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Thank you! I called them up, pictures looked great, I'm the proud new owner. I'll post a video of the first runs, should have some nice carnage in it :) tom.

Thank you for trying, Eric, much appreciated. WPCarver -- thanks for the tip, I'll give them a shout tomorrow. I do think I remember the shop, at the end of Main St. Thanks!

Thanks, Bryan. I emailed with the Fey brothers that make these boards, and I don't want to spend $700 for a new one. At least not without having a chance to ride one first. Just like some BOL members are moving to AT boots so that they can switch out to skis easily, I'd like to try this board to go with my telemarks :) And it looks like a lot of fun too. Thanks, tom.

Thanks! tom.

I'm still trying to scratch that itch, and have had a hard time finding a used one... Hoping someone has one they'd let go of, tom.

I just saw a pair of 25.5 boots, think they were Raichle's, in a consignment shop in Glenwood Springs, CO. I imagine they'd be willing to send them to you, and I seem to recall price was around $30-40? I believe the shop's site is http://thegearexchange.blogspot.com/ -- contact info is there. HTH, tom.

Ping "newcarver" ( http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/member.php?5799-newcarver ), he used to ride there a lot. Have fun!

Hey Kurt, I'll take it. I'll PM to arrange details.

This looks neat -- would be great for a night Keystone run. Last time I went I got freaked out by the straight-liners passing me in the dark. Even with my blinking bicycle lights... http://www.thefancy.com/things/289728833/L.E.D-Snowboarding-by-Jacob-Sutton :) tom.

My choice for the past few years has been the Prior Powstick, 179. It's a great board, long effective edge, for some reason it just fits my style. It's sweet in powder and trees, and I carve the groomers on the way from one to the other :) I rode the Dupraz D1+ for a year, didn't like it as much, and it has less effective edge too. If you get a chance, try it out. I've been riding the 4WD for 6 years as well, in hardboots of course, and that's a great board too. tom.

This is such an old video :) I have been riding the Powstick a lot these past years -- although I rode a bunch of other boards in the meantime, this remains my favourite. Not a review video, but a more recent footage of the board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlLM2W_swfM&fmt=18.

It's OK. I went there last week, and the runs were wide and empty. Slow lifts, nice snow. Not a lot of pitch. Great place to practice various moves, as the frontside runs had a consistent pitch to them and were pretty long. The back side was a bit steeper and tighter, and was more fun for carving. I liked it and will be heading back, mixing it up between carving and skiing with my son, and maybe XC-ing for lunch at the Cookhouse. I wouldn't consider this a carving destination, but with the right attitude it has lots of good things to offer :)

Hey Alisa, I might not have the full picture, but here are a few: 1. I'm only aware of one magic carpet, and that's on Elk Camp at Snowmass. You can take the gondola up there, and the kid area has the carpet and a lift as well. It's pretty flat. Buttermilk has a kid area on the west side towards the top of the mountain, so you have to take the main lift all the way up there. Last I was there it had a cool rope tow, with plastic handles for kids to grab on. Pretty fun. But then you have to ski all the way down to the base. There is another kid area at the bottom of Buttermilk too, with a mini half-pipe. But no carpets that I'm aware of. 2. Buttermilk is really the only place. Snowmass would work if you had a hotel there, otherwise parking is pretty limited. Snowmass has a very cool kids program called Kid's Treehouse -- the kids ski, nap, lunch. A bit spendy, but our son loved it. Ajax is right over Aspen so you might be able to score a street parking spot, not great for naps though. And Highlands has parking at the base, would be quiet, but not sure if you can park bigger vehicles there. Hope this helps! Let me know if you'd like any more info, tom.

:) Keep the updates coming, John. We missed you, we rode Snowmass all last week, but left the day you were to arrive. Enjoy the pow, hope the split tail Rossi is still in action! This last/still-current storm dumped some major pow on our side of the divide. tom.

I too like getting up on toeside the most, but there's a neat way to get up on the heelside too. A bit hard to explain: when you're sitting with your butt on the snow, put your back hand (e.g. right hand for regular stance riders) behind the boards tail. Lean your entire body onto that hand -- that will completely unweight your front foot, and put a lot of weight on the back foot, more weight over the tail. The board will bend, and start a gentle spin. With a bit of practice you can stand up while the board is beginning that spin and ride off in style :)

Hey Ian, I had the same problem. The blue pads didn't fall out, but didn't give me the ride I wanted either. Fin hooked up me with some newer yellow e-pads -- they have been working great.

Very cool. Here's another version with some other view points: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/joMK1WZjP7g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

+1 on centering the toe bail. I also lubed it with bomber butter, though it's hard to get much in there.

Joerg Egli of Pureboarding runs lots of clinics in France and in Italy-- check them out at http://pureboarding.com/index.php?id=season-schedule EDIT: I forgot to mention that Pureboarding is based out of Zurich and does a lot of clinics in Switzerland as well!

Nice! Cool edit and I liked the Nirvana-style bits :)

Yeah, mtnbuzz is over the top. Well, good luck, I look forward to seeing the other clips.

Oh, Steve, sorry if I sounded critical. I very much enjoyed riding with you at SES a few years ago, and fondly remember our fakie run down Buttermilk West :) I have actually seen a TON of gopro footage -- for snowboarding, skating, kiteboarding, kayaking, and more. It's a personal thing, but I think it gets really old really fast. Whether it's at the end of 210cm board or a pole or someone's helmet... I think that the outside point of view, seeing how you get low, drive with your upper body, play with terrain, that's what I enjoy seeing and that's the experience/mastery I look for. Versus the point from the nose of the board -- it's always the same, you get little feel for terrain, mostly see body movements in the left-to-right plane, etc. I don't think I'm the only one: http://www.mountainbuzz.com/forums/f17/anyone-else-sick-of-go-pros-34615.html :) All that said, it's great that you're getting more exposure for carving and that the resort is working with you -- good luck with all that! And hope to make more turns with you next season...

Nice riding, but it's so hard to see anything! I only saw the rail slide when I paused the video. Maybe put the gopro on a tripod at the end of the rail or above the bump you catch air on? I like to see you ride, and this POV-type footage gets old really quick... If the tripod is too complicated, maybe a friend will film you for a sixpack? :) tom.

I asked a similar question a few years ago, got lots of responses. Check it here: http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26060 tom.