Transistor Rhythm

Just follow the link! :) For me it's either TopSurf or Sölden when I need new boots that I need to try on first. I bought my Heads off BlueTomato since I knew they would fit. Oh and try DutchBootFitter if you have problems, he's helped more hardbooters (including me).

382km to Vinkeveen if you live in Aubange, which is the furthest away I could find from Holland. Just saying ;) You don't have Skype @ Bomber HQ?

Head Stratos 27.5 is plenty of stiff and the liner is not shortened in the boot. Regardless of brand try to get a .5 sized boot in SB HB's as they liners and shell are the same size. If you had a problem with your toes in the liner of the Ingemars, and not the plastic it should work. The liner of the Stratos is fantastic and didn't even need to be heated for me to fit. They are really snug when I put them on, but after a day riding I forget to unbuckle them. The only thing that kind of puzzles me that you say you have narrow feet, because Heads are regarded as the most wide boots, together with UPZ's. So Ingemars should have been giving problems as well. Why no asymmetricals? I think the Deeluxe 700 is a really good boot apart from the horrible fit (for me at least). Topsurf sells them, maybe close to you too: http://www.topsurfvinkeveen.nl/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,156/Itemid,37/

I'm still dying to try the Dupraz D1. Seems like the ultimate board to me for powder and hard/soft carving.

Most snowboarders don't want to be found dead in hard boots and a slalom snowboard. Yet when they try skiing, they rent hardboots and slalom ski's without a hitch. Then they're surprised about how easy those ski's turn, never realizing they could enjoy the same amount of control on a snowboard.

It's called making the best of a very awkward stance. He's at least trying to go deep, keeping shoulders level and turning shoulders into the turn.

Maybe I'll drop by in Landgraaf the 13th of May, I want a new SL-ish sized board somewhere in the future. I'll bring a Swoard 175M if I come, I remember reading someone wanted to test that board?

I think Facebook and every other things internet should stay separated forever. I use it a lot but I don't want them to know everything everywhere. Google already scares the **** out me.

My bootfitter told me to get the .5 version if possible, because those liners are usually much better fitting. Actually he said "keep looking around until you find a boot that fits and has a .5 size, not a .0 one", but that could prove to be hard if you have only four different molds of hardboots.

Point the board downhill and sit on the backside and just stand up while the board starts picking up speed. There is one thing that really sucks with an alpine stance: going slow or standing still. So don't.

A 175 is a bit long for a beginner, unless you have ideal circumstances a lot. A board in the 165 range makes a lot of things easier. When I don't have ideal circumstances for carving, like bumpy snow, narrow or flat trails or crowds I always take my shortest board (168 with a longer oldschool nose shape). It carves at lower speed, doesn't use much space and skids way easier. Also my carving in general improved a lot when I went back to using a shorter board after going to longer boards too soon.

Maybe that's for the best, so you don't get tempted to ride unlocked ;)

AF700's can be pretty stiff boots, I rode my Indy's in walkmode (this is not an advise) until I got my BTS (this is an advice) and cut off some plastic on the inside of the boot that caused friction. After doing so flexing at the ankles was really easy to do. So you could try riding VERY CAREFUL on an easy, empty slope in walkmode, and if this gives you the flex you were missing, order a BTS with the softest springs asap.

I'm really missing this....

There's this Russian movie of a softbooter totally outcarving his buddies on hardboots. Not completely Extreme Carving, but just 10cm off the snow. Anyone still knows where to find that one?