Actually I found out the ski tradition in Altai is more like 8000 years old!!! Thank you my awesome friend for sharing these moments of discovery with me, and for making such a great film. (As usual). Many more adventures to come.
Haha! Susanna's old bones. Thanks for posting this. I'm going to pick up a pair of these soon, and this video answered all of my questions about them, especially the bindings.
Many thanks for watching ...and listening ;) Here if you like, where the skies first in use for a alpine bivouac: th-cam.com/video/ON05_C-JmdA/w-d-xo.html Best to you and yours, Sepp also for Susanne
Great video! I've had the Kar 147 UC made by OAC and now I'm thinking about buying the XCD GT 160 model. What made me choose them over Altais, is that they have more gliding surface in them (shorter mohair skins), so they are faster on even ground and downhills. Haven't tried Altais, Im sure they are awesome as well! I wish you guys get lots of snow this winter!
It looks awful cold out there Sepp, but, it also looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for letting us go along with you and Susanne. Take care and enjoy those outdoors.
Hallo Sepp Ein ganz tolles Video und eine schöne Gegend Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie noch ein ganz tolles neues Jahr und natürlich auch Susanne:-) VG Guido
I have Altai Hok skis and I love them. And you don't need to live in the mountains to use them. l live in the prairies and they are the perfect ski for tramping around the farm or acreage. I actually ski most often in larger city parks and golf courses. No groomed trails needed! Make your own trails.
Great to see you both out there and you have a little more snow the we have here:-) I like this kind of Skis but i also like my snow shoes, maybe one day i'll try them, hope to see you both soon!!! Taro
Taromovies Swiss Bushcraft & Survival Danke lieber Taro! Susanne hat extra 2 Paar gekauft um mit Kollegen rausgehen zu können. Da kommst Du sicher bald mal zum Zug ;) LG und ja hoffentlich auf bald, Sepp
Reminds me of the snow we had in the uk I had tons of time of because of it and spent the days skiing around Because I was skiing (in the uk) along the pavement I got a lot of funny looks 😂. Great videos
Thank you very much! Haha yes, my exwife always fell a shame with me and used to say to people "he don´t mean it this way" what gave me the chance to say: Yes "the joke" is exact what i mean. Gladly Sandra my wife now, understand my humor ;)) Best to you Fred!
Bushcraft North of 60 Ah very cool, we had another winterbiwak with them th-cam.com/video/ON05_C-JmdA/w-d-xo.html and yes we like them. Need to practice the downhill stuff and maybe mod the binding. But their function is great! Enjoy!
You echo my thoughts exactly. Between Lar's skis, the documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga and a National Geographic article a few years back ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/first-skiers/jenkins-text I was excited to see these skis. It helps for me the company is Canadian.
Grias enk Sepp und Susanne! Die Schis habens mir echt angetan. Wo kann man die nochmal beziehen? Ich hab nur den kanadischen/amerikanischen Store gefunden und den eingangs erwähnten französichen Store kann ich im Internet nicht finden... Lachen musst ich auch ein paar Mal beim Schauen :-) ein schönes Wochenende an euch, David
Servus Sepp, tolles Video! Die Schi kannte ich noch gar nicht, hab mir schon mal überlegt alte Tourenschi vom Schweizer Miltär zu kaufen, da gibt es desöfteren günstige Komplettangebote (Fell, Schi, Stöcke) ;) Als ich beim Bundesheer war und das erste mal mit diesen alten Schi und den halbhohen Schischuhen unterwegs war machte ich die gleiche Firgur wie du :D Lg André
~95 kg with the outfit. 145 cm, yes. But they have some problems, the binding open often, downhil is dangerous!? So at your own risk ;) On flat ground they are very good. ATB Sepp
Nice vid sepp. I've just got back from skiing in Hemsedal Norway. The Altai skis are not actually for skiing though are they? Could you damage an ankle in these skis. I noticed that the bindings lock your feet in, and there is no release mechanism in case of a fall.
