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Good to know. Still full on right now...but it has only been a few days. I'll keep you posted.

I didn't do my research and bought boots that are the same size as my soft boots, hiking boots, and every other kind of boot. Turns out they seem just a bit big now that i have them. To try to compensate I bought some "orthotic" (just regular walking) inserts and then crank the boots to ensure a proper "foot tourniquet". After all....hard boots are supposed to hurt right? Well, here I am a few days after Friday's ride and I have a section of BOTH FEET that is numb. It wasn't cold at all and this had nothing to do with temp. I was a bit freaked out and then looked online and think I have found something that would seem to explain this. This link tells about something called ski boot neuropathy, and I think it is what my problem is. http://pn.bmj.com/content/5/3/178.full.pdf+html This is a pic of the affected area of my foot. It was a pain getting these boots but I know I am going to have to get some that don't require the tourniquet to keep me in them. What a pain....and what a pain to have this neverending numb spot on each foot. Anyone else ever get this?

Which knee is the "outside" knee? I have been thinking about it for a while and can't figure out which it would be.

I'm a Targhee man myself but am definitely looking forward to a trip over to Sun Valley for a Hardboot extravaganza.

In fact this line from rule number 8 that site is one of the best I have seen on any forum or in any book: .....therefore, if a skier still manages to slam into you from behind and cause you to break a tib/fib, you can rest easy, knowing it was not your fault.

thank you for this post. That link gave me some great tips! Particularly the "don't lean into the snow" part.

Thanks Corey Dyck. This is a good learning vid. I have scoured Youtube and it is tough to find the tutorials or even find the vids specific to hardboot carving. Very helpful. And, your math isn't off as it seems you were listing power in relative terms and showing that it would be double at the first.....which means that you could have used any number and doubled it for the next two listed. They did not need to total 100 and they were relative and not necessarily percentages......or at least that was my take.

I promised Monk and others that I would post my next attempt and hardboot riding...which is as follows: Previously I had be using a youtube tutorial that is narrated in Russian. The guy teaches one to hold their arms out in front like a zombie. I’m sure it works and would probably work great for me if I could understand everything he says in it instead of the occasional subtitle. And when I say previously…my first attempt was a disaster. On my previous attempt I did one run and spent most of it skidding sideways down the hill since the board was so odd feeling compared to what I was used to. This time I was shooting for “the Norm”. I also adjusted the aft foot angle closer to what I have been used to (as shown a few posts above this). First run was another tough one. I brought the K2 along….just in case and was again thinking about bailing and going back to the style I am good at. But…I decided to stick with it. The part of the “Norm” that I realized I needed to focus on was the standing straight and tall….all the way down part….arms down to the side. He used a metaphor of a sailboat mast when a sailboat is rocking. So…..I focused on doing just that. At first I was able to get a decent heelside carve but was not getting the toeside. A couple more runs and I had both. A few more runs (straight and tall and no bending) and I was connecting the turns and leaving good trails. A few times I thought was skidding…but I would look back and see a great carving trail. A few more runs (sailboat mast) and I started to tighten the turns and increase speed. I only went for a ½ day, but by the end of the day I was carving it up. Not like most of you on this forum do...but still carving! Don’t get me wrong…..there was some skidding and my “nice carves” would have just a touch of skid in them. Mostly from lame form I’m sure, but I think some from having a bit of a short board. This 159 felt just a bit short and I wasn’t getting the edge grab that I was expecting. But, by the end of the ½ day I was carving some good S turns with good grooves. I looked a bit weird with the sailboat mast thing…but was very happy at the end. The next time I go on a non-pow day…I don’t even think I will bring the safety-net K2 Ultra dream! Thank you Jack Michaud! The sailboat mast made all the difference. Thank you also Russian dude….I’m sure your tutorial works great and would have gone well for me if I had stuck with it, but I appreciate that you posted one. I hope your next attempt went/goes well also Monk. For me now it is practice, practice....but I am very happy with the results of the day!

Thank you for finding this!

@thatguy Awesome and thanks very much and should I head south I'll drop a PM. And if you ever get a hankerin' for some Teton powder at Targhee drop me a note. @Monk I will definitely want to hear how the results go for you too!

Perhaps this is easier. A link to the shots on my photo site. The board is a little long in the tooth but it will do. I traded a Castor, single fin surfboard for it. I traded some Targhee passes for the bindings and bought the boots on Ebay. http://desertdukephotos.smugmug.com/Set-up/

This is good because there is a great deal of beta there...but I did feel a bit lost. Partly because I am so new and partly because I don't have the ability to make adjustments other than angle and position on the board. So...is there a rule against posting pics before 5 posts or something like that? I did read the "how to post pics" in the FAQ and it doesn't seem to be an option for me. I was going to post a pic of my stance.

@snowboardfast Thanks for the tip. I found the vid and in it he says that it is a companion to his written direction on carving and it lists a link to an article here on Bomber.....but the link does not lead to anything. Does anyone know what happened to that article? @Monk I have only tried it one time and it didn't go well. One thing that was killing me is the back foot (right for me) facing so far forward. I have many years on board with my backfoot perpendicular to the board and years ago used to have it facing BACK slightly. I also just could not get myself to face forward at all. I was still facing sideways and it was cranking my right ankle something awful. In fact, that ankle is still sore 2 weeks later. Luckily I found "the Norm" since then and am going to take things a little differently this next time. I went ahead and adjusted the binding to be much closer to perp and hope that will help this next time. Risking "booting out" but I think I am going to have to take that risk until I can get over the sideways thing. I look forward to you posting your progress too. Hopefully we can learn together.

I sent you my email. The zip is 83406

Shipping boot from East Coast of Canada to Idaho USA where I am sounds like an expensive proposition. I don't even have a guess what shipping would be but would guess that you will have looked into what it would be to ship to the US. ??