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  1. Snowboarding's declining popularity

    in Carving Central

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    ..."of course snowboarding is declining in popularity, riding duck sucks".

    ???

    I ride softies, duck, with no problems. Most other softboot riders I know ride duck. Most pros do, too.

    What specifically is the problem you see with riding duck, and how is it contributing to snowboarding's alleged decline?

    Thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.

    Q4Pwdr

  2. the next time anyone tells you Jake or Tom invented snowboarding

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    I was stoked to see a 'bunker' from the 1930s in the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum in Vail:

    http://www.westword.com/2011-11-10/news/snowboarders-finally-accepted-on-the-slopes/

    Some other info on the Bunker and Turkish Lazboard:

    http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000116837/featuresobf/the-very-first-snowboard/

    http://thebigadriver.blogspot.com/2009/12/origin-of-snowboarding.html

    Way older than old school.

  6. RIP Moonwalker

    in The Lodge

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  8. Da ultimate challenge: 360 carve on snowboard

    in Carving Central

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    After reading the 'can U do a 36o' threads the last few years (all w/o video) I was stoked to give it a try. I found I could get a carved 360 around if I did it on a gully trail, carving up a steep, high wall (w/ packed snow) on the side of the trail. What worked for me was to come in fast on one trail and carve a hard heelside up the steep wall. This provides enough speed to ride the up the intersecting wall and to accelerate back down to complete the circle-arc.

    There's probably other ways, but this is one way that has worked for me.

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  9. Why Warren Miller, Why?

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    Hey, Justin,

    Sounds like you got a good deal on 'try before you buy' lodging through your work. T-Ride is a fun and funky town in the rugged and beautiful San Juan mountains. But, alas, it has been discovered, and property values in Telluride are no longer low.

    Telluride, Colo.

    Telluride is a 19th-century gold and silver mining town in the southwest corner of Colorado. Zoning laws have preserved the historic brick buildings and Victorian houses that line Main Street. Wedged in a box canyon surrounded by the San Juan Mountains at the end of a state highway, Telluride is clearly remote, but not isolated.

    The town?s annual international film festival attracts a cosmopolitan crowd, who are discovering Telluride?s allure and returning to buy homes. Coming from Mexico, France, South Africa and Australia, these buyers ?have a lot of experience around the world and have decided Telluride is the place they want to invest,? said Mr. Saftler of Telluride Premier Properties.

    He said today?s vacation buyers in Telluride are ?looking to get into the market at a lower level,? although that level has risen to $625,000, compared with $425,000 two years ago. Second-home owners seem to be in two camps: those looking at properties priced around $625,000 and $650,000, and those willing to spend $6 million or more. ?The $1-to-$6-million market has flattened,? Mr. Saftler said. ?There are some good buys right now in the $1.5-to-$2.5-million range.?

    A two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in town with 1,000 square feet is $1 million. Buyers willing to look 35 to 45 minutes outside Telluride, in places like Norwood, can find 1,200-to-1,400-square-foot homes with two bedrooms for $240,000 to $260,000.

    Source: New York Time Great Homes and Destinations

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  18. Snowboarder to plead guilty . . .

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    This is an interesting discussion. It seems there are at least two main schools of thought here:

    1.
    Uphill rider has responsibility to ride in control--meaning that they can
    always
    stop or turn to avoid obstacles below them. Knolls and blind corners are approached with some caution, anticcipating that there might be someone below (code rule #1)

    2.
    If on first inspection the coast looks clear, go for it--expecting there will be no one stopped under inviting knolls, catwalks, or blind corners (code rule #3 or #4).

    I was thinking about this as I was driving through a residential area today, and wonder if there is some correlation between riding and driving. At each intersection I found myself scanning for oncoming cross-traffic, just in case someone blew through the stop sign. I believe it's called defensive driving, where you are ever-alert for sleepers who might ruin your day--even if you have right of way.

    As people don't have to get a license to ride a board or skis, it seems even more likely that you'll find folks who do dumb things on the slopes, and being "bonehead-aware" on the slopes is as good an idea as it is on the road.

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  21. DSL Modem Question

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    The phone company recently made DSL available here in the boonies where I live. I'm on tap to be hooked up, but instead of picking up a DSL modem from Qwest @ $60, I thought I might buy one on Ebay.

    3 Questions:

    1. Is a DSL modem specific to a carrier (i.e. Qwest, verizon, etc.)?

    2. Is any particular type preferable to another?

    3. Anything else a newbie should watch out for?

    Thanks. 'Preciate any advice you could give.

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  22. Congrats to Alpinegirl

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    My understanding is that one of the main reasons instructors learn to ride switch is so they can do better demos for visual learners who ride the opposite stance. Riding switch, a regular footed rider can make moves that a goofy-foot student would make, and vice-versa.

    It seems to me this approach works with low stance angles or riding duck. Do you think it is as effective a teaching aid when it's done on an alpine board with high stance angles and hard boots?

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  24. Olympic snowboardcross

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    1. Are speed suits banned in FIS events too? I know they might not look as cool to some riders as the 'baggy pajama' suits--but they undeniably would reduce wind resistance and might make the difference in a close heat, yes?

    2. In Winter X, the heats had six riders, in the Olympics, four. Is a four man heat the FIS standard? Other than Winter X, do other events have six/other # of riders in a heat?

    Thanks.

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