Jack M

Do it on a gentle grassy hill, like at a park. But longboard skateboards or CarveBoards are closer to alpine snowboarding. I think wakeboarding is the best substitute, but that may not be feasible.

damn.

Funny how it can change year to year. 2011 was great, 2012, not so much. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/snow-for-i-95-corridor-northeast-winter/69820

ECES 2008 was at Stowe. It was just ok. I'd recommend trying something new.

Call Michelle at Bomber. 970-513-7733. She has a lot of experience with getting people into the right boot over the phone/email. I think Head boots are narrower than Deeluxe, but I'm not sure. http://bomberonline.3dcartstores.com/Boots-and-Liners_c_22.html

Done. Can't wait to see it. I trust Seth will be starring?

Welcome! I have some good news for you. New boots with moldable liners are nice and warm. Check these out: http://bomberonline.3dcartstores.com/Deeluxe_c_24.html. When you mold them, cut off the toes of 3 extra socks and put those over your toes in addition to your thin riding sock. This creates extra wiggle room in the toe area. Toasty. Good luck!

Ha, sometimes I get nostalgic for softboots... then I remember toeside chatter, and the feeling goes away. ;)

lol, perfect.

Condolences, my friend. "If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can overlook when those you love take it out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend, If you can face the world without lies and deceit, If you can conquer tension without medical help, If you can relax without liquor, If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, If you can say honestly that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion or politics,Then, my friend, you are almost as good as your dog!" -author unknown

Kinda looks like everybody owes Franz Scherubl for the vintage 1989 design of our current plates... http://www.google.com/patents/US5046751 Check out the drawings. Fig 3 - part #4, slides inside of part#14 in the direction identified by 20. Fixed hinge at the back. Look familiar?

I agree with everything philw said. I think it would be cool for one brief scene, and that would be that. I was done with that Jackson Hole video in about 63 seconds, and I love JH and Pink Floyd. Besides, it wouldn't work for any shots where the rider fills enough of the frame to really see what they are doing. But Bryan, if you want to buy me one, I'll video you with it! Here... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/606803-USA/Canon_3553B002_Wide_Tilt_Shift_TS_E_17mm.html I think it is because the thin depth of field where both the foreground and background are out of focus, combined with the elevated perspective, makes us think of macro photography, or with our own experience of putting our face close to something small to try to see it better. Any photo ever taken with a normal lens of something small looks like this, unless measures are taken to specifically counter the effect. Or maybe everyone is subconsciously recalling the miniature model scenes from Mister Rogers Neighborhood. ;)

Beautiful. Love the cover shot at 2:42.

This is what I dislike about the EC videos. They're great eye candy and great advertising for our sport, but they make new and intermediate carvers think they should be able to do it quickly and with relative ease. EC is an expert maneuver. It sounds like you will get there someday, but you're not there yet. You are tilting your shoulders and reaching down for the snow. I would say this is your worst trait in that picture. This is an unbalanced position. Check out this article on The Toeside Problem for some tips. When you're carving well at an expert level, you don't have to try to EC, the snow just comes up to you. Good luck!

yup! if the toe/heel blocks are machined with custom cant/lift.

Now we just need system plate + binding combos! Hint hint Fin! :D Custom machined cant/lift, direct mount, ultra light, ultra low, yadda yadda yadda. Todd, what were the specs of the board you're talking about? Bryan, get well soon! :(

Hold the phone. Was this thing intended for carving groomed hardpack? Was its asymmetry intended to improve carving? If no and/or no, then I don't think this qualifies as what is being discussed in this thread...?

-1. Could not disagree more. Skiing is cake next to snowboarding except in powder and spring slush. Maybe snowboarding with ski poles prevents you from actually, well, snowboarding. :p

http://unofficialnetworks.com/ski-lift-stolen-czech-republic-96232/ watch ebay and craigslist!

That is a big reason why many people try snowboarding, but now there is so much more to do on skis than there used to be. Between parks and pipes and glades that were previously off limits or non-existent, and all the different kinds of skis available, that day of boredom may never come for many people. Will my son be bored with skiing by the time he is 13, the age I started boarding? These days I wouldn't want to make that prediction. I think that every time I ski except when it is horribly icy. But that's just because I'm better at boarding.

My understanding is that is only for GS, SG, and DH, due to an increase in knee injuries since the advent of racing on shaped skis. Besides, world cup racing is a far less significant indicator than it used to be, on the trends of next year's skis for the general public anyway. I am talking more about all-mtn and new school freestyle skis. This is what the kids want to be doing these days... he's 11.

Doesn't surprise me. In the late 80's and 90's, Skiing had a terrible image problem. Next to Snowboarding, it was lame. On top of that, only the experts could really make straight skis perform. Everyone else looked silly sliding around. And big air at resorts was discouraged or prohibited. Now skiing is cool. Very cool. Youtube Simon Dumont for a taste. Parks and pipes are not only in, they are required equipment. But I think a huge contrasting factor is that skiing is now easier and safer than snowboarding thanks to shaped skis. Non-expert Snowboarders are now the ones who look silly sliding around, and only the experts look good outside of a park or pipe. My 9 and 6 year olds carve their skis whenever they can, because it's natural and intuitive and easy to do on the new gear. I taught my son how to snowboard, but he just doesn't have the fever for it because he's so much better on his skis. When I started snowboarding in '88, skiing was difficult and frustrating. Learning how to snowboard then was liberating. Today it is humbling. "The percentage of snowboarders with kids grew from 18.8 percent in 2010 to 23.4 percent in 2011." - This is another thing, I know when we started a family, our slope time was decimated for 6 years. Also I actually know some people who went back to skis after they had kids.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248042 I've asked Fin to check that out. Otherwise, AFAIK the only way to catch human spammers before they post is to manually moderate new registrations. P. I. T. A. :(

You know what's crazy to me is that spam exists because it works. I can't fathom that there are a significant number of people who are smart enough to use a computer and participate in an online community who are also stupid enough to solicit spammers. The rest of us must be some kind of freaking geniuses by comparison!

Seth Wescott can't be wrong... I'd say just keep your back hand more in check.