Jack M

I don't know but that is my impression. The NSAA rules mostly cover the same stuff, albeit without mentioning carving skis and snowboards. Not sure what you mean but maybe we are arguing semantics. I agree it's foolish to consciously assert your "rights" as a downhill rider and keep carving if you know there is traffic above you. If I perceive there is any possibility of being hit from behind I simply pull over and sit down, or stop carving. But that still doesn't cover me 100%. Just today I was carving down a low-angle runout trail back to the chair, not taking up even a third of the trail width, thinking I was all alone. Suddenly I was overtaken by a group of 3 park skiers - you know, the kind that practically straightlines everywhere but in the park. They avoided me appropriately and comfortably, but I was not aware of them until they were next to me. I don't think I did anything wrong, and if one of them had hit me they would be 100% responsible.

I am using Gecko Stealths with 10mm bumpers on a 26cm waist board. 36/15 angles, US size 10.5 Burton Ions. I can carve it with decent satisfaction on easy slopes, but I still cannot lay it over without booting out. I'm ok with that because softboot carving isn't really my goal.

Except for a few things. 1, these FIS rules have not been adopted by the NSAA (US resorts) and it seems to me not by Canadian resorts either. Are they the offical rules in Europe? Actually I had never seen them until now, because I've never been to a resort that promoted them. FIS is the governing body of competition, not of the entire sports. I believe FIS enacted these rules so that FIS can take action against a competitor for bad behavior at or adjacent to an FIS event and representing FIS badly. 2, that tertiary comment on rule 5 is contradicted by all 4 rules above it. 3, it's completely vague and open ended. Are you telling us you look uphill before every carve?

It turns out our memories aren't what they used to be. It has been pointed out to me with photographic evidence that those guns were there last year. Maybe the rope placement is a little more cautiously out into the trail this year, but, the guns were already there.

Sure, if you don't look uphill before starting downhill, and then you get plowed very shortly after starting downhill, all bets are off. But that was not the case in @slapos 's or my situation. We looked uphill. But even if we did not look uphill before starting, the collision happened well after we were "established" as the downhill person under way.

On hard snow I would want the 10.5m sidecut radius of the X-Carve 159. This will keep turn size reasonable. At your weight, 159cm will be fine. For comparison, your Jones has a 9m sidecut radius. http://kessler-swiss.com/en-US/products/snowboard/theXCarve

4, yes, you must look uphill before starting downhill. I'm assuming that. 1, not sure I understand you?

They said that to you? If so I would escalate that.

We're gonna have to agree to disagree on that case. I don't think there is one at all. Clear violation of the NSAA Responsibility Code items 1 and 2. (Same in Canada) This reminds me, I was at Winter Park last month for my daughter's mogul competition, and I was kind of surprised by all the billboards on the drive there for lawyers specializing in ski accident injuries. I don't remember noticing them the last time I was in Colorado. Yeah. Or, "Sometimes you can choose to be right or you can choose to be happy, but not both."

You're right in the sense that carving across the trail is risky if anyone else is above you, kind of like walking through a rough neighborhood wearing a nice suit and a Rolex is risky. Not looking over your shoulder if there is any amount of traffic is asking for it. However at the end of the day it is 100% on the people above you to avoid you, and it is 100% on the people in the rough neighborhood to leave you alone. I've never been taken out from above I believe because I have OCD about timing my starts with lulls in traffic. I think I'm very good at it. I will wait several minutes if necessary. One uncrowded weekday I had a near miss where I looked uphill before starting and there was not a soul except for a skier about 200 yards up. Every other time that is more than plenty of space. So I started doing my thing. Knowing the huge gap I had and that the skier had clear line of sight to me, I did not think I had to shoulder check. About 100 yards later the skier clips my tail and goes flying past me making a miraculous save on one ski. I chased. Turned out to be a young woman, maybe highschool or college age. She was scared that I had chased her but she apologized. I'm not seeing any shared responsibility there. I think this was a similar situation as @slapos's.

shoulda sprayed them. just kidding. sort of.

Saw that board. The nose decamber is loooong. I would not expect it to ride anything like a normal one.

Here she is in action at MCC ‘22. Such a great board. The sidecut wraps around you like a hammock.

Sugarloaf absolutely confounds me sometimes. Hopefully it's temporary.

Wtf? Sluice Headwall? Do the guns swing out of the way, restoring previous width? Guess I'll find out this weekend but

Reading between the lines it sounds like the new World Cup version is your personal favorite?

I don't recall Volkl making alpine boards after 2006. While Volkls were great for their time, they're still quite old and old tech/geometry. I'd say the board is worth US$50, bindings zero. They're very old and not adjustable for cant and lift.

If you have to loosen your softboots at lunch, you may as well be riding hardboots.

Well lookee here... https://compositeenvisions.com/product/textreme-wt1117-spread-tow-carbon-fiber-and-zylon-blended-hybrid-hm-high-modulus-39-37-100cm-3-92oz-133gsm/

Are you sure? I thought it was the fiber, based on a closeup picture of the edge of the material you sent me. Would be kind of an odd design for a cosmetic-only topsheet, IMO.

Yes, it is. https://www.bomberonline.com/ Maybe give them a call or email: https://www.bomberonline.com/Contact-Us_ep_59-1.html

Does T32 teach switch carving with ski poles? I need to learn.

31 is up there. You are up against the maximum width of available materials, unfortunately. Shorter radius = wider nose/tail. I like the sound of the 165cm, 9.5-11m. Ride higher angles!

What is your boot size in mondopoint?