utahcarver

Beaver Mountain is my home hill. The Seeholzer family does a fantastic job every season. I've been a pass holder there for almost 20 years now.

That's a great looking board, Jack! Mark

Question: What is the difference between a real snake and a 'ski school snake'? Answer: On a real snake, the a-hole is at the tail. Question: What is the difference between a snowboard and an upright vacuum cleaner? Answer: How you attach the dirt bag. Mark

I read of his passing earlier this week and it brought back a flood of memories since meeting Troy in the late 1970's. A man of many talents and kindnesses. Plus, a ripper on a board. Any board. Riding For Troy. Mark

Ready to ride that board again, Mick? PM me your phone number or do you still have mine? Mark

Here's my son riding a Donek Relic 180-something at our local hill. Think: Redneck hicks on F1 carving tools.

I'd be willing to buy several rounds of beers to hear a portion of this story. Free during this summer in Logan, Utah. Or Northern Utah. I'm not hard to find. Mark

I still use my Rossignol SIS on softer days. I know that a lot of people made fun of it (PSR and others ) because it works basically like a screen door latch on the bottom of the boots instep area. Rossi sourced it from Emery and the boots and bindings have been used worldwide for rental shops. My boots are stiff for softies and have held up over the years. The biggest advantage is on pow days. I've learned to step-in on the fly getting off of the lift. C-YA! Mark

I seem to remember a pic from many years ago, maybe one of the first International Snowboard (ISM) mags published it. It, the caption read was a Serge Vitelli riding in Hawaii. I don't recall if it said 'where' or not. Mark

PP is not processing my card. I cannot figure this s**t out. Will you accept a Postal Money Order from the US Mail? I can send a PMO by 2pm tomorrow in USD and at MST. Thanks ahead of time.. Mark

Let me get my PP account reconfigured and I'll take both discs. Mark

TD2 Center disks. 4 Hole. I need one pair. Not baseplates or elastomers. X= TD2 (2 x 4 hole) I hope that makes sense. I saw your listing; it's for a baseplate right? I need a center disk. Sorry, the wine I had for dinner is working on me now. Mark

ECC: Are your 4 hole center disks still available? What are you asking for them (assuming they are still available)? Mark

When was your last x-ray by a podiatrist? Mine turned out to be a bone spur, they're quite popular these days, that had multiple calcified prongs. Had it removed this past January and it took a full 4 months recovery. Turns out, it was most likely from being the foot I used to push off when I skateboarded. Almost 40 years of foot-pushing. Mark

This appears to be early Pure Carve crew members at Snowmass and Aspen. Ahumada, Cabell, Doyle, Munoz, Donnelly, and others tearing the heck-fire out of those areas. The boot of the day was Nordica SBH. One of the most comfortable boots you'll ever wear hard booting. Mark

My buddy Jeremy Jensen owns the company. I picked up a Barracuda earlier this year that I will use on local hills here in town. The story is that he started snowboarding by riding his older brothers Winterstick Roundtail without the early straps. Learned how to ride without any attachments. (Dmitri) Milovich rides a Winterstick Swallowtail below. Mark

Walker, good luck to you and thank you for taking on this task of helping to fuel our addictive sport. The Carving Community wishes you great success and many years of making our world turn. Mark

Glad to hear you had a great family outing, Jack! Next time in PCMR locate EmDee (Martin) for a locals view of the area. I love the area, too. Thanks for the pics! Hope you get back out here in a few more years to lay it over a bit more. Mark

See, that's what I'm thinking, too. But, SBX and half-pipe can turn ugly, too. And the crowds and announcers seem OK with it. Reminds me of some auto racing fans. Mark

So, I'm watching the half-pipe mens finals with Ms. utahcarver when she asks, "When do they run the downhill race?". What do you mean downhill? You mean like the same course that the skiers race downhill on? "Yes, when do they run that race? Has Shaun White ever won that race?". I explained to her that in the Olympics there was no sanctioned course or medal for downhill snowboarding. "Why?". I was dumbfounded for an answer. I did a quick search online and found the US Open in Vermont started as a downhill event exclusively. Fastest rider down the hill wins, right? From there, it seems to have turned it's focus on half-pipe and slalom. Eventually, dropping slalom and adding slopestyle and big air as it's only formats for "racing". Which begs the question: Are there any current downhill snowboard events across the globe? I'm guessing that SBX and banked slalom events might mildly qualify as downhill events. I'm not even going to ask about FIS sanctioning for downhill snowboarding. So, asking for the missus, why aren't there any downhill events for snowboarding? I tried to find anything in Europe. The first name that came up was Hannenkahm. Nothing. Only skiers. FIS. I can remember boards from Sims, Burton, Gnu, Kemper, and others having triangles cut out of their shovels for racing years ago. Am I missing something? When did downhill racing go away? Personally, I am way past my prime of donning a race suit and running gates but, I still can point my board downhill and stay in the fall-line occasionally. Just long enough to scare me into reality. Mark

Softs for deep dark days; hards for deep sunny days. Hards for chalk, hero, and ice days. On rainy days I always go with softs; they don't tip over as easy as hards when I use them to hold my beer while I sit next to the fireplace in the lodge. Mark

The kid's got some talent and a long career ahead of him. Loved the transfers he did be over the rail. Just watched Shaun White win gold in half-pipe a few minutes ago. At 31, White has got the world at his feet. And at 17, Gerard has a great start with that gold medal around his neck. Mark

I haven't gotten a quote yet but I'm guessing around $40 or $50 USD. When I can get down to SLC I'll PM you. I had surgery on January 12th (bone spur right ankle) so there's no rush on this. I'm JAFO right now. Mark

That's wood showing. The board planes straight on the base. It has had one base grind. The p-tex along the edges of the board keeps drying out and turning chalky so I have to keep hitting it with Zardoz if I ride it on groomer days. Maybe I should just use it for deep days. Thanks for the advice and ideas guys! Mark

My beloved Rad-Air Tanker to a shot to the core at the end of last season. I put it aside and rode other boards for a while. Now, I'm looking at getting the base repaired properly. Any suggestions as to who to have do the repairs? I have a local shop who could do it. The price would be a bit more than I'd like to spend but I want it done right, as much as possible. Am I asking too much? Thanks folks, Mark (If this post needs to be moved to off-topic I'm down with that)