Ernie00

Hey Derf, I went to Sauveur, with my burner 162. It was pretty crowded, the steep parts were very bumpy and the run very narrow but the flatter part were nice and a bit icy but I didn't mind. It was just over crowded so it was next to impossible to do more than one carve without behing scared to behing hit. A few rocks here and there but nothing hit the board. Hopefully the conditions will get better really soon if not I will have to go to my not so great boards. More rain tomorrow :( Ernie

Did a few runs today.. condition were awfull 100% aftificial snow here in Quebec but it still felt very good. 2 runs open a lot of people in the last one we did got a window without anyone on the hill and was able to do a few carves in a row.. man it felt good! Can't wait to get optimal conditions. In the mean time this was very good ! Ernie

it's a wood core? someone told me there was aluminium in it ? Thanks a lot for the information

I need to find information on a older model of Oxygen Proton board The board is Blue and yellow to the side 185 cm the board is a Cap I want to find the year Any information on the construction Radius waist So pretty much all the specifications Thanks a lot Ernie __________________ Ernie

The old dog and lazy and the switch riding evil look cat

I have a seasons pass at a local hill (Mont St-Sauveur) www.mssi.ca It's fairely cheap 159.00$ Canadian for 7 days a week night skiing from 3 pm but they don't really check so you can go early. Also with this pass you have access to all their mountains (5 mountains in the same area). Nothing big but it's not far. To go in eastern VT (Stowe, sugarbush, killington) I go with an organised club. The price for the day bus+lift ticket is cheaper than just buying the ticket if I go by myself. Bonus is, you can sleep on the way there + you can drink a few cold ones on the way back ! :) No stress. Ernie

29 years old been snowboarding since 1990 and on hard boots since 2001. High School PE teacher and assistant coach with the Canadian National Volleyball Youth team.

To old guys, remember Damian Sanders? He used to compete back in the 90's in hard boots doing half pipe and he did quite well.

I've been a membre for a while here, not writing a lot but reading and learning a lot over the years. Thanks a lot to bomber and its crew (Fin and Michelle and all the other involved) I ordered my stared kit today and it was a good excuse to get a set of TD2 in the same time. My old burton race needed replacement anyways ! Thanks a lot for your help and development in our sport. I really wish things go back to normal very soon. Eric

I have a manitou sherman TPC + single crown too on my Cannondale gemini 900 and do only downwhill with it 1-2 a week and it's been great to me this summer. ERic

I'm pretty much ready to order my TD2 but one last detail needs to be decided before. The elastomer ring. I was looking for some input on which one you use, your weight, where you ride (icy vs soft snow) and any other comments you might have to help me do the best possible choice. Thanks a lot Ernie

I'll tell you what, we'll all get together one night and I'll let you try the Hot or madd and I can try the prior or other boards! We're all going to be happy campers !

yup both location laval and brossard have their snowboards section open. In Laval they have a few hot and in brossard I think they had 3. 167 being the biggest.

I usually go ride right after work at 3 pm and work in laval so st-sauveur / Avila is 35-40 min from work. So I can get a good 2 hours of not too crowded usually slope time. I never ride on weekend, it's way too crowded for me and dangerous. Ya, I got it at oberson in Laval, now all they have are last years Hot and they are at 499 + tx (canadian) but I've been keeping an eye on this one for a while for the price to drop. Doupt that they are going to get some more this year.

ya I know, it's the worse to wait and see the boards at home... Both boards are so different. The Madd looks tiny next to the Hot. Good thing I'm leaving on vacation next week and then going away for work. Hopefully time will go flying and then when I come back I'll make the snow dance for an early winter !

Now I have 2 more reasons to pray for snow... after the new Madd (not in the picture) I picked up in may, I found yesterday at a local store a Hot blast 183 brand new for 220$. Couldn't resist. It's going to be hard to decide which one to try first.

I have a set of burton shadow boots that I bought used to years ago for my wife, she used them once and we decided that alpine wasn't the way to go and that she would stick with soft boots. The boots are in good shape overall considering the years, the shells and the liner have no crack or holes in them. All the buckles are there and working. 40$ + SH http://www3.sympatico.ca/veroba/bboots.jpg Eric

I just got last week a brand new madd 158. I wasn't planning on getting a madd but after reading and reading about it here I had to at least try it on and I got a great deal. Now I just need a set of bindings because my race plates are starting to bend. Can't wait to try the new board in 8 months. <img src="http://www3.sympatico.ca/veroba/snowboard.jpg">

Nice, I'm happy you found your boards. My sister got one of my old board stolen this winter. What a pain. It doesn't happen to often the recover boards !

old subject but here's my rack. We are definitaly running out of space at the appartement and need to buy a house. In the back is my brand new madd that I received today april 25th. This is going to be a long summer. <img src="http://www3.sympatico.ca/veroba/rack.jpg">

I read Chris Klug's book and it was pretty good. It reminded me a lot of souvenirs back in the days, made me nostaligic. Pretty good book overall.

We went around a lot, but did spend a lot of time in the morning on Soleil side, it was emtpy. I'm not a big fan of north side, the end is very flat so I avoid it. I wish I could be sick again today.

Went to spend the day in Mont Tremblant. It nice to have those sick days ! :) Ernie

I went to the board shop today and the owner was showing me how they were waxing their board. I'm just trying to find if this is a good way to do it. 1: Take the wax bar and rub it against the board everywhere. 2: Take a Rag (We call them chiffon J in french) put it on the board and put your iron on top of it. Go over the board like you would do normaly. 3: It will leave a tiny film of wax that a scraper and take the excess out. Almost no excess. With a bar of wax you can do a whole season easy. It takes vitrually no wax, very little loss. Anyone can validate this? Is this a good way to wax the board? Thanks Ernie

Does it hurt only when you ride and stop on the side or does it also hurt the next day when you are walking and doing your normal daily activities? Ernie00