Rob Stevens

Hey @dredman Who got the surfer at the auction?

You said “North America”, so look at Banff, flying into Calgary. Your wife can hang out in town which will have plenty of diversions and you can choose any of three resorts serviced by buses (Lake Louise, Sunshine Village or Banff Mt Norquay) or an easy drive in a rental to the fourth (Nakiska). Midweek, no one is around to get in your way. The lone exception to that is SSV where the gondola at the bottom can make for some bottlenecks, even midweek. The views are off the charts at SSV, so you have to do at least one day up there… just don’t go on a weekend! If you want to do a cat trip, you can leave the family in Banff and within a few hours drive, be in Golden or Revelstoke to the west, or go south to Fernie. There are more than a few cat ops in those zones. I like Gostlin Keefer Lake, Great Northern or Fernie Wilderness Adventures. If you find you only have time for a single day of cat, or don’t mind doing disconnected days, you should look at KPow at Fortress as it’s connected to Banff in the same way the lift serviced resorts are. Wherever you go, get after it!

But… This is what happens when you ask a group of lay people for medical advice. That said, if I lived in the States and didn’t want to trigger a five figure bill for simply presenting myself to emerg, I’d ask internets for medical advice too.

Hey Jordan. I want to say that regardless of it being a little “dirty”, this takes some real skill. that was a narrow and steeper run, so hats off to you. That I was blowing by you kids on the pow day however is unacceptable.

Keep ramming your a$$ cheek into the ground like that and I can guarantee SI disfunction in later life.

That was awesome. Came a day late and bugged out a day early (Gramma needs me), but had unreal groomers on my first day and box seats for the next pow day. If you’re wondering if you should go, do it. Turner is a great mountain… the vertical is there, the pitch is super consistent (starting mellow, becoming progressively steeper as you descend) and the glading is about the best I’ve seen, where logger / skiers seem to do it for fun. I’d have to say that the crew of people in attendance are some of the best people I’ve had a chance to slide and hang with. Finally, massive thanks to the Redman’s and Turner Mountain for some rad times. Love you guys and see you next year.

Better f’in not. I’m here now, so they’d better let me back in.

Proof of vaccination, not a negative test. I took it off my phone when restrictions were dropped, so only have it in paper form. Apparently, Uncle Joe pushed out the border requirement until… May? Anyway…

Had a lovely round trip to the US border and back from Canmore yesterday. Who knew a requirement for Covid documentation was still a thing? Not me for one. Take 2? I’ll decide after coffee. Have a great day out there all y’all!

I’m thinking on the back foot. If you go more forward lean on the back foot, you’ll just be more force-flexed on both legs, right when you want to ride more relaxed as you’re tiring out. When you’re fresh, more aggressive forward lean feels right though, if all the other adjustments are balanced too.

Would you consider relaxing the forward lean as you get more tired? Being able to straight leg ride when you need to takes pressure off the system.

That ski instructor clearly hasn’t been watching WC racing.

This. Anything over 40 cms of (all but the lightest) snow and you have no power in turns, plus the steep terrain is a no-go.

Hey Barry. I’m sure the last part there is meant to shut this conversation down, but I’m the only one still on here offering advice, so I’m going to keep on. I’ll start this post however to address your actual question… if you use a cant in the rear to have some effect on your position which you feel will make you more confident, you may wind up too far forward on that board. As a carver and someone who has been doing it for a very long time, I have realized that the more you want to be able to stand on the front foot, the more board you need in front of your front foot. If you cant in the rear, can you set your stance back further? If not, you might look at a a board that offers you as much nose as possible. I also offer some bindingless riding as a solution for your apparent loss of confidence. I never jybed with hardboot powder riding (even though I have a fair bit of mileage with it) as I found the setup to be hyper-sensitive to inputs. Unless you have a great deal of time in this game where you don’t crash and have a setback as you have, you might wind up where you are, looking at an uphill battle to come back, or throwing in the towel. The problem right now for you is starting again with a platform that requires a fair bit of skill and performance, when ideally you need to dial it back. That’s where bindingless comes in. Ideally, you’d be doing this initially at walking speed, rediscovering finer movements you’ve become unaware of over time. Think of it as an exercise someone would give you to try with the goal of incorporating the increased skills back into your riding. My background is instruction. Know that I would never suggest something dangerous to you. I gather that you are older and as a default, so not want to fall. I feel the same way… I’m a mess at 55 years old and “cannot fall” myself. That said, if you choose the right day, with very soft snow, a mellow pitch (not even the ski hill… any slope close to home will do) and low speeds, you’ll be very safe. If I’m rejected again on this subject, I promise I’ll stop this time.

What causes you to hesitate?

Comments like the one I’ve made can be a thread-killer. @barryjprobably thinks I’m joking / being a €#nt, when I actually only want to spread joy and love to my wonderful friends here and that I couldn’t be more sincere. you should NoBoard.

Yeah Brewster.

Take the bindings off that Moss and devolve to powsurf. So it's only temporary, use some removable two-sided tape and stick some throwaway MTB tires with the bead cut off over top of the entire area you could put your bindings. If you have some throw away $, buy a brand new Maxxis Minion 3C. Go to a mellow hill with a foot of snow on it. If you have more, to the point where you can fall down and not care, you can go steeper. Get on it and slide down the hill standing sideways. Preferably with your feet angled how they'd be if you were doing a squat. If you want to go left and right, bank. The "Norm" vid is good for a visual here. You sound like you might be going too far into the weeds and need a hard reset.

I did it again.

I'm watching your "crap" very closely. You and @StrangeFuture808are f'in killing it.

Forgive me... Like my video clip which I couldn't upload (thanks to jack for doing it and for tolerating the portrait positioning, as opposed to the preferred landscape orientation), my lack of knowledge probably sees my replies embedded in your comments @StrangeFuture808 My comments embedded in yours are denoted by a "**".

"Rotate your hips earlier and more" doesn't work in this scenario. If anything, that decreases edge angle at a time when you want it to increase. Find pressure on the heel of your back foot, hip angulate in alignment with your back foot, THEN rotate to complete the turn to a degree that aligns with your front foot. I'd love to post a video I have that is 1.2 MB, but the rejection says the video exceeds 4.313 MB.

No. No. Then again, I'm only guessing what I'm no'ing about.

Great runs boys.

The Asian carvers don’t have the whole hill to work with. If they’re not aggressive, the corridor gets too wide and they’d get run over. I don’t have the energy to turn that hard, so am glad that my locals are big, western mountains. You keep putting that hand down and you’re going to get it ripped off. Try rolling a Drum with one mitt. Living well there, my friend.