KingCrimson

I'd like to reiterate how great Vibra-Tite is. It's vastly superior to Loctite, and other threadlockers, as it doesn't get crumbly and lose its effects after a short time of stress. Never used it on a snowboard, as I haven't had the use for it, but it's fantastic stuff. Sorry if this has already been mentioned, I just sort of glanced over this thread, but teflon tape could also be a good solution, also maintaining the advantage of Vibratite, just not being as clean, and it'll likely be harder to thread on without tearing all the tape off. DT- Blue Loctite can still be difficult to remove, without heat or a solvent. I don't know much about the materials on a snowboard, but I don't know if you would want to apply much of either to a snowboard.

Haha thanks, I'm definitely done with the notion of being an iconoclast to carving on the Kemper. I'm still very happy to know that more flexible ski boots can be used, being that I just could not find a size 30 hardboot, let alone any hardboot for a decent price. Mind showing me a link to the Burton Coil you're talking about?

I'm in San Diego, but my dad loves the drive to Mountain High, and so do I, so we are more than happy taking the 3-4 hour drive up there. From both of you, it's great to hear that you can use Ski boots, I'm very happy about that, thanks for the advice! You wouldn't happen to have the number for the store in Wrightwood, would you? That would be great. Thanks again guys! I love this community, you sure know how to help a newbie :P

Thanks for your posts guys! Hey, it's great to hear that you can actually start carving fairly quickly, hopefully I'm able to pick it up as well. I shot Thumper an email, and hopefully we can work something out, so we can cut to the chase and definitely claim that I love carving. Thanks again, I'm so glad I found this community!

No, I don't have much experience on the snow in any sense, but my father is an extremely adept skier, and with him teaching me how to snowboard, I've adopted a more ski-like technique, which is why I wanted to switch to an alpine board, as I find it so much more enjoyable than skidding, I weigh about 180-185 pounds and wear size 12 shoes, and I'm 6 foot 1 inch or so. I've found a Kemper Freestyle that I like, it's got a decent sidecut, so it's not like unshaped skis, but it's got softboot bindings, and it's only a 153. Is a Kemper just too much of an oldschool board to be used easily? I'm 14, so hopefully I'm still growing, will a shorter board such as that quickly become far too small? One more question- What is the difference between ski boots and hardboots? Is it simply the mounting mechanisms on the bottoms?

Hello, Bomberonline! I have only been snowboarding a few times, and I want to switch to hardboots. I can carve, but boot flex and the board popping off edge has me frustrated. I don't care much for jumping, and the conditions at Mountain High are suited to Skis a hell of a lot better than to snowboards, so I figured hardbooting would make my experience a lot more enjoyable. What are your guy's opinions on if A. I should even start yet and B. What gear can I get a fairly tight budget? Thanks in advance, Ted