Fastskiguy

Low res but you get the idea....

most of the carving I do has been at 20-30mph with most in the low 20's according to my gps

hell that's my straight foot too...

Well I'm impressed, that is one form fitting hunk of plastic there, no doubt. If I could run something like that I'd be all over it! But I might have to wait for reincarnation to embrace a setup like that.

Is that a bone spur on your heel? I can't believe you ride in a boot that snug!

yes??

LOL but my dad would say thats somewhere north of 80 hours per week! But the idea of sneaking a little play into your workday, now that's a good idea.

Sunny, nice groom, light crowds, a few buds. Not perfect but a good solid nice day. And the work is pretty much staying busy and working along for 9-10 hours with say 1 hr for lunch.

As we all know, downhill rider has right-of-way but if you've decided that not everybody follows the rule then you're looking uphill a lot. And a lot of people don't follow the rule so you're stuck with "faster riders actually *do* have the right of way" which kinda sucks. You try to get some people monitoring some runs, give them some authority and sometimes they penalize the wrong guy-just check our Fin's thread about his day at Keystone. You try to get different users on different areas of the hill...like Granite Peak in WI...but that doesn't work out either because it's not skiers, it's not snowboarders, it's idiots that we don't want near us! I guess I think the best thing is a good terrain park and searching out uncrowded slopes.

it's a healthier way to look at it but if you could get a job on a Saturday that would pay you 100$ vs. go snowboarding for the day that would cost $50 then would you work or go snowboarding? How about 250? 500? I mean....$500 in pay plus the $50 you save by not going is $550 difference, is $550 worth giving up a "pretty good" day of snowboarding?

air-to-EC in a tenth of a second, beautiful!

10 days at $80, 5 days at $40, plus a used board, new jacket, fancy steel intec receivers, let's just say around $1500-1600. It gets a lot higher when you factor in a couple of trips via air, lodging, rental car, resort food....Anything more than 15 days this year will be pure gravy so they're not exactly the same LOL! Hell it probably costs $20-30 per run if you add in the lost earnings from work.

That's a good use of a "teachable moment"....I like your phrase and will give it a try :) PS...I'm getting sick of the phrase "teachable moment" but it fits LOL

Young guy, needs the money, has a lot of years in front of him, 100$ would be totally worth it to go to work. Older guy, enough money to be comfy, figures....might as well take it when I can take it, $2K to work wouldn't be enough. Trust fund kid.....well, you get the idea, it totally depends on our situations, not as much our passion for the sport. I hate the idea of putting a price tag on my fun too but we all have our price and our responsibilities I guess.

4 years of obsession and here we are. I freaking love this sport!

That's the thing about high quality gear, it makes it easier, not harder. I chuckle when people say "it's a high performance board, it'll hand you your ass if you're not 110%" because the best stuff makes it easier, not harder.

From a high volume foot rider....downsizing sucks. Performance is nice but all-day comfort is king. If you want to ride all day.

I shave my legs and have medium volume calves and have some shin bang so I'm squarely in the "shaving won't help" camp. Well, help with shin bang anyway....

I've been thinking about perception lately and this thread hits home. I've owned 6 boards and 4 have been just great, two haven't worked for me, despite tinkering. My opinion is set'em up even on the inserts and try it, you can give it a whole run but you know in 2-3 turns on each side if it's a keeper. Maybe some people feel or experience more than me (dark berry notes with a hint of chocolate, smoke, and leather) but for me it's an up or down vote after 300 vertical feet.

Let's say it's not a vacation day so that if you get paid $100/day (or whatever) and you work you get the $100, if you snowboard you don't. How much does it take to get you to come to work?

Yeah, there's good and bad in every group, no doubt. Except I've never been buzzed by a tele guy.....(?)

How much money would you have to make in a day before you'd rather go to work than go snowboarding? Just for the discussion, let's say it's a nice day...not super epic great but pretty dang good. Think sunny, mid 20's, nice groom, and a few friends. Figure an hour of driving time and an apres beer or two. Light crowds, high speed lift, 80$ lift ticket, 20$ for lunch and such. And figure the day of work is a real solid day, pretty much working for 9-10 hours with a little break for lunch. So...how much does it take to make you go to work before going snowboarding?

it looks like all of those poor guys have to use the same board....

Ah yes the old "you cut me off!" comment, at least there was no collision.

I'm not sure I understand either....what you have in the first picture will be fine. I don't think there is any problem here.