Neil Gendzwill

His latest was about people who wear too much Chapstick. I think he’d have plenty of material with the lot of us oddballs.

The blues off Goat’s Eye are pretty good for carving. Under Jackrabbit chair is fun. The blues off Wawa can be good. Great Divide is fun if it isn’t too busy. Not necessarily in spring though.

It would be cool if he did one about us. His bit on tele skiers was hilarious.

You seem more interested in arguing than learning.

James doesn’t carve super steep stuff but he’s carving about as steep as you get for groomed runs. He claims 33 degrees for the slope in this video which seems about right given the angle of the trees. I don’t think many of us here could link as many turns as he does here on this slope and he’s doing it in soft boots.

I don’t think buttering is in the same universe as slarving. OP you’ve mentioned pressure building up in the last half of the turn several times. The solution to that is to much more aggressively pressure very early in the turn. If you casually tip it over and let the pressure build it works fine on easy slopes but as you’ve observed gets you in more trouble the steeper it gets. I’m no technical expert like the others who have replied so far but I definitely have the most success on steeper terrain when I commit early. This means a quite aggressive move from the uphill edge to the downhill edge which takes some courage especially from toe to heel when you’re hucking over your shoulder blind. There’s a nice video or two of Corey explaining this early pressure concept on YouTube if you search SES carving clinic you should find it.

Pretty much the hard boots is my calling card. Usually the only guy riding alpine at Louise or Sunshine. Also the 3 decade old Sims gauntlets.

You’re looking for a Coiler AM, Prior 4WD or similar.

Just chatting with a Burton rep through their site, they say they plan to offer the Ion step-on in wide next season. I suggested they make a Driver X step-on and he said he'd pass the message along but I am not hopeful on that front.

I think that shop owner just sold you what he had, James. In 2006 Burton still had the Custom and T6 which as I recall were both cambered. Nothing much over 160 though.

Maybe. But I really need to size down so I plan on switching boots anyway. Next season though.

Tempted. My Photons are softer than I’d like and after riding them I need to size down. If they’re still available next fall I’ll probably snag a pair and ebay the Photons. I found the dual Boas on the Photon better than the mix of speed lace and Boa on the Ion though.

Great photo, Pokkis! And she is bending the crap out of that board!

Travis Rice would be another one. Terje is still hugely respected, I think you can safely add him to the list.

$5300 with 3 hours to go. Wonder what the auction end sniping will drive it to.

Does Bruce really need your help? I think he’s already got more orders than he needs or wants.

Just curious, do various countries actually just adopt FIS rules outside of competition? I always just thought they were a competition organization, not some sort of umbrella safety federation.

Can confirm, Rob can lay it over with his stance no problem.

Burton stepon X.

Something like this one? It’s strapped to the rafters in my basement shop.

I think for sure there’s confusion on those terms and a lot of overlap in the commercial designs. But to me an all-mountain design has to handle park and a freeride design has to float well in pow and handle significant speed. Think Mountain Twin vs Flagship in Jones’ line. There’s overlap for sure but ultimately those boards are targeted at different people. But I digress.

Do you mean to say that board design is irrelevant? Because this forum is full of technically minded people who love to discuss the relative merits of gear design.

As my father is fond of saying about driving, "you'd be right. Dead right."

Nice turns, James! Looking forward to getting my Contra on the snow.

If it’s crowded on the groomers, find somewhere else to play on the hill. I don’t understand the mentality of “carve and only carve”.