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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.

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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.

 

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On 12/13/2011 at 8:05 AM, Mxjas38 said:

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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.

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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.

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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..

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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....

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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. 

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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..

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1 hour ago, b0ardski said:

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