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raj

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  1. I snowboard hard boot, soft boot and also ski so can give some advice. I use K2 enemy (fairly soft) at 173 and Line Mothership at 170 and 180. I like the enemy. Yes it chatters a bit but is very forgivign on bumps, jumps and trees. Its pretty narrow. The 170 Lines are fatter and softer but a bit too small for me. I spent most of my time last year on the 180s. They are stiff enough and long enough for me and are quite fat (97 mm). I am 5'8, ~150 lb. In the past, I have tried Salomon Pocket Rocket, Volkl Explosives and Atomic R:Ex. If I were buying something this year, I would get the new K2 public enemy (cheap, durable, pretty good, 1 cm fatter than my enemy) or the Karhu Jak team edition (fat twin).
  2. http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=512457 It is "No-Fall Snowboarding" by Danny Martin
  3. I had gone to the local Barnes & Noble to find a book on swimming drills to smoothen my atrocious crawl technique. Anyway, snowboardign stuff was on the same shelf adn I saw a new book. I just flipped through it and the author in the middle of a lot of Tai-Chi/ Yoga mumbo jumbo is advocating a diferent way of snowboarding. Instead of rotary (as used by beginners), or cross under or over, he wants to raise and lower the shoulders. Apparently, thats all it takes and your center of mass always stays in the same place. I don't know if it is mostly meant for beginners as an easier way to start or there is more to it. Anyone else seen it ? I am not necessarily skeptical. In the lasy 15 years or so, I have seen everything from overrotated front facing stance, to narrow stance, to back knee tucked in to duck.. so technique keeps changing. If there is a more stable way to turn a snowboard, I am all for it.
  4. Nice to meet you guys on saturday. I thought I had too many toys with 6 snowboards and 4 pairs of skis. Not even ! You must have the largest snowboard collection in the world. Anyway, pretty good conditions given the year. I will probably end the lift served season this weekend doing it all: ride hardboots, softboot, skinny skis and my super fat skis all on the same day. Lot of new snow up top. Time to get into the the "earn your turns" seaosn on Hood adn Adams.
  5. I have lived in PDX for 13-14 years and don't cook so know a few places. Zefiro was the best ever place around but closed some time back. Nowadays: Breakfast: Cadillac cafe has good french toast adn sausage. Bijou cafe has these really cool pumpkin seed tortillas, Oregon college of art & craft has a really cool sunday brunch. Byways cafe in the pearl district is good. Lazy Susan's cafe in Cannon Beach makes excellent pear waffles. Pizza: Hot lips pizza next to the Patagonia store Higgins is good. Zarra's has good Ethiopian food. Wildwood. Lemongrass for Thai. There are no really good Indian places (I am Indian) but Plainfield Mayur is reasonable high end and has an excellent wine list. Toshi has god Sushi (ask for their Toro: fatty Tuna which is really good). Tapeo used to be an excellent place for Spanish Tapas but seems to have disappeared so don't know a good Spanish place right now. Basically, Portland has a bazillion good restaurants compared to its population so you can't go wrong.
  6. Thanks everyone DB that looks darn good for softboots. Are you running fairly forward angles ? Hey D-sub which dealer did you get yours for 300 ? SVR, what did you like about the rad air better ? My list of boards (which all seem similar) to chose from are the steepwater steep, rad air tanker, Rossignol Jeremy Jones and the windterstick severe terrain (all in the 162-166 range). The steepwater has the biggest sidecut thats why I was thinking about it first. Can't demo (or even flex) any of them in Portland :-(
  7. Looking to replace my main softboot ride, 5 year old Donek Incline 164 (got lots of core shots this year on rocks with the PNW winter). Have heard a lot about steepwater snowboards but not seen them so have to get online. I am looking at the steepwater steep 164. Seems to have the largest sidecut of any freeride board out there (like that) and has a pintail which is why I am considering these. If anyone has ridden these, would like to hear about the durability, construction and the ride: especially crud and is it stable at speed. My specs, 5'8, 145-150, ride Hood meadows and Timberline. Want to get it now to do some hiking higher up on Hood, Adams etc to make up for our lost season.
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