snowghost

In the 1980's and early 1990's a lot of older skateboard shops that started in the 1970's used to rent snowboard videos to get skaters interested in snowboarding. Most of the shop owners still have the videos in their personal collections, but they won't let you take them out of the shop to copy without a $100 deposit or more because they are too valuable and rare today. The funniest one was "Mountain Surfers", that was filmed in about 1985. It had Euros in one piece ski suits teaching snowboarding using ski poles and ski boots on the old boards with highback bindings that did not fold down yet. Some newbies even tried to learn how to snowboard from this video, because PSIA, the Professions Ski Instructors of America, did not get interested in snowboard instruction until 1987-88, after they realized that they could make money from snowboarding instead of trying to keep us off the ski hills. In the mid-1980's a group of us, called the "Midwest Snowboard Association", used to travel the road like the old "Negro" baseball teams from the 1930's, doing "Saturday demos" at "skier only" mountains to introduce them to snowboarding. NOTE: The "carver's almanac" is a great site, but not as accurate as they should be when they discuss equipment that was made before 1993.

For snowpro info see the snowpro binding reviews on the bomber web site for pro and con. I raced, taught and trained on Hot logicals and snowpro plates from about 1990 ("BB"-before bomber) to 1997, when Paul Alden, formerly of Burton in the 1980's, handled the U.S. distribution of both products. Never had a problem with snowpro's, except they were a little heavy. Anyone want to sell a set of snowpro race? Click profile and send me an email.

Sent payment. Thanks. "Ghost"

Thanks for the reply. Good luck with the leg. "ghost"

Sent pic of Burton 1993 - 3D bindings "performance I". Thanks for the email.

Thanks. Got pics. Mark it sold. Just sent you email regarding shipping zip.

Does Anyone have a set of the 1993-95 3D (performance I) plates, that had the "Variflex" type metal cage top bar curved around the discs, or a set the performance II plates from 1994-95?. I have all the Burton catalogues from 1992 - 2001 if anyone ever needs pics.

Have not heard from you. Do you want to sell the board? Click profile and send email response. Thanks.

Thanks for info. Picked one up earlier today.

I always hate to "butt in" on a topic unless asked, but I would guess that one of the bk's you saw snowboarding was Chris Higgins. About 10 years ago I coached Chris when he was going to the University of Wisconsin and I was running the snowboard program at Tyrol Basin, and teaching part time at Vail. We kept Chris' leg a secret for a year or so, training privately, until he placed second in his age group in the regional USASA race series in slalom and GS --- even the other riders did not know. Chris later when on to work for "flex foot" and other companies in the industry. He became a competitive athlete in several sports after he moved to California, and did some inline skating commercials and that stuff. I lost contact with Chris a few years ago, but he should not be hard to find if you want answers. There was another snowboard instructor named Chris Sandowski that I worked with at Vail. He probably knew as much about teaching in this area as anyone in the country back then, and was the main person that Vail referred snowboard students to for lessons. From my experience training Chris Higgins and others, some of the questions you ask, even a simple one, like "which foot forward" does not have only one answer. It depends on the person. The instructor/coach has to use his or her trained eyes in movement analysis to see what the individual snowboarder is doing, then give the appropriate feedback, encouragement and direction in small steps as you go through the journey together. It is not a "one answer fits all thing". More than anything else, the instructor should do good demos, keep moving on appropriate terrain, make it fun, and not talk too much. Don't know if any of this helps, and someone could write an email book about what goes on in a single day's lesson. I will send you my phone number by private email if you ever want to bang some ideas around. Stay loose and let the board run. --- "Ghost"

Is board still for sale? Click profile to send email reply. Thanks.

Is the board still for sale? Send email from profile and let me know. Thanks.

Just sent you email with confirmation of offer to buy. Best regards - "ghost"

Put me first in line. If base and camber is in good shape I'll take it. Sending email as soon as I finish typing this. Best regards.

Thanks, but I ride left foot forward, and still like the extra exercise of clipping in without using step-ins. Appreciate your response.

Thanks for the help.

Just a guess, but $40 to $100 with the bindings. Good luck.

Still prefer to race slalom on a short asym. Last of the three I set back in 1998 finally has no camber left. Still fun, and a challenge, to ride in the bumps after their race days are done. Also looking for Hot asym's from the 90's. Immediate paypal or money order available. Thanks, "snowghost".