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  5. Buck Hill 21/22

    in Great Lakes

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    Hello MN Carvers! I was referred to creating a post in this thread to inquire about gear. I'm wondering if anyone has some spare gear that they are willing to sell to help me get started in hard boot carving. I am looking for a decent board, bindings, and some quality boots size 28.5 or 29. Anything helps, thanks guys.

  6. Afton 21/22

    in Great Lakes

    Posted

    Hello MN Carvers! I was referred to creating a post in this thread to inquire about gear. I'm wondering if anyone has some spare gear that they are willing to sell to help me get started in hard boot carving. I am looking for a decent board, bindings, and some quality boots size 28.5 or 29. Anything helps, thanks guys.

  9. Soft Booter interested in Hard Booting

    in Carving Central

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    4 minutes ago, Neil Gendzwill said:

    If my research is right, the Blunt is a park board with Burton's flying V camber profile, essentially about as far away from a carving board as you can get.  So an alpine rig is going to be a big change for you.

    As a start, you could try changing your angles to double forward and see how you feel about that. Try something like +30f, +15r and play around with that.

    Yep, thats the one haha. Picked it up when I was big into the park, now I enjoy the leisurely ride. As for the advice, I will definitely try that out in a couple days. Appreciated

  11. Soft Booter interested in Hard Booting

    in Carving Central

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    7 minutes ago, Wolf said:

    New alpine snowboard equipment is pricy, like $1500-$2000 or so for a titanal construction board, boots and bindings.  Are you looking for new or used?

    Also, do you want a board suited for fairly tight turns, suitable for smaller, crowded hills, or do you have the room for big turns?

    I'm thinking of going used equipment, if it makes sense to buy something new I am not afraid to pull the trigger on that. In terms of crowds, I typically ride in the mornings where it is less busy, but should probably go with tighter turns to be on the safe side.

  12. Soft Booter interested in Hard Booting

    in Carving Central

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    11 minutes ago, BlueB said:

    Hi, welcome on board! 

    Size 11 means very little for hardboots. Measure your foot in cm (like 28.5) that would be your Mondo size. 

    Can you carve clean lines on soft boots already? What board do you have? 

    So I measured them out and 28.5 is right. I can carve pretty decent lines already and I'm using a Burton Blunt from around 2016-2017. I would like to look into an Alpine Board

  13. Soft Booter interested in Hard Booting

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Fox in the Snow

    Hey all,

    I was wondering if you could help me out. I've been snowboarding in Minnesota since around 2008, typical soft boot style. I used to dabble in the terrain, but now I just stick to the hills. I would consider myself to be pretty decent to Minnesota standards. Anyways, I am having the urge to try out the hard boot alpine boards. I am not into racing, I just want to carve up the hill and have some fun trying something new. What I am asking for, is some recommended gear set-ups for my area. I am 6 ft 2 in and weigh 200 pounds, I ride the typical hills in Minnesota (groomed, hard packed, sometimes icy), and have been on the board for 14 years. Anything helps, Thanks guys.

     

    Edit: I wear a size 11 shoe

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