Cross Country Skiing

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Borrowed one of these from a friend before taking our four year old skiiing for the first time. Couldn't have asked for a better tool to help us get him on and off the ski lifts, and up off the ground when he fell. Our son liked it too, as it didn't hurt or pull on him when we lifted him. We're buying our own for the next trip to the snow. Really made a great difference in our ski-days.

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this 4 CD box has most of the familiar James Bond compositions. Still,some tunes are missing(from for instance Thunderball and For Your Eyes Only)and most of the time the attention is on the instrumental version of the title track which is a bit of a shame.And yet,there are too many great pieces on this collection to make it a failure.Alpine Drive,Dawn Raid at Fort Knox,On Her Majesty's Secret Service(every track),Miss Goodhead and so on.All great pieces that not only show the great talent of John Barry but also the great power of James Bond films.Cause when you hear the music,you see the scenes in front of you. Very much a recommendation to all Bond and Barry fans although sometimes it focusses too much on title songs.The only solution is to buy all separate soundtracks.

Very nice packaging and good tracks from the Bond music library make this an anoutstanding item. "From Russia With Love" and "Diamonds Are Forever" contain beautiful and energetic renditions. The John Barry music is handled quite well. I didn't real care for the David Arnold selections. "The World Is Not Enough" was weak. Overall it is a good collection just the same.

I when I read some of the reviews of this I thought that this was a complete collection of all the originals of the Theme songs of every James Bond movie and remakes done by the Prague Philharmonic of some of the other songs in the various movies. After recieveing this ... I started to listen to it and found out that it was all done by the orchestra. The are very good, but to a point it is not the same thing as owning a disc will all the orignal songs on it. Overall, this good if all the you want is the orchestral versions of most of the songs in the movies or the suites out of some of the movies. To a point these don't compare to the orignals. Keep looking if you want a set with all the orignals songs in it.

Let's cut to the chase. Nic Raine and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra do John Barry's work justice. 90% of this collection is as close as you can get to the original James Bond soundtracks. The other 10% lends itself to some artistic license with respect to the arrangements. Most notable is the main theme to Goldfinger. Also Nic slips in a few previously unreleased tracks. You will find these on the On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Golden Eye tracks. This CD boxed set is definitely made for the Bond soundtrack fan. The die hard John Barry "purist"/ traditionalist may find some of these tracks questionable at first, but after a few times Nic Raine's artistic license gives a fresh perspective to the familiar Bond/ Barry themes. The only reservation I have with this CD set is with some of selections that are performed. For instance, from Goldfinger, "Dawn Raid At Fort Knox" was a poor selection considering the selection available on that particular soundtrack. The most famous 007 soundtrack of all I dare say. Overall Nic hits the mark, and this CD set is a tribute to Barry's (as well as, George Martin's, Marvin Hamlish's, and Bill Conti's and David Arnold's) work. It's all here in one collection. I am a die-hard Bond soundtrack fan, and to the casual soundtrack fan I say this CD is set all you need to experience the Bond music legacy. To those who are hard core 007 soundtrack fans ...this is a FANTASTIC "addition" to your collection. This has to be the BEST (and probably the only) 007 "soundtrack" compilation. Whereas all the others feature the "main themes" from the Bond films as originally recorded, this one truly gives you the Bond experience.

This is similar but more comprehensive than another BOND collection on one CD by the City of Prague Philharmonic. These are good renditions but clearly not the orginals. I must ask if the Prague Philharmonic does not own a harp? It is glaringly missing in the Goldfinger themes and i am sure on others. That harp is an exciting and beautiful touch to the wonderful GOLDFINGER theme and its absents is unfortuneatly very noticeable. Also some of the other themes can even sound muzaky if thats a word(elevator music) It gets 3 solid stars good collection yet defineatly something is lacking.

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Great video, classic Warren Miller. Awesome Blue Ray quality and theater sound makes this a must have for skiers and snowboarders. I have seen most of Warren Miller films and this one is very unique with the stories and adventures. Highly recommended.

The joy of all earlier Warren Miller movies was the crusty commentary by Miller. He doesn't do it any more and in its place is a banal, high volume thumping music and stupid commentary. I would advise missing this movie.

As another reviewer says, Warren Miller is no longer involved in Warren Miller movies and it shows. One things you could always count on in Warren Miller films was lots and lots of great skiing action. In this one, most segments feature more talking than actual skiing! It's unfortunate because what skiing they do show looks absolutely jaw dropping in HD.

