Jack M

Steve.... you call it half-pike and you expect us to believe you're a snowboard designer?

You have to have overhang at those angles, especially your rear toe. I have a 21cm board and 28 boots and I have to run 58 degrees to have zero overhang. This is zero overhang: If your rear foot is around 50-55 and the cant disc is at 60, you have a tiny bit of inward cant. Try setting your rear cant disc at 5 or 10 degrees less than the binding angle for a little outward cant. Unless you are naturally knock-kneed, you'll probably find this helps toeside initiation. http://www.bomberonline.com/articles/TD2_setup.cfm

Glad you like the vid! We are overdue for another one. You might find this article (with pictures!) helpful... http://www.bomberonline.com/articles/toesideproblem.cfm

Good grief, are a lot of people saying 45-50? Way too low imo. I'm at 58 and I think it's "just right". Much better than 66 anyway.

Yes but it looks like you are bending over at the waist towards the snow.

I saw a dude skiing with a pair like this, it was hilarious...

What Rob Stevens said. Bottom-up carving is better and more agile. Moderately lower angles are more effective for this. Again, with 50 degrees being "too low" imho. Below that typically leads to toilet sitting on heelside and bending over towards the snow at the waist on toeside.

Perfect! Love it. I also have always wanted a Rockman. Boston rulez. :D

Don't get me wrong, my new lower angles are better for carving too than my old higher angles. Being able to work my ankles better has done a lot of good for my carving.

Agreed all around. It is good to know what riding at many different angles is like. At 66 degrees, my board was strictly for carving only. (well, I would force it to do other things sometimes, but it was never all that fun.) At 58 degrees, the whole mountain is my oyster. People can carve on whatever if they practice at it, so I can't tell you, Scott, what is "too low". You should see Seth Wescott carve his bx board in person. To draw an analogy to motorcycles, when I go to track days, there are guys there on friggen motocross bikes with street size wheels and slick tires and they embarrass a lot of dudes on sport bikes, myself included. But ultimately the fastest racers are on sport bikes for a reason, and the best carvers are on race boards with hardboots and angles around 55 to 65 degrees. Personally I would say 50 is too low.

fools and their money. Fin may as well get some of the action. ;) ;) Fin is a closet... lots of things.

Lower angles = more ankle leverage across the board. It's as simple as that. That lever is one more tool to have in your toolbox to make good carves. At 90 degrees, you lose them entirely. However at some point going too close to zero frigs up the rest of your alignment. I'm loving coming from an 18cm board and 66 degree angles to a 21cm and 58 degrees. Feels like a snowboard again. Carving technique needed a little adjustment afterwards, but ultimately it's been a lot better for me. I'm smoother and more balanced.

No. Don't even look at it.

I'm just musing really. Was wondering if anyone here has one. The more affordable models ($1800 ) are solid body, that's what I'd get if I did. But that hollow sure is pretty. I used to have a Stratocaster (American) with the Fender Lace sensors and a Fender Twin tube amp. It weighed a metric ton and sounded awesome but only if you turned it up to stage levels.

About 10 years ago I sold all my electric stuff to buy a Taylor acoustic. On a whim I went to their website today and saw this bad boy: Not that I could afford that (nor am I worthy) but they have some more affordable models. Me want. Anyone playing a Taylor electric?

peak of marketability maybe. Nah. In lift-line or walking around with your board (or just in your boots) you're the same as the other bazillion snowboarders out there. On snow, you're an expert softbooter. A hardbooter stands out like a sore thumb no matter where we are or what we're doing while in gear. We got the love for ya buddy. That's why you're here.

and I'm at work.

Alpine is the only way to be both a snowboarder and a non-conformist!

Erik, wait till you try actual downhill sledding. There are few things funnier than watching your kid get his/her mind blown!

No, but Snowblades is a trademarked name.

awesome.

You can't pressure the nose with free heels.

I've seen a number of teleboarders (including reps from demo days) who could ride the things very well, but they simply can't power the board and manipulate it like we can. It's physically impossible with the free heels. Someone will surely respond to this and say "I saw this one Teleboarder who could put any carver here to shame!" That person has never seen a good carver.

Skiboards: aka: fruit-boots.

WTF. I have now been asked this at least 5 times this year. what the hell is going on?