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I would like to hop in line :):) I have TD3's already but not the step in's. I would like a set of step in so I can step in with my back foot as I get off the lift. BC Canada

Great to hear Brian! I'm still learning as well. These are the only other carving instructional videos I have found: Interesting video, poor resolution: Another great video from Ben in Russia, a little slow at first: And here Ben puts it all together: If you know of, or anyone else reading this thread knows of any good carving training videos please attach them to this thread, Thanks

Easiest and cheapest (for both parties) to send to Canada is USPS International Ground. The insurance number can be used to track the parcel. Keep the declared value down, write 'used' & 'made in the USA' in the description this will keep duties and taxs down. UPS can charge high broader brokerage rates.

A few great videos i found on you tube to help lean carving. If you use firefox you can use an 'add-on' to download the videos then up-load them to your smart phone and watch them while ride the chair up the hill. :D ExtremeCarving (softboot) Video Tutorial 1.1 Body Rotation ExtremeCarving (softboot) Video Tutorial 2.1 - Push-n-Pull ExtremeCarving (softboot) Video Tutorial 3.1 - Backside laid-down ExtremeCarving (softboot) Video Tutorial 4.1 - Frontside laid-down

Last weekend Bomber member Snowboardworm (Greg Pichler) died at his favorite ski hill Powder King doing what he loves. Greg collapsed on the ski hill after complaining of feeling poorly. He loved Skiing and boarding but was passionate about hardboots and carving for the last few years. I write this because he really liked this web site and spent lots of time reading all the great posts, had the highest respect for the Bomber members and the wisdom offered. He had a great zest for life and lived it up, he spent most his days off at the ski hill last year and was doing pretty good this year as well. I'll sure miss all the pointers he offered and the stories of women and adventure he would share over a few cold beers.

La Carvesina HD - Short vid, good quality film of carving to classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr6m4e61kMQ Some sexy about a girl that can carve! This Russian girl has her own style, poor quality vid: An old video. Carving on a Virus with Pantera in the background: None Carving: Powder Cat Sking in BC, Simple film editing but effective, catchy little tune: A youthful happy fun video with top notch editing USC Ski & Snowboard - Party in the Park My Dream! Someday... CMH Heli Snowboarding Canada 2012 HD

Thanks for sharing the great videos! :) barryp, you asked about instructional video This is the best i have found:

If things fall thru with MTB DH11... I would like to be second in line Thanks

Never thought about that before, but it sure makes sense! Thanks

Thanks for all the feedback! I ended up trying my hardboots out again at Powder King the other weekend under the guidance of Energyrail & Snowboardworm. All the information you need to learn how to carve is on this site but it sure is easier with someones help on the hill. For learning I set up an older moderately stiff 172 Ride all mountain board I had kicking around. I ended up starting out with my boots in walk mode with the ankle buckles left loose. This was still more control then I normally have with my softboots and the set up felt pretty good for getting an idea of having both feet angled forward and the feel of stiffer boots. After I felt more comfortable I took the boots out of walk and ratcheted up the top buckles for complete control. It takes a bit of getting used too, but I think my first day riding in properly set up bindings, with my feet in the proper position and my hips positioned down hill and riding low into the board felt pretty good! At this point I believe I just need more time on the hill to incorporate what I have learned into my riding. But sadly even though my day at Powder King felt pretty good and I never crashed and I cant think of anything that put stress on my ankle, I had to ice my swollen ankle when I got home and had several days of limping around again. Riding my softboots around doesn't seem to cause any ankle tendon irritation but something I'm doing while in hardboots seems to be putting undue stress on my ankles. So i'm going to have to hang my hardboots up for the season. I have bought one of those balance balls (a round piece of 3/4" plywood balancing on what looks like a baseball) which I try to stand on to help build up my ankle strength. Looking forward to going into the next season with strong ankles! These soft tissue injuries are a real pain in the butt! Tenorman - Thanks for all the info on my boots! And thank you very much for the offer on the parts! Okay I see know what they were doing with the home made BTS set up. After I got some guidance in getting my body in the correct position the boot set up felt pretty good. So I will leave them alone for now and work on my skills. Hoping next season to come down to the lowermainland and hit some of the hills down there and maybe ride with some more members of the great community :D As for Powder King, I don't think much has changed over the years. Although I have only been going there for maybe the last few years. Yes tons of powder! Hills is closed Mon-Wed so when you show up on Thursday there is always a mountain of powder to enjoy. The Atco Trailers are still up there and make up cheap accommodations. (I believe around $50). And for those that like luxury looks like there is chalets to rent. I'll probable stay up there next time the almost 2 hour drive to PG makes for a long day! As for my boards... My fun softboot board is my: 168 Neversummer Premier (reverse camber) Powder days: 194 DNAZ swallow tail For learning Hardboots: old 172 Ride All Mountain Once I get my Hardboot skills down I"m looking forward to my Stiff 183 Volkl GS and some day the Sims Burner :D