Sepp & Susanne; Very nice video, You two seem to have a lot of fun together; Good friends are nice to have, but great friends are rare to find 8:) ; I like the coffee machine can they be purchased from store? Rob from Oregon
Thank you so much Rob! ...it´s similar to this picclick.de/ungarische-Espressomaschine-252612415645.html ? maybe you find something, hungarian army espit coffee and so on.
Hi Clint, for a novice i would not recommend this skies. On flat ground nice, the longer one for you. But hard to control on hard steep ground. Take care, Sepp
I will get them as soon as they become available in the US. "There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come"--- out of one of the most remote areas on Earth.
i'd probably fall and break my arse on skis, so i'll stick to snowshoes...beautiful day and lots of fun..."noisy old bones'....funny...but remember Sepp, way out in the back country, no one hears you scream!...lol...taker easy amigo...woods
Dudes, First of all you guys don't know basic high school geography -- Altai is a part of Russian Siberia. Haven't you read it on company web-site? Chinese have nothing to do with this design as it is a part of whole Siberian nations culture! And original skies covered with moose or horse skin material and are still produced in Russia for example -- Company "Poskryakov". Before making review do some research -- it is very easy to do nowdays on Internet!
DuStKalle - Actually the Altai mountains also include areas of china. Have a look at the map. More importantly have a read of the book called Two Planks and a Passion by Roland Huntsford. It describes in detail the archeological and literary history of skiing and skis. You will find that in the time when skis were invented they were widespread across snow-carrying tundra regions including much of what is now the Altai mountains. Altai people do not much care what you call them. Have a look at some of the footage in the various documentary films. Skiing is not something I think should be polluted by politics.
Well I kind of agree that siberian nations do not belong per se to China or Russia. But Siberia was a part of Russian Empire for centuries and never part of China Empire. Therefore as a matter of fact if you talk to russian people especially in Siberia they would instantly recognize those skies but if you would talk to REAL Chinese (not those nations which happen to live in northern outskirts of China) they wold have no clue what you are talking about. Russians did not invent those skies but it is part of their culture. Chinese did not invent those skies and it is not part of their culture. If you talk about fairly resent history (not archaeological) those people were part of russian empire and a great deal Siberian russian culture. I do not know Chinese language but just challenge you to find those skies sold on internet on Chinese web site while on russian sites it is a matter of common knowledge. It is not politics. If you want to refer people to ski culture in modern history you must give them right reference. Otherwise they would try to find those skies used by Chinese in vain.
Actually I found out the ski tradition in Altai is more like 8000 years old!!! Thank you my awesome friend for sharing these moments of discovery with me, and for making such a great film. (As usual). Many more adventures to come.
Thank You Susunne! I'm glad you have two times the ski ;) Happy Week, Sepp
Me too! 😎
The best of both the cross country and downhill world. Excellent time out Sepp and Susanne.Nate
Many thanks Nate ;)
Hi From Canada. I picked up a pair of FreeWalk. They are awesome,, way better then snowshoes. Thx for the video.
Haha! Susanna's old bones. Thanks for posting this. I'm going to pick up a pair of these soon, and this video answered all of my questions about them, especially the bindings.
Many thanks for watching ...and listening ;) Here if you like, where the skies first in use for a alpine bivouac: th-cam.com/video/ON05_C-JmdA/w-d-xo.html Best to you and yours, Sepp also for Susanne
Thank You once again for the winter visuals, Give Susanne a big hug for me and tell her it was from New York City.
Thank you so much my friend! Best to you and yours, Sepp also for Susanne
Ein sehr tolle Video von Dir! Es macht immer Spaß mit Dir und Susanne etwas zu unternehmen! ;)
Danke fürs mitnehmen. Beste Grüße, Timo.
Waldkult. Danke Dir lieber Timo! LG Sepp auch für Susanne
Great video! I've had the Kar 147 UC made by OAC and now I'm thinking about buying the XCD GT 160 model. What made me choose them over Altais, is that they have more gliding surface in them (shorter mohair skins), so they are faster on even ground and downhills. Haven't tried Altais, Im sure they are awesome as well! I wish you guys get lots of snow this winter!
