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anyone find out who that photographer was at buck on sunday? i saw him taking lots of pictures of the alpine riders. the pictures couldn't have been very good because the light was really flat. i think they should rename olympic dreams (formerly known as ballroom) to donner's pass. i saw a lot of coffins sitting on a table over by the rope tow shack. sunday was good snow. grooming could've been better on milkrun. its going to suck going to work. i will be hurting.

i love it. this evening (friday) 35E started to jam up near county road 11. everyone was slowing down in front of buck to rubberneck. i know because i had to pick up my season pass. the snow looks good. debating which board to use. re: boxes at bottom of the run. problem is the jibbers will literally sit in the middle of the run. can they move it someplace else? like the tubing run?

that's why buck has "mountain guides". :lol:

powder ridge?!? when was the last time we had powder? red tail ridge? there better be tail on that run. olympic dreams?!? its good that they opened up the north end a little bit. maybe if they put some landfill over on that end. doubtful that the people living behind there would allow it.

i could never remember the name of that run. did they rename it?

The indo does not have the spine running down the centerline of the board like the vew doo. With indo, you're not limited to just rocking the length of the board. If you align the indo so that the centerline of the board is almost parallel or slight angle to the roller, the side to side motion feels like you're cruising on powder. Since there are no stops on the edge of the board you're limited to small side to side movements. Go too far and you'll kick out the roller. I don't have an indo. I only know this from experimenting with 4" pvc pipe and some boards I had laying around.

i have a vewdoo. its okay... the rocker sometimes binds with the spine or runner on the bottom of the board. i would go with an indo board.

another idea for a board i have a hard enough time with keeping track of my car keys.

very scary cool!!! how does he stop? is he able to slide out the wheels? i'd love to see a video! thanks for posting the picture,

the t-board is marketed as a snowboard simulator. has anyone seen kurt tierney on a snowboard? does he ride alpine? just curious.

yeah, it is insane. its not something i would try. every time i try to picture myself going down a small hill i can't see past the part where i'm getting catching an edge on asphalt. i just wish there was another alternative to t-boards, freebords, carveboards, etc that really felt more like an alpine board.

i was thinking that with loose trucks and plate bindings, only 4 wheels would make contact with the pavement. at the transition point, all 8 wheels would make contact. i'm not mechanically inclined (nor suicidal for that matter!). wouldn't plate bindings on a skateboard give you enough leverage to put the board on edge and force the trucks mounted towards the rails to pivot?

i'm always on the lookout for something that simulates snowboarding in the off season. the tierney board is okay but to me its not the same sensation. feels more like tipping back and forth while flexing at the ankles. not sure about the carveboard. looks cool. for some sick reason i can't help but think about mounting two sets of skateboard trucks to a board and mount plates. i would think that having the trucks closer to the rails of the board would really simulate carving.

despite the tierney videos of kids doing ollies and such, i don't think the urethane wheels can handle landing kick flips. the hubs can crack. i've cracked one. i felt the wheel knocking. when i inspected the wheel the area around the bearing fell apart. here's a previous post with a photo of the wheel... http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showpost.php?p=18374&postcount=12

its a helmet cam from viosport. i mounted the cam to the top of the board with a piece of sheet metal. i used the hole pattern of the truck to hold it in. on the bottom of the board i used tie-wraps and adhesive mounts. i used a sony handycam to do the recording. the last couple seconds of that video where it crashes into the grass... i was going down a decent hill (in the video it doesn't look like much it but it was). i was picking up speed. i thought there was a car coming from behind. i started to get nervous and realized if i was going to bale then now was the time. i jumped off the board and the cable almost yanked the camera out of my hands. i had to run with the board. when i saw the footage it looked pretty cool.

barry i've owned a t-board for about 3-4 years. the board i have has the old-style trucks that have an elastomer torsion ring that needs to be replaced. i've gone through 3 sets of wheels. i ride rubber rear, thane on front because the hills aren't that great here. the turns in the video are ankle initiated because i was on the board (i made the video). i was probably going a little faster than i can run, not 30 mph. at low speed you can't really extend your body over the edge of the board. again, its feels like you're tipping the front of the board. the hills i ride are short. i have a dragonfly board from insectskateboards.com. in comparing the two boards, riding on four wheels is alot faster than riding two. on higher pitched hills i wouldn't dare ride a long board. i would switch to the t-board with rubber wheels front and rear. every turn on a t-board bleeds speed. probably a good thing on hills. i'd like to see other people with t-boards post videos. c'mon, lets see them!!! bobble

video of a t-board in action yes, it is a fun board but it does not imitate snowboarding. in the footage, all those turns are done at the ankles. its a tippy feeling. every turns bleeds speed. the hill i was on was not steep but that's what happens in minnesota. every 10,000 years a glacier moves in and flattens the place. i really wish i had the balls to mount plates to an 8-wheeled skateboard . having trucks mounted one edges has got to be as close as it gets. anyone know if its been done???

i've seen a guy carve on an alpine snowboard with poles. does anyone kneeboard on water with ski poles???

its the end of season for me and have the day off... just wondering what new marvels of snowboarding are out there.

yeah, that snow just gets in the way...

For your mocking pleasure... from the US Patent Office, US 2006/0027982 A1 Feb 9, 2006... The Kneeboard!!!

Russ -- I tried emailing the video to you but it gets returned. I'll see if I can post it somewhere.

i might... yes, conditions were great!!! hey, what's with the lifties burning incense on the 4-pipe lift???

very cool!!! i like the "follow the leader" photos. its looks like a photo sequence shot. thanks dave, thanks matt!!!

hey all, had a good time as well. right up to that moment when the fairy snapmother talked me into running into the moguls. i didn't get much pictures. lighting wasn't right. i got just a couple. its on putfile.com/bobble.