photodad2001

You need to get Madd. The Madd BX CB is by far the best crud cruncher I've ridden. 168cm with more edge hold than you could ask for in crunchy conditions. This thing only gets better the worse the conditions get. In perfect conditions I reach for my longer, Sims, but when it gets packed and hard, the Madd is what you want.

You are the "cover band" of this forum. Find some originality.

I actually liked it for it's hold on the ice. It seemed the cruddier it got the better the board performed.

Ok, I've posted many "premeire" vids of Casper a while back, but after the slaughtering I get when I try to put anything on here about carving I figured I'd stick to Off Topic. Oh, I did give a review of the Madd BX 168 I bought from Bigcanuk. Figures, you'd ask for 1, I'd give you several and it still wouldn't be good enough. You know, keep me on ignore and try very hard not make first contact with me again. K? Has StevefromOregon and AlaskanRover not been keeping you busy enough? What have you done positive this week?

Old enough to be a grumpy old man. :p My avatar is from 89 and I wish you could see the top sheet because that was a Burton Air prototype. The rep that sold it to me as a demo said they only made 15 of those. The model that was produced was the one that had the purple top sheet with the red lettering "AIR" on the top. Mine was tourqoise with purple lettering and had a glossy top sheet instead of the flat textured top sheet.

Wow, that's some serious stuff, but can relate. I'm divorced and am nearing the end of a nasty 7 year custody battle with my only child. I'm almost done with my bachelors degree in radiology all while working and barely making ends meet and doing the single father thing. Looking forward to, but at the same time understanding the situations I'll be facing working in the medical field. I spent most of my childhood in hospitals starting with open heart surgery at the age of 7 due to a ventricular septum defect. I attend a school that is conected to one of our local hospitals. I've heard all kinds of stories about ignorant parents. I think the worst one I've seen is a mother who brought in her daughter who was so dehydrated it was nearly impossible to insert an IV because her veins had colapsed. The child was consious but not responsive. Apparently she had been having serious diarrea for nearly 2 weeks, couldn't keep anything down, and had a fever of 105 before she brought her in. Her daughter was 9 months.

Take me off ignore and you might see some stuff that doesn't piss you off. Here's one I put on SBsailors thread on surfing. Here's a few threads started by yours truly... http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28729, http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30065, http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26342, http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=20849 ENJOY THE STOKE Compliments of photodad. I'm glad I had an excuse to post this one again, it really is that good. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWFkCyO4gR4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWFkCyO4gR4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

bobdea... What, no comment?

Some of the packaging companies do is so over the top it's comical. I've broken the item I was trying to get out before the packaging would give way. Simple cardboard constructed boxes with an opening to see in and maybe some metal twisty ties to hold it in place would be easier. Cans and bottles (glass) instead of plastic jugs. I can remember when you bought a pop you got a can or glass bottle. Beer companies still use glass bottles, let's hear it for BEER!!!

Thanks guys, I found the problem. User error actually. I should have clicked on "share", then "create disk" not "create video file". :o

I've had a friend ask me to make a video montage of his daughter who is graduating this year. I have Adobe Premeire but have only used it for doing videos for on-line purposes. After going through the extensive manual I told my friend that I could put it on VHS, but not DVD. He has a budy who gave him the Corel Video Studio Pro and he wanted me to do it using this software because you can make an actual DVD. After many long hours of figuring it out I've been able to finish his video, but when I went to make it a DVD things didn't work out. I clicked on "Share", then "Create video file", then "DVD", then "NTSC DVD 4:3", and saved it to a file. I then put in a DVDR disk and burned it. I put it in the DVD player and the file came up, but when I clicked on it, it didn't play. Anyone out there have any trouble shooting ideas it would be helpful as I have to have this done by Saturday and if I can't get it to play by Thursday night I need to start considering alternate options.

Thanks for the possitive reply and I think that a replacement will not be necessary. In a 3 bedroom house, one roomate is enough. I've known this guy since highschool and he has a kid too, so I think the "bachelor" attidude is a thing of the past. Side note, my daughter started windsurfing this year and can already gybe and tack. We've been out 3 times this year and she is where I was after more than twice that many times out. Thinking about getting her a harness for next year if not later this summer.

Fixture? Absolutely. Pissing people off? Well, he may not talk about alternatives to high priced gear and follows the mainstream thought about hardbooting vs. soft, but I would not say he doesn't have a mean streak or is a hot head or steps out of line. Bobdea, you and I have butted heads many o' times, but for some reason I hold you in a different light. Perhaps because Tex gets away with violent attacks, not just against me, but others, comments that others would never get away with simply because he clings to the "old" model of hardboot carving. Is that a bad thing? Well, I know we all hate change, but if the sport is going to branch out we have to be willing to accept the fact that if alpine is going to be around in 20 years then there has to be some flexability. Even BOL is coming out with SB gear, and every company that makes the skinny HB boards are making wider and wider carving alternatives. Even SB specific "carving" boards. Yes, I've made the mistake of talking about SB on the carving forum in the past, but in the year 2010 I've kept all my comments about SB on the off topic page (with the exception of the SB thread started by the administration). I can say that I've never told another member of BOL to kill themselves.

All the rest of the stuff I can do without, but I want that knee brace!

Yes he has. It reminded me of when I was young and wreckless. :p