My husband and I are huge fans of the Warren Miller films. When Johnny Mosley started to narrate in previous films we were like this sucks. He gets better and better every film. Although we do miss Warren so so much. Great film as always. I am from NH and ski at Okemo a lot as my season pass is good there, I really hate how they make it look like the Wobbly Barn (where the band does their gig) is at Okemo, it is really at Killington. The skit with Jason Biggs was drawn out and cheesy. I love the ski joring part, so awesome! Can't wait to see what next years film will be. Enjoy!

It is sad that this title was sold by his kid to a company that doesn't really get it. They probably didn't like the production costs and they certainly don't have the sense of humor. I'm sorry that this is one of the few of this series in Blu-Ray, because it does not live up to expectations. The key year is 2004, before that Warren Miller was the man in charge, now it is "Time, Inc" and you might just as well buy any other skiing movie. I was disappointed in the film, it lacks the life of the Miller films, that made me go and search the net to see why it has all gone wrong. Save your money and hope they re-issue the old movies.

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If you love rails...get it. If you think they're repetitive and boring and prefer snowboarding that occurs on a mountain, this may not be for you.

This was a Christmas gift for my Grandson who is 16. After he opened the package, he ran to the DVD player and all of us watched it. Exiting stuff. Later in the day some of his friends came over and Black Winter was watched again--several times. The following day saw all the guys heading to the mountains with their boards. This DVD was a big hit, as was Grandma.

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A great ski flick. If you're into back-country shots, this is the video for you (though it also has some great terrain park shots as well). If you want a movie mostly of terrain park shots, don't get this, as this is mostly back country heli-skiing and powder shots. Incredible HD camera-work, high-mountain descents, powder shots, and pillow jumping. A lot of fun.

I love to watch big mountain skiing. This movie is full of huge, epic, gnarly, sick, rad big mountain skiing. Not a lot of big tricks. Just big lines and fantastic scenery. Great ski porn

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I've had a pair of these for a year now, and they are holding up much better than the shoes. They give good arch support. I just bought another pair for a new set of shoes. I recommend them. They don't really add any padding, so if you're looking for padding, these are not it.

I have plantar fasciitis - at its worst, it feels like a hot spike driving up my heel. No fun at all, but I work "on my feet" as a presenter, really enjoy walking, birding etc. and work out six days a week, including using a challenging program on the treadmill. I've tried a number of shoe inserts offered over the counter - the gel-filled and "gooey" ones do not work at all, and many others do not work nor do they last. Superfeet are significantly more expensive than most of these - but they are very durable, and they work. When you trim these properly and first use them, it may feel like the arch support is too far back for proper support, but it is precisely this positioning, plus the rigidity of the plastic insert, that help position the foot properly. My podiatrist approves of these, and Kaiser Permanente, my health provider, sells these. In the end, the Superfeet green make it once again a pleasure to work out and enjoy the wonderful outdoors, and help eliminate plantar fasciitis from my experience. Definitely worth the price, and I have several sets trimmed to fit the shoes I use to work, work out and walk. N.B. Get some good, supportive slippers or flats to use when you might otherwise use non-support slippers or go barefoot. These will definitely help as well.

Because of a job that required me to stand on concrete for 12 hours a day, I have/had a variety of problems with my feet, ankles, knees and back. Within 2 months of starting the job I had plantar fasciitis. I bought some powerstep pinnacle insoles and those, combined with stretching exercises, healed my PF within a month. It has not come back since. However I still had other problems. The Powersteps were great, but I would occasionally hear and feel a clicking sound in my back and right leg when I walked. I had no idea what that was about. I decided to switch to superfeet green insoles and when I put them on I felt they did a much better job of aligning my legs. The heel cup feels deeper and more supportive, and my legs felt more aligned. I noticed that, so far (its only been a month) I have not noticed the clicking sound/feeling since I started wearing these. I hope this keeps up. So I am happy. I have heard from other reviewers that these things last a year or more. But I've only used mine for a month, so I really don't know.

Even though they provide decent support, these are NOT runners' insoles. They're as hard and stiff and inflexible as plastic can get.

I tried the pink, blue, and green Superfeet insoles, and were disappointed with the metatarsal cushioning of all three for running shoes. I use Spira running shoes. the arch support and heel cushioning are fine for my mild over pronating and medium arched feet.

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great bag. But too bulky for my personal needs. Sent it back w/ a no problem except had to pay shipping costs back.

