PolyMathMan

I separated my clavicle from the scapula a couple of years ago. My son cut in front of me - hit him in the back and cracked a couple of his ribs. Crushed my shoulder enough to tear it all apart. I know what you mean by the pain in getting the clothing off, especially when you got a doctor with a pair of shears in his hand waiting to cut off about $250 in clothing. Really can't fix me, so I got a bone poking up. Great for freaking women out at parties, but you gotta get your suits refitted. Best advice I can give is to heavily sedate your wife at bedtime - at least one of you will get some sleep. Post wreck checklist: 1. Check if you still got your nuts. 2. Check if you still got your teeth. 3. Hold up thumb and announce "I'm fine" 4. Proceed to check for broken bones and internal damage.

This is a little hard to picture in my head...

I used the procedure here for the heat settings. Worked well. http://www.yyzcanuck.com/E_tech_cooking.htm

I ride here in the east, with packed powder usually as good as it gets. Never been on "powder". With the recent heavy snows we finally had some decent deep snow off the piste. I'm riding at Hidden Valley PA, and decide to head into the pristine white stuff. Enough slope to keep going - stayed back on the board. Wow, what a feeling. I went down in about 4 feet of fluff. How in the devil do you get back up and moving !!! There is nothing to press against ! I'm thinking of heading out west in the near future and I surely could use an answer to this.

I need some advice. For my sixtieth birthday my wife and kids offered to send me to the Rockies for a week of snowboarding, but I have no idea where to go or when. I have a friend I haven't seen in years who lives in Everett, outside of Denver. That would be a good home base. I could probably use one of his vehicles. Here's what I'm looking for: 1. Cheap. I'm not rich, but I do OK. Something like a week in Vale at a 5 star is right out. Without knowing any better, I would like to budget $100/day total, perhaps more. I've been know to sleep in my van and eat MRE's. 2. I would really like to improve my carving skills, but I like the whole thing. Never really ridden powder, and I find a certain relaxation in just tooling along some long green runs. I'm pretty flexible for time - Professional Photographer, self-employed- so I could take advantage of some non-peak specials. Equipment: Burton Custom X, Malolo 166 boards, C-14 bindings, Salomon Malmute and F-20 Boots Physical: Doc just told me I'm in great shape for a man of any age (P90X) Experience: not bad on what I've got. Mostly here in West Virginia it's lots of packed powder with death cookies. Other questions: I haven't been on a commercial aircraft since 1971, so how do I get my stuff there? Can I rent carving equipment? Lessons?

Gee, lots of pro and anti here. In short, weapons are an option, not a necessity. When it's 3 am, and something's wrong, I don't want to have to walk down the stairs with nothing but my dick in my hand. Kinda like "Walk softly, but carry a big stick."

Did you have any trouble getting your weapon back? Did they take it, or just leave it with you?

Actually I thought this was pretty decent. It doesn't have the power or finesse that we so enjoy, but it a great first step for those who want more than just blasting down the hill or hanging around at the park. People on lifts watch carvers, and if we can get more of this then a certain percentage will find their way to our ranks. The family grows.

I wonder how much blame for this behavior can be laid on manufactures advertising, esp. Burton? They certainally promote a bad-ass hip-hop I-don't-give a sh*t-what-you-think persona. It's almost a lifestyle choice. The irony is that it's not a real expression of individualism, simply a me-too reflection of conformity.

I handle it by instilling fear. I ride with a full head mask, goggles and a helmet. I look like a storm trooper. I'll be in the lift line and some kid on rental skis goes on top of my board. I lean over, and in my best Darth Vader voice say, "Get off my board, you little prick!" Word spreads. They might not be nicer with others, but they leave me alone.

Try to pick up a set of Burton Carbon bindings - I've been using the C14's for a couple of years, and I couldn't be happier. Also try the Malamutes for their ability to heat fit the heel area.

I'd have to go with the Malumutes. The combination of the heat-formable heel area and an internal strap to hold the heel down gives me a rock solid connection and a lot of comfort. As far as stiffness goes, I broke my leg a while back and the plaster cast seemed to have more flex.

Gosh guys, I hate to sound like a cheapskate, but I've gotten almost everything I wear from the local Cabella's. BodyArmor top and bottom, then the PolarTec Military grade for insulation, and HellyTech XP on top. I've found that I am warm, dry and toasty down to about -10, and yet I'm comfortable taking a nap in a normal room. Throw in a PolarWrap mask and a pair of goggles and I'm snug as a bug in a rug.I never seem to sweat so bad that opening up a few zip-vents doesn't work. None of this stuff holds water, and if it gets wet, just hanging it up dries it in a jiffy. I may be showing my age, but this is light-years ahead of layering on a bunch of sweatpants to go sled riding. After pulling the sled up a hill you were sweating like crazy, and when you got wet you got chilled to the bone with your clothes freezing solid. My father-in-law tells me stories of freezing a toe or two off during the Battle of the Bulge, and I am so glad that we can comfortably play in weather that would have killed our ancestors.

Aaaaaaaaaarughh !!!!!!!!!!

I had a nice Burton stolen from Seven Springs a couple of years ago. Forget the police, or the park people looking at the surveillance videos. The MO usually works like this: 1. They will watch someone coming into the area where the board racks are, and choose the better boards. 2. They watch the person who has the board. If he turns his back and walks directly into the lodge, then one watches while the other takes the board. This is done quickly. If the owner hangs around, sits down for a bit where he can see the board, then they start looking for the next mark. 3. They take the quickest route to the parking lot, choosing a path that will take them around a corner out of sight quickly. We would be foolish to think that these people can be eliminated, and our best bet lies in knowing how they think and will act. As an exercise, sit at your park and try to figure how YOU would steal a board, where you would stand, what you would watch for.