Thanks everybody for the feedback, it's so cool to have people actually comment on this post!! and for ursle, I ride a Burton Ultra-Prime alpine board. But this year and last season i got ride my friends Kessler and SG full pro race team. I just had to say I rode these boards because well, they were just a lot more fun then my Ultra-Prime, they were also probably the best boards I've ever strapped into...but i have Raichle SB223 hard boots, I really like fresh groomed snow in the morning because i can hold and perform deeper carvers. Other then that as long I can ride my alpine board any condition is welcome. To give some more info, I've been racing for 4 years now and hardbooting for 3 1/2 years. I competed in GS, Slalom and Boarder-cross events. I raced for my school team for, 4 years and about 2 years for USASA.