Energyrail - yes I have been missing a lot of fun up at PK. Yah as soon as my equipment arrived I had to give it a try so went to the Hart Hill. My first time there (and most likely my last lol) I ended up taking out my ankles at Purden. Yah I ended up meeting up with Greg as he was passing threw town on his boarding adventure and over a few cold beers got some great pointers on proper body position. I'm hoping to head up for half a day on Thursday in soft boots to see how the ankles feel. And if there good count me in for PK!

What a great community we have here! Okay let me back up a bit from my original boot question. my specs: Male just over 6'-4" age 37 260 lbs size 12 feet riding goofy I love snowboarding and going fast! After enjoying some great extreme carving videos I decided to give hardboots a try. A found Bomberonline classifieds and right away found an add for the the Sims Burner 197 & the Volkl 183 GS for a price that I was happy with. Being a big guy I figured I needed a board over 180. My plan was to learn on the Volkl and hope to some day give the Burner a ride. I found some Burton Reactors on the Classifieds and TD3's from YYZ. So all my equipment arrived and had to give it a try! I threw some Dr Scholl's inserts in the boots to help my narrow feet fit tight in the Mondo 29.5. I threw the TD3's on the Volkl and went to a little community hill used mostly by kids to learn. But unfortunately the hill is so small after a 2 -3 turns at a reasonable speed i was at the bottom of the hill and all the kids like to play bumper cars with there boards while waiting in line so after 3 little runs decided to call it a day. My first impressions were pretty good, although such a limited amount of time on the board with hardboots. Next I decided to go to a real hill. I transferred my TD3's to my go to board a 168 Never Summer - Premier. Unfortunately conditions were not the best, a little icy so none of my ski or boarder friends wanted to join. I found getting into the TD3's while standing and sometimes slowly moving down the hill to be challenging. I found my back foot popped out of the binding a few times. Probable binding is not set up right or not getting in the binding properly. I started on the green runs and felt like a complete newbie on a snowboard. For some reason I kept transferring to much weight to my back leg making turns difficult. Wasn't sure of my shoulders should be parallel with the board. It seemed the Volkl felt more stable with the hard boot set up? Something just feels really off, but just writing this off as learning something new. I decided to head over to the blue runs. Weight distribution is off and leaning back to much with the icey conditions make for some hair raising acceleration. I defiantly need to change my boot set up, but not sure what changes need to be done so I start changing foot angle to feel the effects. I slowly starting to move my feet to face a more aggressive angle. The aggressive angle on my wide board (compared to the Volkl) make for more difficult edge transitions. Finally before lunch my angles are up too rear 35, front 65. I decided to turn up the pace a bit and next thing i know I'm really shooting down the run, leaning more into my turns but not feeling very stable with my boot set up. In hindsight i think i might have been standing to up right. I remember the last thing going threw my head was 'maybe i should slow down a bit'. And then I caught an edge... Now part of boarding is learning to fall. I always bring my arm to protect my head. Sink down into the board, so that i can hopefully roll back up and relax and let it happen. But for some reason that is not what i did that day. I stayed up right and tensed up. When the edge caught i went down hard and started cartwheeling down the hill. Saw the sky go by me twice before I got my whits to get my board above in the air and skid to a stop on my back. When i came to a stop to lick my wounds i realized I had rotated in my boots. Twisting both ankles pretty bad in the boots. Not sure how i did that? I mean I have crashed lots over the years and never came close to twisting my ankle. Now that was Stupid! So it has been 8 weeks now and I think i will be able to back to the hills soon. I thought maybe the springs in the back of the boot might have to be adjusted. BlueB - yes I would love to ride with you guy next time I'm down south! GV27 - so true on the "more prone to biting" with the use of hard boots