Matt888

Thanks for your helpfull advices!!! I'll be trying that out very soon and keep you updated! Vertigo with hard boots... why not? Since I've got the equipment now, I can easily find out...:) Best regards, Matt

Hello Carvers, I started boarding at age 15 till age 20 with alpine boards/hard boots in the last 3 years. When I re-started boarding at age 27 till now (age 38) I switched to freecarve/soft boots. I had in the past 11 years a Hot Fireball 162, a F2 Eliminator 167, an Elan Vertigo 168 and a Burton T6 162. I drove all these boards with Burton P1 carbon bindings and Salomon Malamute boots. This year I'm still using the Elan and Burton boards with the P1 carbon bindings and Salomon Malamute boots. But carving is still my weak spot and when I see alpine boards/hard boots coming by on the slopes it still itches quite annoyingly... So I just bought second hand board/bindings/hardboots to get started with and check it out!!! The board is a F2 Silberpfeil 168 model year 2008: The bindings are Proflex alu base Intec model year ?: The boots are Raichle Track 325 Race model year ?: I'm really eager to know how it will run... answer in 2 weeks time! Some questions regarding the bindings: What is the distance center to center between the 2 bindings? Should I put them a bit more up front or a bit more at the rear? What is the correct angle (more freecarve than race alpine)? I read angles in between 55 and 60° on the forum while I had in mind the front should be somewhere at 35° and the rear at 20°? Can I tilt the rear binding without putting plates underneath it? I measure 1,84m and wheigh 91kg. Regarding the boots, any advices on setup of these? Thanks for your help and friendly advices! Matt

I'm looking for a minimum of 250mm waist width, preferably more...

Sure looks good!:) Great website and free shipping on top! Thanks for the link!

I've just called a local board shop who sells F2 surf and snow gear, well apparently, used to... They didn't buy any new 2009 gear due to factory problems. Apparently F2 went bankrupt, sold out their company and is now in hands of a new owner who plans to sell the complete snow dept. The importer for The Netherlands/Belgium stopped working with F2, it's now a factory agent for this area. So no 2009 F2 boards available in Belgium for the moment... The store suggested Nidecker Boardercross boards such as the Proto, Megalight or Ultralight boards. Who knows these boards? Any thoughts on Nidecker?

Thanks for your reply Boarderboy. I'm definitively looking for a wide board since I'm tired of toe or heel out's... I've been reading some Burton topics on this forum, not a lot of enthousiastics apparently:rolleyes: I must admit that I'm also looking at a F2 Eliminator 163W / 168W or a F2 Vantage 166 (but I guess this one will be too narrow with it's 228 waist width)...

Hi folks, I'm new around here, first thread... I started snowboarding on a slalom board years ago with hard bindings & hard boots. Switched to a boardercross 7-8 years ago: Hot Fireball 161 with soft bindings Burton P1 Carbon & soft boots Salomon Malamute, which in my opinion are the hardest soft combination you can find, unless anyone has better experiences? My board is delaminating and needs to be replaced. I'm looking for a Burton board only cause I can get great conditions on these. What would be the ideal Burton Freecarve/Boardercross board, I'm mainly looking for a board which gives good stability at high speed, great carving handling and good floating on deep snow? I'm 6'04 feet (1.84m) high, wheigh 198 pounds (90kg) and got size 44 (Eu size) Malamutes (which is too big on my current board;-)). Looking forward to your reply's. Thanks a lot for your help!:D Matt