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7 hours ago, Jack M said:
They are a must. F2 includes one lift kit with their bindings because back in the 80s and 90s people thought you only needed to lift the heel of the rear boot. The more modern approach is using a lift under the toe of your front boot as well. F2 probably enjoys the little extra revenue from people buying the additional lift. It's simply more comfortable for most people.
I don’t get it, why it is a must?! In 10 years, I have never used a heel lift in any boots, neither in deeluxes, upzs nor mountain slopes. Not in 15cm boards or 25+ boards.
I highly recommend not to use any lifts before you try riding your board. And if! you feel you need to lift your boot then do a lift.-
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Season is almost here, price goes up.
$ 750 shipped. Comes with red and yellow springs and never used MC liners from my RD boots, new design. -
Overall 12+ carvers with different abilities will hit Aspen mountains during this time!
Note: this season requires making reservations in Aspen if you have Ikon pass. I would suggest to make reservations as soon as possible, as no one knows how many reservations available each day.
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Hey guys,
I was wondering what is the best time to go here, especially for carving?! Might try to get here this winter.
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Got this new GS Kessler at the end of last season, so still pretty new to this coming one. New shape, amazing board!
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Vail and Beav are great in march. Also Vail is higher so snow is better early season. Overall grooming on both resorts is phenomenal.
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Snow in Beav that early probably might not be good. Highly not recommend.
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4 hours ago, Ernie00 said:
can't believe you went there on an alpine setup ! I was there last year on a stiff softboot setup and it was hard to generate speed to get a few good carves in.
I'm sure most people there have no clue about carving setup.
It’s not that bad, I used to learn all my carving in one of these
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I would also consider Aspen mountains. 4 amazing resorts in one location.
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Guys, we all come to this sport for certain picture in mind. For a lot of people this picture is EC. Why are you so aggressively against it? Who cares if one wants to learn it?
EC is an amazing carving style. EC was that picture in mind for me which brought me into HB. EC is not a trick as so many of you think, its a way of carving itself.
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3 hours ago, crackaddict said:
soft boots:
hard boots:
Both video examples illustrate both hands on snow in toeside turns, no hand on thigh turns.
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On 4/16/2023 at 7:38 PM, crackaddict said:
And if you're dead set on learning this technique, it looks to me that the best EC riders have only the rear armpit dragging on toeside and the front arm down the side of the body (hand on thigh), with more open shoulders and less rotation than you demonstrate. Try that.
Hey @crackaddict , can you pls show examples , maybe videos, of those the best EC riders you are talking about?! I believe those ride hardboots as @Xargo right?
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Colorado is holding good, Abasin will stay open until June 4th
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Proper arm position, very good man
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Nice vid although it doesn’t paraphrase the text at that point of dragging your elbows and armpits doing euro carves.
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Yeah, hopefully more of Beav next season. Awesome edit @Carvin' Marvin
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I would highly recommend you to place your hands differently that way you don’t sprain your shoulders. Forearms should follow same direction as your board, no other ways, they should be parallel from your elbows with your board. You have probably seen this video. It’s pretty old now, but still very useful.
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I personally like variable conditions, riding only perfectly groomed runs is kinda boring. Very often I ride slopes which weren’t groomed for a day or two and it’s fun. Brings your skills to a different level.
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24 minutes ago, Carvin' Marvin said:
I was actually getting a tad bored riding good groom this year so I started seeking out 1-2 day old groom to improve my riding. Holy cow did it work and I even ended up having a lot of fun doing it. Body position and turn placement became amplified causing any mistakes to come to the surface. I almost prefer old groom to fresh bad groom.
Who needs those groomers anyway:)
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2 hours ago, Eboot said:
@Odd Job Optical illusion or steeeeep??
It’s a blue run. So kinda both.))
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Experienced snowboarder wanting to transition to alpine snowboard- Board/Boots/Binds help
in Carving Central
Posted · Edited by b.free
Jack, read again. I have not told my opinion, I just said I don’t get it why it is a must.
Ps, you add a heel lift to the bindings to heel lift your boot right? Isn’t it a point of using a lift?