noschoolrider

Good self-analysis. Here are some suggestions: When turning on heelside, try to keep the palm of your front hand over the heelside edge - use that as a mental and visual reminder to stop over rotating your upper body and hips. Don't fight your binding angles! The goal is to have more/enough weight on the back foot to allow the tail of the board to carve/track like when riding hard boots. When balanced and carving on the heelside edge and you feel the need to tighten the turn use/create subtle rotary/steering with your knees/ankles/feet instead of gross/exaggerated movements from your shoulders/arms/hips. When you get dialed-in at carving on soft boots then you might want to try incorporating those subtle/efficient carving movements into your hard boot carving.

I'll see your "amazing riding and cinemetography" and raise you freeriding with Sigi Grabner...

Few years ago, I found that same wild guy in Colorado but he wasn’t lost. We thought he came to make a Canadian fashion statement with his funny looking scuba suit and seal skin mittens. However, it was just a ploy because he came to win and was very fast on his “Kohlerer”.

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Dual (head-to-head) ski racing dates back to the 1940's. There's a good read about the history of dual ski racing at https://racerex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/24-29-JF17-DUALRACING-KJ.pdf and info about the World Pro Ski Tour is at https://worldproskitour.com https://worldproskitour.com/testimonials Maybe both, however right now it's winter in the southern hemisphere.

a) With the help of a good coach. b) By developing the skills to be really fast (while remaining in control) in a race course. c) By applying the appropriate/best technique and tactics for the conditions/course. However, a rider with the same skills/abilities will be even faster with a modern race board and a plate.

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I agree, most ski based multi-discipline events are not anti-snowboard, they just usually focus on accommodating the majority, which is not snowboarders.

When I lived in the Seattle area I had a lot of fun racing (as a snowboarder) in the CityLeague Team program, however the minimum age is 16 - http://www.cityleague.com/ski/ihow.shtml The USASA races in the Central Oregon Series (at Mt. Bachelor) seem to be the only ongoing/surviving snowboard SL and GS events in the PNW - https://www.centraloregonusasa.com For snowboard race coaching in the PNW there's http://www.snowperformance.com and I coach at Mt. Bachelor. Don Richter

I have been in this situation several times… Sometimes I race with soft boots but mostly with hard boots, however I would never switch to soft boots to get an advantage (such as moving to a group that will be easier to win in). When I race I always focus on the raw times (I do not care about handicapped times) and I try to beat as many people as I can (skiers, telemakrers and snowboarders) with a faster raw time. So, here's my suggestion for option 4: Continue to participate as is and focus on being the fastest you can be while having a fun day out with your father and wife.

For the Race of Champions at NASTAR Nationals they do this with what they call the Combined (a.k.a. the Non-Alpine) group. The Combined group contains physically challenged/disabled skiers, telemakrers and snowboarders. This makes it very challenging to win the Combined event with the fastest raw time (no handicap) on a snowboard, which seems to be the intention of NASTAR officials.

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Hey lonbordin, I just noticed you're planning to come to Mt. Bachelor. If you want a tour of Bachelor from a local let me know. Dan provided some great information and I have something to add, if you do go to Timberline you should checkout the historic Timberline Lodge (the outside was featured in The Shining). Also, the last time I was at the Huckleberry Inn (in Government Camp) the food was still really good.

FYI, Mission Ridge is a 70 mile drive from Stevens Pass and (with average traffic/road conditions) it usually takes about 1.5 hours to drive from Stevens to Mission Ridge. www.google.com/maps

You're welcome Joe. It was fun riding with you. Don

Mission Ridge is about a 3 hour drive from Seattle but it usually has the best carving conditions and the least crowded runs: https://www.missionridge.com/trail-map Crystal Mountain is great resort with a nice variety of terrain: https://www.crystalmountainresort.com/the-mountain/mountain-report/trail-maps/ Stevens Pass is also a good resort: https://www.stevenspass.com/site/mountain/maps/trail-map The Summit at Snoqualmie (the closest to Seattle) has 4 areas, 3 are easy (Summit West, Summit Central, Summit East) then there's Alpental, which has awesome steep runs and great backcountry terrain: https://summitatsnoqualmie.com/maps Stevens Pass and The Summit at Snoqualmie have good night skiing/riding. There's also Mt Baker (if you're up for the drive): https://www.mtbaker.us/ski-area-info/trail-map

I would try to fix/sew it, however you can get new straps on sale at http://upzboots.com/shop/upz-power-strap-shoxxter-1-set-2/

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Thanks for the reply, however I'm going to pass.

I'm interested in the Metal GS w/Plate. What is the rider weight range for the board? Is this the original metal board design that does not have any rubber in it? Is the plate the A or the AF system? Also, I would need it shipped to Bend, OR 97707 Don

I read that you were using the DGSS system, however you might want to consider going back to the UPZ system with softer springs installed.

You can order softer (or harder) forward flex springs for UPZ boots: http://upzboots.com/shop/upz-forward-flex-rcr-soft-springs/ http://upzboots.com/shop/upz-forward-flex-race-springs/