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What size are they?

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As with carving board choices, I think it comes down to personal preference and style. For me, I will never ride something shorter than 170 on a pow day…my go to boards are my Tanker 201 for almost everything and Tanker 186 when I want something a little more playful. I will not deny that many of the new short wide/area displaced boards are fun (I have ridden many of the Japanese snow surf designs and copies: Moss’, Gentem’s, Wand, EGF, VectorGlide, Elevated SurfCraft, etc) they just do not suit my style of riding as I love longer effective Edge and am a firm believer in length over width displacement. Additionally I normally do not ride in terrain where I am only going to find powder…would be great, but just not a reality. So I need a board that rides powder well and then suits my style of riding when the snow conditions change or the powder gets all tracked out. I do find it interesting that North American riders all seem to gravitate towards American industry trends while European and Asian riders get better choices because companies like Dupraz, Pogo, Virus, Fenix, Swellpanik, Good Boards, Rad-Air, Stranda, Gentemstick, etc still build bigger boards in addition to shorter offerings. Pray for snow always and ride what suits you.

It’s always Tanker Time for me

Was a great day with great people and good conditions. wish all of you a happy holidays

Tanker is 2000-01

Looks like a P1

They are beautiful boards with incredible construction. @lordmetroland review is spot on about the cheater series. I own the 200 (it was built based on my request and input) and 177 and love them both. Mats has great customer service too. cheers, sandy

Lots of choices out there that are great for Softboot freeride/freecarve. Deeluxe Edge Burton Driver X or Ion Head 8 Nidecker/Flow Talon or Tracer Salamon Malamute Vans Verse DC Judge or T.Rice Ride Insano K2 Thraxxis It is really going to come down to what fits your foot. I used to love clickers, but I would not trust any of your old gear… I am personally using Burton Driver X and Union Atlas FCs for my traditional setup as well as Burton Ion StepOn and StepOn X bindings. Love them both for different reasons. good luck with your search but go with what fits you best. cheers and pray for snow sandy

Thanks, then everything mentioned above will work fine…good luck on the hunt

What shoe size? Many great boards on market today, but a custom Donek would be great. Jones, women’s flagship or hovercraft would definitely be something to consider as well: https://www.jonessnowboards.com/70-women-s-snowboards Kindred is another very cool brand with high quality based out of Vancouver Island. https://kindredsnowstore.com/

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Dave, Mt Baker is not usually a good carving mountain for a few reasons: 1. Too much snow…powder boards are recommended. 2. The last few years the grooming crews have been pretty terrible at laying consistent cord…it is often a mixed bag of ridges and inconsistent lanes. Stevens Pass and Crystal are better carving mountains in Washington, and then you have really good carving at Cyprus and Whistler across the boarder. hope that helps, sandy

Awesome stuff @dredman! Thanks for sharing that.

No changes for the most part for next year except the Ion and Photon SO boots get Vibram soles, a new Genesis and Escapade StepOn binding and new toe hook 2.0 for all bindings…from Burton guides, “we should all be able to purchase/acquire the new toe hook 2.0 to upgrade any older bindings.”

So after two ankle strap failures from two different companies since selling my StepOn setup, I have decided to go for a second round with the StepOn X and Ion StepOn boots. I already machined down some screws to give me more forward lean and added power straps to the boots and am now just waiting for the 2022 bindings to be released as Burton has said they will make the new Toe Hook 2.0 available to previous StepOn owners (probably have to buy them, but I am ok with that). I also intend to make a couple mods/additions to my boot liners for added lateral support. looking forward to this winter and trying out the mods I am planning. Will post feedback after getting back on snow. cheers, sandy

You are always welcome to join @slopestar and I on our softies

Was cool to get some turns with you this morning!

Very cool to hang out with you all...look forward to riding more with everyone.

Was a great morning ride with Chair 9 open and 6-10 inches of pow (or more in the drifted areas). see you all again tomorrow

See you there!

I am looking to head up to Loveland this weekend...what day is best to meet all of you? cheers, sandy

Thanks @big mario I will check them out...hope to hook up with you guys for some turns before the season ends.

Where is the recommended shop for race quality tuning, base grinds, and base structuring in Denver? cheers, sandy