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  1. 03 Vokyl 178 Rentiger New price

    in For Sale

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    Originally posted by Dan ok

    Do I understand that Marker Canada and Volkl are now allowing Canadians to purchase 178 Renntigers in Canada now?

    I tried to order the 178 and I was told that there is no way I could get that board, period.

    Do you have Volkl connections in Canada?

    Dan

    Sharks in Laval (province of Quebec) has some Volkls, but I don't know about the 178.

    Derf

  2. Comments on Nitro GTO

    in Carving Central

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    I own a 2000 Nitro GTX 166, which is quite similar to the GTO. The difference is that the geometry of the GTO is almost the same as that of the GTR, which is the same board as the GTX but a centimeter wider.

    Performance wise, the GTX is a pretty good board in my opinion. I don't have much basis of comparison, but I know I like to ride it. It holds well and it's snappy. It absorbs terrain irregularities well without being too soft. It's more an aggressive freecarve board than a race board. If you have previous carving experience on an alpine snowboard, this one should be easy to pickup (I learned carving on a 1995 Freesurf Highlander 155 that was too short and too stiff for me). I would put it in the same category as a Donek Freecarve or F2 Silberpfeil, but I 'm not sure the Donek and F2 fans will agree.;)

    I have now been using it as my only board for the last 2 years and I am very satisfied with it. The only things that I like a little less about this board is that it is pretty narrow (18.4 cm but the GTO is 19.5 cm) and the limited stance options (15-18-21" if you want to keep the same setback).

  3. mystery board

    in Carving Central

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    Originally posted by Pre School Rider

    would be a Burton Air from the '95 season,but I'll scour some old Buyer's Guides and see if another board fits the description.

    I think 1993 is the last season that the tails were REALLY squared off, after it was softly squared for a couple of years, before seeing all the rounded tails we have now. My soft board is a 1993 Burton Air (like the one at the bottom of the picture) and the tail is pretty squarred off for a freestyle board. Also, it is around the same years that the tip and tails were starting to have a similar lenght instead of having a long nose and short tail.

    About the boards in the middle of the picture, I would say more early 90s, because they have really square shapes and have little sidecut.

    Derf

  5. Head boots

    in Carving Central

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    Is it possible that Head boots are manufactured by Dalbello?

    First, take a look at some good pictures of the Head Stratos Pro

    http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~zieal/image/photo/alpine/head_hardboot_c.jpg

    Then look at the DSM (Dalbello) boots.

    http://www.dsmsports.com/

    Same curves, shape and all.

    Would like to get some of those, but probably not this year, as I just moved in with my GF. Will stay in the Furnaces for now, which are a little tight for me.

    Derf

  6. What is your favorite board?

    in Carving Central

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    Nitro (GTX 166).

    It's the one I have, I like it more than my previous board (Freesurf Highlander) and I didn't have the occasion to ride any other brand (except to demo a Burton PJ6 8 years ago).

    Derf

    P.S.: based on what I read, without having ridden it, I would maybe say Coiler (being north of the border...;))

  7. High-flying,hang timin',360,airjibin',0gravity=alpine boarder?

    in Carving Central

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    Originally posted by RJ-PS

    PSR,

    As usual you are the one with the answer. Thanks.

    What boards can you accomplish this on. I just got a Rossi 184 race, will it throw me? I was on scholarship in college for springboard diving, so this should be right up my alley.

    I'm not a pro (nor a really good rider), but I managed to do it a couple of times, and my board is a Nitro GTX 166 (agressive freecarve). I also was thrown enough not to be able to get in another carve because I loaded up the board too much. And also, I don't get as low as these guys, so I don't know if that counts.:(

    Derf

  11. East Coast mountain recommendation?

    in Carving Central

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    Mont Ste-Anne is more 45 minutes than 30 minutes from Québec city (depending on traffic and conditions). It's pretty much the mountain where you'll find the most carvers in the province. Québec is 2h30 minutes from Montréal. Tremblant is 2h to 2h30 from Montreal (I never remember). If you're going to Ste-Anne, a day at Le Massif is a must.

    The place to go for carving equipment is

    Ski Bazar André Bouchard

    10950 Bd Ste Anne

    Beaupré, Quebec

    G0A 1E0

    Tel: (418)827-2148

    Email: ski.bazar.andrebouchard@qc.aira.com

    They have ScottUSA boards, Raichle bindings and Deeluxe boots. They also have some used euipment. And from what I heard, are very good bootfitters. But I don't know about renting.

    If your passing by Montreal, stop at Sharks in Laval, it's another shop that actively support carving. http://www.sharksco.com/

    That's pretty much it.

    Derf

  12. East Coast mountain recommendation?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Originally posted by mirror70

    I was thinking of giving Mt Tremblant a go. This would probably be in early Jan, so I know it would be cold. How would the conditions be? How is the mountain? Good for carving? Is there a decent nightlife?

    Any other recs for where to go?

    Tremblant is very highly overrated in my opinion, it's overdevelopped, very artificial. Add to this lots of people and long lines. And mountainwise, I don't like the layout, lots of flats where you have to skate. For carving, I'd recommend Ste-Anne, a little further, but much nicer. And even better is Le Massif, but now where pretty far from where you are.

    Derf

  13. Level gloves

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Originally posted by garrett

    ALL gloves wear through with enough hand dragging -- the answer is to apply copious quantities of Shoe-goo. But don't inhale too much of that stuff, yikes.

    I have to disaggree on that, not all gloves wear out with hand dragging. I've had my Ride mitts for ten years, dragged them plenty on snow, ice and trees, carried my board by the edge with it, still nothing wears it out. That's because they're made out of Kevlar (palm, fingertips and thumb).

    Derf

  14. Stick length.....

    in Carving Central

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    Originally posted by Neil Gendzwill

    I note that so far in the poll with 101 votes, over 95% of the people are riding boards longer than 160. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say 95% of the general snowboarding populace are riding boards under 160.

    Don't forget, most of the people here are talking about carving boards, not freestyle boards. And especially here, people like long boards.

    Derf

  16. Divide and Conquer

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Originally posted by Jack Michaud

    Here's a <b>tip</b> though, when you finish reading a thread, instead of hitting your browser's back button, go to the top of the thread and click the Carving Community link. This seems to be reliably refreshing the thread status icons for me, and shuffling threads with new messages up to the top.

    -Jack

    I like my tabbed browsing with Mozilla, so Reload does the job for me.

    Derf

  21. BOBSI? BOBS? What was it?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Originally posted by Vahur

    Hello!

    Thanks for new forum setup, hopefully now I can see pictures more easily, in old forum Mozilla didn't show linked pictures and I had to launch IE for seeing them :(

    I also use Mozilla. What I did for the attachments was change the "%5C" in the url to a "/".

    Derf

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