The FIFTY - Bonus Episode - Gear Talk Ep. 1 

Well it's pretty simple. I don't.

I was hoping for the haircare line

Rub some wax on, then hit it with a hair dryer. Do this once when you first get them. Trust me, it works.

See www.wildsnow.com/27086/climbing-skins-easy-tips/

Particularly interested in how you make them stiffer:)

He has a full custom carbon cuff and uses a foam injected liner. Lots of the salomon athletes also add a scarpa maestrale strap across the ankle to improve heel hold.

@@littlelawson06 yes, this but there is more...and that's why I don't go into it really, my boots are still quite different than lets say Chris Rubens, who mods his boots as well. It's super personal and I tweak mine to my exact preferences.

Cody Townsend I can imagine. But that’s just what I worked out from Instagram stories!

@@CodyTownsend Thanks for answering but I'd still like to see this in a video, maybe you and Chris should compare your boots as well? I'd find it interesting:)

Totally agreed

Oh yeah, that'll come for sure.

I don't use those boots simply because I'm walking so much and alpine boots are really good at the down, really really bad at the up.

@@CodyTownsend Thanks. Keep up the good work. -Reverend Russell

Boot modifications are specific to each skier. Because each skier has a different shaped foot and range of dorsal flexion in their ankle's subtaylar joint, i.e. forward flex. Individuals also tend to pronate differently and may have other conditions like hallus valgus or retrocalcanial exotosies. I would never recommend that someone copy another skier's boot work simply because what works for @CodyTownsend will not work for you. Advanced boot fitting isn't a "dark art" either. It is simply a matter of someone that knows what they're doing taking a look at your bare feet inside the plastic shell and attempting to shape the generic piece of plastic that costs 800 bucks around your unique feet. I can also guarantee that no human being should be skiing in a 130 flex boot unless they had their FIS points well under 100 in their racing days. Boot flex isn't the right place to flex the ego, GoPro Hero 7 footage is what you want to spend the extra cash on. For example, I am 6'2", 230 and ski in the Atomic Waymaker Tour 110 and am in heaven when I carve perfectly round, dynamic turns after 4 hours of skinning. This, my friends, is why one should never buy ski boots online. Spend the extra cash and find someone like me that can help. Or be a former high school quarterback and things will work out like they did for the star of this video.

anLTproduction Really? Was all that jibberish necessary? You sound like you just got out of your first Master Fit boot clinic and your trying to impress your hard goods supervisor.

Boot fit is specific to each skier, but knowing what others are doing for their desired fit will give others inspiration for solving their own fit. Especially for BC skiing where there are vastly different modes of fit (tour vs down)! I have flat feet and every “expert boot fitting” made me hate touring until I listened to some salty flat-footed dirtbags about their boot mods.

I feel this as I am also recovering from a broken leg due to a skiing accident.

@@connorsmith9324 bummer! i hope your recovery goes well. i have been on the mend for 5 months now and i might have to go back under the knife. it happened in the beginning of the season too. keep me posted!

on 13k now!

j skis bladezzz

Ask the BrownBlader, he gets after it

Well this is awesome to hear. Our skis have come a long long way in the past 5 years.

Agreed! As well as that slingshot on the pegboard.

I would but I feel like it wouldn't be of much help. I've spent so many years destroying, testing, breaking and modding my boots to my preference that a bit of RU-vid time would probably just confuse or lead people down the wrong road. It's in my opinion, just best to talk to you local boot shop expert about personal needs.

Wow, thanks. I am also on the "destroying and testing" phase :). currently on QST 99 (the best ski for almost all type of conditions, except the deep pow days) with Shift and testing on Nordica StRider 130 (done some modification on the liner and some small amendments on the shell). Anyway, thank you for you feedback and hope to see you someday in Bulgaria. We have some nice places here you will enjoy. Check it out on your next visit to EU. enjoy your "FIFTY" project. Best regards Alex

I was here to read about the newest saucers??

Damn! I shoulda done a mono ski review.

That's definitely coming down the line.

@@CodyTownsend Thanks for the quick response. I really like your series and I think it's a great opportunity to inspire new ski mountaineers and backcountry skiing done safely. Some pretty gnarly lines too ;-)

Yeah we can do that for sure!

@@CodyTownsend Please do! Enjoying your videos a lot. Would like to learn the effort behind the actual filmmaking.

This works! Haha. Thanks.

@@CodyTownsend do the 50 on tele Cody. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HHMKmuBLzR8.html Respect, YEW!

same to me :D

Same here! We all know Cody loves the MTN Lab! Show us the mods! Maybe Salomon is not down with this...

yeah Solomon not down with this. Nice infomercial but no way Cody going to piss off his sponsor by showing mods and non-sponsored gear like intuition or scarpa mastrale strap. It's ok, Cody, you gotta get after it and protect the shield a bit.

@@Dizzlaeus I think it's more that my mods are super personal. A lot of people in the industry mod their boots and all of our are completely different. For instance, Chris Rubens and I mod our boots a ton but mine have a lot of differences than his because our preferences for how the boot performs are different.

Yup, those were the first turns on those skis and my freshly built boots. Unfortunately the boots didn't work to my liking and have continued to tinker.

Tomas Belan I also would love to know if anyone has found a website link for them. Such a good investment

Wondering the same... Black Crows do have similar poles, with the "bubbles" under the handle. Called Black Crows Duos Freebird.

Kai P He mounts them almost to center, I believe. Cody did an instagram story mounting skis last year and explained that he doesn’t believe forward mounting hurts performance. He’s right. I’d guess he uses the longest length skis and mounts them -1 to -3cm back from center (recommended is -6cm for QSTs)

Depends on the ski and personal preference. For the QST 118 I go -2cm from dead center, which is quite an extreme mount point that I wouldn't recommend for many people. For the QST106, I go +2cm from mount point, especially on the new ski with more tail rocker. The MTN is on the line.

@@CodyTownsend thank's for taking the time to answer me. I am excited to watch your next video!

@@CodyTownsend I'm interested as to why you mount the MTN on the line when it's so far back compared to your other skis. Does having the mount point far back really provide a big advantage on steep, firm, exposed lines or is it because of the shape of the specific ski? I'd really like to have a stiff, light ski for such lines that I can mount close to center to suit my preferences

I know! Totally blew it on that!

It's a lot of stuff. Some in the name of personal tastes, some in the name of testing. All in all though, what I do is stuff I wouldn't recommend a lot of people to do. I've spent a decade testing and helping design boots and that knowledge has given me the confidence to work / build my boots myself. But it can create problems (see Pyramid episode) and be financially irresponsible. Honestly, the best course of action is to learn from the best boot fitter in your town.

No specific hook on them but I've also never had a problem with normal poles for this.

Most definitely an episode on that.

Awesome!

Probably be available this fall I'm guessing.

@@AllenSantos99 For what it's worth, Black Crow do a very similar pole...

@@AllenSantos99 I found it, Its an Atomic model: shop.atomic.com/en-us/products/bct-freeride-sqs-aj0152.html?&variant=27196

Other brands will be tough to review as I am sponsored by Salomon. But trust that I tell you what I honestly think about them. I do test a ton of other brands but it would be hard to talk about them both positively or negatively simply because of my employer. But again, I can give you the best thoughts about the gear that I do use.