Just saw that REI (yeah yeah, I’m not a huge fan anymore either after they changed their return policy and became more or less a mall store with mall store employees, but hey saving a few hundo is saving a few hundo…) is having a pretty decent sale on big ticket items you don’t see […]
Sales spotted
Splitboard Gear Sale

Was perusing the Backcountry.com sale today and noticed they’ve got a ton of splitty stuff on sale. Not stupid low OMG can’t miss out closeout deals yet, but given the pow cycle we’ve been having saving 20% or so on something you’ve been wanting AND you can still get some epic days on it sounds […]
Splitboard sales
Saw some deals on splitboards, splitboard bindings and the Deeluxe split focused boots at Mountain Gear today. Just a heads up in case that Christmas money is burning a hole in your pocket.
Gifts for Riders: Super Happy Wax Hot Wax Kit
The retail machine is doing it’s best to move Christmas into early November. I’m not sure if they realize that offering Black Friday deals in early November doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll make more money but likely means they’ll just shift their revenue from December to November. WHY CAN’T WE HIT OUR DECEMBER PLAN? Of course […]
Voile DIY split kit for sale
BRAND NEW Voile DIY split kit for sale. Bought it to split a board. I didn’t. Now all of the bandsaw lovin’ insanity can be yours. $125 shipped (these are $160 new at BC.com and the rest of the usual suspects) Selling my Voile DIY split kit. Shiny new in the box. Reply '#buyvoilekit' […]
Half price Backcountry.com gift cards
Want a $25 Backcountry.com gift card for only $12.50? Well click on the reply arrow below and type the hashtag #BCGiftcard and your wants can become your haves. Selling a few $25 http://t.co/R8ARaw83qd gift cards for half off! Reply '#BCgiftcard' to purchase for $12.50 https://t.co/1fp0t6b8gb — Poor Man's Heli (@poormansheli) August 7, 2014 Full disclosure: […]
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Win $10 REI gift card
We’re doing some live testing for my latest startup and need your help! As we’re not above blackmail we’re giving away a $10 REI gift card to one lucky tester. All you have to do to help out and be entered is tweet #poormansheli to @poormansheli to be entered (or reply #poormansheli to the embedded […]
REI Anniversary Sale
The REI Anniversary Sale starts today and runs through the 26th. REI claims this is their biggest sale of the year and a way to cop some new goods for your gear whorish ways summer kit. Besides the usual deals and discounts you’d expect you can use code ANNV2014 for an extra 20% off an […]
Huge sale at Mountain Gear
Mountain Gear is having a tiered discount sale, starting today. Starts at 60% off, goes 70% on Sat/Sun, and hits 80% on Monday/Tuesday. A lot of it looks like stuff that they’ve had in their clearance for awhile, just marked back up to full price to take the 60% off of, but hey. The discounts […]
REI Winter Clearance
REI’s Winter Clearance started yesterday. Took a quick peek and saw some deals on beacons, shovels, probes and other split related schwag that may be of interest. Anyways, yeah, it’s dumping in the mountains so get out there.