March 2 2022

I love your bamboo skis! These are incredible truly and the only ones I’ll ever use. They are so lightweight it helps so much

Jan. 31, 2020

Dylan Bucher

Apr 25, 2016

Hey Boomtown!

I picked up a set of your Ullrs two and a bit years ago at the Kicking Horse demo sale – have to say that I love them! They handle basically everything I throw at them (and trust me, I’ve been pushing that envelope a bit), they’re super springy, they float like a sonofagun in powder, and I love the bamboo look a LOT. Pretty well my perfect ski actually, and I’ve been meaning to let you guys know that for awhile!

Thanks again for making a dynamite product, I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

Jim Climie

March 8, 2015:

3 seasons at BigSky MT & their still great all mountain skis that are especially good in powder but can go anywhere. They are very light weight and act soft but can grab. They handle windblown and hard pack ok for a soft ski when needed. I have 160’s & like them best off trail & in trees on powder and soft snow where they turn so easily I just have to think about it & they’ve turned, Ullr takes control.

BillW

Oct. 9, 2014

This will be my 3rd season with the Ullers. by far the most versatile ski i have ever had. last season i put on a set of alpine touring bindings. the skis carve hard on the groomers and turn like 160s (i have 190s) in the trees, awesome for amature touring easy to skate with on the flat spots. only problem iv had is keeping wax on them. cant beat the ski for the price, highly recomend for 60% resort 40% touring

Tom

February 11, 2008

Boomtown: Bought a set of Powdersticks last year but didn’t have a chance to use them in really deep powder until last week when we did a powdercat tour off the back of Aspen mountain in about .75m new snow. Everyone else rented the big fats thereby making my skis look puny by comparison. But the Powdersticks more than held their own in all conditions against skis that were broader in the shovel by 10cm or more! And by the end of the day (13 runs) the weight advantage was evident as everyone’s legs were dying while mine were still fresh. BTW, I’m 62 years old and the closest skier to me was about 50. The guides could not believe how light the skis were (the guides load the skis into the cat) and how well they handled everything – – – steeps, deeps, trees, traverses, some crud, whatever. Great ride; great value.

May 2007

Dale:
I never had much success with soft skiis (i.e. Tua) and have always purchased stiffer alpine skiis (i.e. Atomic Teledaddy, Head Monster, Dynastar Intuitiv Big) in a 190 cm or longer size.I am 6’4″ and 210 lbs, so I was sure the Powdersticks would be too soft and short in a 183 cm size. I bought them anyway, since they were good deal and I needed a light weight ski for uphill travel. The Powdersticks are wonderful for skinning and powder, but I did not expect them to be so good in the moguls. I typically ski Winter Park/ Mary Jane which is filled with mogul runs. I have telemarked for 12 years (50 + days a year) and this is by far the best mogul ski I have used.

Please send me your new catalog next year!

I can’t believe I finally found a new ski for me. I am a 44 years young women who still thinks she skis like a 20 year old. I’m not a very big person but I was addicted to my 188 Volant Machete’s, most of my friends can’t believe I ever skied on these, or that I have skied on them for the past 6 years. I got a pair of Kootenay Powder sticks and fell in love. I skied Powder on my first day, and found my Powdersticks made skiing effortless, I was able to ski my first day of the season with little or no preparation for the season without getting exhausted, because I let my Powdersticks ride. I skied the most horrible conditions, conditions I would never ski normally and had the best control, and the most fun because of my new Powdersticks. Now I see all these older folks on their old Volants, and I understand why they like them, they stick to the hill, but they would all have just as much fun if not more, with less effort if they joined me. Even though the Powdersticks are so light they still perform. I love to carve up the groomed too and I am still flying down the hill, feeling in total control. I loved my Skis so much I am now a rep for Kamloops.

April 8, 2005

Finally, I’ve found a powder ski which is both affordable and works in all conditions, not just powder!

These amazing skis are called the Kootenay Powdersticks and are made by a small Canadian company called Boomtown Sports Emporium. The only way to get them is online (www.boomtownsports.com) or in the Boomtown stores in Nelson B.C. They retail for a mere $400 Canadian (what is that, like $2 US?).

