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Darren, what is this vid under in YouTube, my phone plays the footage but just goes back to this page not to YT. I want to put it on my Favourites playlist!

NOT gloating, but after record February, they just issued a snow advisory from 11pm tonight til Friday afternoon... Of course we have a slalom and GS race on Friday! Bloody typical, I want hard piste!

Cool, take care of her!

I had to post a link on my FB page, more people need to see this inspirational footage!

Nice carving on those Palmers! Well, I gave in, sold my 171's and found a pair of 155's still in the plastic for $299 and Head matching black & silver bindings for $60, all from a liquidating company! Boots are next at around $150...but I have to wait for more tips from lessons... Hey, maybe when you come back to PC we'll have a session on the boards AND the skis

I'll keep you posted, thanks for the offer. One thing we could do is refer people to the Forum as a way to get more info and yes, affordable equipment is a key thing. We have the same issue with Slalom Skateboarding, really expensive kit (relatively speaking), and an older user group.

Got it in one! I'm planning to wear a fluoro one piece and a pair of original Raichle boots too... I might even throw in the odd carve!

With years of experience on British snowboard programs, I am involved in a pilot for a new TV Travel Show and there will be a fair amount of actual riding in it. The Director is a former Full-Cert Instructor wanting to show ALL types of riding. I think he will allow me to slip some Alpine riding in there. We will always talk about the kit we use and I have a big contribution to the script. Fingers crossed we can interest either the Travel Channel/Discovery and if so, it could enlighten several million people who think snowboarding starts and ends with the "Ginger Ninja/Flying Tomato"... I will keep you posted. Martin

Niiice! Your timing for the trip was off...we have had about 3 ft over the last 4 days here in Utah...sorry.

You are so right! And Phil, I know it's not Canada, but most of the resorts here got a couple of feet recently!

They are still around, Dave is still tearing it up on the slopes and Billy is killing it from underneath a kitesurf! No one else has Alpine kit, though you could try Chris Karol, he's on this site.

No worries K, we can be separate and together...anyway whenever Brits do something stupid round here, I'm suddenly West Indian again!

Of course it's possible to do all those things really well in hards, (and I'm sure you do)... remember Damian Sanders? All I'm talking about is what works for ME in my everyday riding, be that teaching, racing (softs and hards), riding pow, steeps, bumps, running courses/clinics etc. For the record, when asked I don't count myself as either a hard or soft booter but as a snowboarder.

Just be aware that Flows do restrict ankle flex and ideally you need 3 joints for effective riding, hip, knee and ankle. The ankle is needed for fine tuning of the movements you make with the other two. It is also harder to get much forward lean or highback rotation, if you like to use them. The K2's should work for you, also have a look at Rome 390's and Targas, the latter being stiffer, both have an extending baseplate and go up to 13.5. Good hunting!

I think perhaps it is you that has a poorly fitting boot! The fact you have to crank down your soft boot may be a clue? Also given that no one has made a soft step-in system for many years (with good reason) maybe an upgrade to some modern/ contemporary equipment may be needed... Particularly for effective demos while teaching. I say this as an Examiner in two countries. I try to ride the most functional equipment for what I am doing, hard boots for racing, high speed carving, soft boots for teaching/powder/racing SBX...and with a heat moulded inner and custom footbed, mine don't slop around and actually allow me to carve....and not at station wagon speeds, clocked on my SBX set up at 61.5mph.

Horses for courses, I have high end students and train Instructors so combined with going fast through VERY tight trees, I feel softs give ME more options.

I'm a milk chocolate man myself. My local supermarket had a rediculous surplus of Terry's Chocoale Oranges, no one knew what they were here so didn't buy them! Myself and all the Aussie/Kiwi Instructors bought them by the case when they dropped to 50 cents each!!!!

I don't get much chance to ride plates these days (busy teaching on snow, about 130 days a season- 26 years) and managed a couple of hours yesterday and have a chance today. I just woke to 15" of fresh...back to softboots for me. I can see the board posted below would be fun, but with the terrain here which includes VERY tight trees, hard boots don't give me the flexibility, fluidity or ease of making quick direction changes. I ride either a Rome Notch or Never Summer Raptor, both adequate carvers on piste between tree sessions. Just what works for me...

LOVE Tunnocks, I go there for my Cadbury fix! Some friends arrive from the UK today...I can almost smell the chocolate from here...

Just wondering who is out there, where you are and how long you have been here. I am a Londoner living in Utah, after 15 seasons working in Europe, I fancied a change.It's 11 years for me, living and teaching at Park City. We will definitely have to get together if you come out next year. I wonder how many ex-pat Brits are BOL members? Also who else out there is an hardbooter riding Brit? Let's get some British humour (spelt with a 'u') on here!

I am a Londoner living in Utah, after 15 seasons working in Europe, I fancied a change. I had no idea you were a Brit too! How long have you been here? It's 11 years for me. We will definitely have to get together if you come out next year. I wonder how many ex-pat Brits are BOL members? Maybe a new forum topic?

Bob, you should have told me you were in PC! I have clients currently that don't start until 11am, so have been getting a few hard boot turns in before switching back to softs! Tomorrow is my last chance. Drop me a pm if you are around for a while.

Great review! I got a pair of the longest ones cheap, but still haven't skied them. Nominally too long for me, 175lbs & 5ft 7", I might sell them and go shorter, but can't decide how short!

I can't get enough time off to do both, so I'm doing Usasa Nationals, SL, GS & SBX. Looking forward to the reunion!

How does $60 plus shipping sound?