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  1. Da ultimate challenge: 360 carve on snowboard

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    I stole kjl's picture here but I want to bring it up, it's the picture on the right on a relatively "normal" run-not bowl shaped, carved all the way around, exiting with a little speed, not ending up on a flat board in the last 180 degrees. I don't think it's possible.

    Carving like the picture on the left, sure, no problem. Doing it with a "V" shaped fall line, yes. Slowing way down and flattening the board at the top, yes, I've done that too.

    But like the picture on the right without a crutch, well, I've got my 10$ in to see it.

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  6. Da ultimate challenge: 360 carve on snowboard

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    I'm not disgruntled yet but I paid my 10 bucks and just wanna see an honest 360, haven't seen one yet, I posted a video of what most people are calling a carved 360 but it ain't! Doesn't need to be HD, edited, or anything, just a carved turn for the whole 360 degrees and riding out down the hill.

    Here's an example of *not* what I'm talking about (again!)

  8. How many feet have you ridden this year?

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    Ended up with 36 days on the snow, 515000 feet so it was my best season in a long time-didn't get on the skis even once so maybe my handle should be "ex-fastskiguy" or something LOL! Shortest day was 1k feet, biggest was 29k, average was right around 14.3k. Special thanks to the guys who gave me all of the tips this year, both online and in "real life", I *really* appreciate it :)

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  14. How many feet have you ridden this year?

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    Quality is important, there's no doubt about that, and taken to it's extreme you get those 24 hour races where the guys run DH skis and get in 200,000 feet in 24 hours or whatever, peeing in cat litter on the gondola. So most of us (I'm betting) would be like....where's the carve in that? I mean, once in awhile OK but 24 hours of nonstop straightlining? Well, OK, maybe once would be kinda cool.

    My point is that quality does matter. But I think quantity matters too!

  15. How many feet have you ridden this year?

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    "My best day was 81,000.00 vert feet"

    A bit of quick math (based on my assumptions):

    If an average run is 2000 vertical feet, that's 40.5 runs. Most ski areas are open 6 hours a day. If you don't stop for lunch or anything else, that's a run every 9 minutes all day long. The lift ride probably takes 2/3 of that time.

    The area I usually ride has slow lifts and the vertical rise of the lift is about 850 feet & I'm lucky if I can do 12 minute laps. I'm not racing but I don't stop. It's hard to comprehend.

    Well Sun Valley is a good place to rack it up, over on the Warm Springs side you can get over 3000 feet per lap! And they're open 9-4 so that's 7 hours. So theoretically 7 hours at 3 laps per hour could get you 63,000 feet in a day at 10 minutes up/10 minutes down. Maybe some guys are going down faster than that but that's mathematically possible.

  16. How many feet have you ridden this year?

    in Carving Central

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    I credit it to the unique sport my life revolved around until the early 90's that involved long periods of leg and lower abdominal torture.

    Gotta be sailboat racing, that's been the most painful for me on the legs and lower abs!

    Seems like at least some of you guys are getting over 1,000,000 feet per year, freakin' inspirational!

  20. Insulating layers

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    -COLD days -

    I stuff my outer shell and pants with live kittens.....so warm and soft. If you find a cold spot on your body - it's time to replace one of the kittens. To keep from getting "cold spots" in your gear, pour a little kitten food into your outfit, the warmth will last longer.

    What happens when you crash? Are they declawed? Is this anything like "Ferret Legging?"

  21. Insulating layers

    in Carving Central

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    I'm 148 pounds with 7% fat and not the best circulation, so cold is a much bigger issue for me than most other people. If fleece was enough I wouldn't have started this thread...

    Dude, get some blubber on that skinny body!

    OK, having said that I found my micro puff vest to be really warm-so warm I almost never wear it!

  23. Do we need bindings that release?

    in Carving Central

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    My first reaction is "no" but after thinking about it, ski bindings (usually) hold the skier in when he's thrashing around, then (usually) release before bones break so maybe it would be a good idea for snowboards too. The old Burt design would be kinda neat, as would the old Spademan design.

    I guess the big fear would be cranking a hard turn going fast and having the bindings release. But that's a possibility with ski bindings and even downhill ski racers use bindings that *can* release.

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