I haven’t clipped my heels in for over 15years, and in all that time I’ve never skiied a pair of skis which put such a monster grin on my face.

Give em a try – you won’t be disapointed!.

Nov 20, 2006
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These skis ROCK!!
got out for some early turns at Sunshine in Banff – snow conditions were, well typical early season, a bit of everyting with a few rocks and stumps thrown in for good measure. The weather was shall we say ‘blustery’ with gusts peaking past 100 klicks at the top of the lifts – but hey, my lift ticket was purchased, I aimed to ski. I was very iy impressed with ease in which these planks turned but yet felt very stable and solid. Crud and wind packed snow didn’t slow them down or push them around. Very easy to carve a telemark turn in these skis. I’ve never been a fan of moguls but really didn’t have a problem running through them. If I did hit an icy valley in the bumps, yeah they skidded, but not where it was uncontrollable. I did find a stash of windpacked powder and like a true fat ski, these floated on through and made playing in the deeper snow a lot of fun. I found myself looking for steeper and steeper lines and searching out for the stashes of deeper snow with a big grin on the mug.

Overall, I am really pleased with the way these skis work in all sorts of snow – they are now my numero uno ski when I’m off to the big runs, a whole lot of fun is to be had on these flamin boards! I was also really impressed with the voile 3pin crb hardwire. Great control with this binding, a little bit of extra time stepping in but well worth it. Did a few runs on just the 3 pins and that is a great option, it’s interesting to note the more balance you need when you are not relying on the springs for control. If you are looking for a fatter ski, I would highly recommend taking a closer look at these babys.

Give em a try – you won’t be disapointed!.

March 26, 2009
Greetings and an endorsement
Hi Dale,I missed getting together with you when I was in Nelson about 3 weeks ago. I dropped into your store and the fellow I spoke to said you would not be back until the weekend.

Anyway, I wanted to pass on my very strong endorsement of Kootenay Powdersticks. On a 2 week ski trip through the Interior, I used my pair in a wide range of conditions from lovely, light 20 cm of powder in Revelstoke to heavy, wet, sloppy concrete “powder” in Fernie to hard pack in Kimberley. No matter what conditions, they performed really well. Over the past 2 weeks I used them for a CSIA course here at Mt. Washington and conditions ranged from hard pack to about 15 cm of fresh snow. We were doing lots of climbing in the course and I really appreciated just how lightweight the skis are – having spent 6 – 7 hours each day on skis. (Note: They are about ½ the weight of my Atomics) Yesterday for a day of free skiing I used them on the steepest runs I could find on what’s called the Backside of Mt. Washington. They were very responsive and were stable in all conditions. Next winter I hope to be instructing at Mt. Washington on a regular basis and I will certainly be using my pair of Powdersticks. I can now honestly say that, having used them in a wide range of conditions, I am very pleased with the skis.

Further to my preliminary inquiry last Fall, I would be very interested in pursuing the possibility of being a rep on the Island for Kootenay Powdersticks.

Thanks
Regards,

Aug 23, 2006
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I got a chance to ride a pair of powdersticks at Big Red Cats in BC, in March 06. I’ll preface by saying I don’t have much deep powder experience to compare them to, and they were set up alpine.

First, you aren’t going to find a prettier looking pair of boards. I expect that I had a pre-production or demo model (namely, the fact that ‘Boomtown’ was misspelled on the topsheet), but the flame-job on these looks unreal. That alone is worth the price of admission.

I’m 6′, 180lbs (or 82kg, as they say in Canada, eh?), and like big skis. My normal alpine ride is an old pair of Line Darkside 182s, and my tele’s are Karhu Agent 177s. Both have centrally-mounted bindings. Being from the east, I’m terrible in powder on Teles, and kept digging the tips into the bottomless BC powder. That wasn’t a problem with the powdersticks.

I can compare them directly to a Rossi B4 173, which I rode on the same trip (again, alpine). The powdersticks didn’t turn as sharply, and didn’t have quite the snap of the B4. I can’t compare sidecut, but the B4 definitely has more. I remember weight of the setups being similiar, even with an extra 7cm on the powdersticks. That wasn’t a problem, as the powdersticks have less swing weight, making jump-turns faster.