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Εντάξει, δεν πειράζει. Εμένα φέτος μου έκαναν συγκλονιστική οικονομία. Αν τους νοιάζουν μόνο οι επισκέπτες, ας βολευτούν με τους επισκέπτες.

Έχουμε κανένα νέο για την αποκατάσταση λειτουργίας του Ηρακλή; Χωρις αυτόν η αναμονή και η ταλαιπωρία είναι τέτοια που εγώ τουλάχιστον ούτε του χρόνου θα το τιμήσω το κέντρο. Αν ακούει κανείς από το χιονοδρομικό, καλό θα ήταν να λάβει υπόψη ότι αυτό το γράφει ένας από τους πιο πιστούς πελάτες του ΧΚΠ τα τελευταία 30 χρόνια.

Καιρός Ιουνίου

Δεν είναι από χιονοδρομικό, αλλά έγινε με τηλεκαμπίνα: One person has been killed and 10 others injured after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole and burst open in southern Turkey. Passengers plummeted to the ground following the crash on Friday evening after the supporting pylon collapsed near Antalya. The whole cable car system was immobilised while emergency workers tried to evacuate stranded passengers. An investigation into the accident has been opened, the justice ministry said. According to Turkey's disaster and emergency management agency a total of 128 passengers were rescued from the 16 cable cars on Friday night in Antalya's Konyaaltı district. But, officials said 43 passengers remained stranded by Saturday morning. Getty Images Throughout Saturday, search and rescue operations continued for the people trapped in the cabins at the Tunektepe Cable Car Facility, Konyaalti district in Antalya Seven helicopters and more than 500 rescuers, including specialist mountaineers, remained at the scene on Saturday, the Turkish interior ministry said in a social media post. Turkey's Health Minister Dr Fahrettin Koca also paid his respects on X. "May God have mercy on our citizen who lost his life in the accident," he said. "I wish a speedy recovery to our injured, and I wish a speedy recovery to the rescued and waiting to be rescued victims." The cable car is run by the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and carries tourists from Konyaalti beach to a restaurant and viewing platform at the summit of the 618m (2027ft) Tunektepe peak. According to the information on its website, the cable car has 36 cabins with a capacity of six people each. It takes an average of nine minutes to go uphill to the Tunektepe facility with panoramic views of Antalya. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68806204 (κλικ στο λιγκ για να παίξει και το βίντεο)

Ψήνομαι, αν και υποψιάζομαι ότι θα είναι ελαφρώς τσαμπουκαλεμένα για τα κυβικά μου. Βέβαια, άλλη μια χρονιά σαν την φετινή και θα αρχίσω να ψάχνω για θαλάσσια σκι...

Αυτό το αρθράκι ήταν και ολίγον διαφήμιση από την Φελκλ, αλλά για να λέμε του στραβού το δίκιο, ειδικά στις Ελληνικές συνθήκες, τέτοια πέδιλα θελουμε, όχι κατοστάρια και 120άρια…

