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Hey LD What's the waist width and for what weight is this board designed for??

Ouch Ladia! Well take it easy and let it mend this summer so you can carve next winter!!

Hey Big R, Wow! Your actually there now!! Thanks for the reply and the info! How would you rate the grooming 1-10 compared to US resorts? ...Out here in CA, family resorts like Northstar are a solid 10, resorts like Squaw are a 2 at best, say they groom but it's marginal with lots of death cookie! My experience of Colorado is a solid 8-10 grooming wise ...got any photos????

Hey Mouse Welcome to the forum! FYI: I tried the Driver X and the Deluxe 225 was softer! I'd go 325 or higher.....and ditto for using higher angles closer to 50 Also I am a size 11 1/2 and wear a size 10 (Mondo 28) for carving......you want it SNUG!

Seriously considering a week at Valle Nevado....... I only know I'm not interested in skiing/boarding on a big open glacier like in Europe, so you guys that have been there, what would you compare the runs at Nevado too?......anyplace here in the US?? Any other pros/cons??

Interesting Bumpy............I have had holes sewn into Virtaka bibs for my Fintec handles to pop through the outside of my pants right at the exact level.....no problem with EC. my How about some more photos showing connection to your Intec pull handle?

Hey Avante If ya hit Squaw let us know how it goes. I'm on the wrong coast for the summer or I'd be up there myself!

Hey Andre Love this board!, mine is a 168. Your on the Right coast.... just wish yours was a 175 Free bump anyway..........

Went up to Squaw today 11-2pm, rode the Funitel up to High Camp and the conditions were really pretty good! Even at the top it was soft by 11am but somewhat firmer on the Shirley side. Probably best for carving by 10am but I had fun on my Moss PQ 160. Rode Siberia, Shirley, Headwall, Big Blue and Gold Coast lifts. There's still enough coverage that I rode Mtn. Run all the way from High Camp back down to the village to the Funitel station. Probably my last day!

Yea when the Burton circus comes back around next winter to my local mtn. I'd give them a try.......but from what I hear from the Moss sponsored softboot riders from Japan that are laying down the carves they need/use/want a soft softboot.......so expect this boot to be the polar opposite of a Burton XDrive for stiffness. I would like to see a photo of the base of the binding and the boot connection system. Carving in general is huge in Japan...... and Burton, not wanting to miss out their share of the $$ listened to those riders and made the "Step On" https://whitelines.com/news/burton-announces-new-hard-snowboard-boot-system.html Whitelines...aka: white lies. Great April fools using a Track 325. Could there be a Burton hardboot in the near future? Doubtful, but demand drives the market and the Asian market is really hardboot and softboot carving hungry right now and Burton being the money hungry whore they are might not want to lose their share of the market. If Burton ever has the balls to get back into hardboots they really should really call it the "Hard On" ....that alone would give Burton back some "Alpine" street cred!

Hey Marc, Check out this link posted under the soft boot carving worth watching - with review of Step On Softboot/Binding system on Moss Performance Quad 154cm board.

That's a Moss Performance Quad 154 he's on. A very sweet ride. I have the 160cm version of that board and riding it in TD3 SW step In's and the softer Track 325's it carves as well as it kills the pow!

Alright Ladia! I'm sure I'll see ya getting a pass at the Main Lodge around 8am Sat. .....If not, I'll be down at the Mill running laps on the lower runs, Broadway, St. Moritz and Mombo off the Stump Alley Chair until the Upper Mtn. loosens up. If it's good I'll stay Sat. night and ride Sun.

Were not done out here in Cali!.............Squaw and Mammoth are still open top to bottom and don't plan on closing anytime soon!! Anybody else still getting after it?? Probably going to Mammoth this weekend for a little variety...............drop me a PM if your coming up.

..........and not to mention 007 standards!

Photos please........

Wow - bet Connery regrets making that! But then again when else would you get a chance to wear a red diaper and carry a gun.....and get paid to do it!

Eric, I'm replying to Mr. Orange who probably isn't a professional on the hill every day and might not of considered needing to wax even weekly. You and words... Whew...

Hey OJ, The whole Mtn. is still open top to bottom! I wouldn't even say we have hit real Spring conditions except right at the village lifts - slushy by 10am but no bare spots! I'm don't see anything special about Zardoz.... 1- you don't get much of the liquid "drops" for the money 2- it's adds another step to deal with for application 3- the liquid dispenser is another item you have to keep up with..... in the puck 4- it's slippery but it wears off after 1-2 runs from my experience

Hey OJ, ......I live and ride at Squaw, it's still deep and steep out here.........when ya coming? There are plenty of slippery fluorinated wax options out there......I go with a structure and full wax as a Spring tune on my boards and then for these Spring conditions I rub on Dakine Oneball X wax right before the lift and then as it's needed, typically 3 runs. It's fast to apply and will make you Fast on the hill!! https://www.google.com/search?q=fluorinated+wax+snowboard&rlz=1C1SFXN_enUS541US541&oq=florinated+wax&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.13731j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 I also like to use the super slippery Daron Rahlves high fluoro Signature Paste Wax by Wend....which I think is the fastest(MPH) rub on wax available, but doesn't last as long between applications.....so to get it to last longer and not lose any speed between applications I mix it 50/50 with the Dakine ...............Super Fast runs and a solid 4 runs between applications. Check out this video link (4th video down) of Daron demonstrating how to use his high fluoro Signature Paste Wax: http://www.wendperformance.com/waxroom/ Also remember, Spring corn conditions are rough on your base as it's just ripping at the wax...... and repetitive flourinated wax use is really rough on your base....it just seems to suck the life right out of the P-tex. I'm waxing weekly this time of year. ....... and when your season ends at least put your board away with a full wax job to keep it from drying out more and help the base return to a like new state.

Michael it could be the problem is that it'a a flaw or second............but the the evidence leads elsewhere. From my "bad tune experience" what I've learned from my New tuner, Walter at Slopestyle Sports, Reno (Thanks Jim!) is most Alpine boards Don't come totally flat from the factory and Sean's post reiterates that - "The base appears to not be flat. it is consistent for most race board manufacturers from my understandings. Most of the tuners we work with and talk to have told me that Donek is the only brand that comes to them totally flat from the factory."

Squaw has announced that with the 760 inches we got this year Their Not Closing - Period!

True that Beckmann, Competence with tuning Alpine boards is the key! Not to be confused or influenced by trophy's or medals was my point No insult to skiers was intended

Historically, my vote goes to my Sims Descender 159 .....still a champ early and late season, and hey, if it was good enough to be the signature board for Noah Salasnek (RIP!) that's all the testament I needed. Currently I'm having a blast, even when it turns to slush on my Swoard EC Gen5, and when my legs get tired I switch out to the Moss PQ and Deeluxe 324's and just keep on ripping and slicing through the crud! So.....the best board for any crud is...... the board that let's you slice through the crud instead of getting thrown all around trying to ride over it.

Hey AA, I see what Sean see's ....The Board Isn't Flat! I had the exact same situation just this week with my brand new Swoard EC Gen5 from a local shop with really good cred and they also put it on a brand new $$$ Winterstager machine for structure and edges and I can tell you it rode like S---! It wouldn't track, wouldn't hook up turns at all! It was crazy BAD, much worse than before I brought it in the shop!! So I took it to a different tuner That Knows Alpine Boards and he saw immediately that it wasn't flat and ground it flat and then pulled the edge and base back in to 1 base and 2 edge, then waxed it and OMG the difference!!! It was a rocket before the bad tune, now it's a rocket on rails!!! Lesson here - don't trust you boards to a SKIER!...no matter how many Olympic medals they have!!