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Haven't ridden it yet... I've never really done any speed boarding (Unless butt-boarding in the 80's counts) so I have no idea what to expect. I'm a whimp, so I'll probably never go really fast on it, but it will be fun trying...

I'm at The Canyons every Saturday or Sunday, along with some weekdays here and there. Contact me if you want to try and get together.....

Dammmitt!!! I gotta put my pants on to see these fancy springs? Not sure it will be worth it, but I guess I can take chance......

With queequeg said.....

I'll be at The Canyons on the 1st. Not sure what sort of setup I'll be riding, but we could probably get together for a couple of turns at some point (I'll probably be working.....)

Drool..... So 93/4" X 40".... What's the wheelbase? What's the concave like? Have you ridden it yet? You've given me the speedboard bug, and posting porn like this isn't helping at all!

OK, I'm not going to say all cops are pricks, I think there are probably plenty of good ones who are just trying to do their job to the best of their ability. We might not know the whole story, but based on what we can see in that vid, that is one of the cops who falls in to the "Major" prick category. So here's my funny cop story (and it's even related to snowboarding...): Quite a few years ago, I had spent the day at Brighton, in Utah. I had spent a couple of hours in the morning teaching my brother-in-law to ride; then ridden later in the afternoon with my wife. Due to the fact that I was teaching my bro-in-law, I had a free-ride board with softies for myself to teach on, one of my old softy boards for him to ride, and I had also brought along at least one alpine setup. After the day is over, and I'm heading home with at least 3 snowboards on the top of my car, along with my wife's skis. As you head out of the parking lot at Brighton, there is a maintenance shed. As I pass by the shed, there's a guy standing there, basically staring at me as I drive by. I think that it's kind of weird, but oh-well.... As I get to the bottom of the canyon, almost ready go get on the freeway, there's flashing lights in the rear-view. I look at the speedometer, and that's not the issue, so I wonder what's up, and pull over. Mr, copper comes up walking up, and I don't think he even asked for my registration. Basically here's how the conversation goes: Cop: Are these all your snowboards? Me: Yes. Cop: Why do you have so many? Me: I explain to him about my brother-in-law, and my weird fascination with riding race / carving boards, thus the reason for having so many boards. Cop: There have been a bunch of boards stolen up the canyon today. Do you have receipts for all of these boards? Me: (Thinking: OK, now I know why that guy was staring at me leaving the parking lot... And who carries around receipts for their ski/snowboard gear to "prove" that they own it???) I proceed to tell him that these definitely aren't the boards they are looking for, and that most of them are more than 3 years old, and not too many people would rip off boards that old. Cop proceeds to make me take all the boards out of the racks so he can check them out, look at serial numbers, blah, blah, blah, and he's a prick about it, cause he thinks he's busted a snowboard thief. The wife and I sit in the car for who knows how long, and eventually, the cop comes back up, apologizing profusely, and telling me he's sorry, and that I'm not their thief. It was kind of hard to be happy that he was doing his job, when he was such a prick at the beginning of our encounter. Moral of the story: Make sure you carry receipts with you for EVERYTHING you buy, so that you can prove true ownership at any given time. (Ala' George from Seinfeld, with his giant wallet full of receipts.)

In reference to Dave's mention of riding regular, FWIW, I would suggest that your armor be designed to protect both the left and right sides of a snowboarder in the event of an incident. I ride regular, but managed to wrap myself around a tree a few weeks ago, and it's the right side of my ribcage that ended up bruised. I got a little too cocky, fell, got disoriented and turned around, and clocked the tree with my right side. I'm sure the same thing could have easilly happened with Dave after the fall, getting turned around and sliding into the ice blocks and injuring the right side and not the left. Did I make any sense there?

It was the stock board, not the PGS stick...

Like these:? Or THE originals: (the 4 on the right....)

Umm, Bob Redford owns Sundance, which does allow Snowboarding. You may be thinking of Stein Eriksen who is director of skiing at Deer Valley...... They're both kooks if you ask me. Just kidding.

Wouldn't hurt to ask (BEFORE you purchase a ticket...) You'll have to carry poles also, and remember its an INLINE monoski. Let us know how it goes......

Deer valley does not allow any type of snowboard, hard or soft boots. You used to be able to sneak a sqwal in for some turns, but I have heard that they are turning them away also. If you want to experience Deer Valley you've got to put on two planks...

It's a perfect day out here at the 'basin.... If you're considering comming out at all today, GET HERE!

Weather report: Snowbird is reporting 5" of new snow in the last 24 hours, so they should have had time to groom, and we should have some soft groomers available. 60% chance of snow today, with accumulations of up to 3" We've got tankers to demo if you don't want to ride an alpine stick today.....

Go west young man. It's not that bad of a drive from the Junction, and we've still got 3 days to go. Report from the hill: Cold and light snow in the AM, but that hasn't stopped anyone. Snow has let up now, time to get off the Computer (Work Sucks...) and go ride!

Holy crap that listing is ANCIENT! However, I do believe that the hardbooter folks still have a Reto Lamm available. They're hard to come by now days.....

The hardbooter homepage has been updated with all of the relevant information. See you there.....

Yes, there will be demo gear available from both Hardbooter.com and Bomber for the Wasatch Trenchin' Convention (WTC.) $20 (To cover insurance, etc.) to ride as many differned setups as you want all day long.... Keep your eye on the hardbooter.com homepage for updates.

Your timing is perfect.... 1/25 is the day we're planning for the WTC at the 'bird. There will be plenty of carving going on that day, and demo's available..... (As long as it doesn't snow, but even if it does, we'll carve the pow...)

To answer your question, yes there are enough groomers at Snowbird to warrant bringing your carving setup. We'll actually be spending a day at Snowbird during the Wasatch Trenchin Convention this year. BOL member digger is a Snowbird local, you could hit him up for suggestions on what runs he preffers for carving. And as Carvedog said, Snowbasin doesn't dissapoint either...

Tex, Sent you an email about a trade of Purple for Yellows, if things don't work out with BlueB......

Um, for that price, you could probably get a Tinkler, couldn't you? http://www.oldsnowboards.com/pics/album84

So, I saw a total of 3 different hardbooters at The Canyons on 1/11 and 1/12. (Well 4, but I talked to the 4th culprit....) Was it anyone who frequents BOL? Identify yerselves!

Not necessarily true. Patrol was on site searching within minutes at the slide at The Canyons, and without a doubt saved one life: http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/Accidents/Accidents,07-08/12-24-07,%20Canyons%20Accident,%20Lees-Kobernik/12-23-07,%20Canyons%20Accident,%20Lees-Kobernik.htm http://www.utahskiandsnowboard.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=177