SteveInOregon

Nice to hear You got off it ok. Let me ask You a question, why are You still wearing Your board as you get lowered off the stuck lift. PS: I always wrap my arm around either the back horizontal rail or the side virtical rail when riding a lift, its just a subconciouce safety thing in case if jerks to a stop I "mite" be able to keep from getting tossed forward and off.

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Just Happened: Lots of people got hurt, DAM , this is always in the back of my mind when riding up and now it happens

Slope rage , sad http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16916424#ixzz18qhZ99hl

This guy is sweeeeet he is such as great athlete & comedian. You don't see much of this type of talent much anymore

In fact have 2 GF's now, they are both 185cm tall, with skinny little waists, zexy chikas they are, lol, one is German thee other American and they both don't cat fight over me to see who get's to go on the lift with me. If I had a human GF who was a Hardbooter ( I've only had S-booter GF's ) she better be worse than me cause I had a GF who was a better shot, and a GF who was a better drummer, and a GF who was a better motorcycle rider and so my little shattered male ego couldn't take the last nail in my pseudo masculine coffin, lol.:D

You comment was submitted and a dam good one it tiz, :biggthumplol. Ya your right, thank You;)

Well I keep dragging my posts way off topic into bizarre-0-land, and sticking my hard boot in my mouth so I am really leery to even post anything anymore, lol, which by the way will make some guy's very happy, but go ahead I am all ears and empty head , lol .:D PS: I did go put some $40 foot beds in and they don't do a darn thing over the cheep-0 pair of Dr Schoals I had in them. :)

Sorry Jack ( & Fin ) and all You guys, I do not purposefully mean to be a trouble maker, lol.:o I started the Gromel thing and really would like to finish it off. Question: How many of you would demo one if you could or are You entirely satisfied with what is available ? 2nd question: I asked a few replies ago if a Kessler is ride able for a newer HB'er who is not a GS type aggressive rider, is a Kessler in general a good cruiser or is it to much for an every day rider ?

Christians:> True, as most are on permanent vacation dead >dragged off the street by the "ChiCom" version of the old KGB, hands tied behind back , pistol shot into base of head ....or.... On Thrown into education camps slave labor gulags making Jesus & Mary Christmas figurines in ( companies) for shipment to Americans. The only Christians in China are State Christians , the real ones who speak out are distinctly missing. The "church" you see in China is a Potemkin stage set made for US and other Christian tourists. Granted my use of the term Chinks was wrong, nay misplaced, as my heart and mind were focusing on Chinese Communists not the average Chinese person thus I should have said ChiComs those evil leaders and their SS like militias who persecute ANY religious minority . Replace Christian with Buddhist Dali Lama or Falun Gong a native peaceful spiritual movement which is into truth, compassion, and forbearance whatch as they get dragged away into oblivion. Any Chinese folks out here let me say >sorry I did not mean that about an entire race / nationality. To any Communist > die.

A snowboard is a reasonably simple device, tho R&D & tech keep moving on it is not & never will = a fighter jet. Myself I am willing to pay more $ for: 1) American, this is a big deal to me because the small garage or small shop board company in the USA is my neighbor who hold many of the same values as I do, as he or she goes so do I. If I were Austrian I would be the same way about Austria. Conversely if there was no maker of top notch equipment in the US then I would by a new board from another "decent" country for sure. I love cigars but I would never buy Cuban As for Gromel I don't have anything against any folks in Russia making a cheaper board ( cheaper labor cost perhaps ) if they find a market for them bless there there hearts, I really don't see a market for lower quality in this tiny little alpine niche inside the larger snowboard community. The only way to break into this tiny market that I as an outside observer can see is to 1) make quality ,2) dont show up until Your product is top notch al the flaws and bugs are worked out, and 3) put up an S.E.S tent and pimp out your boards like cheep hookers. God bless the small shop folks who make quality boards for us, that must take a huge amount of dedicated discipline, pure love for the sport and the American ( ya American ) entrepreneurial spirit. Most of us start out on quality used gear then decide to buy the best new gear for our skill and ride needs. Continuing: 2) Hand made, i.e custom made for me personally buy a person I know, this is how my surf boards were made for me back in the day, as I got experience riding used & off the shelf spec boards I found I wanted a more specialized board & only a 1 off could do. There is that intangible grin factor & being 1 with the equipment when You have it made for You. 3) Buy quality, after research, asking around , trying different brands and models, I found certain manufacturing processes are cost cutting and quality cutting and so I avoid such brands or models. If I can afford a peace of gear that is by all objective standards "top notch" I will buy it even if I have to make payments. Example: I bought a new 2011 full carbon fiber road race bicycle (brand & model withheld ) I put my time in on older used bikes. I am now ready to mount up on a top notch carbon road bike. Granted bikes are not snowboards, but I am speaking about amateur advanced level aggressive performance riding so if I showed up at SES sporting a Kessler I bought on line It would be silly & premature I think to have one at this time, cause I never tried a Kessler before I bought it and they "seem" to be made for high level GS type riders with a lot of experience not NUBs like me ( perhaps You guys could enlighten me on that assumption about Kesslers and slower riders. More power to any small business person who has the nut's to try and break into a sport known for fussy white collar geeks flush with cash and hard charging very knowledgeable blue collar gear heads.:) Oh ya and guys like me " kooks"

Dat is sweet-ness, love the style / flow. I was raised on long boards n reef breaks in so Cal even tho I dont have all the alp experience You do , not to mention that buttermilk beauty groom to do it on. I relate so much more to Your way of freely moving down the mountain than the usual scripted metronome time signature beat of extreme heel then extreme toe ( repeat 20 times then stop ) type of carving. Also I really like how You talk about the work week, aggression etc.... your editing it top notch too it too really flows too. ;)

Ya I said "I" admit it, ahhhhh but admitting ones shortcomings is the 1st step to reformation ( what if it's genetic ??? lol. I want to be a intellectual geek *sigh, I guess I will have to settle for being a charming funny tuff masculine chick magnet :p So any ways , they have been around since the 80's hummmm, would be nice to ride one just to compare to the well known boards they are dropping names about. I don't want to buy one, if I am gonna buy new I will support an American maker, besides I cant even handle the used RennTiger I just bought last week which I rode for the 1st time yesterday, it is a lot stiffer and it hooks and holds a hard carve better than my well worn Oxygen Proton . I wont be ready for a new board until I all least break my collar bone on the RT, lol

Your a genius, ok Your not a genius , I'm just a MORON, ok I admit it now R U happy, lol. I searched Gromel with 1 M and got nothing back , hell I even searched by pasting the entire web site in the search field.:o

I did a search ( I know that's a 1st for me , lol ) I snooped the threads here for any info about this Russian ? brand of alp sticks, but no savy nada. They are attempting to sell them cheep on Ebay. On their site they are dropping names like Prior and Alpine Punk as comparisons. Are these guys new or have they been around awhile ? If there new has anyone drove one around or bought one ? http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ALPINE-CARVING-SNOWBOARD-GROMEL-STILETTO-171-/260699463292?pt=Snowboarding&hash=item3cb2e61e7c http://www.gromelsnowboards.com/BoardReviews/tabid/56/Default.aspx