freerider81

I am starting to plan for a vacation road trip and am looking for a great ski hill to hit for a couple days. There are a couple things I'm looking for and I am thinking about Colorado/Utah area and then to continue on the road trip around Southern California. The things I am looking for are: -to be close or on to the Mountain -to have some of the runs have lights for night skiing I would love to ride for a couple hours then take a couple hours off then get out after dark -be kid friendly I will have a 5, 7, and 11 year old kids with The 7 and 11 year olds ski fairly good but I would be sticking on the long easy going greens and blues with them -Other activities in the area would be a plus pool, close to town, other stuff to check out ect. -and a fair price I was thinking about doing this in late March or early April. How late do you usually have good snow on an average year? Would late April be to late.

Was out tonight in the biggest blizzard on the year, they had every snow machine they have making snow. Had to clear my goggles off every other run from all the snow/frost build up. Crossroads was a little choppy so I spent my first night on Warner's Way. Great nice semi firm snow that you could edge into and it was super smooth all the way down. Rode hard for the hour and a half until close.

Very interested but I would like to talk to you. I am newer to the sport and have a few questions? Could you give me a ring Nick

Why are these worth so much?

Did this FC sell/get traded?

Anyone going out to Buck tomorrow evening from 6:30 to close. I usually go to Afton but would love to ride with another carver.

Also I am 6' tall and about 210 pounds.

I will have to do some more reading up on boards and see what I think would work for me. As for trading I don't think I am ready to let go of the F2 yet I want to check out a few different hills and see if it works out a little better for me. There are 2 hills where I go that really worked out well for me and that is where I spend most of my time.

I saw a couple of your boards in the classifieds but am unsure what to get. Do all those boards ride close to the same? They range from 160 to 164 but the side cut radius are different?

I am new to hard booting this winter and have been out 3 times now. It has been a great 3 times out, getting better every time but now I kind of have a clue what I want from a board but don't really know what to get. Currently I am riding a 186? F2 and really like it. Today was the first day I really started to feel good both heel side, toe side, and through the transition edge to edge. The problem is the place I go has hills either to steep for my liking or just a hair to flat that when I start to carve I loose my speed. There seems to be a sweet spot for my ability to fast and I get a little nervous, not fast enough and I can't carve easily. I want something that will be more nimble and be able to make some tighter carves and not have to be going as fast for it to start carving. I'm not sure about what to get whether it be a mountain board or a freecarve. If you have a suggestion of what I should look for or have a board for sale that fits my description, I would love to hear what you have to say. I would be looking to spend around $200 and maybe a little extra if it came with bindings. Thanks.

I ride at Afton but it is kind of spotty when I get out. I am only in the cities Monday thru Wednesday night. I would like to check out Buck, has been a while since I was there. I knew an English man that hard booted out at Buck about 10 years ago, I think his name was Bob, he was going to get a board set up for me but I think it was about the end of the season and never worked out.

Thanks for all the info. I have read quite a few of the getting started articles but will have to look through those some more. I would love to try this board out west but that may have to wait until the kids get a little bigger. I have checked the board for other carvers at local ski hills and may have to see if I can meet up with someone. I am 210 pounds, would an all mountain board that is a 160 be to short for me. I also have a Ride Mountain 172. I may have to try out my 2 regular boards with hard boots and go from there.

I think it is a 184 or very close to it.

I have been wanting to try Alpine boarding for about 10 years and have never really had the chance so about a month ago I started looking for some used gear. I picked up a 10 year old F2 that looks almost new with some TD1 bindings from craigslist and some old burton Earth boots size 30 from ebay. Going into my first couple runs I thought I would pick it up fairly quickly because I do a lot of other board sports (longboarding, wakeboarding, short line water skiing and I carve pretty nice with soft boots snowboarding with my duck stance, +10/-10 degrees). I was pretty close to that as my first couple runs were getting used to the stance. Each run through my first 10 were all better then the last and after that I was working on getting comfortable with setting an edge and getting a decent carve. I did have some nice runs, no where near low to the ground, but nice non the less. One thing I did notice is that the board does not like to go slow or just go for a mellow ride. I do like the speed but a lot of the times the steeper hills where I go are very uneven and too choppy to use the whole hill cross cutting back and forth. My questions are: 1 Should I look for a carving board or something a little different? I do love the feel of the F2 but need to find some steeper wider hills to ride on. 2 I have a couple older K2 fat Bob's that are wider than most I see carvers on, can those be used with hard boots just the same? or are they completely different than the carving boards. I love checking out this forum, seems like a great community on here and tons of info for any level of carver. I am definatly hooked and believe I will be a hard booter for many years to come. I'm sure I will come up with some more ?'s and I will ask them when I do, Thanks .jpg]

Wow!!! An endangered species!

They must have the slowest lifts I have ever rode up on. I try to get there with the kids a couple times a year. I don't hard boot but plan on doing it very soon.

I would be interested. I am trying to get into the sport and don't know what to offer you. How much are you looking to get?

Do you have any pics of the rip you're talking about?

I may be interested also, and would also love some pics.

Do you have any pics of the Raichle 314 29-30's. I am interested, are they a 3 buckle or 4? Nevermind I clicked on your link

Thanks for the replies. I have spent some time reading up on some things and am looking forward to trying it out. I searched around a little but could not find anything about measuring your foot for the propper sizing. If you could point me in the right direction that would be great. And Teach I may be interested in the boots you have for sale but I will have to read up some more before I buy. Thanks

I have wanted to try an alpine board for many years now but thought I would start to look for a pair of boots as boards seem to be pretty easy to come by used. I have a size 12 1/2 in most shoes but alot of size 12 are about as tight as I would like. I do ride with a pair of size 11 soft boots but they have packed out nicely over the last few years. I don't think I could pull off much smaller of a boot because my foot up against the wall measures 30 cm. Thanks