These Carving Skis Have Me Questioning My Identity as a Powder Skier If carving the groomed side of the mountain is this fun, maybe I’m not a jam band-loving powder skier after all? Graham AverillApr 12, 2024 Photo: Courtesy Völkl Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I experienced an identity crisis this winter. In my heart, I’m a powder skier, most comfortable knee-deep in the woods, expertly avoiding tree wells far away from the groomers. Naturally, I’ve always gravitated towards skis that are appropriate for that type of terrain. Give me boards with a triple-digit waist and more rocker than your grandma’s chair. Because, in my mind, I live a life where I chase storms and float fat pow, and I need the appropriate gear to live that life to its fullest. If anyone asks, I identify as a powder skier, and I have a penchant for jam bands and pocket burritos to prove it. The trouble is, I live on the East Coast and ski mostly hard-packed powder and ice mixed with a touch of crud. I’m like a surfer stuck in Kansas. But I’m stubborn, so I’ve always skied powder skis anyway, forcing fat skis to carve turns on my overly groomed home slopes. Finding the edge of these wide boards has never been easy, but performance be damned, powder skiers need powder skis. Similar Reads But something interesting happened after I was “forced” to test the new Völkl Peregrine 82 this winter (Völkl also released an 80-millimeter Peregrine this season). This new addition to Völkl’s lineup is an all-mountain ski designed to handle changing conditions, from hardpack to slush to ice and crud. In other words, the exact conditions I ski all the time. The Peregrine model is only 82 millimeters underfoot, putting it into frontside ski territory, which sounds boring as hell to snobby powder skiers. But damn, these skis are anything but boring. The Peregrine isn’t a cruiser; it’s an aggressive on-piste ski that’s super agile, especially at higher speeds, transforming a ho-hum groomed slope into a playground for hard chargers. The author put the 2024-’25 Völkl Peregrine 82 all-mountain carving skis to the test at his home resort of Cataloochee, N.C. during a less-than-stellar snow year. (Photo: Graham Averill ) Völkl is known for loading its skis with all kinds of proprietary tech, and the Peregrine is no exception. They feature a layer of carbon in the tips, which helps distribute energy (you’ll notice a peppy rebound during the turn), and a metal frame width that’s adjusted based on the length of the ski to tailor stiffness to the user’s physical build. The Peregrine also comes pre-mounted with the LowRide Integrated Binding System, which includes a wider binding design connected directly to the wood core that drops your center of gravity by putting the bottom of your boot closer to the top of the ski. Hold the Peregrine up against most other skis at the mountain and you’ll notice less of a gap between the boot and the binding plateau. All of this tech is designed to create a ski that’s incredibly responsive and easy to initiate at the beginning of a turn. You find the edge quickly, and when you pressure it, you can feel a bit of flex in the tips helping you complete the turn. In other words, it takes very little effort to whip the Peregrine around in typical resort conditions. But that doesn’t mean you can sit back and cruise, because these things want to go fast and you need to stay on them—they’re snappy. And yet, the Peregrine is also surprisingly forgiving. I don’t have perfect technique, but these skis make me a better skier in the same way that a well-tuned full-suspension bike makes me a better mountain biker—it does a lot of the work for me. That’s not to say the Peregrine 82 is for beginners. It wants to go fast, and Völkl has positioned it on the speedy side of its all-mountain carver lineup. It’s named after the fastest animal on the planet, after all, so buyer be warned. In my experience, they shine when you’re taking an aggressive line down steeps. Conversely, I thought they got antsy when I forced them into slow, languid turns across the slope. It felt like cruising a 25mph neighborhood street in a Lambo—you could do it, but why? I skied the Peregrine 82 steadily at North Carolina’s Cataloochee, my home resort here in the Southeast, during a winter that was plagued by a vicious freeze-thaw cycle with not enough natural snow to get excited about, but the Peregrine made this season’s lackluster conditions more fun. I love deep pow and face shots as much as the next guy who wears flannel as a mid-layer, but it turns out carving groomers is a blast on these skis. I never had more fun skiing “packed powder” in my life. All of a sudden, ripping the frontside of the mountain became interesting again. As I said, the Peregrine 82 is so much fun that they have me questioning my identity altogether. If carving the groomed side of the mountain is this amazing, maybe I’m not a jam band-loving powder skier after all? Maybe I like yacht rock and overpriced resort burgers? I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer, but a ski like the Peregrine 82 might become even more relevant as ski conditions across the country become more hit-or-miss. How many weeks were people skiing East Coast conditions in Colorado this winter? You might want to consider adding to your quiver a ski that makes ripping firm groomers fun as hell. 2024-’25 Völkl Peregrine 82 Specifications (Photo: Courtesy Völkl ) Available lengths 162, 167, 172, 177, 182 Dimensions 128-82-111 mm Radius (3D Radius Technology) (R1) 27 m, (R2) 15 m, (R3) 23 m Core Multilayer wood core with Tailored Titanal Frame Included binding Marker Lowride 13 FR https://www.skimag.com/gear/ski-reviews/frontside-skis/volkl-peregrine-82-review-first-look/?utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=skimagazine-instagram

Το κοιτάμε. Αυτός δημιουργεί ένα λογαριασμο κάθε φορά και με αυτόν ποστάρει καμία 30ρια μηνύματα. Αρκεί ενα report σε ΕΝΑ από αυτά για να μου έρθει mail να μου τον επισημάνει, να τον κάνω flagged as spammer και να γίνουν αόρατα όλα τα μηνύματα που έχει ποστάρει με αυτό τον λογαριασμό.

Όταν βλέπετε τέτοια, κάντε ένα report. Είναι ο πιο εύκολος τρόπος για να τους ξεφορτωνόμαστε όσο πιο γρήγορα γίνεται.

Ωραίο και αγαπημένο το Avoriaz. Συνήθως εμείς πηγαίναμε μονοήμερο ανεβαίνοντας από την μεριά του champery. που έχει και τον καλύτερο προσανατολισμό.

Θα το καταχωρήσω στα -σύντομα- ανέκδοτα: "Έβαλα χιονολάστιχα για τη σεζόν 23-24". 👌

Λογικο.

Λόγω των ετήσιων καρτών ισως; Αναρωτιέμαι πόσες έκοψαν φέτος

Σήμερα φαινόντουσαν κάτι περίεργα σύννεφα προς την θάλασσα τα οποία φαντάστηκα ότι ήταν Αφρικανική σκόνη. Τελικά ήταν... ομίχλη η οποία έπιασε παραλία το μεσημεράκι και δημιούργησε σούρεαλ σκηνικό στην Αθηναϊκή Ριβιέρα. Το είδαμε και αυτό φέτος.

Και το ξαναγράφω: Μετά από 30 χρόνια στα οποία δεν άλλαξε τίποτα ουσιαστικό, κουράστηκα, απογοητεύτηκα, αγανάκτησα. Δεν μπορώ να ασχολούμαι άλλο με αυτούς, ή με τις 800 διαφορετικές υπηρεσίες και οργανισμούς που δεν ξέρουν ποιος είναι υπεύθυνος και για τι. Σε αυτή τη χώρα δεν θα αλλάξει ποτέ τίποτα ουσιαστικό για την χιονοδρομία, ούτε καν για το ΕΝΑ χιονοδρομικό μας που θα μπορούσε πράγματι να γίνει αξιόλογο. Όποιος έχει χρήματα και χρόνο για μια εβδομάδα στις Άλπεις κάθε χρόνο θα κάνει τραγικό λάθος να μην τα δίνει εκεί. Για τους υπόλοιπους, κλάφτα Χαράλαμπε.