well 4 million vert from Andy is hard to argue with. I am sure I would be fine on any skins..and as I always say if you think I am lying just cause I am sponsored it says more about you than me…your not in this business for long if your a liar….never had a glue problem or skin problem ever….if I slide back once or twice it is not big deal and I don't blame it on the skins. If you want to complain about sliding back then try cross country skiing a 80km loppet and getting the wax wrong…we still don't complain, we just dig in and rip.
And if you think cause I get paid and free shit, i never have to worry about issues your wrong, just never had any on any equipment in 23 years, hope you get the issues sorted with your skins, the boyz at g3 are great guys easy to talk to but I think like anything more issues are caused by misuse, not reading instructions, or rushin to do stuff than bad gear, all of it is so good these days!
For example since the North face has put out their abs bag we have had a number of problems as they store the bag in store with no cartridge, but the handle in, which in an abs is a big no no, guys see the pack pull the handle and dry fire the bag which can damage the pin, some worker in a store did this, then actually sold it and the guy who bought it when test firing said it never went off…then we had to explain what had happened and we need the bag back to see if any internal parts are damaged..all of this because North Face has all their bags in the store and no one has done any research on them or bothered to learn…this is not the answer to every problem but a lot of things are misuse by store, misuse by customers, that is why instructions come with…
Skins are pretty easy, pull plastic wrap off, use skin tool, fold skins in thirds and at the end of the day dry them out..during the summer put mesh between skins and store in dry dark place..next season pull them out and use again…
I did not set out to diss G3 skins. I used tractor skins for 3 years with no issues.The Two sets of G3 skins I had this year were a nightmare. I have done some checking around on other forums(splitboard.com and snowboard.com) and have found that the G3 skins for splitboards have started to get a reputation for snow packing between the skin and the board.
I dont give a shit if I slip a few times or dont glide as fast as the guy in front of me. But If I pay almost 200 bucks for a set of skins they better at least stay solid on my board for one run. I dont care if someone has skinned 10 million miles with G3 skins with no problems.The bottom line is you rely on your skins to get you in and out of areas problem free. The fact that this is happening at all is laim and I hope they figure it out.
Yes they are good at replacing them but that does not help you when you are 20km out and your skin has 10 pounds of snow stuck under it.
only 35 but still beat the 30-39 BC cup Champion 4 out of 6 races
