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I think for recreational riding any physical training program that you will use is more effective than the "perfect" program that you wont end up doing or following through with.

I like the idea of an escape lane of 1 cat width wide. Great idea. Two local ski areas are willing to discuss it! Not sure of the real cost in time and effort either to execute this.

While that is just as cool, to have the Baker banked slalom left up and maintained all season. This is not the Baker or Neil Edgeworth banked slalom. those take place in ungroomed gullies, and are only around for the duration of the event. This would be for any normal ski area, as long as they have 150-250 meters of distance to use on a green/blue slope. It requires no natural terrain or extra snowmaking on it. Its a normal GS course but you let build up the rut/berm/bank. For example - there will be 10 gates, 25 meters apart, and they will have knee high rut/berm/bank that are smoothed out and shaped as time goes on. every seen the berms in a dualcross mtn bike race, more like that size.

Ace, Yeah sortof. but trying to make it so you dont have to throw your board on edge to get it around. cool picture by the way. wheres that? I am thinking more of a real gs course slope, but building up troughs, that are smooth and berm like (25 meters). so you dont have to lay it out to get some direction. Like a snake run corner in a good concrete bowl, such as whistler bowl, but lower walls. all you have to do is put your board in the berm and go with it. no real edging needed.

Hey Rob, I have a pair of these, 9.5 (?) in my garage. a bit beat up. I hacked the heels off at an angle, figured that one out on the 1st day on them. they are blue tops and black bottoms. I do miss a solid shank thick soft boot but with a soft rubber sole. another good solution is to run a step in boot (from a non highback step in binding) in a soft binding, does a similar thing.

An idea has been growing in my head. GOAL: Expose snowboarders to alpine riding and racing. WHERE: working with a ski area, ideally at the edge of a park, or going in or out of the park. open to the public. HOW: Set a gs course, let the berms build up to knee high over a couple of weeks. maintain it as a smooth consistent C shape w/shovels/rakes and slipping (cat cant fit in there). Have a sign at the top that introduces riders about racing (gs, sl, sbx) and let them know how to get involved. how to run the course. WHY:The advantage is that it doesn't require sharp edges, special equipment or the ability to read a line and is fun and it flows. building a stoke for racing/carving. CHALLENGES: Ski hill may be shy in keeping something open to public they cant groom/control easily. Maintaining the course regularly. And maybe Rob Stevens could run it on his noboard :) here is a link to a bermed GS we did in June a couple years What do you think?

Hey Billy, I hope you are able to sort out a great new coach for the team. PCST is an important part of alpine in North America.

I want to buy a VIST plate. Would you like to sell a VIST plate?

I am not looking for liners, just the shells. I have ridden most boots and many different liners out there, and am fairly happy with what I am on. I have surefoot liners, and they work fine for what I do. I am looking for these boots for some women riders. the liner really doesn't replace what the boot does, but I agree it makes a big difference and is critical to the total package. ps: staying up late as a big northwester storm here at mt. hutt s rolling in to shut down the mtn for the next couple days... (130 kmh winds they say). so no riding tomorrow

I guess you arent a member of the inner secret circle of hardbooters then, if you dont know about the letters :). haha, its a northwave sizing thing for the shells. for ex 9.5-10.5 is size c.

thanks for the notice about the website, will check it out. Really looking for size A or B.

If I told you a size, would you you have a pair, or do you know of a pair for sale?

If you notice northwaves on another website, such as ebay or have any leads to drop me a line as well. mucho gracias, merci beaucoup and all that.

Looking for a pair of northwave .900's (the grey ones). Let me know if you have any kicking around (markatsnowboardcoachdotca). thanks...

Mike Lindsay in the basement of Unlimited Snowboard Shop in Banff does a consistently good job. As well, the folks at Ski/Snowboard Cellar on 17th ave in Calgary do a good job.

