high performance. If i want perfect performance in skiing I go with my race boots. And technically I dont think its in the tongues but in the whole construction. If you get the angles right in your joints you will not have to work on your tongues. But this is a grand other science… A few years back i broke my tibia really bad and had to ski n skitouring boots the whole season, that is helping me lots today. just go with it for the moment and work the technique and we will try to figure out the perfect boot in the meantime. But i guess that wont help you. When we are finished, you will be so good you wont need one… 😉