Jack M

http://www.bomberonline.com//articles/physics.cfm

I'm going to give John the benefit of the doubt and assume that was all meant to be humorous in some strange, probably cox-2 inhibitor induced way. I guess. I've never ridden an old Madd, so I can't argue with those claims. However I can unequivocally say that my Madd 170 is ONE OF the most fun boards I've ever ridden. The impressive thing is that in year one, Madd has climbed out of the where-are-they-now file and is instantly right back in the hunt with the best in the business. Performance-wise, at least. Aesthetically, yes, they are not there yet. And that's a big "yet". The 180 protos at the SES were a big improvement in that deptartment. As for reliability, I think that is coming soon, if it hasn't already been solved. The difference here is that we've all been invited to participate in the prototyping and beta testing process, which would normally be a private thing. John has outed me - yes, my previous 170 had the cf wing delam. But it was warranteed reasonably promptly, and the new board is holding up.

Hmm, a woman on this site who carves AND rides a Ducati. You should have at least one marriage proposal within 12 hours. :D

It seems that 95% of the time in these collisions, the carver "wins". It would suck to have injured your wife, so in a sense you got lucky! get back on the horse soon.

Some wallpaper to help you get back to work... Jim Jordan Geoff Vincelette Highland Bowl And yes, thanks to Fin & Michelle and everyone for making it a really special time.

check it out HERE

Mellow Yellow: Paul K:

He's got limited internet access right now, so he asked me to post some pics from Montana. Too bad I wasn't there :( Shred: Helmut Karvelowv:

Oh the horror! The waste! All those poor Germans! http://tinypic.com/1qmuy1 and the valiant rescue attempt: http://makeashorterlink.com/?X36B65B7A

I saw a guy come over a lip and onto a steep icy section of the trail that I assume he didn't realize was there. He freaked, bailed, and did about a 50 yard ice slide (read: not slowing down) straight into the cement foundation of the lift tower, which was exposed due to the low base of the early season. He hit it side-on, bounced off, went completely limp, and slid the rest of the way down the steep. I never found out what happened to him, but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't make it. Actually I'd be surprised if he did make it.

You need to really crank up the edge angle and get your carve around as quickly as possible to control speed. Also do not waste ANY time between carves. Don't stand up. Use cross-through. Be compact. Commit to each carve early and completely, and drive the nose.

even if some wizard ski/board tech <i>could</i> fix it (which I doubt), it certainly looks like the board is totalled - enough so that you would be able to recover the cost of a replacement from the person who hit you. You *did* get their info, didn't you?

The Volkl 173 has an 11.7m radius. Pro snowboard racers are generally using boards in the vicinity of 185cm and 15m for GS. I don't know about slalom. In skiing, these days, a 15m radius usually appears on skis around 170cm long. Part of this has to do with the fact that a ski 185cm long with a 15m radius would have ridiculously wide nose and tail. I don't know what ski racers are using.

That's a 2001. (winter of 2000/2001)

1995 - "tire tread" pattern 1996 - silver 1997 - metallic blue fleck 2001 - black with some <i>very</i> minimal graphics (barely any)

This and other practice drills are discussed here.

because I can't fly one of these:

Waist down looks good, but the shoulders are dipped too much. Ideally, they should be more level. Here is an excellent example of a textbook toeside: www.bomberonline.com/JackM/cktoeside.jpg (Chris Karol) and heelside www.bomberonline.com/JackM/snwbrder.jpg (unknown racer)

case in point: http://ojankaivajat.1g.fi/kuvat/Zinal+2005/P1020214.JPG/full twelve demerits. I personally think that Patrice and Jacques pull off the EC style with exceptional grace and really make it look good. The way they do it is anything but cheesy. However it should be noted well that they are VERY experienced and that most of the time they are not reaching for the snow, the snow is coming up to them. (get it?) EC style can lead to many bad habits when attempted by the newby, namely, reaching for the snow, and bending over at the waist (see above). But when the cord is just right, you may find yourself someday with your armpit on the snow too.

Scott, these stories are great. I'm psyched you are learning from everyone here and are having fun. It sounds like you're railing some good carves on your familiar soft gear, but you're not quite there on the hard gear yet, yes? If so, you would probably benefit from getting back to basics with The Norm. Before long, your butt will only be a few inches off the ground! :D

3 degree discs are a good place to start. and yes, there is a 2nd board kit. read this: http://www.bomberonline.com/articles/TD2_setup.cfm

I'm not familiar with F2 bindings, but for general binding mounting info, check out this article: http://www.bomberonline.com//articles/setup.cfm

Extreme carving - The style of laid out carving on wider carving boards evangelized by Patrice Fivat, Jacques Rilliet, Nils Degremont and other Europeans at www.extremecarving.com Pureboarding - Another crew of Europeans. They advocate asym carving technique on asym boards of their own design. Unlike "Extreme Carving", Pureboarding is the brand name of their boards. www.pureboarding.com Eurocarving - The late 80's/early 90's name American snowboarding magazines like Transworld gave to the style of laid out carves pioneered by Europeans like Peter Bauer, Jean Nerva, Serge Vitelli, and others. Alpine carving - "Alpine" snowboarding is the generic name for the sport of snowboarding in hardboots with the goal of making nice carves. Encompasses all of the above and pretty much every other style of riding in hardboots - including the use of all-mountain carving boards like the Prior 4WD for mixing up carving and riding everywhere in hardboots. Also the URL of a handy reference-style website dedicated to the sport, run by Scott Firestone - www.alpinecarving.com

I love this one http://www.pureboarding.com/gallery/images/133/img/DSC00192.jpg

Sure, I can be a butt-head :) However I didn't say an asym would be harder to learn on, I said I (strongly) believe that most people in general can progress further on a symetrical board and the techniques used to ride one. IMO, heel-to-toe snowboard carving is a thing of the past. I also disagree that sym-board technique is somehow more asym and less natural than asym-board technique. Kamran, to answer your earlier question, my article was original work, with influence from the guy who I worked for as an instructor for four years.