This thread is to share information regarding competitive alpine snowboard teams. To make the teams more accesible to those interested in racing or following racing. Alpine Snowboard Teams Add your club or non-national team information to this thread. See individual postings in thread for specific team info. Canada Team CSC (Calgary, AB) - Dylan Riley / Matt Haines (follows FIS/USASA/PROVINCIAL) NSST (Vancouver BC) - Pan Fi Re Ontario club (Collingwood, Ont) - Program Director: Dave Balne / Head Coach: Mike Towers (NAC/USASA/PROVINCIAL Tremblant Ski/Snowboard Club (Tremblant, Que) - Pat Gaudet (NAC/FIS/PROVINCIAL) Oshawa Lowriders (Oshawa, Ontario) - Rob Cox Beaver Valley (Beaver Valley, Ont) - Cam Farrell Mont Blanc (Montreal, Que) - Pierre Dupont Nova Scotia team (Martoch, NS) - Kristin D'eon (PROVINCIAL) United States Steamboat (Steamboat Springs, Co) - Program Director: Jon Casson Head Coach: Thedo Remmelink / Ass't coach: Josh Banks (follows NAC/USASA) FAST (Park City, Utah) - Chris Karol (follows NAC/USASA) Eldora (Eldora, Co) - Matt Drinker Loup (Loup Loup, Wa) - Gene Shull Squaw (Truckee, Ca) - Mort Nyberg Roundtop racing club (Pennsylvania) - Neil Sunday Holderness (Plymouth, NH) -Sean Waterville Valley (Waterville, NH) - Pete Thorndike Zero G ( Mass) - Noah Cermak G team (Hyland Hills, Minn)- Jessica Zalusky (team director) Stratton team (Stratton, Vt) - Al Messler Holimont (Ellicottville, NY) - Andrew Boorman - program director / Emily Dee - head coach International Japan Factory (1 hour north of Tokyo) - Koji Sasaki GSS snowboard team (Japan) - Akira Matsuzato Team FIST (Scuol, Sui) - Rene Hurlmann Share team information in a new post as follows: Example: TEAM CSC (since 2002) Coach: Dylan Riley and Matt Haines (Jr. Race program) Contact Website Twitter Facebook Year round on/off snow training program based in Calgary/Canadian Rockies. Current Team riders are aged 13-18. Team is open to those that love racing and show commitment. This is not an endorsement of any other team. Make sure you research the team well and ask questions.

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Hi Phil, It appears to be Ross's 4th sbx wc, and 3rd finals. Has US established and posted the olympic selection criteria yet? Congrats on Mingini, I believe he's training w. You guys SBX is a strange one, lots of variables, strange to see so many different people (non national team riders particularily) in top 8, you never see that in alpine it seems

Masters League - See You At 6:30 On The East Side Of The Daylodge Tonight. We Will Run Every Monday Night At Cop Till The End Of The Season. (as Long As You Are Showing Up) Norquay Masters League - See You At 1 Pm Tuesday At The Fireplace At Norquay. We Will Run Every Tuesday Till The End Of March, As Long As There Are Enough People Coming Out. GAME ON FOR JANUARY 19TH - WE HAD A GOOD FIRST WEEK, WITH 4 PEOPLE RIDING. THIS WEEK WE WILL SET A GS COURSE, AND RUN SOME TIMING. SEE YOU THERE AT 6:30.

wow. what a thread. we certainly need to harness this passion to build alpine bigger (recreationally and competitively) so the builders have more $ for R & D. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

We will meet at 6:30 pm on the east side of the daylodge.

thanks! Yeah, the forecast looks cold tomorrow again. We froze our asses off at Norquay this weekend. I would say we should take tomorrow off. We will get going again on Monday, December 22nd. Yeah its my first babe, congrats on the 3rd, family is such a great part of life.

Today was the GS. 1st set was a bit straighter and open (max distance), and ran low 56 for men, 2nd run was a bit tigher and turnier (25-26 m) and ran 1:03 Mens Kristin (SSWSC) won the second run and his first Nor Am win today. Michael Trapp (SSWSC) achieved his first nor am podium today with a 2nd Darren Gardner (TEAM CSC) achieved his first nor am podium with a 3rd Cody Ratcliffe (TEAM CSC) won the first run, and finished 4th. Womens Erica (USST, SSWSC) won both runs, and the day. Lynn was 2nd. (independent). Madeline Wiencke (SSWSC), her 3rd Nor Am podium it was -25 and windy. a real challenging day for sure. The terrain moves like real GS terrain, turny, steep, flat, chicane section. Today (sunday) was -31 plus wind, so the slalom was cancelled. tough decision for the jury for sure.

Well, it would be good to have a masters session Monday night. I had my baby last weekend, so couldnt make monday night. but Jordan and Ivan were there, not sure who else attended. Depending if its warm enough to ride, we will meet at 6:30 in the east side of the daylodge. oh yeah, check out the facebook group calgary masters snowboard team.

Hey Trayer, thanks alot for the great race footage. keep those coming! - Mark B.