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I read that article. It really helped doing the "S". Before I would do just a slight carve to help the prewind. My spins are still a work in progress and have been limited due to an injured shoulder and a fear factor of increased injury but doing the S definitely helped. On a side note... NateW kicks @**. He is one of my favorite riders to watch. How often do you see someone digging trenches and throwing spins effortlessly in between?
Nate, I think the biggest kicker in the middle section at West is 30 ft with a 20 ft table. The big ones to the left are 30, 40, and 50'.
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What about using 4 mini force plates for measuring heel & toe inputs? Then all you would have to carry is a meter & scientific calculator.
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Originally posted by lonerider
It's like relearning how to snowboard as even the slightest pitches seem crazy fast to me. I think the lack of footstraps and extreme negative of falling have contributed to this lack of confidence.
That's how I feel about trying to railslides and grinds after surgery. If I only had those hooks that you could mount using the truck hardware. Do they still make those for mt. boards? I know you used to be able to get them with those big Tonka lookin' mudder wheels.
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I just started skating again after about a year, more important things like snowboarding and then surgery take up a lot of time. I love talking to guys who are older than me (I just turned 30)that still skate talk about "the old days". :p I started skatin' in the '80's strictly street with some launch ramps. When we moved to the sticks when I was in jr. high I was stuck riding on the side of a two lane highway or in my basement with half of pingpong table propped up against the wall on each end of the room. When we finally moved into "town" I was lucky enough to make friends with a kid who had a mini ramp a couple of blocks away. The only decent park was in Seattle 2.5 hours away. Now there are loads of parks including a new one that just opened within 10 min. of home. (Nate, have you skated Woodinville yet?) Hmm.. forgot where I was going with this...oh yeah. How old is too old? It's all relative. To me the future of alpine riding is similiar to the future of skateboarding. As older guys go to longboards in skateboarding it's kind of like people trading in there soft boots for hard ones.
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Mine is pretty self explanitory...Scottish Heavy Athletics. I can't compete this year due to shoulder surgery so I'm judging instead. Unfortunately, it also means I'm missing the summer carve camp (same weekend as the games even though I wouldn't be able to ride anyway).:(
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I was already committed to judging at the PNW Highland games before I knew the dates and the doc still hasn't cleared me to ride. :(
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Originally posted by Speed Demon
That is the problem for me Im short and so is my dad and he and I have a hard time finding bike s that fit HIM right now and ME later. My dad and I are both 5'2" and he's riding a V-Star Classic which is just about the right height for him with a seat height of only 27.9"...and most sport bikes have seat heights around 30" + or - a few inches. Except for one exception the Buell Blast has a seat height of 25.5" thats crazy low. But my question is, is it possible to lower the seat height of bike to around that height of 28"? Didnt know. Thanks
Hey SpeedDemon...Here's the bike for you.
That should solve your seat height problem.:D
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Originally posted by Frappe
(Recreate that sickening feeling of rocking back and forth on ancient, rickety chairlifts in the dead of winter, and sit in it on a windy day with ice in your clothes.)
Or if you want to recreate the feel of Snoqualmie make sure it's pouring rain, gusting 10 knots and 32 F.
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I've done my share of one footers including one complete run through the park (a little liquid courage). No pics though. :( I'll have to try and get some footage this next season.
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Originally posted by NateW
Not very related to board sports, but training parrots to 'get air' is almost as satisfying as getting air myself, and some friends and I just made the local news last weekend:
http://www.king5.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.king5.com/ki_052604Abirdflyingshool.wmv
I'm the long-haired guy pulling a parrot out of his hair near the beginning of the video.
Nate they just replayed your video on NWCN . Have you heard of or seen the flock of green parrots in Greenwood/Greenlake?
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Originally posted by NateW
A couple of new skateparks have sprung up in WA state lately, so I'm stoked all over again. Last week I helped a guy with some framing on a 6 foot high 24 foot wide mini ramp and we're hoping that'll be ready soon. Would be working on it tomorrow but the weather is lame.
When can we skate it? :)
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Originally posted by johnstewart
So it turns out that one of the pairs of boots I have are not a matched set. The left one is a 29 and the right one is a 28.5.
Anyone here got a shorter right foot? =)
:D I do. I do...
I snapped my middle toe skim boarding in Hawaii and now I have trouble finding boots. I love my boots tight so I usually use my right foot for fitting and endure the pain for the rest of the season.
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I wish I could've picked more than one answer. I love to surf and skate during the summer and snowboard as much as possible. Unfortunately having shoulder surgery pretty much cut everything out this summer...even work. Now I'm stuck at home except when I go to school...BORING.
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July 30- Aug 1
How many are planning to go? Looks like a good rehab "goal" date for me to get back on snow.
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Originally posted by lonerider
Try the Wonderlic Personality Test - I just learned about it randomly in the news, NFL teams use it to test the mental processing of the player. Most players who have agents get some practice on it (like SATs -- you can master it with enough practice) and score in the 15-25 range. However, some are completely unprepared, a few score in the single digits (teams get a little worried). Comes with a sample 2 minute test.
Wow... I got 9/9 (50) in 35 sec. It's interesting to see the scores some of the football players got. I guess it just goes to show snowboarders (at least the alpiners) are more intellectual. :)
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I ran out of time the first time not realizing how quick it was going but the second time I hauled ass and got it all. Kind of like slipping the course then going for gold. :) The test makes you remember all the places I would never want to live.:)
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Mike,
Maybe we could work something out with Cascade Ski Club as an option for a place to stay. That is about the cheapest lodging I know of in G. C. plus the facilities are pretty good and would make an excellent base of operations.
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My son just turned 3 and started skiing this last season. This next season he will be swapping over to a snowboard (freestyle board with plate bindings)! He has fun skiing (even landing small jumps) but is constantly saying..."Daddy, I snowboard?" So you won't be the youngest for long!:)
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Originally posted by Mike T
Here's another one starring Jim taken in the fog on Saturday. [/b]
Damn...why did I have to be broke and broken right now! Looks like you guys had a blast.
Mike, I'll definitely let you know when I'm able to ride again (late Summer even though the doc says I can't do any damage to my shoulder now). When I do come down I'll bring the new Donek Twins down for everyone to demo.
Sean not only makes the best alpine boards but the sickest freestyle ones as well.:D
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Originally posted by Mike T
STOP THE PRESSES! Cascade and Heather open while it's snowing! You're BS ing me. Why do these things only happen when I can't ride?
No kidding...I was down there in April and it snowed the whole time. I got hurt late Saturday and couldn't ride with the rest of my group on Sunday and now I'm out until at least July because of shoulder surgery.:( Maybe we could have another carve fest in August. :)
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I just had my 1st post op appointment yesterday. Stitches are out and appearently there was little damage. Nine days after the surgery and the doc already released me to light duty and PT. The tear was minor and in fact was "sweater shaved" away. He said the majority of pain was caused by a bone spur that was poking my rotator cuff. Bone spur removed and I'm feeling much better. Supposedly I should be back to full duty in 6-8 weeks
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Why? I don't know but this could be the solution.
Freestyle in hard boots?
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Nate...the problems with the those is that they weren't built very well. (Actually all the parks weren't built very well hence the fact that I tended to overshoot just about everything and ended up breaking two boards last season...crappy Burtons not the new Doneks). I thought those jumps were big 'til we did a trip down to Hood the weekend before my surgery. The jumps they had on the Texas Trail were monstrous. One run through there and I was back down to the main park where all the rails and half pipe were.
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