Emdee406
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I had to post a link on my FB page, more people need to see this inspirational footage!
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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
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Martin, this is awesome. Let me know if I can help in any way.
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.
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so thats why you snapped up the aggression stealth.
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!
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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
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Niiice!
Your timing for the trip was off...we have had about 3 ft over the last 4 days here in Utah...sorry.
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You are so right!
And Phil, I know it's not Canada, but most of the resorts here got a couple of feet recently!
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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.
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your unionist ideals offend me.
No worries K, we can be separate and together...anyway whenever Brits do something stupid round here, I'm suddenly West Indian again!
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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.
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Looking for something stiff, newer in good shape. I have size 12 boots. Like the idea of Flows as I have read decent things about them.
Thx
K
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!
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Not sure where to start on this.
That either tells me you don't have the right boot, fit or binding to go with them - or all of the above.
I have two pairs each of functioning soft boots and hard boots.
I teach in step in softies. When I really want to ride hard, I wear hard boots. They have a better fit, can ride longer and they seem to be warmer too. Maybe because I don't have to crank them down so tight because they fit my foot better. And not I don't run them as tight as when I carve. They work great.
When I was racing a lot, for practice I would take my FP173 (18 cm waist) everywhere on the mountain. The steepest iciest run I could find, bumps, chopped chowder and yes even tight trees. Was it as easy as carving groom? No, but it sure made even a rutted up race course seem pretty manageable. I like narrower boards and steeper angles better in most kinds of bumps.
I guess it's all what you want to do. If you want to slop around in softies and slarve some turns in the trees - softies will work fine. Ride the whole board instead of the binders, it works great for a couple kinds of turns.
To me settling for soft boots in almost any situation is like settling for station wagon handling cuz it's easier to drive to the grocery store, when I really want Ferrari performance. And speed. I think I tend to ride quite a bit faster in pow and chopped pow than some. If you are going slow the station wagon handling is just fine.
But that's just me. YM has Varied.
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.
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I think it depends on which hardboots and what stance. Steep stance, stiff boots you're hooped I think. My old 224s are probably softer than some modern soft boots, and I run them at around 40 degrees on the wider boards. No trouble with quick direction changes.
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.
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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!!!!
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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...
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LOVE Tunnocks, I go there for my Cadbury fix! Some friends arrive from the UK today...I can almost smell the chocolate from here...
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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!
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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?
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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.
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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!
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I can't get enough time off to do both, so I'm doing Usasa Nationals, SL, GS & SBX.
Looking forward to the reunion!
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How does $60 plus shipping sound?
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Someone just responded that may have an extra set of Burton, which is all I have ridden on, but would try anything to get back on the mountain. I will let you know if these come through or not.
If it falls through, I may have a pair of Burton raceplates to sell that I was keeping for spares, but sounds like your need is greater!
Martin
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Seen on the First Time beginner slope at Park City Resort two days ago...Nate Holland testing boards on a short timing area in preparation for the USSA SBX event tomorrow @ Canyons.
When I asked the guy sitting at the 'finish' with a clipboard what Mr.Holland was up to, the reply was..."He's trying to decide which of his SEVEN custom Kesslers is faster..."
And there was a pile of boards sitting there worth more than both our cars...
Donek Race Custom 175
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Cool, take care of her!