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:biggthumpLast weekend was great. Sunny colder in the morning and firm on the groomed... We just received snow last night and know it is freezing every night. As long as precipitation is not rain (forcast sunny) another great weekend for using everyone as gates. Do not hesitate to post or come enjoy the morning fun!!!!More is better to play follow the leader...Enjoy the great northwest snow.

There are a few younger rippers out there. maybe I can covince his younger sister to try it out. The Mondo size is a 22-23 for the boots. Do the tele boots work well? He will outgrow the boots by next year so cost is a little better than function, but they do need to be better than rental ski boots. Thanks for all the reply's. We are going up tomorrow night and hopefully I can get him to run the gates for City League to see how that feels!!! I'll get some pictures.

I was able to convince my son, 12 years old, to try out the hard boots. He has been riding since he was 4 years old and really enjoys the terrain park. Lately, he has been getting a little tentative in the terrain park with age and the realization that you can get spanked pretty hard on the rails. I rented ski boots for him, placed him on a 15 year old ZB soft carving board and went for 4 hours Saturday. He actually asked to go again on Sunday and ditched his friends to ride with the old dad. Almost brings tears to my eyes! He had a difficult time buckling into the old burton bindings, but all I did was buckle him in and then it was off to the races to the bottom of the hill. He said it was the most fun he has ever had on a snowboard and felt he had the more control than he has ever had on a board. Are there younger kids out there? What are their ages? Does anyone have size 7-8 boots for sale? Any younger carvers in the North Bend, Washington area?

THe only racing that I can find in the Seattle area is City League. You race head to head with either a skier or border in GS ski gates. Very competitive and pretty difficult depending on the conditions. It is amazing how two edges can recover after a slight mistake, i.e. get back on line with less slow down than us single railers. It is competitive racing. I saw many soft booters for time trials last week. We'll see how they can run the course. If you want to cruise the snoqualmie summit area any night let me know.