The Dakine Sequence is a great bag, it has just about everything you need. It is very large in size and is able to hold all of my camera gear.

I got this bag for my husband, who collects bags the way a woman collects shoes. He loves it. He fits everything he needs in this bag--camera, lens, cords, video camera, etc. It is a little hard to get into, which is good for security reasons, bad if your camera is packed when something memorable happens. This bag is meant for someone who needs to carry a lot of stuff all in one sporty pack. Shopped other bags and they were all twice as much.

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This is yet another great Dakine product! I have this for traveling or visiting my family. It holds my laptop securely and has lots of useful smaller pockets. The inside pocket is huge and you could fit a pillow in it. The shoulder straps are adjustable and padded, making it easy to take a bunch of stuff on long treks! This is just as sturdy as all the other products Dakine has to offer.

I don't go to campus but I like the bag. It's the perfect size I was looking for.. not very large and not very small. Some may find it small if they have huge bricks as an excuse for a laptop but if you have a 13" or 14" wide screen laptop it will fit nicely. It is light weight and simple. The only improvements I guess can be.... An added pouch for mp3 player or cell phone on the shoulder straps and Replace the top ring/handle (now it feels like they used a cheap little thread made with left overs. These will make it a complete bag, even without them its the best daily use bag I every had. Bottom line, if you want a simple, light weight daily bag this is the best. The mainframe design looks fine to me!

I bought this back pack and I love it. it looks nice and it has lots of pokets. the only poroblem i had with it is that the website is misleading, the description that they had was for a different size of a backpack. it is actually a small size and it did not fit my laptop. I ended up going on another website and bought a same but large backpack and it was way hudge so i returned the large and kept the small.

the book bag was very sturdy and nice but ebags falsd advertised they shipped me the campus small which couldn't fit much of anything maybe two books and your 13 inch laptop but that would be stretching it. the customer service for ebags just sucked no other way to describe it. amazon though was very polite and helped me get my refund.

The bag is very good. it has many pockets for various items, Calculator, music/phone, change and a cooler for narrow can energy drinks. However the carry handle can dig into your hand if the bag is weighed down.

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This bag turned out to be better then I thought. The size is great. This bag holds everything. I was able to multi task by carrying my 15.5 inch laptop with accersories and still had plenty of room for more. The cooler portion of the bag is great for can berverages but could stand to be a little deeper. Overall, this bag can be used for more than whats its made for. Excellent buy, Great price.

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Okay - beside the fact that I took my eye off the kite for a second and it dragged across the park as a result, almost cracking my rib, this thing is really quite incredible. I am 280 lbs and this thing played with me like I was a child. I also have a Prism Snapshot 2.5 and thought that it had a lot of pull. It is a very tame kite compared to this. Here are the differences as I see them. Difference #1: The Rush has significantly more pull than the Snapshot. Of course, this is to be expected as the Rush is a larger kite, but it's more than that. Even with the larger surface area, the percentage of pull is more than you would think just given the difference in size. Difference #2: The Rush holds its shape MUCH more easily. With the Rush I never worry about it collapsing into itself and getting all twisted on its way down. I cannot say this about the Snapshot. I live in Wisconsin and the winds are pretty good, but they do waffle up and down. With the Snapshot, when the winds dies, the collapse is almost instant, and it requires another persons help or a kite stake to get it back in the air. With the Rush, it is easy to control the collapse and super easy to get the kite back in the air by myself. Difference #3: The Rush has a third line. The need for this became VERY apparent when I took my eye off the kite for just a second and was pulled HARD (see first sentence of review). I was able to let go (okay, truth was I couldn't hang on and it was ripped from my hands), and the with the middle rope velcro'd to my arm, it collapsed and came down to earth. With the Snapshot, I would have had to let go of one or both lines to do this. Difference #4: Bar vs. hand loops. I like the hand loops for the Snapshot, but when stepping up to the Snapshot, I wouldn't want to be more strapped in than holding onto a bar. I REALLY like the third line - I'm able to tie it to the swingset in the park while I'm taking a break and it keeps the Rush collapsed while I go and fly my Quantum. In conclusion, I LOVE my Rush 300. It also scares me a little, and I wouldn't fly it in stronger than 15mph on grass, but for fifty dollars more than the Snapshot, I would give it serious consideration. The fact that it doesn't collapse as easily, re-launches easily, and gives a lot of flying time in variable winds are a big reason I would buy it again.