BryanZ

well thankyou that clears it up i see that there is a nice selection of step in bindings how difficult are td1's to latch on? I can't picture the process

thats correct, I do want to haul ass I was thinking td1's, but was confused about sizing. Is it just one binding fits all? is there a certain type of boot I need with a td1? or will any snowboard hardboot fit them?

I was just there 3 weeks ago and did not see that!! shucks, ill have to check it out next time where is at, I never pay attention to trail names if you get off at the summit quad which way would I go?

wow, thats pretty nasty.... they even cracked your helmet??? you need some serious force to do that type of damage I would be furious Foam around the edges would have done nothing with that kind of damage

I cannot piece together which types of boots go with which bindings this is my first setup, and I am basically looking for the cheapest stuff possible, well atleast for the bindings I know my boot size is a 29.5 cm I see a lot of different stuff for sale, and I'm sitting here scratching my head about what types of bindings I need. I saw nothing in the FAQ's to assist me. Someone please take me to boot/binding school!

:insert immature sarcastic remark mocking you that I'm too indifferent to write: There's just not a single thing in the entire ad to indicate it is posted from a human and not some guy that has setup a semi-automated scamming business.

cool man, you said you work 6 days, is there a certain day you have off so I know not to plan for that day? I'll just have to wear ski boots i guess. This is a huge favor man, thanks

lol, alright well start carving and in a couple years (when you turn 21 of course) we'll race, loser pays the bar tab. I am a fan of expensive scotch, so make sure you bring your credit card

definatly a scam I have about the same amount of feedback as that guy, but when I put up something for sale, I take my own photo and write a couple sentences about it. look at what he says about it, he has a professionally designed writeup on features of the board, just as if he's done it hundreds of times. That is clearly not an ebay rookie, and he only has 7 feedback's, so i would say it's a scam.

not a plaid hoodie and halfpipe kinda guy?

oh you have no idea how much im looking foward to it, i don't know why I never looked into this before

oh wow man, thats quite an offer. That would mean a lot to me. You would have to tell me your favorite beer before hand though. I don't go to the poconos much, but you are only an hour and a half from me, I could easily make a day trip. I'll shoot you a PM one time when I have a day off and we could set something up. I'm located in haddonfield NJ, about 10 minutes outside philly. Are you pretty much teaching the whole day? would you have time for a few runs?

Ah so, basically, in order to counter act this, I would want my boot angled so that when I'm just standing on the board flat, my knees would be bent? Would something like this help with heelside control?

ill have to get someone to take some pictures or a video so you guys can give me insite on proper form. I've never had anybody teach me form at all, and I've never studied it. I've been watching some of the video's of carvers and I don't see much difference from what I think I'm doing other then the fact that they are pulling much higher g's on the turns. I definatly need some work on my heelside, after doing some reading it sounds like I am having the same problem many others are having. I have wayyy less control on heelside. On my toe side I can hit any terrain with a perfect carve (atleast in my opinion.) On my heelside, any rough terrain usually leads to me losing control. My heelside carving is usually very breif at high speeds. I always thought it was because on the toeside I have an extra set of suspension, my ankles. The best example I can give. Say I'm carving fast on my toe side, I hit a drop off at speed that forces me to get some air. I will stay on the same angle in the air that I was carving at, and land on the same angle continuing the carve. If this happens when I'm on my heelside, my board usually comes out from under me. I usually don't fall, but I am definatly not in control.

I dunno if this even compares, but I did use k2 clickers for about 7-8 years, they are a pretty stiff boot because the binding has 0 support. I honestly didn't notice much of a difference though from soft boots My angles where about 15/25, so it wasn't really a freestyle setup. The board was definatly directional, but it still had two tips. Carving was much better with this setup, but honestly it wasn't dramatically better. I am hoping for a night and day difference with a carving board

great advice guys, thanks for sharing everything in this thread is sticking in my head like 1st grader in english class. When I get my first board hopefully I can meet some of you to correct my mistakes

I don't have any friends that snowboard, nor do I converse with snowboarders much. I don't speak any of the lingo, I usually board alone. Anyhow, I have surfed for many years, almost x-games level skateboarder (in the past, haven't picked up a skateboard in almost 7-8 years), I am a good skiier, water skiier, and wakeboarder. I try to be as humble as possible when meeting new people, nobody likes to give advice to someone who is cocky.

Amazing, thank you so much for that bit of info, I will try to get there this season. I am definatly going to try this before I buy, I have no idea how difficult it's going to be for me and what type of board I should start with.

lol, alright alright, I guess it won't be as easy as I thought. Honestly the first time I saw an alpine boarder's lines and I have been trying to duplicate them on my board, and that was about 10-15 years ago, and it's impossible on regular board. Honestly it's pretty much all I try to do when I board, I don't skid anywhere. I love carving, I try my best to never scrub speed, no matter how steep the slope, but I always end up going so fast that it becomes uncontrollable. I feel like a carving board is going to be my snowboarding nirvana and that it's going to come natural to me. I'll take your guys word for it though that it won't be as easy as I thought, because I honestly thought I would pick it up by the time I got to the bottom of the hill.

not to downplay the difficulty of carving, but I have been snowboarding for 20 years.

ok so I need a skinnier board, but I need the boots to be as small as possible so my angles aren't rediculous. Is it a no-no to have your boots hang past the edge of the board at all? Like what would be acceptable overhang? I just put a ruler down and placed my feet in a 178mm width, and with regular shoes on, the angles were pretty extreme.

Put me in the right mind set, from what I can decipher, that would mean I want a shorter and quicker board for the blues and board a wavy line, and on the blacks I would want a longer board for a nice wide S formation, because I would pick up too much speed if I take the slope like a slalom. Am I seeing this the correct way? Also your saying its common to carve so long that you end up going back up the slope? Sounds very fun, I look foward to my chest scraping the snow.

btw thanks for all the responses fellas, good to see the forum is a mature crowd

will I be able to transition quick with a long board?

I want to go as fast as humanly possible. Picture Ricky Bobby in "Talladegga Nights" that just keeps saying "I wanna go fast." Honestly I thought I was going to grow out of the "fast" thing, but I'm a little older now, and I still love every minute of it. I've just come to terms with the fact that I should never buy a motorcycle, and I love going fast. The runs are usually plenty wide, like 200 feet wide. Crowds are usually not an issue, I don't like going if I have to wait in line for the lift.