CB Utah

I will be in the general region next week. I’ll PM you. I have a 8rw and a 181 PC you can try. If next week doesn’t work, maybe one of your trips to UT we can go night boarding at Brighton after your work day. Lots of runs open at night and it’s convenient.

Here are the specs: 181.5 cm, ~20.6 cm waist, right foot forward WARP shape with flex index of .277. Side cut is something in the range of 11-12 m (WARP shape). Ridden with hard boots, both at 60 degrees. Riding style: I'm relearning and building back. I preferentially ride neutral on boards. Conditions: First test ride was at Park City with both smooth and irregular surface chopped up packed powder, a few choice areas of screeching hard pack, some areas of near-slush and maybe 40 degrees F, with clear skies. My impressions: I'll attempt to describe something that is difficult to comprehend without riding one. The only way I can explain this is it rides exactly how one wants it to ride for that particular moment or situation and does it exceptionally smooth. The smoothness is what floored me. It requires little effort to make it transition from turn to turn and it will hold the turn for as long or as short as you want. It's light for it's length but feels lively and not like a noodle. The sound it makes on hard pack is addictive. Yes, it freaks some skiers out but I love that noise. Ride it neutral and it's amazing. To elaborate, if I wanted to carve into some really packed snow (for Utah), it sliced right through it and didn't slip or chatter. It's literally not a concern at all. If I rode across chopped up groom, it just cruised right through, smoothly. It's a holdover from riding free style boards but I like to throw out a fat heel side slashing slush wave if I have an opportunity; it had no problem doing that. If skiers started to crowd in, it could be thrown around very quickly, defying it's 181+cm length. These boards ride smoothly like a long board but lithe and lively like a small board for turnability. To summarize, I couldn't tell it's a swallow tail when I transitioned from edge to edge, regardless of snow surface I rode across. It felt like the board was much longer (in a good, stable way) behind the heel than it is when carving, but it can instantly be made to turn much tighter on command. The nose looks a little longer from the center of the front binding to the tip versus the 8rw but it doesn't feel like it. The PC is just absolutely smooth, light, balanced and easy to ride. A common theme I heard repeated but could not comprehend is something I've personally now experienced with Thirsts; they turn like they are shorter and have redefined my ideas about board length. I am jealous of those who have ridden this board in deep powder. If you are ever out Park City way, hit me up if you are RFF.

Just was checking out to see if it was snowing at Brighton and saw a guy ride across half of the lot on his board. Did a good job and made some turns.

Looks amazing. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for this information. It will be my replacement for a Columbia Omni Heat which should be called an Omni not breathable/moisture-builder inside the shell.

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving.

I found this for Loveland but it doesn’t go back super far. Far right column is base depth. Far left is year, second from left should be total snowfall and days indicate days of snow I believe.

Tried to assist you; wound up laughing too hard after a search found this. That was NOT part of the search terminology I used. (See photo). But yeah, everything else was Intec. (Including the underwear)

Incidentally, I’ve purchased a snowboard and related memorabilia from @dropthebody and everything went smooth. Cool guy to deal with and to visit with. He and I spent so much time talking outside, I got a sunburn, but had fun getting it.

Hey Bill, THIS is the place for you. So many people to learn from. I’m from Colorado too and mountain biked, skied and snowboarded Winter Park in that era. Lots of great articles and discussions here. I quit for 30 years and jumped right back in. You’ll do awesome.

Hey @Gossamer, thanks for posting. Well-made short films. Love the high contrast concept. Hope you’re having a good fall season. Saw some nice snow on the Wasatch after the storms yesterday. As we all await more snow, here’s a photo from Park City, saying farewell to summer.

Alpinstars Bionic vest. Goofy name, but good fit, good protection for my size, good airflow. I top it with an oversized high flow motocross jersey. Seemed to work at pretty warm temps. Low profile, in contrast to what I used to wear for enduro motorcycle riding, so I don’t feel like He Man.

Hey @slabber, how’s it going? Traveling out to Utah?

Wait a minute; they all get FIRST TRACKS at the end of their shift?!!! Nobody told me that at the ski areas I worked at. (Quietly reconsiders current job, weighing benefits of ditching 9-5 routine to snowboard perfect corduroy every morning before entire world shows up…) Thanks for posting, Pat. Well-made short film.

The leg snap on the tree? That is the worst. Had a friend who was skiing the trees and a horizontal log was hidden under the powder. One ski went under the log, the other skipped over. He woke up screaming, would pass out, then wake up screaming again.

Mayflower is looking like winter will be here before they are completed. The amount of dirt they’ve displaced is phenomenal. Not my problem.

It has been fascinating for me to concurrently have been part of both mountain biking and snowboarding in Colorado from the mid 80’s and onward, with some large gaps of time. We used to attach our freestyle boards to day packs and ride the service roads up to the melting half pipe in the summer. Other days, we’d either pedal to the top or use the lift to haul bikes and travel across the mountain. In the mid to late 80’s, I naively thought every resort provided bike hauling services for those not able or willing to hill climb. I say whatever tool or method people use to have fun outdoors in any season, I’m all for it. I’m just glad to see them out enjoying the outdoors whether on an e-bike, 35 pound gravity bike, or feather weight cross country bike. (Or electric unicycles)

Only tried Snowbasin once and it was late season. Really nice base lodge and restaurant area, great patio scene outside. Wildcat Bowl sounds like a bowl but it’s a misnomer. It’s a run that felt more like a gigantic carvable half pipe along the middle portion, which was unusual and fun. Lots of variety of trails up higher on the mountain.

@BecInBreck, log in to your ASB account, go to the upper right hand corner where the bell and envelope symbols are and click the envelope. You have an unread PM from many days ago.

Holy cow, that Kemper and bag is cool.

Thanks, now I’m envisioning a scene from The Hangover, during the exchange in the desert.

Four hours so I could always make it part of a combined trip to the desert down there.

Loved those movies. I’ll PM you.

Damn, too far away to pick up. They look really nice and are a cool part of bygone history. Emerys and Elfgens were what I used.

Sent a PM since I am prone to writing books… Enjoy Breckenridge, it’s a nice town. Second place I ever snowboarded at in the mid 80’s.