It looks awful cold out there Sepp, but, it also looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for letting us go along with you and Susanne. Take care and enjoy those outdoors.
Thanks a lot my dear friend! Best to you and yours, Sepp also for Susanne
Very cool concept. A bit expensive for me right now but I can certainly see the benefits over snow shoes. Thanks for sharing
Yes this is a point ;) ...double price from my snowshoes, ...double use? But cool ;))
Hallo Sepp
Ein ganz tolles Video und eine schöne Gegend
Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie noch ein ganz tolles neues Jahr
und natürlich auch Susanne:-)
VG Guido
I have Altai Hok skis and I love them. And you don't need to live in the mountains to use them. l live in the prairies and they are the perfect ski for tramping around the farm or acreage. I actually ski most often in larger city parks and golf courses. No groomed trails needed! Make your own trails.
Very nice guys. You all do good work together and we get to enjoy all the beauty of winter from the warmth of our homes. :)
Haha, thank you so much Wyatt!
just got back from a day of using Altai Hoks 125cm in Silent River Provincial Park Ontario Canada. Really fun and useful skis
I haven't been on skis since 2004, but I have to get a pair of these!
Great to see you both out there and you have a little more snow the we have here:-) I like this kind of Skis but i also like my snow shoes, maybe one day i'll try them, hope to see you both soon!!! Taro
Taromovies Swiss Bushcraft & Survival Danke lieber Taro! Susanne hat extra 2 Paar gekauft um mit Kollegen rausgehen zu können. Da kommst Du sicher bald mal zum Zug ;) LG und ja hoffentlich auf bald, Sepp
Another awesome video. You live in a beautiful country. Thanks for sharing your bushcraft adventures.
Thank you so very much Bill!
Interesting alternative to snowshoes Sepp. Very nice snowy outing in the forest also. Thanks both of you. Dave
Many thanks Dave! Best to you and yours, Sepp also for Susanne
Hi Sepp klasse skitour danke fürs mitnehmen lg Enrico
Vielen Dank für´s dabei sein Enrico! Meld Dich mal für ein Outing ;)
Awesome skis! Thanks for sharing Sepp!
We are glad you liked it Richard. Best to you and yours, Sepp also for Susanne
Thank you for posting this. Which town in Austria are you from?
Thanks for watching. Im from Zell am See. Take care
Da bekommt man gleich wieder in Sehnsucht nach den Alpen! Danke mein Freund
Dass hoffe ich doch lieber Markus ;) Vielleicht klappts ja noch mal mit uns vor Mai!? LG an Euch, Sepp mit Fam.
Very cool! They look nice!
Thank you so much JJ
Reminds me of the snow we had in the uk
I had tons of time of because of it and spent the days skiing around
Because I was skiing (in the uk) along the pavement I got a lot of funny looks 😂. Great videos
Hehe cool! I would have asked ther people, can you tell me my way back to Finland? ;) Take care!
It looks like your body remembers how to be on skis even if your mind was a little cautious, nice video chaps.👍🏻
Ha yes never forget, like riding bicycle ;))
Thanks for sharing... We are looking for a good option for our kids for winter hut trips. We tried them out recently and they worked great!
That´s great Robin! Best to you and yours, Sepp
Great video
I got my Altai Skis this year as well. Haven't had a chance to take them for a spin yet.
there is the "Taïga" from Russia.
The long pole was used in Australia, early last century.
Christopher Ellis Interesting thank you
Beautiful! You are like me, I get myself in trouble by joking. It is very funny though. Wonderful Winter activity. Thank you and all the best!
Thank you very much! Haha yes, my exwife always fell a shame with me and used to say to people "he don´t mean it this way" what gave me the chance to say: Yes "the joke" is exact what i mean.
Gladly Sandra my wife now, understand my humor ;)) Best to you Fred!
