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Thanks for being them along. I really apprecite everyone's help. I am leaning towards coming on the 25th. The truth be told is it is forcasted to snow starting Wed - Sat at this point so my plan would be board with you guys & then leave around 1pm & drive to mammoth to hit the powder for Sunday & Monday.

10.5 to 11 street shoe thus you certainly know the mondo boot size if your foot is close to being the same.

Ok, this weekend I will be at Mammoth trying snowboarding for the 2nd & 3rd day. Hopefully, I will have gotten on a board with some hard boots if the stars align & I can beg, borrow, or steal them. Loc is giving me a board to use. Anyone that can help out, I would appreciate it. Regarding the summit ski day, I am learning towards going. I need to be around you guys to catch on. There are so few people doing it & so few stores that rent or sell this stuff in stores, it looks like this forum is the main resource to the sport. Regarding Mammoth, lets get summit out of the way & then we can work on mammoth. Of course I got to work on my friend considering it is his cabin. I can only ask.

Hmm, Summit, I want to board with you guys but it will just take me some effort to go there instead of mammoth considering I got the season pass there & a friend that lets me stay at his cabin.

Loc has been kind enough to let me try his snowboard next week but he has standard TD1 bindings, thus have the step in version & he told me they require intec heels and snowboard hard boots. Does anyone have a hard boot that will work with his set up? I wear a street shoe of about 10.5 to 11. Thanks, Jeff

Will my head ski boots work with TD1 bindings? Loc has been kind enough to let me try out his Prior ATV 171 all-mountain board with TD1 bindings for my first Alpine boarding experience. I am a skier & have head ski boots. I believe they are 325mm. Will the boots work with those bindings? The goal is for me to try alpine snowboarding without spending an excessive amount of money first.

Thanks for lead. I checked, they holding a Mammoth Mountain carve session May15th 16th 17th 2009 & it cost $500 for 3 days instruction. My hope is by then I will be on the slopes with some of my own equipment. Maybe by then a lesson would be worth the money having gotten over the basics...

Based on what you guys said, maybe step #1 should be trying out Loc's set up?

Here is what I have learned so far regarding getting into the sport: 1. I should attend SES09 but cant due to work thus best option is off the table. 2. Some of you guys on this forum have been kind enough to offer to let me try out some of your equipment. I really want to thank you for the offer & hope to take you up on your offer within the next month. 3. The Wave - Rave snowboard shop in Mammoth claims they have a binding that can adapt to my ski boot & snowboards that are "more carving oriented" I can rent. This is not of course a perfect alpine board set up but maybe it will give me a taste of if I like it? 4. The ski shop at the main lodge in Mammoth claims I should demo a carving board (Arbor A Frame) with a ridgid soft boot set up (Flux feedback) and rdidget bindings (Burton Ion) they have to get an idea of what a good carving soft boot snowboard set up feels like. At this point I am thinking of trying options 2-4 prior to going out & spending $1000 + on an Alpine snowboard set up. Any su

Great news! So it is possible to get an All Mountain board & flip between soft boot & hard boot bindings. I like the idea of flexability. Will the typical hard boot bindings fit a ski boot until I am willing to put the cash towards a snow board hard boot? Sorry for the newbie questions but that is where I am at for now...

I wear a 10 1/2 to 11 shoe. I believe my ski boot is about a 325mm or 335mm boot. They are in a friends cabin in mammoth right now thus I am not 100% sure. How does that translate to the 27.5 mondo?

Being a newbie, I have no clue...can you alternate bindings on a single board between soft & hard boots? My guess would be no but then again I dont know much....

I would love to go to the SES09 but being a teacher, I got the week off AFTER the event thus cant pull it off.

Loc, thanks for the offer. It sounds like an all mountain board might give me a wider range & allow groom & powder skiing. I e-mailed you so maybe we can work it out so I can borrow/rent your board to see how I like the alpine experience & get a reference to the type of equipment I should use?

I have been skiing for years & recently tried soft boot snowboarding for a day in which I learned the basic transitioning turn from edge to edge. I watch most snowboarders throw their tails around & I already know I prefer to be carving turns rather than what I see 90% of snow boarders doing on soft boots. Being I am 52 years old, carving is more fun & a safer for me. Here are some questions (yes I read the “Alpine Snowboarding F.A.Q.)”: 1.Considering I love to ski the steeps & powder, would alpine snowboarding be the better choice than soft boot or is their limitations to alpine snowboarding compared to soft boot in powder & other places? Am I better off skiing the trees & powder & only alpine snowboard the groom runs? I am assuming someone skis & alpine snowboards as well & can give me some feedback. 2.I am hesitant to spend a lot of money for all the equipment to try alpine snow boarding & find out I do not like it. I ski mammoth about 50 days a year. Is there anyone that alpine snowboard’s mammoth that can give me some feedback regarding if there is any place that rents alpine snowboarding equipment in So. Cal or in the mammoth areas? 3.Is there much difference in making transition turns on alpine snowboarding vs. soft boot snowboard or is the technique totally different? 4.Any suggestions on getting started would be helpful. Thanks,