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  3. who in the US has tankers

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    RJ is the importer.

    ohh, they are a importer?

    that means I get a warranty, that sweetens the deal a bit, one of my worries dropping $600 on a board, still $600 is a $100 less than what my last coiler cost

    I thought that rad air had stopped sending boards to the US

    my post above sounded a little harsh, not what I meant, I'm sure that someone sees the value in some of the stuff there and that not many people have some of it but in the case of the rossi my thought is at that price what if you break it or something, I'm too hard on boards to drop that much cash on something that has no warranty, in particular when I am contemplating going back to working at a resort next winter, thats the main reason I am interested in a softboot ride in the first place.

    now that I know that they are a actual rad air dealer I feel a little better about the price but still a bit much.

  7. Foolish kids at TWS

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    ...in the early years, "alpine" and "carving" were synonymous, and still are.

    I was a late starter in the early years (November 1982) but as I recall it was called snowsurfing. I don't think I heard the words "alpine" or "carving" until the late '80s or early '90s.

    It is a real pity that any division exists between the various styles of boarding and I think it's up to each individual rider to be friendly to everybody else on the mountain no matter how many planks they are on or how they choose to ride.

    Mind you there are two kinds of boarders that annoy me: 1. People who run over my board in the liftlines, 2. People who sit down to strap up and block the exit ramp at the top of the lifts; and 3. People who are unfriendly. (Yes that's 3 types).

    The only point of going boarding is to have fun !

  9. Foolish kids at TWS

    in Carving Central

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    :biggthump

    (although you may overestimate my youth)

    Oh, and BTW to all that are interested, I think that it should be noted that there is a big difference in park and pipe. You can slide on your butt into the park all the way to a rail, then stand up, stomp the rail, and slide back out of the park on your butt. When it comes to the pipe, though, no carve, no ride. The bigger the pipe, the more this applies. Without carving, there is no way to maintain speed in the pipe. That still does not mean that a pipe rider can carve WELL on piste, but they usually can carve well in the pipe.

    Well said ! You have to carve and you have to be totally committed. Pipe is difficult. Too difficult, scary and painful for this old codger. I have a lot of respect for the boarders and skiers that rip in the pipe. It takes real skill.

  12. no instructors around!!!

    in Carving Central

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    I will probably be shot for saying this but a quality softboot program that teaches *good* freeriding technique could be appropriate (depending of course on what level of rider you are). I think that the immobile upper body technique taught by some freeride instructors is quite similar to the Swiss EC technique.

    No substitute for learning directly from a good hardboot instructor but if you are a relative beginner or low intermediate then in my opinion you can learn something useful about carving turns from a *good* softboot instructor.

  13. Burton jumping on the retro apparel bandwagon

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    on burton splits and the taipered boards.

    you guys post about burton like it's the worst product out there, sure I have other favorites than burton stuff but most of their **** is pretty solid

    The Baron ES, Vapor, T6 and Custom are all solid rides, same goes for their bindings the P1 performs as well as any other softboot binding I have been on including Catek freerides and nidecker carbons

    you guys bash burton but half of you praise oxygen(AKA Atomics skis) like it's the friggin' holy grail of snowboards

    there are a lot of things wrong with the company no doubt but it's not like they're solomon or something

    As you say they make good bindings. I can't comment on the P1 but my C14s are sweet and I was also happy with the Customs before them. Not to mention Torques and Flex.

    Also I owe my introduction to the whole sport to a chance meeting with Jake Burton Carpenter way back in 1982. As a consequence for years I always bought Burton and was happy from Backhill to Cruzer to M6. Also had a Twisted and a Custom. Custom was a very fun little ride but I bought too short at 156 and the tail washed out.

    Of the current lineup I like the look of the T6, Custom X and Triumph.

    And the couple of Burton people I had a beer with one time in Tokyo were good people. For all I know maybe they were marketing guys ;-)

    My only serious gripes with Burton are that they dropped alpine and that they refuse to change to 4 hole insert pattern.

  24. Bataleon "Triple Base Technology" ?

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    looks like the guy who designed this thing forgot what edges are for...

    correct me if I'm wrong but is he saying the base cross section would look like \_/ ? how are you going to turn the thing? Tilt every turn to 90 degrees? and I think the core (if it is shaped the same) would break down rather quickly.

    Morrow had a board back in '90 or '91 - the spoon - had a nose that looked kinda like that. pain in the a$$ to tune - but it was a halfpipe - specific board.

    I vaguely remember that Morrow but never rode one. But yeah the Bataleon is going to be a real problem to stonegrind.

    If I understand the design it's only the nose and tail where the edges are raised above the snow. The mid section is flat like a normal board.

    I'm not rushing out to buy one, but it's good to see a company with the courage to experiment with something different.

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