kamran

AFTER the turn has been initiated and I am in the say 1/3 of it I shift the weight on my rear foot. I really put a lot of weight on the back and load the tail as much as I can. Yet with proper relaxation (and hence absorbing space in my leg to board system)I am able to complete the carved turn with no chatter. Good luck.

I remember having that problem. A wonderfull carver taught me to relax my legs a bit (specially the rear leg) and the chatter would disappear immediately. The relaxation allows the system to absorb the chatter nicely.

Nice post Bordy. Looking forward to your new clips and posts.

Depending on the season, there may still be some snow in the Ardennen/belgium ( around 2 hours drive). This is a small resort though. Drive 7 to 9 more hours and you'll be in top resorts (switzerland, France or Austria).

gdboytyler, Quit your dayjob and get into the advertisement world. There is a bright future there waiting for you. Your point is well taken ;)

Last summer I tried one of those carveboards with inflateable tires. It looked very cool and I was eager to discover how I could turn that thing (been skateboarding for 10 years as a kid). It was waaaaaaaaaay too turny and nervous. it would dance around a lot as soon as you'd get some speed. I should mention that this particular carveboard was a very used one and the problem might have been loosen rubber rings in its trucks. I don't know if Randy is reading this thread. I believe he got one last year too. Never heard from him about his carveboard again. I don't think anything on pavement can come close to a snowboard on snow. I wish I'd be wrong.

I saw new oxygens protons(new topsheet, same spec) for 2005 on bluetomato site a few months ago. I checked them again a few weeks ago and they were sold out.

great, Please educate me; These are 'linked, laid out turns' ?

Thank GOD that great alpine riders are not putting each other's ride/style/technique down. They are competing on WORLD CUP and OLYMPIC level and truly contributing to the sport. True athletes let the skills enjoy a bigger size than the mouth. Recreational riders (like me) and local hill racers, well, that's a bigger and a different crowd.

skywalker, thanks. it's totally fine. mrdogbog, You are absolutely right and I'm sorry others go sideways instead of giving a plain answer. My answer: I can do that but not consistently and I can not connect the turns either. I am very eager to learn it though. sluggomania: Nice avator! I wish i could see it in a bigger size

[...]how many of us didn't even succeed in answering this question[...] Sorry skywalker. I put the above highlighted quote and I guess you responded to that. Then later I realized it was deleted. So, just to verify it came from me. wow,..all these passionate responses. Is carving a sport to unite us or a religion to divide us?

astrokel, Right on and thanks for your post. I was reading some of the comments and felt a bit sorry for us carvers in general. Maybe we like to do only what we CAN do and bash the rest. Hopefully that's not the case.

We already got slush here in tahoe as of last saturday. It was in the upper 40s so I changed boards and to my great satisfaction the axis performed like a hero. It really made my day even in the slush. After last saturday, my donek axis is a KEEPER.

I'd second everything Randy says (well, just in this thread ;) ). Purchasing the HEADs this season was the best decision I made to improve my ride.

Here in tahoe area we have a number of carvers riding like this ALL the time.

My gf/wife (still have to get used to it) started this year on proton 149. she tried then another board and went back again on proton 149 and loves it. she is 120 lbs and 5,7 and a beginner.

I'm now convinced that symmetrical is better for skinny boards and high stance angles It makes sence and I've never tried a skinny asymmetrical board. The only skinny asymmetrical board I ever saw was the one made by snowblind and I doubt anybody here has tried that one. I have been playing with the idea of ordering a custom made asymmetrical and skinny board (like the cookie cutter version by snowblind), but I'm afraid it'd turned out to be a huge and pricy experiment/mistake.

The blur in front of his left hand is particularly interesting. didn't notice that. Very funny.

On the way to the snowboarding speed record we need caption,..how fast is that guy going?

I like extremecarving style by swoard team. It's just sooo elegant and I don't know of anyone who can do it, but doesn't like and prefer it.

Oh, on the toe clip, are you seeing flex in your boot toes? Good test. Makes sense! thanks

I think Ray had a pogo too. Although now all he rides are Viruses.

Randy, Indeed, but like you said, you can't put a price on a part of your body. I sincerely hope he gets to keep his leg. A few years ago a guy was told that they had to amputate his leg (for another medical reason) in Austria...he did a lot of research and found a medical team in The Netherlands (Groningen) where they were able to save the leg and his insurance covered it for 75% and he paid the rest.

At the same time, I might know about 30 broken front clip bindings and 1 (one) failure of intecs. Still a one man observation....woof woof...;) Kidding aside, I think it's a good thing that both systems are available and apparantly make different categories of people happy at the same time. I'd consider going back to stepins, as soon as someone designs a better heel (no lame plastic).

Kris, Absolutely. Good luck finding the parts.