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  3. New to snowboarding, but interested in carving.

    in Carving Central

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    i'm in a similar situation..i picked up snowboarding quickly due to having longboarded (skated) for a few years.

    on the rental gear, i kept on dragging my toes while carving.

    i tried running 25 degrees front, 15 degrees rear, and it helped.

    i'd start with something mild like this for your first time with angles.

    I wound up diving into it, bought a F2 SpeedCross, just bought some boots off the classifieds here, for a great price, and now i just need to find some bindings..

    short version: try 25/15 (or more) on your twintip & softboots to see how you like it.

  6. New Camera!

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    i'm a film guy, my current main camera is a nikon FM2n, but i also have a canon TLb and a (now dead, yet have two lenses for) pentax ME super

    looking forward to spring to play with macro settings on the new camera

  8. need some input on hardboots

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    If someone was here in Idaho I have four pair of 28-29 range boots that no longer work well for me, but would be fine for a beginner.

    any chance you'll still have a set or two to get rid of (for me to buy) come summer/fall?

    i've got a board on order.. dont yet have the cash for boots & bindings, but will be needing some in that size range.

    (sorry for the threadjack)

    email is xxguitarist@yahoo.com to keep from completely taking over his thread.

  13. Stepins revisited

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    :1luvu: :1luvu: I can't believe how totally cool step-ins are :1luvu: After a bit of apprehension on my first two runs adjusting to the stiffer interface they provide I started to loosen up and let the board run. Wow talk about fun :1luvu: turns were a thought away, little initiation was required just think and go. One thing I did notice was that even when I got a bit behind my turn I was able to pull back in which I could never do with standard bindings. I was 4-5 runs in when I ran into Andrew (xxguitarist) I hope my lapping to music wasn't too rude, tonight was the most fun I've had in a while, we chatted a few times on the lift up and I watched him come down a few times as well. I see the makings of a good carver in him (really smooth for riding rental gear). There is only one downside to intecs as I see it and that's that as your legs go away, more care must be taken when riding as they are not as forgiving of mistakes as standards are, but I can live with that

    no worries about the music, and thanks for the compliments.

    quite jealous of your setup :biggthump

    can't wait to have something carving-oriented myself...

    btw, next thurs is the last night for the deal.

    [edit]

    oh, and i worked on that whole facing somewhat forwards deal.. it wasnt working that well for me with the standard binding angles... but thanks for the tips!

  15. Stepins revisited

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    i tried to post yesterday, and again my post didnt show up.. it may very well appear later today or something? can anyone tell me why that seems to be happening to my posts?

    anyway, i was trying to say i'd keep an eye out for you-- i'll be in a grey/dark grey spyder jacket, black pants, probably a blue north face hat... and attempting to carve my way down their trails.

  16. Stepins revisited

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    not really for fully laid out body dragging turns but that is really more because it's not steep enough to get enough speed to make that kind of turn. Yellow Jacket and Outback are pretty good I was defiantly laying out some turns on them this morning. Look for me Thursday night I'll be wearing a red Spyder jacket and riding a little blue board. I hope to rocking my step-ins then

    good enough.

    i'll be there in a grey/dark grey spyder, black pants, blue northface hat, and their standard issue boards :(

    hopefuly next year i'll be riding something a bit better at edging up.. i was getting enough angle to drag my toes though.

    sorry to hijack the thread a little, how do you think a donek wide would work? or do you have any other suggestions for a lot of riding at yawgoo & some at say mt snow and similar?

    thanks, and i'll look for you this week.

  17. Stepins revisited

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    well, i tried to post back a bit, it never appeared though :-/

    anyway.

    i'm also in westerly, and go to yawgoo on thursday nights.

    i longboard skate, so i have a preference for carving vs skidding, but for now i'm stuck on their rental boards, and have been trying to rail them up & achieve some sort of carving.

    do you find their trails are wide enough for true carving?

  18. Stepins revisited

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    westerly?

    yawgoo?

    thursday nights?

    ditto, ditto, ditto.

    unfortunately i'm still stuck riding around on their rental boards, just railing them up as much as i can to try and get more carve than skid out of it.

    do you find that the trails there are actually wide enough for a true carving board?

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