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how to use snowshoes

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I saw this picture on the net this morning. I think I need some snowshoe lessons... maybe then I'll be able to keep up with the BC skiers heading back to the TH.
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MSR fans, that's what a pair of Tubbs can do for you! (Well, at least they look like Tubbs)
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Exiled Michigander wrote:MSR fans, that's what a pair of Tubbs can do for you! (Well, at least they look like Tubbs)
Booyah.

Tubbs fans compose the minority of snowshoe users. It's nice to see fellow Tubb-ers doing cool sh**.
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silverlynx wrote:I'm wondering how many uses I can get out of my cheapie $70 Costco snowshoes before it's time to get the Tubbs or MSRs. So far I'm up to two uses and the metal in the crampons has already bent... For some reason I don't think that would happen with a $180 pair. :-k
Through all the hell I've put my Tubbs, I'm surprised nothing has bent/broken/chipped etc. They're bomber. And they've spent a month hibernating at 13k on Sherman. Still going strong.

Definitely worth investing in a quality pair - although I remember mine being in the 200-250 range. Buy it once, buy it right.
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So you can only do this with Tubbs?
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Tubbs has great customer service also ... after way over 10 years of use by the hubby, and a subsequent broken buckle/latch, they replaced the entire foot apparatus at no charge to him. =D>
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Yikes wrote:maybe then I'll be able to keep up with the BC skiers heading back to the TH.
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Who says those are Tubbs? Atlas ones look practically the same.

So when does freestyle snowshoeing become an Olympic sport?
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That's funny
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i was gonna say those look like the older version of my Atlas shoes
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I seriously love this pair, and much to my displeasure, EMS lowered the price another $60 as they're now on clearance. As long as your between 120-210lb, you'll be golden.
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