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Now A-basin's website says they will also open at 8:30... the battle is on.

Have you read this?

1269 kb/s down 312 kb/s up Getting it wirelessly from a buffalo USB dongle on my Mac Mini G4.

Ya its happening to me, too. At least I know this isn't something with my computer/internet connection. Hopefully this shows up in the correct thread.

I might go the best route for my wallet and get an Atomic Radon or dreamraider. There are a few radons on ebay (the split tail ones) and I was wondering what would be a good size for me. There is also a dreamraider thats cheaper, but I can't help but want a sweet woodgrain splittail board. Do you think the split tail's performance would be worth the extra cash? Another weird idea I have is my old freeride board. It is a 145 and I got it when I was a kid and weighed about 90 lbs. I was thinking i could get a big sheet of the poly-whatever plastic stuff that people put on their metal boards and make a butterfly shape out of that to stiffen up the board. Would this be worth it? I might try it just for fun anyway and see what happens.:rolleyes:

So far from everyone's posts, here's what I've narrowed it down to: - 182 Rad-Air Tanker (pretty expensive, best for pow/chop, ok for carving) - Atomic Radon/Dreamraider (cheapest, good powder, ok in pow/chop) - Prior 4WD/ATV (most expensive, best for carving, ok in pow/chop) If I had my choice, with no budget involved, I would probably go with the tanker, because I don't plan on carving that much with it. But with budget in mind, I will probably end up going with one of the freeride boards, and sacrifice a little performance to save money. I'll also probably post a want ad for a tanker or 4wd/atv eventually. What size 4wd would fit me best (5'11" 140lbs)?

GWS- Thanks for your post. I have been reading your posts ever since I joined and have always appreciated your advice. I totally understand about what you mean when you talk about leaning into the "real slope" of the trail. I learned how to ski last season, and I had that problem a little bit then, but overcame it, so hopefully I will be able to transfer that to my mogul riding. I just hope if I find a 182 tanker it will fit in my board bag!

I've read that priors like a lot of pressure on the tail to pop out of turns, while madds like a lot of pressure on the nose to initiate turns. I ride with my madd on the front inserts, but I've never ridden a prior.

Thanks for the replies guys. I noticed that most of the boards here are longer than my Madd. Last season, I took my madd in the bumps a little and it was hard to swing the board around. I thought it was the length giving me trouble, but it also could have been the square tail, stiff flex, and/or the high binding angles (around 69* on both feet) that made it so hard. Judging from this, would it be worth it to try a longer board, or should I go with a shorter board? I also might consider selling my Madd and buying a AM board, but what I have read on the forum about them ranges from "they carve good and are ok in a some powder" to "THESE MAKE ME SELL MY VIRUS AND KESSLER AND 2 METER SWALLOW TAIL THEY'RE SO GOOD". I haven't ever seen a video of anyone floating over 12+ inches of pow effortlessly, so I remain skeptical (anyone have a video of that?). Also if I decide to sell my madd and get an AM board, I could probably buy new, while if I kept my madd and got a more powder oriented board, I would have to go used. Thanks for the suggestions guys, keep 'em coming!

I've been hardbooting for 2 seasons, and I want to start adding to my "quiver". Currently all I have is a Madd 170 for carving, but I also want a board for riding all around the mountain. I'm not really sure if I want a traditional "all mountain" board like a axxess/4wd/coiler AM, or if I want to go more powder-oriented with a swallowtail board. I was thinking a Tanker sounds like a good choice, but I don't think I want (or can handle) a 190 or even 200cm board. I will be riding only in hardboots, because I don't want to have to worry about traveling with all the extra hassle of bringing along a second pair of boots. Also, if I want to carve in the morning and ride the rest of the hill in the afternoon, I don't want to have to change boots. Basically, I want a board that will perform well on moguls, powder, chop, whatever happens when I'm not riding groomed blues, and maybe even some trees. I'm about 140lbs. and 5ft. 11in. Help me BOL!!!

sorry AK, SOLD to carvingchef.

Got some snow today, and it looks pretty good (for mid September). I'll be going up mid November, so hopefully it will be "rideable" and not just "open," but anything is better than sitting around in 90 degree weather...

I would also be willing to sell it if that piques anyone's interest. Anyone...

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has a write up on what to do to train during the summer, but seeing as you are 14 and play (varsity?) football, you should already be in good enough shape to slice up the hill.

I don't work in the industry, but I know of this website, which has classifieds for jobs and probably some other information that could be helpful to you.

I have one TD2 0 degree cant that I want to trade for either a 3 or 6 degree TD2 cant. It is in near mint condition, and has only been on snow 9 days.

I just found a Nike Baseball Mitt on the raceboarders search. Speaking of raceboarders, does anyone have a picture of the shirt? I wanted to see what one looks like in real life (i.e. is the grey like regular shirt grey, or that sort of graphite color?)

The snowboard shot is at about 0:17 here. Sorry for the bad quality, that's the only version of the ad that's on youtube. On another note, couch surfing seems like a pretty interesting way of travel. Here's there website.

Wow, that's a good eye! From what I can tell, the bindings are F2, and I can't really tell what the board is but my guess is that it is a Donek Pilot. It looks like it has white sidewalls, which I think Pilots have, and the black bars on the side with the sky/airplaine wedge in the middle, but that might have just been glare from the lights.

Is that the guy who is on that Geico ad, or are these beeps and whistles computer generated?

...But I should probalby start to work out and "put some meat on my bones."

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