Goon Island

Scott... Pls phone me at number deciphered by Futahaguro (good job Futahaguro) in his post. I'm coming to St Paul tonight and again Friday p.m. Scuff... Are you saying to mount hard boots & bindings on a freestyleboard or to learn soft boot/freestyle first? Bubba... spent a bunch of time watching you at from the lifts Frontenac... wondering how hard snowboarding would be to learn. I miss that place too. Had to work all day Wednesday... will there be more meetings of the carving gang?

Scott... Probably have to work this weekend; will know more Wed/Thurs. Gonna try to get out on the 26th as per Trents shameless threadjack (I love that beautiful bean footage). Will hook up somehow- I'm at sicks phyfe won nein niner nein nein seben sic-sicks. P

Scott- Work in Hastings; I get to the cities often. Ski at Welch- wish for more time to play. Bobble- Thanks for the thoughts. The only things I've ever really learned were learned the hard way. Got a hill behind the house that is ok. At least I can crawl home. No boots save for downhills. Just bought an old Rad-Air Joul for a song. Good shape; has Proflex bindings missing a heelbail, heelbail plate, t-nut & bolt, and center cover. Is there any sense looking for the missing parts? Have a soft boot Rossi board that I'm playing with. When everything hooks up (for even a split second) I see why people put up with the learning curve. There was a guy at Frontenac back in the good old days who could carve up a storm on some long, narrow, parallelogram shaped board. I guess that was the beginning of my interest. Was a scream to watch him. He'd always say "Go get a board". Any one know anything about him? Thanks for the help- P.

I'd like to take a look. How's/when's the best? Thanks- P

Hello- what are you asking for the bindings? Am a complete newb to this although I do ski. Should I learn to softboot snowboard first (you can probably guess what the softboot gang recommends)? How many board carvers are there in the TC area? Any instructors? Thanks for any/all advice- Paul