terekhov Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 just photo from 2yrs ago. I'm fulltime hardboot freerider :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Rossi Cross !! Undertaker 197? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terekhov Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 50 minutes ago, Eric Brammer aka PSR said: Rossi Cross !! Undertaker 197? yes, undertaker 198 from 1998. bought off BOL classifieds in 2003. and after that long gone times we've here in Novosibirsk an oasis of this particular 198 - I know of 7 crossed rossis in our city :) best swallowtail ever for aggressive ride over chopped or particularly deep snow: 23cm wide, 14m sidecut, and thc+ uber-damp core (still used in rossi DH skis afaik). head stratos pro boots over it. I use it for deeep days, usually no more than 5 days per season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiteparsons Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 I spent some time with a private instructor at Steamboat on some powder days this past week. He used to ride and race plates back in the 90s so he knew what he was doing. All I can say is WOW. My powder and tree riding improved %1000 percent over the course of a day. It is very possible to take plates everywhere (albeit it takes much more physical effort to do it correctly than how I was doing it before). Here is a little huck for your entertainment. For those interested the board is a 23cm Wide Coiler Angrry with a softer stretched nose for AM riding with some of those plastic bindings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 On 12/13/2011 at 8:05 AM, Mxjas38 said: Usasa Bx How's it riding plates and hardboots for BoarderX? It used to be the setup, back in the day, but now you never see a hardboot setup at the FIS level (or on any televised boarderX that I've seen recently. I've been wondering if part of the reason people seem to go with a soft set up and sideways stance was to help them with landing the large terrain features at high speeds. Or is it just a preference that everyone seems to have. Nice pics by the way, and love this topic. So much fun, and so many ways to enjoy a hardboot setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aracan Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I believe that hardboots disappeared from BX because they only gave the competitors an edge in turns. Since turns are usually banked in today's BX courses, riders use softboots for more versatility, easier landings etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidEarth808 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 So, no official ban on plate bindings in BX rule book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aracan Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I just had a glimpse at the FIS rules: plate systems connecting both bindings are banned (individual plates for each binding are allowed). Apart from that, nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 When courses began to go from mellow banks and 'lofting' long roller-jumps to the 'mini-quarter-pipe' just 40 yds below the start into the 'step-up table' into the 'whoop-series-in-a-banked-turn', with a 60ft. Gap launch, that's when the hardboot racers finally gave up. The courses were designed to create havoc, and test your sanity. But, back when we had some control (as Racers, and Officials), I used to compete at Stratton and Bromley, and at a few other venues, in my hardboots, and I did fairly well. It didn't help that I was up against guys that raced back in the mid-80's, so I figured my various podiums (two 3rds, one 2nd) were earned, not awarded. My best HB board set-up was my Soul 148 Asym (turned up+rounded tail, btw) or the Volkl Cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futahaguro Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Has anyone seen "SBX The Movie"? I watched it the other day and there was a quote, that I will need to paraphrase, from an old competitor who actually stated that they would run the hardbooters off of the course. They did this as a way to keep the soul of snowboarding because they thought that if hardbooters took over it would turn into skin suits, etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piusthedrcarve Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Time to horrify many.... Due to my Hard Boots being so comfortable, I only use Hard Boots now. This would include on my Dark Knife (LibTech decedent board) , to which, I often like to go switch on, so I run the Burton plates at 15/15 duck stance..... I know there are now many purists holding their heads in their hands.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) oh the horror I could say the same thing (for 25yrs) except I don't need duck to ride backwards Edited February 5, 2017 by b0ardski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Pole freak. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 I do keep'em up or I tend to run over them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 hours ago, TVR said: Time to horrify many.... Due to my Hard Boots being so comfortable, I only use Hard Boots now. This would include on my Dark Knife (LibTech decedent board) , to which, I often like to go switch on, so I run the Burton plates at 15/15 duck stance..... I know there are now many purists holding their heads in their hands.... I also ride hard boots in duck stance when I teach beginner softbooters. All my other boards I often ride switch, but in alpine stance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 While TVR's stance, at first glance, looks just SO wrong, it works rather well! I was pleasantly surprised by his ability to go from 'race stance' on either the Coiler or Proton to bopping around doing nose-rolls and switch carves. And, he rides a pretty 'fat' stance as well on this, in the mid 20's or so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/26003094@N02/6610374997/in/photostream/" title="DSCF0190"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7017/6610374997_6f8e118903_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="DSCF0190"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Edited February 28, 2017 by b0ardski delete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Hey, boardski, that "link" did not wok at my end. Reformat, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted February 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Oops, that didn't work either... Edited February 28, 2017 by BlueB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zone Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 1 hour ago, b0ardski said: <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/26003094@N02/6610374997/in/photostream/" title="DSCF0190"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7017/6610374997_6f8e118903_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="DSCF0190"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> This should work https://www.flickr.com/photos/26003094@N02/6610374997/in/photostream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 thanks zone, just a short clip from a couple years ago in schwietzer side country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) I finaly got someone to hold my phone :) Just a bit of jibbing... half-Cab and 360... Edited March 5, 2017 by BlueB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Boris... at 70 yr old now the only time my board is in the air is when I am on the lift. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Boris... at 70 yr old now the only time my board is in the air is when I am on the lift. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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