Sebastian

Wow… thanks much to all for the info and recommendations. Seems there are more resources and advances in technology than I thought! I was surprised by the average board length too. I thought 155 would still be about right for me (short dude towering at 5’5”, 145lbs), but going a little longer makes sense. If I get a new carver, it’ll be very late this season or early next. To offset the cost I’ll attempt selling my old gear on Craig’s list and maybe eBay for a local sale here in SoCal (not too crazy about having to pack and ship). The material condition of my Scorpion would make a collector very happy. And thanks Zeta Tre for the ride invite. Wish I could but I’m still healing from some recent skateboard stupidity. Hope to get up there soon though, so I’ll check the ride board before heading up.

First post here and it seems this is definitely the best source for knowledge on carving these days. I sort of had a clue about it back in the mid 90’s while working/riding over in Japan, but today I’m more or less a complete n00b in the sport. I recently pulled some boxes out of storage and came across my old gear. Thinking about getting back into it, and I was hoping maybe you guys could bring me up to date. A few questions for starters: - What’s preferred by most gear wise today (sizes, materials, new technology?) - Is new equipment as scarce as I think it is (like maybe 2% of the market?) - For a new novice setup (board, bindings, boots), what would be a typical price range? - Is performance really that much better than running well maintained “old school” gear? - What are the key characteristics one looks for in a quality carving board, new or old? <O:p</O:p<O:p</O:p This is my present setup (after 16yrs in storage): <O:p</O:p Nitro Scorpion deck, 155 Nitro bindings, NB823NN (Fritschi system) Nordica SBH’s <O:p</O:p So… should I sport the mountain retro style, break the bank and modernize, or just sell everything and focus on slightly less extreme endeavors? Thanks in advance for any feedback, really appreciate it. Sebastian <O:p</O:p

for sure, do you think that it will be cheappest if you send it to san diego, because i have a friend that is now there , and maybe he can bring them to me thanks

hi , i am student from chile , and now i am in Vancouver, Canada finishing an exchange trip. I was hoping to buy a board and boots here, but is totally impossible, nobody knows about carve snowboards. I will be really glad if some one of you tell me where to find some gear (cheap, used). thanks Sebastian

hi, i am interested in your boots, how much are you asking for them. where you live?. now i am in vancouver, ship oprtunities.:D