You all need to move to Canada.
Here at Apex, we have 2 patrollers on Hardboots and encourage snowboarders to join the Volunteer patrol. there is also 3 snowboarders on the paid patrol. I am this year the head of the toboggan and on Hill training I ride exclusively in HB, the guy who did it before me rode Hb exclusively as well. IMHO snowboards in general are far superior to skis when running toboggans down steep, powder, trees and bumps. When we take people off double black diamond runs, if there is a snowboarder in the handles of the toboggan, a skier on the drag rope has a hard time keeping up.
Last year one of our own patrollers tweaked his knee on top of a double black, while he was sitting there waiting, he was wondering how we would belay the toboggan with ropes to get him down. then he saw me with my snowboard coming witht the box and was relived because he knew we would just ride him out without ropes and wasting time.
as for the flats, I keep my board tuned up all the time. It sucks having to push on the flats and cat tracks. I pass most of the patrol when we tuck runs though. hahah
I use Catek os1's step ins with bomber recievers on a coiler am-t 177 with 23 waist. I have Fintec heels on my deeluxe indy's with BTS and blue springs. I have some webbing on my rear boot threaded up my pants to a pull knob by my hip to release my binding so I can get in and out of the board fast when needed for doing rope work or other tasks. It sure turns heads when I clip out in the lift line without even bending down.