As they say: "Happy Wife, Happy Life."
danke für das geile video. perfekter schnee und die ski sind klasse. bis bald
Danke lieber Cosmo, Ja auf bald! ;) LG Sepp
Ahoi Sepp. Diese Art von Skiern kannte ich noch gar nicht. Sehen sehr interessant aus! Grüße, Azze
Das sind sie mein Freund, Danke Azze.
That was fun. I'm going to look into a pair of those.
that looks like my style of ski / walk, nice and steady. And the coast back downhill for hot coffee. result.
Im glad you like it ;) ATB Sepp also for Susanne.
I finally ordered a set of these. Now for the wait! So excited to hit the bush with them. Are you still liking them? Thanks.
Bushcraft North of 60 Ah very cool, we had another winterbiwak with them th-cam.com/video/ON05_C-JmdA/w-d-xo.html and yes we like them. Need to practice the downhill stuff and maybe mod the binding. But their function is great! Enjoy!
I really want to try a set of these up here in the NWT. Lars on Survival Russia really got me interested in them. Thanks for sharing.
You echo my thoughts exactly. Between Lar's skis, the documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga and a National Geographic article a few years back ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/first-skiers/jenkins-text I was excited to see these skis. It helps for me the company is Canadian.
Thank you for watching! ATB Sepp also for Susanne.
Hi Sepp klasse Schnee Tour die Ski machen echt was her cool.
LG Helli
Ja die machen Spaß, für die Streif brauch ich aber noch Übung, haha. Hoffe wir ziehen bald wieder los!? LG Sepp
Moin. Great tour 👍 Susanne looks admirable onto skis, and Sepp looks like me 😅 LG Vester aus dem Pott
Haha, danke Vester ;) Da schau´ma ja gut aus!
Awesome schis oder skis. Thanks for sharing. ATB. Nigel
Haha, danke Nigel! We see us!
WOW !!! 2017 is going to be fun :) Exciting to watch - quite a workout. Love the skis
Hi Sepp, immer die Ski bevorzugen, wenn es irgendwie geht ! :) Machen sich ganz gut die Altais.
Liebe Grüße, Tim
Danke sehr Tim! Genau ;) LG Sepp
Grias enk Sepp und Susanne!
Die Schis habens mir echt angetan. Wo kann man die nochmal beziehen? Ich hab nur den kanadischen/amerikanischen Store gefunden und den eingangs erwähnten französichen Store kann ich im Internet nicht finden...
Lachen musst ich auch ein paar Mal beim Schauen :-)
ein schönes Wochenende an euch,
David
Überlebe! Vielen lieben Dank David ;) altaiskis.com da hat Susanne bezogen. LG Sepp
Very cool. On the downhills, do you use the edges for turning? Love that you can use with any boot.
Thank you Christopher, Yes also on ice, you do not slide sideways!? ;)
Super video. Thank you!
Frank Brown Thank you very much!
Servus Sepp, tolles Video! Die Schi kannte ich noch gar nicht, hab mir schon mal überlegt alte Tourenschi vom Schweizer Miltär zu kaufen, da gibt es desöfteren günstige Komplettangebote (Fell, Schi, Stöcke) ;) Als ich beim Bundesheer war und das erste mal mit diesen alten Schi und den halbhohen Schischuhen unterwegs war machte ich die gleiche Firgur wie du :D Lg André
Alps Outdoor Hehe aber coole und günstige Idee! LG Sepp
Alps Outdoor sekis
Great video, I have been thinking about buying these myself. Sepp, what size are you using?? There website shows 125cm and a newer length of 145cm??
Ok, I just saw in the video that you are on the 145 cm, how much do you weigh? Wieviel wiegen Sie??
~95 kg with the outfit. 145 cm, yes. But they have some problems, the binding open often, downhil is dangerous!? So at your own risk ;) On flat ground they are very good. ATB Sepp
Nice vid sepp. I've just got back from skiing in Hemsedal Norway. The Altai skis are not actually for skiing though are they? Could you damage an ankle in these skis. I noticed that the bindings lock your feet in, and there is no release mechanism in case of a fall.
