rschneid

I am getting ready to order a pair of TD2s. What is the standard cant disc order 0/3 or something else? At some point when I was surfing the web I ran accross an article that explained what you needed, by your stance and how many fingers you could fit between your knees when standing straight up with ankles together, but now when I need it, I can't remember where it was ;-(. Is anyone familiar with where this article was or another means for determining what the right set of cant discs is to order with my first set of plate bindings? Rich S.

Ok here is what I am taking away from this thread 1. 187 is to much to soon - move into the 170s 2. The Prior Metal possbily more 'turnable' than other brds of same length 3. Eastern riding suggests a shorter board for beginners (me) 4. Options a. Prior ATV 161 b. Prior 4WD c. Donek Access d. Blade Stiff e. AM 5. Nobody commented at all on the 225Ts so that seems to be a non-controversial deal 6. No comments on the TD2s so same as 5 Thanks everybody - all input being thoughtfully reviewed.

Ok so prevailing opinion is that 170ish is smarter for most of the terrain that I am riding? And that is because the arc that the longer board wants to naturally carve is bigger, requiring more space - right? And since White Tail has narrow trails with zillions of people going in all directions, I am by-force going to be spending more time doing little arcs and not big ones?? Rich S.

Ok, I am throwing this out there, hopefully I won't get killed. I am riding a nidecker 162megalight, with softboots and strap-ins. I took a lesson from Phil at Roundtop - it was eye-opening. Now I am reading and re-reading everything I can find on the famous Length vs sidecut vs stiffness vs my weight vs my height vs my experiecne vs my locale - etc.. etc.. I don't have access to any demo boards or equipment I barely have time to get to the slopes (whitetail PA mostly) - although I am going to Steamboat 4/1. I have 3 kids and I am trying to help them with their riding and skiing issues so there just is not much spare time. ( you dads know what I mean) I have read all the articles I can find. I am zeroing in on the Prior WMC Metal [177 or 183] w TD2 Stepins w 225Ts I am 6'2" 200lbs boarding for 13 yrs, can carve some stuff moderately poorely - board tends to chatter a lot. So I am planning on going from soft to alpine, 162 to 183, straps to step-ins. I am basically changing everything all at once. I really only get one shot at this (must sneak everything under the wife's radar or at least quasi camoflague it). So I am aiming more for a board that I can grow into and hopefully one that will help me learn to carve. Opinions, comments welcome.

I am a newbie carver enthusiast, still using my soft boot setup to try and learn carving and trying to explain to the rest of my family what I am trying to get to. So there I am sitting on the chair at White Tail (PA). Presto, here comes someone doing extreme carving down LimeLight. Fully laid out on on all turns. I did not see him again. But even my (skiing) kids admitted that it looked pretty cool. My youngest described it this way, "it looks like he is wiping out but no he is back up and wiping out on the other side but no...". Anyway, dont know who it was, but thanks to whomever. Also validated that extreme carving is possible in less than ideal conditions. This was not a groomed trail, and it was populated with a lot of skiiers, snowboarders etc.. Meant to add that this was yesterday (Saturday Feb 10 about noon) Rich S.

One of the reasons that my family picked Steamboat is that we could fly all the way there. No long drives. So currently we are scheduled all the way into HDN airport (I think/hope) that this is Steamboat. So I don't think the stop in Silverthorne is going to work. But we are still working to put it all together. I have 2 skiers and 3 boarders in the family. Well see. I may end up buying from you guys blindly - certainly not ideal, but there may be no good alternative.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can demo or rent an alpine setup at Steamboat? I live and work in Germantown MD - there is as far as I can tell no place anywhere near me that demos or rents this stuff. I am setting up a trip for my family April 1 thru April 8. I can't reasonably re-direct the whole trip to some resort that has alpine demos or rentals. I have tried searching the boards, and I have tried a few calls to the obvious places and nothing has worked so far. Seems :( like this really is a small segment of the boarding population. I took a great lesson in carving and would like to try some equipment out to rent or buy etc.. It looks like I have to take a great leap of faith and just but the whole works from Bomber. Anyone have any suggestions or advice. Rich S.

All, I think I am the posterchild for how to do things right (at least with regards to trying to join the ranks of carvers)! I have been snowboarding for years (mostly skidding - with accidental carves). I stumbled across bomberonline, did the instructor search, found Phil Bowman in PA at Roundtop, which is closest to me. Called and got a lesson, pretty much following most of what bomber online suggested. I had a lot of trepidation that this was going to be a big waste of time has most snowboarding instruction seems to be sort of ad-hoc and not really that useful. His instruction, on the other hand, has totally re-invented my boarding. He knows his stuff! I spent 2 hours with him and am on the journey to carving. This was the best 2 hours of snowboarding instruction I have ever received. Slice and dice! He corrected some of my many errors, managed to convey to me what I was supposed to be doing and presto, carving (not pretty and not perfect) but woohoo it is fun. He also gave me realistic drills that I can and am doing at home. He also managed to beat into my head that I can't simply stick hardboots and step-in bindings on my current nidecker megalight62 and expect that to necessarily work. The painful truth is that I need 2 setups, 1 for my softboots and a separate alpine setup $$$$ - oh well. At least temporarily, I will work on improving my current carving technique with my softboot setup. Anyway anyone who wants instruction in carving - I strongly endorse Phil - and no I don't get anything for this other than spreading the truth. Rich S.