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yep, view the pic larger from my flikr and you can see the "mammoth" on the edge dulling device in the terrain park (where I never go). Thanks for the link, I live in SoCal but Mammoth is "local" and I have passes this year. There seems to be very few that carve out west? So it would be cool to meet up with some folks.

Hey all- Im new on the board an thought Id introduce myself: I used to be an expert skier that started boarding a little over 10 years ago. Unfortunately my gear is also about 10 years old. Im riding a Burton Balance 160 with Burton bindings but forgot which model, they were the stiffest available at the time. For boots I current have a pair of Deeluxe ID that I have hillbilly engineered some plastic intermediate liners for (between inner and outer boot) I can manage to carve this set up fairly deep until the speed get too high and chatter will blow an edge, especially the heel side. The plastic in the boots stiffen them up considerably and I ride a stance of 47 and 33 goofy. I got to there because the carve seemed to keep getting better the more angle I got, then I couldnt get the high backs turned enough after that. Any way Ill be lurking around and reading and Im sure some bug will catch me and convince me let loose with some cash for some newer gear even tho Im notably cheap.:D So I may be asking lots of stupid questions. Ive pasted a pic of a toe-side my wife shot last weekend... Im also like messing with photos so this pic is combined from 3 shots lined up in Photoshop.