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  1. Switch carving in hardboots!? Calling all switch carvers @boardski @caspercarver. Tips/setup advice

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    Peon,

    Ride your regular set up for switch and get used to it. Why ruin your regular riding/stance for a part time gig.

    The best I have ridden was a single radius, 11m. Variable can make things a bit more difficult, especially if the tail really opens up to a large radius.

    Please learn to turn both directions so you are actually carving backwards and not just doing a high speed falling leaf.

     

    Ink

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  16. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

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    Tanker Sesh was a blast.

    Myself, Big Mario, Ice, Hillb, D.T., J49, Lisa, SVR, Slopestar, Andrew, James, Laurel, and the Rad Air man himself, Harry Gunz. 

    4-201s, 1-200, and both of SVR's Rad Air-Winterstick collab boards.

    Carving was great. Some of the crew headed for 8 and 9 the views and wind blown crust and blown it fluff. Some went for more groomers to rut up. I stuck with groomers as the proto 201 stiff was a bit much to handle in the crusty stuff. But dang, I really had a blast on it carving groomers in softies.

    Libations at the Rathskeller then on to Clear Creek Cidery and Eatery for off hill good times.

    Thanks for playing with the LCI, it was a blast and I can't wait to ride with you all again!

    To those traveling to Switzerland and the Longboard Classic in Stuben, have a safe and great time. Maybe next year.

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  18. I Have a Lot of Questions

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    1 hour ago, crackaddict said:

    Thanks @inkaholic and @SunSurfer.  This is the way I've always done it, on bikes too. 

    The confusing part was the coach telling the kids to stand tall on top of the roller, and then trying it and it kind of seemed to work...  Is there an alternative method that works in certain circumstances or was Coach Cam just plain wrong?

    Bikes, skateboards, snowboards it all works the same. 

    It does kind of work but you aren't able to apply power until you stop the downward movement of your COM and start to push with your legs. At this point you have missed the backside and gravity assisting you to gain more momentum.

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  19. I Have a Lot of Questions

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    Squashed at the top and extend, push legs down, into the troughs. 

    Many people think to lower your COG on the backside is "pushing down". It is not and you won't feel the acceleration. Think of the roller trough as a turn. You are extending legs past the middle of the turn then retracting some to edge change. That turn is the trough on its side. 
    Hope that helps. 

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  20. Alpine Snowboard bindings for kids

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    At 6 KarverKai was small enough that burton soft boots and tiny flow binders provided plenty of support on an alpine board. Hardboots at that age aren't really needed since they cannot flex the boot at all. It will create weird habits that later need to be eliminated. $.02

    When KK did get on hardboots it was ski boots which I cut to soften and a set of tiny plastic burton plate binders for kids.

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  21. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

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    Sunday was fun. Bigs Ice HillB SVR and myself for the lineup. Bigs and Ice on hards with the rest playing on softies. I had fun testing SVR's backup step on boot/binder combo on the Gold 181 proto RA. Then swapped boots to give the lil Liberation pow floater a go in some tracked up fluffy stuff. Good times with RAD people. Bigs, glad you're feeling a bit better.

    This coming Sunday is a Tanker sesh so be sure to bring yours out and get laps in with us and some special guests. There may be some extra Tankers on site if you don't have one but bring binders if you want to play on one.

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  22. Gravity Theory..

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    3 hours ago, drschwartz said:

    So, having been a high school racing coach for 23 years, I don’t think the answer has much to do with the free fall discussions above. Here are my thoughts.

    1. During a straight, gliding section of a race course, the heavier rider has the advantage. He/she will overcome the friction caused by wind resistance and snow much better.

    2. However, in turns, the lighter, more agile rider clearly has an advantage. Since a race course is mostly turns, smaller riders tend to have an advantage. Can’t even count how many times a 12 year old has beaten me just because they can go straighter down the course.

    3. Of course the largest determinant is how well the rider holds their edge and holds their line through the course. The more talented rider always wins.

    Paul

    This 

    When in the turns gravity is pulling the heavier rider down, off line and late, toward the next gate where the lighter rider can hold a straighter line.

    I watched OddJob set a fastest time on a family fun course. They continued to allow timed runs for fun, not prize, and KarverKai, 9yrs old, learned each run getting tighter to the skier gates and chipped away at his time till he had the snowboard FTD thru all the days ruts later in the day. KK was about 80lbs to OddJobs 210?.

    Also @Dave Winters We have seen many times now when Cody has been faster than the larger racers in PSL only to be beat because of a mistake by Cody. His time, especially in PSL, is coming real soon and this last race is the start of that (2nd qualifier and 4th final).

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