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  3. First day on an alpine snowboard

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    Matt,

    It would be a pleasure to ride with you however I am only a student and so I had to take up Wells Fargo on their student discount deal for winterpark & copper season passes. I want to go to some other resorts but after scraping together money for a hardboot setup I'm not sure I can swing any non-pass days. But if I can I will give you a call.

    If you are ever thinking about going to Copper for some reason I will gladly join you.

  4. Sliding Clothes?

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    I have heard people mention special clothing called sliding clothes? I have heard that for extreme carving you can opt to have special sliding clothes that will reduce friction from your clothes rubbing on the ground.

    Does anyone know anything about this?

  5. First day on an alpine snowboard

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    yeah I have seen some extremely graceful carvers out there.

    Bola sold me my boots and board. He also invited me to go riding with him someday, so maybe I will take him up on that.

    A couple months ago I checked out the list of teachers in Colorado and I'll do that again.

    By the way, what exactly is the "bomber crew"?

  6. First day on an alpine snowboard

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    Friday was my first day riding an alpine board and it kicked my ass, and my ankles, and my shins.. mostly my shins... I'm not sure if my boots were too tight or too loose but during part of the day when I was flexing my legs and ankles it seemed as though the boot was digging into my shins.

    Thinking about it now, I'm pretty sure it was because my boot wasn't tight enough.

  10. Can freestyle board/softboot carve?

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    I have never been on a board with hard boots. I am currently learning how to carve with my softboots just because I don't have any other way to practice. Whenever I try to make really sharp turns my toe's or heel's catch and I skid out.

    I am curious as to what stance angles other people have used. I am at 20 15 but it's not enough, maybe I should try steeper.. yeah.. thats all

  11. hardboots on an all mountain board?

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    A lot of well informed and experienced carvers out there helping out, thanks everyone!

    It sounds like I've got a go-ahead for mounting plate bindings on an all mountain board.

    The board I would be using is a Ride Theory length 159. It's extremely felxible and pretty short, I'm sure it's not the ideal board for hard boots but I really can't wait to try them out.

    Once again, this seems like a really friendly community going on here, glad to be here!

    Keep the polyethylene side down!

  12. hardboots on an all mountain board?

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    I have been painstakingly saving money to get hardboots, bindings and an alpine board.

    At this point I have a set of TD1's on the way and within a week I will have enough money to buy a pair of Head srtatus pro's.

    Would it be "ok" to put the hardboot setup on my all mountain board to try it out untill I get a real carving board?

    Any thoughts? Pictures?

    ummm...

    Thanks

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