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Excellent!! It definitely is a compliment and it is a bigger compliments when it is coming from skiers. Keep up the good work!!!

Nice going Kimo!!!! It is good that you can make it after all.

All Race plates have a metal base. The best is to take a look at the IBEX binding which is identical (they bought the molds from Burton). I think Chris Klug is selling them on his website. www.chrisklug.com

Could very well be. However, because of the stiffness (since it is a carving board) the 176 would be more versatile and the flotation would still be enough!

I don't think it should be a problem. However since I will be in the US only for the duration of the SES, Sean will have to mail it to you.

Good attitude Brett!!! I submitted BLADE and RAZOR in the review section so people can write some reviews. They are not up yet but I hope they will be on the list soon.

G-Force with Donek will have Blade demos available and the new RAZOR soft boot carver to ride with softies or plates on a powder day.

Brett, You will find that you get much better edge pressure and control once you start riding flat on the board with no cants. It feels a bit strange at the beginning for people that used to ride with cants and lifts but at the end it actually makes sense. Riding wider boards its all about confidence. Once you obtain it you can really put your turns down. Not that it can't be done with narrow boards, as many riders have proved, it is simply a matter of allowing relaxed bindings angles.

I have 2 week old daughter, my first, and I can't wait to get her on the mountain. Most people suggest that the age of 3 is the best to start by I 've seen kids in Austria younger than 3 on skis. Which brings me to the next question. I also started late. I am 38 and have been snowboarding for almost 20 years and never been on skis. For a child is it better to start off on skis or snowboard? I tend to think that skiing is better and especially for a child it develops the muscles and anatomy evenly. Later the child can decide which way to go.

One more. As always Sean did an excelent job on the construction quality of the board!!

and here is the actual photo. The bindings are Burton P1. Don't look at the angles. They have been set up only for the photo.

That is the plan. Sean will make some razor demos in order to attract more softbooters to the SES or hardbooters on a deep powder day. Stradas. The questions you need to ask yourself are these: Am I worthy of the right equipment???? Who defines the right equipment? If I use the right equipment will I grow as a rider as well as a person within the community that I live in?

Good Job guys!! Watching it makes you want to come to Zinal.

Thanks guys! Actually the plan was to have a soft booter carving and RDY_2_Carve, you are so right!!! Unfortunately this is the first season that the razor came out so I got no pictures. Hopefully we will take some during SES2008.

I would like to thank everyone on their input last time that I posted a few ad ideas. This is the final ad that is going to be published. It will be mostly published in Greek magazines so although it is in english it had to be fairly easy to understand + the new board which was not included in the ads that I have posted. Thanks for the feedback everyone!!!!!!! It is a great help for us.

Dan, "these" particular Greeks would rather receive gifts rather than bare them. You know how the greek civilization went down the slope so we all suddenly became cheap bast...s! I noticed in the SES preview video that you became a star!! Nice going dude. Cant wait to get my hands on that DVD. Will be good to see you again.

Hi Larry, I just went in your website and ordered the DVD that should be mailed to Greece. Please let me know if there is any trouble. Thanks. my email is: alexis@gforcecarving.com

this guy is probably on my wifes payroll but after a week in Aspen he will probably be turned to the dark side!!!! (darth stradas will be his name).

Actually the CANTINA a mexican restaurant in the center of Aspen was making some pretty good, extremely large and very affordable margaritas. Viva mehico

CAN I BE THE ONE??????:lol:

We will be there. A group of 13 coming all the way from Greece. Tickets and housing are allready booked. Should we bring some OUZO?????

You can use one of those old irons without the steam. You need to be very carefull though not to damage the base because of high temperature. If you use this kind of iron pay attention to the wax. As soon as you see the wax smoking lower the wax temp or let it cool down a bit. The good thing about using a ski/snowboard specific iron is that the temperature will not rise above a certain temperature and you don't have to worry about things like that.

Toxic? Not at all. The wax at sauna temperature does not evaporate. It melts. And it is allways nice to take a sauna along with your board. Talk about bonding with your equipment. Actually maybe we can think of 10 reason why taking a sauna with your board is better than taking a sauna with your wife> 1. The board does not complain about being neglected at the mountain. 2. ..... 3. ...

Unfortunately for all of us snowboarding is not a rocket science!! Any shape, any width and any flex distribution chances are: IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE. And that is why leggaly no patent issue in terms of snowboard shape could exist (I did check it with a patent consultant just for the sake of it). In terms of riding technique again chances are: Some guy in some mountain, somewhere around the globe has been eurocarving and linking turns. The existence of the term "eurocarving" proves it. What the extremecarving crew did and they trully deserve a lot of credit and respect is establish it as a riding technique and promoted it succesfully around the world bringing more people in. I dont really care if the shape has been around or not, or who copied who. The important question we have to ask instead of arguing is: Did they helped the industry and alpine snowboarding?

The problem you have is probably a result of the base area close to the edge getting burned. That happens when the board is used for a long period of time without any wax on it. That can also happen when the iron during waxing works at a high temp. basicaly the top layer of the base melts and the pores of the sintered base material dissapear.As a result the wax cannot be absorbed. The best you can do to repair the base is to take it for a stone grind. That will take off the top layer and bring the base back to working condition. After the stone grind (which can only be performed 2 maximum 3 times in the boards lifespan) putting it in a hot box with a relatively soft wax would really help. If access to a hot box is not possible try to find someone with a sauna and stick your board in there. I mostly use sauna for my boards and it works great. The temperature is not hi enough to damage the board and the wax melts nicely and gets fully absorbed. If you need more info just email me and I can give you more info about wax and waxing procedures. Good Luck