Ah cool, hope you had a good time! Yes for sure! Maybe it´s good you can not ride fast with em ;) ATB Shane!
Sepp & Susanne; Very nice video, You two seem to have a lot of fun together; Good friends are nice to have, but great friends are rare to find 8:) ; I like the coffee machine can they be purchased from store? Rob from Oregon
Thank you so much Rob! ...it´s similar to this picclick.de/ungarische-Espressomaschine-252612415645.html ? maybe you find something, hungarian army espit coffee and so on.
Servus Sepp - richtig tolle Inhalte hast du bei deinen Videos! Gefällt mir richtig gut die Altaiskis-Ski. Beste Grüße und bis bald auf YT - edi
Life is outdoors Herzlichen Dank lieber Edi! LG Sepp
Very impressive Brian 76
Thank you Brian!
So I'm NOT a skier (yet), weigh 180 lbs, and am 6'1. Would you recommend 125cm vs. 145cm for a novice?
Hi Clint, for a novice i would not recommend this skies. On flat ground nice, the longer one for you. But hard to control on hard steep ground. Take care, Sepp
@@Waldhandwerk thanks so much!
What kind of boots do you wear with those gems?
Meanwhile Lowa Winter Trekking boots.
great vídeo hommies
Thank you ;)
I will get them as soon as they become available in the US.
"There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come"--- out of one of the most remote areas on Earth.
Nice, enjoy!
Get episode!!! what were you boiling? Distilling something? :D Cheers!!!
Hehe, just coffee! ;) Hungarin Army Espresso "machine"
Good video
Thanks
Ich mag die Schnee ^^
;) me too
i'd probably fall and break my arse on skis, so i'll stick to snowshoes...beautiful day and lots of fun..."noisy old bones'....funny...but remember Sepp, way out in the back country, no one hears you scream!...lol...taker easy amigo...woods
Haha, yes my good friend, this was the most dangerous part ;)) Take care Woods.
Altai people are mostly in Russia.
Actually not really Chinese, more like Central Asia Steppes - Altai Mountains.
So think Mongols, Kazhaks etc.
Dudes, First of all you guys don't know basic high school geography -- Altai is a part of Russian Siberia. Haven't you read it on company web-site? Chinese have nothing to do with this design as it is a part of whole Siberian nations culture! And original skies covered with moose or horse skin material and are still produced in Russia for example -- Company "Poskryakov". Before making review do some research -- it is very easy to do nowdays on Internet!
DuStKalle - Actually the Altai mountains also include areas of china. Have a look at the map. More importantly have a read of the book called Two Planks and a Passion by Roland Huntsford. It describes in detail the archeological and literary history of skiing and skis. You will find that in the time when skis were invented they were widespread across snow-carrying tundra regions including much of what is now the Altai mountains. Altai people do not much care what you call them. Have a look at some of the footage in the various documentary films. Skiing is not something I think should be polluted by politics.
Well I kind of agree that siberian nations do not belong per se to China or Russia. But Siberia was a part of Russian Empire for centuries and never part of China Empire. Therefore as a matter of fact if you talk to russian people especially in Siberia they would instantly recognize those skies but if you would talk to REAL Chinese (not those nations which happen to live in northern outskirts of China) they wold have no clue what you are talking about. Russians did not invent those skies but it is part of their culture. Chinese did not invent those skies and it is not part of their culture. If you talk about fairly resent history (not archaeological) those people were part of russian empire and a great deal Siberian russian culture. I do not know Chinese language but just challenge you to find those skies sold on internet on Chinese web site while on russian sites it is a matter of common knowledge. It is not politics. If you want to refer people to ski culture in modern history you must give them right reference. Otherwise they would try to find those skies used by Chinese in vain.
Check out Yupi SkiShoes; on TH-cam. > Whistler BC.
Altai mountains are located In Russia, not China!
Not as Versatile as Yupi SkiShoes but, I have to say I look all of it. Too back people don't Het it,;#$%^&#$%^& YET>.
I have OAC XCD 160s, they work better for me. Enjoy the skiing!🎿👌