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Hey don't take me wrong, I was referring to a real board, this one: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp154/bvarsava/2641.jpg It has no sidecut at all, that's the all point. I guess a genuine answer to your question is, yes the sidecut is here for turns, but halp-pipe riders turn in the air mostly and will use the edge of the board either to initiate a rotation or land a jump, they won't carve the pipe, so for them the shape of the board and its edge hold matters less than its flex, its weight and other parameters. On the other side, since carving means turning on the edge, the sidecut becomes a crucial parameter to determine the radius of the turns you will make without having to pressure the board like a barbarian to decamber it. I think the pic above explains all.

There is a post somewhere here with a board with no sidecut at all, the beast is huge and must ride like sitting on a rocket. Could be a clinic therapy for twin-tips and fans and park jibbers :lol:

How stiff is it for riding on plates and carving ? Specs on the Donek website mark it at 5.7 on their stiffness index, which I guess, means soft to medium flex for a board this length. Also, comparing the specs with the 182 tanker, it looks like it's less oriented towards powder than carving, considering it has less taper. Is that right ?

It looks like mine are 4". Added pic in the original post. Thanks for looking.

Thanks Folks. Actually, I didn't follow any trend, but the old kneeling method plus my past experience on GS boards. 22.4 may just be a bit too wide after all. Hey Derek, I am still in for a trade/sell on the TD1 disks, BTW.

How exactly do you measure stance width, is it from center to center of the bindings or the distance between the bindings ? I went back to an alpine setup this year after a long softbooting interval and reading all the discussions on stance width, angles, cant/lift, etc. helped me a lot to determine what I think is the right setup for me. Yet, I find that my stance width (57cm = 22.4 in) seems a bit wide according to BoL standards. So maybe I am not measuring it right (I measure from center of the binding).

the magic formula you are looking for could be: cos(angle) = waist width / boot sole length So, for a 19 width and a 32 sole length, the minimum angle should be about 53.5 °.

Hey Scott, check the thread on the sb gates at Okemo. You don't want to miss that if you go there. I am going to ride Okemo the 6th and 20th. If you are going at these dates, let me know.

One more supporter of the duck stance.... Actually, I suspect it is the easiest way to make a 360° toeside carve.

IMHO, I don't think you can carve as hard and deep with a duck stance as you would with any alpine setup/technique. But anyway, +10/-10 is still more angulated than riding flat, which is the absolute limit for overhang. But I have never tried these angles on HB.

ON n°1, boot overhang is the limit.

+1 on this. Riding with angles as close as possible to 45° allows you to switch from counter-rotation/knees-shoulders driving to push-pull hips-knees driving. Placing the board on its edge with boots mounted on bindings and rotating the angles with a ruler until there is no overhang is a good technique to assess the minimum angle compatible with the board. You can always move up from there, but you will loose pressure points for your toes/heels on the board. My guess is this is why there is no rule of thumb for assessing the maximum angles for a given board. Imagine riding a surfboard with 65/60 angles...

Very impressive lists out there. Here is my recollection: Europe: France: Tignes, Val d'Isère, Val-Thorens, Les Arcs, Les deux-Alpes, l'Alpe d'Huez, La Clusaz, Chamrousse, Flaine, les Sept-Laux, La Grave, Serre-Chevallier, Méribel, Courchevel, Valfréjus, Chamonix Switzerland: Verbier US: NY: Hunter, Windham, Whiteface PA: Blue Mountain VT: Okemo WA: Crystall, Snoqualmie, Stevens Pass So many mountains, so little time...

4*4 disks, but the ones I have seem to have been mounted on a 3X board by widening a bit the mounting holes. Doesn't affect ride at all. I think there is a post somewhere here on how to use 4 disks to work on Burton boards.

At least nobody on this forum is claiming paternity for this one...:lol: yet

Hi Chubz, I have been in Blue a few saturdays in January and may go there this saturday. Any chance to meet anyone of the crew ? You say conditions are going to improve this week-end. how is it now, It's been so warm in NYC this week. djulezd

That is very promising. I am not a skier myself (last time I was probably 15, before moving to monoski and then sb) but would love to give it a try again. Small change like the DIN replacement soles on UPZ boots already show the way, but is the industry going to go that route ? It would be great.

Many thanks to all for the Input. Dr D, too bad I missed your approach skis, but I guess I will find a way (I am thinking of Junior skis). As far as SB is concerned, I now tossed aside the splitboard, mainly because following skiers' tracks would be too much of a pain. I am thinking of taking three kind of boards : an atomic radon split-tail, versatile enough to allow for many snow conditions and to handle Pow decently, shorter for couloirs also ; a long board like a tanker 172 or a long freeride board (I will try out soon an old Palmer Shape 174 I found on ebay) ; a Dupraz D1 179, more Pow specific than the Radon but still able to handle various types of snow and conditions.

Any recommendation on AT boots for plates ? Primary use would be on a powder/all mountain board but carving on groomers might also be involved. I currently have Raichle 225s that I use mostly with the yellow tongue. I guess they have the right flex for me as far as carving is concerned, but I am looking for something Dynafit compatible with a Vibram sole. Length is not really a problem since I am a 27 MP and usually downsize to 26.5 or even 26 on softboots.

So cool ! Amazing how they pick it up so quickly. Last time we were on the slopes, my 8 years old dragged me in the park/hot-dog with my alpine board. Then on the lift she asked "when will I ride a snowboard ?". Soon her 2 years sister will follow. Blue B, I read right, 27 months ?

Here is what I have: - 1 * 3 deg cant disk - 1 * 6 deg cant disk - 1 set of 3 deg bumpers (purple=medium) - 1 set of 6 deg bumpers (purple=medium) Here is what I am looking for: - 2 * 0 deg cant disk - 2 sets of 0 deg bumpers (preferably medium, but soft could work as well) ======================================================

Just looking at this board gives me the shivers, when all my attention now is on finding a powder board, though. Somebody do something !

Hi I have a 3 deg and a 6 deg cant plates and corresponding purple bumpers. Happy to trade them for what you have. Let me know.

One little thing that works for me to engage the heelside turn is to extend and turn my shoulders uphill before flexing low and engaging the turn. It works like a spring and allows the shoulders to counter-rotate during the turn.

This is actually a real technical and practical challenge, especially when you ride with skiers.