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Thank you.

Is the board still for sale?

i can't follow the official statement. they are going to ban aggressive carving because it does damage to the mountain, but they say that ninety nine percent of people with carving gear don't cause said damage. sounds contradictory, no? ..unless they mean that you're not allowed to carve with non specialized gear. i am running on no sleep though, so maybe i'm missing a word somewhere or interpreting emphases in wrong places...

Oh, trust me... I've been reading around everywhere. Anyway, I would only assume that you were going off my OP, but at that point, I was planning on getting a few quick pointers and jump into buying a setup before I realized how willing people are to meet up and/or help me out in-depth in general and in making purchases. And thanks guys for your suggestions and comments about your preferences.

Awesome, thanks for the offer. There are several people now that can lend me gear, so I am confident that some kind of combination of gear loaning will ultimately work out during the season.

Every time I went up. It was pretty frustrating, but now that I've got a different deck, I'm not having that issue, so I'm happy.

Right on, right on. So yeah.. it might have thrown you out of the equation. I'd like to keep options open, but apparently I will probably be set with the help from Randy. Just have to see what happens later on, I guess. Also, Sac can easily access both 50 and 80, so any place is pretty much fair game if I ever met up.

And I've been looking for YOU. I think. I found some tahoe carver on myspace a long time ago who had the string "sinecure" within his url, but I refrained from trying to add or contact him, since he hadn't logged on in many months. Okay, sorry about that. Thanks for the tip though.

Will do. Thanks for the wise words.

I live in Sac, the mom's bought a condo earlier this year at south tahoe, WOOT. I know about tahoecarvers as well, so yeah, I've been lurking that forum for a while too. OK. I'm pretty relieved everyone's saying to go bigger. Thinking about it again, I am pretty scared of getting something too short. Holy crap! Was totally expecting to only be able to try out an alpine board by buying myself a whole one! I would definitely like to take any help you can offer. You got bindings too? Do I just need to find myself a pair of boots? Borrowing it or goin' up to ride with ya, either one works with me. What is you and your friends' home mountain? edit: i see it now in profile: squaw! expensive stuff, man! The closest one (and, at this early point, most likely place of season pass purchase) is Heavenly, literally about a couple block's drive away from the condo.

If that's physically speaking... I'm a 20-year-old college student; my height doesn't really go anywhere and isn't going anywhere anytime soon as far as I can tell. Do you still suggest I go bigger if I want to avoid having to buy two alpine decks in a short amount of time? Also, maybe I should mention that I enjoy my current, long freeride 157 deck that goes up to my forehead very much. I upgraded from a smaller deck that always gave me the feeling that I was constantly braking in a car with that passive effect of feeling like you're being pulled forward. I HATE that feeling. I definitely do not want a relapse of that on my future alpine board. Anyway, Allee, may I ask your height, and where the 156 and 167 went up to relative to your body?

Thank you all for your replies. It is very much appreciated. Well, I just took it with a grain of salt, assuming that he/she means that it is a common setup, and by no means the best or necessary. That is what I am after, to be honest, so that I can start with something ordinary, and any random alpine boarder that initiates conversation won't ask me why I'm using some kind of less-common setup. Would rather be able to say I'm new to the scene and just arbitrarily chose a popularly recommended cant setup for starters before I slowly get my feel for what type of cant angles I prefer. From articles and replies here, it looks like the choices are 3front-3rear, 0front-3rear, and no cants. So, another question: Are those recommended starter angles inward cants? Or outwards? From tex1230's contribution, I get the vibe that they're inward.

-Part 1- Hello world. This will hopefully be my first season dipping into slope-bombing. I'm pretty close to buying a new board, and have a couple questions. 1) When buying cant/lift plates, are they universal, or do they only work with specific binding models? 2) On the Intec heel assembly parts page, I see an option to buy the assembly parts, and another option to buy cables. What exactly are the cables for? Are they a specific part of the heel that already comes included with the assembly parts? Must they be purchased, and if yes, must they be purchased separately? etc... -Part 2- Question about cants and lifts. First off, it is my understanding that cants refer to raising the left and right sides of the feet, and lifts refer to raising the toes or heels of the feet. If this is incorrect, could someone please clarify it for me? If it is correct, onto the question: Is it typical (key word, typical, not strictly imperative) for cants and lifts to be in one direction? Or will they go both ways? For example, is it typical that the left sides of each feet be raised for cant (goofy stance), and heels be raised for lift? I see many sites say that typical starting cants are 0 or 3 degrees in front, and 3 in back. But they don't specifically say if it's a forward lean or back. Though it's a silly question, I would assume it's forward and would like to make sure I don't have a misconception over it. Edit: So I found the Cant and Lift article that I missed before this point, and see that there is a common setup to lift the front foot's toes and back foot's heel, and the basis for it is explained as well. Looks like cants often go "outward", meaning a lift on the right side of the foot (goofy stance), correct? Can someone confirm that for me? *About my questions in parts 1 and 2: I've spent so much time reading what I have come across so far, and there's so many links on many different resources that I haven't quite found straight-up answers to these questions. If you would like to provide me links to pages that have answers to the above questions rather than explaining, that will work, as I am up for more reading! -Part 3- I would also like input and advice on pieces I am looking at, if anyone is willing to help. I am about a centimeter or two under 160 in height, weigh about 125 pounds (~57 kilograms according to JS conversions), and have a very slim and skinny body physique (i.e. tiny asian guy). Foot size is 23 or 24 mondo (extremely high in 23 where sometimes it will measure 24, as I can't determine which is the perfect method to measure with a ruler), US size 8. Here is what I've come across online so far: -151 F2 Speedster SL -154 same deck, about 60 bucks more USD -F2 Race Titanium Intec-style Haven't looked into boots yet. Though I will be hoping to just start out this year, I have been uncontrollably daydreaming about diving into the alpine discipline for the past couple years. I consider myself very adept in recreational freeride, and these days feel topped off in carving ability by lack of stability in my current freeride deck with soft boots. The bindings and boots on this setup are relatively new, and the deck is a recent hand-me-down; seeing myself using this gear much longer, I am looking more into purchasing a freecarve rather than an all-mountain board. Also, Intec boots 'n' bindings are pretty appealing! I am not concerned about any specific needs in alpine boarding like racing/slalom, but just want to progress in carving recreationally on public slopes. Preferred method of gear purchase is via online retailers or from people willing to sell items in person near my area, whom I can visit and take a look before deciding to purchase. Regarding Part 3, the type of responses I'm hoping to find the most are whether the listed gear is workable for a new alpine boarder (I think I can handle steep learning curves if I will encounter any), if the heights are appropriate, and if they are compatible with my body type, or if I should be looking into buying a completely different model.