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Anybody in for a possible New Year's Day session at Bear or Summit? If the weather looks good, I'll stay sober on New Year's Eve and carve it up on New Year's Day!

I'm gonna guess Dynafit AT ski boots and Phantom plate bindings...

I passed on the 901T's because I wanted mittens with a gauntlet and removable liner. So I'm trying out the surplus mittens with the Nikwax waterproofing. I'm sure the hardboots/alpine board will get a lot more strange looks than the trigger mittens:-) Thanks for the heads up Erazz. Upcoming weekend will be the test run for the surplus mittens. I'll be stoked if they last a season without needing any ShoeGoo.

I have had some close calls while carving, but the only time I got hit, I was not actively carving. I slowed down as I went over a blind roller so that I wouldn't hit anybody. Then a teen snowboarder aired off the roller and slammed into me. I was wearing body armor and a helmet. The teen slammed his head into my helmet and had to take the tobbagon ride to the bottom. The teen got a concussion and bloody mouth. I had a light bruise on my bicep, which I didn't notice until later.

Relative to pumping to gain speed, surfboards, skateboards and snowboards can be analogous. When the SB racer extends his legs through the turn, he creates an angular impulse which changes his angular momentum. I would agree that skis and snowboards function very similarly. However, if the current world class coaches/athletes can't figure out how to make a SB racer look like a ski racer, then it will be even more difficult for a recreational racer/rider.

Howard Sheckter is predicting an awesome April. Probably be in Mammoth the weekend of 4/15/16.

I'd read the Wiki at least once. This BOL link should be more prominent on BOL or show up more often on Google searches: http://www.bomberonline.com/newbies/

The compression/extension shown in Cirigliano's videos I think are analogous to pumping on a surfboard. So instead of a waste of energy, it adds energy which increases speed. The quiet COM that Beckman is talking about seems closer to the technique used by Carve Master Curt in the clip below. However, I don't see any world class racers that ride like CMC. I applaud the riders that are trying to find better techniques, but for the average recreational rider, I say copy what is currently winning.

I remember Bruce telling me my Coiler Schtubby has some decamber and the SG website says my 157 Full Race has "RCR Rocker". Also, my Burton Custom has V-Rocker. So I voted "hybrid".

There are a lot of instructional videos on the web for extreme carving. Not so much for racing. Marc Cirigliano's YoutTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/mcirigliano52/videos, is the best that I've found so far. I don't race so I don't know if his advice is valid or not. His advice seems good to me. His explanations on drifting a turn, entering a gate early or late cleared up the subjects for me. He's got 15 videos on race technique. Here's the first one, The only real critique I have is that he seems to have confused flex and extend in the diagram below. From the videos, it looks like the racers "flex" or get compressed in the fall line and "extend" their legs in the edge transition between gates:

Stop guessing. Get the SkiTracks app.

Steep, groomed and wide: I'd go with an EC style board and EC it from top to bottom. My EC board is a Coiler Schtubby 171 with a 13m side cut. As mentioned in other threads, EC is not necessary for steeps, but it makes the steeps easier because you're scrubbing speed with body parts. With less speed, you need less energy to hold your carve, so it's less tiring. If it's steep and narrow or the grooming is not so good, then a slalom board is easier.

I thought there use to be a FAQ for this? Pros: More comfy if fitted properly Shorter sole length = lower binding angle to prevent boot out Better for carving/edge control Wins races Better for splitboarding (if an AT boot) I originally got hardboots because soft boots started to kill my feet whenever I carved a turn.

LOL, free demos end up getting expensive. Definitely interested in trying out the MK if you get one. It will be good to compare the MK with my SG 157 Full Race.

Then maybe your hardboots are too stiff. Depending on the brand, you could install an after market spring system to customize the flex. My old Raichle 413's were too stiff in ride mode and too floppy in walk mode. Installing the BTS made the boots good for all terrain riding. I'm now using Dynafit AT boots for everything. For untracked pow, I'm not sure yet if I prefer hard or soft boots. But once the pow gets tracked out, I definitely prefer hard boots.