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You guys rock!
I`ve got an old Freeride board that`s been sitting in the corner all neglected this season and now I know what I`m going to do with it.
There are times when the 200 Tanker is just to fast for the tight terrain. A short powder board will be much more usefull to me than an old Freerider.
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I also ride a 164 LSD and a 200 Tanker, fantastic boards, I took the plunge and went with the Head plate bindings and Statos Pros this season.
The beauty of it is that I can ride either board with a soft set-up or a hard set-up depending on the conditions.
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........ It looks like my first day on a a snowboard! It is completely different, and I'm having a VERY hard time learning. I have no control just getting down the mtn; let alone trying to carve.............
Me to, me to!
The first day I was ready to throw it all in the bin:rolleyes:
So....I dropped the angles back to the same as my softboot angles. That instantly solved 80% of my problems.(I also dedicated one whole morning to "ONLY" doing the norm as perfectly as I could.)
I`ve been bumping the angles up each time I ride. If the alpine rig won`t take that, you could try your hardboots on the board that you are already familar with.
I`ve now had five days on hardboots and I`m thinking I might throw the softy set-up in the bin.:rolleyes:
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Just open an account at some photo hosting place, eg. www.Photobucket.com
Then post the link.
It will automatically resize them.
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... dude is swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool.
That about sums it all up for me.
Obliviot with missing genomes:boxing_sm
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MMMmmmmm................ Tankers galore:biggthump.
Drool.:D
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So...... I`m looking at buying my first true carving only board.
I`m only interested in recreational carving, not racing.
I have a Rad Air Tanker 200 and a Rad Air LSD 164. both of which are very multi-functional and, for me, great carvers.
I have read so much on here about so many good boards that now, I`m confused as which is the best way to go.
I want a carving board that I can just ride without to much thinking about the board. The board that allows me to just think about the turn I`m doing and the next one without spanking me inbetween.
If I make a comparision to cars it might be like this........ A good driver can drive a Ferrari really fast without crashing but an average driver would crash the Ferrari in an instant at the same speeds. As an average driver I could drive a WRX with a much higher degree of saftey and only marginaly slower, if at all, than I could drive the Ferrari. When the chips are down, I would "generally" have more fun in the WRX, purely due to my skill level.;) I hope that makes sense/ understandable analogy.
Anyway......
I would like to know about your all time favourite carving board, the board that feels like it`s an extension of your body.
Which board do you pull out on the perfect groomers for all out, no holes barred carving fun?
If you could give me the rough specs on that board to, it would be great.
As always, Thanks for your feedback. BOL rules.
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Actually, this could be good news for all of you on the Coiler waiting list. With no trips to the mountains to distract him, Bruce might be cranking out boards faster than usual.
Don't get well too soon, Bruce! :)
Always look on the bright side of life,:) huh.
Imagine if he`d broken his wrist! :(
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The Japanese riders also seem to ride race style for the most part. Although I`ve never seen anything else so anything thats on an Alpine board looks like race style to me.
I`ve seen a few really good guys doing turns that I really can`t comprehend from my level of understanding. ie. laid over, flexing the board so it looks like a banana, digging half moon shaped trenchs in the snow and going as fast as I go when I`m just pointing straight down the hill.
The general level of Alpine riding is far beyond the "average joe freestyler". That said though, I`ve also seen a few people riding softboots and doing some really good carving.
The thing I don`t see much of though is "Powder Boards", Most days I`ve been on the snow this season it`s been Deep and everyone is struggling. I`ve seen lots of people riding little slalom boards in powder:confused:.
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Excelent to hear that Alpine is alive and well in Korea.
I`m always finding a few people riding alpine in Japan. Probably only one in 50 though. But.....40 of those fifty are out for their one ski trip for the year and seem to spend most of their time sitting in the middle of the groomers.
How did you go swapping som-tum for be-bim-ba all week? Withdrawal symptoms?
I think different countries have different bacteria in the food, I always eat street food and for the first week or so it makes me sick but then my body adapts and it`s all good again. Go to another country and I get the same thing:(. Gypsy Syndrome perhaps?
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Thread resurection.
Did anyone end up getting the ACSS from Arnaud? FWIW I like "Arnauds Cool Spring System" name even more than the "Advanced Carving Spring System."
How did it go and what is the price tag?
I`m very interested to try it out after reading the recent thread raving about how good the Bomber RAB system is.
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There`s a guy in New Zealand that has slighty changed the original idea so that the support of the front wheel comes from a bar over the top of the wheel.
Don`t know wheather of not that one has a patent on it yet.
The advantage of his idea is that it has a much tighter turning radius and you can "pump the board at least a little bit, to gain speed.(At low speeds).
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Hell Yeah! Dirtsurfers rock!
I`ve been riding one for a couple of years now. I think that for fast downhill nothing comes close. The faster the better.
Dirtsurfers like to go fast but the GP model won`t take to high angulations very well. Lean a GP model over to much and the rail scrapes on the ground which is a very nerve wracking expirence. Apparently the Flexideck version rides higher off the ground and that eliminates the problem.
I mostly ride mine with a Kite these days simply because I`m now living in Downtown Tokyo and the traffic is crazy compared to Australian roads.
I think a kitewing would probably be the ultimate accessory for the Dirtsurfer.
Just like snowboards though, you need a quiver to forfill all aspects of riding.
My idea for summer riding is, A Dirtsurfer for SGS style,fast with low angulations, A carveboard for EC style,slow with high angulations and a Loaded Vangaurd for SL, cruisin around/general fun/commuting, medium speed, medium angulations.
With those three boards in your quiver you`ll be carving all summer.
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Kitefilm rocks:biggthump.
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Barry- I`m riding plates on a freeride board.
A Rad Air LSD. My angles are currently 42/39. I bought it specifically because it can support either soft or Hardboots. This is my first year in Hardboots.
I also use Rossi hc2000 on my soft board and my Tanker for powder, I run them at 33/27. For no other reason than I get horrible boot out if I try to turn at lower angles.
I find that at low speeds I can carve just as well in my softies(feeling but not technique wise), but as soon as I get going at higher speeds it just gets all out of control in softies, where as with Hardboots I haven`t found the upper speed limit of the LSD, (Yes, I`ve really tried). The Tanker and my other soft board definately have top end speed limits (for me), it`s just about 50% faster in Hardboots.
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Yard sale- maybe you can tell me about the ride.
I would just like to hear from some carvers what they think of the ride of the LSD in comparision to other dedicated carving boards.
It`s all I have as a reference point.:o
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There is one board that seems to stand out from the crowd for me.
Have a good look around this site.
http://www.dupraz-ch.com/index_en.php
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Hey shred- Have you been for your test drive on the Reto LSD yet?
Tell us all about it!
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:( Another brother gone. Sad, really sad.
Saftey saftey saftey! It`s the number one consideration with any sport that puts you at the wims of mother nature.
I`ve rescued people and I`ve been rescused, always hang with a crew, no matter how tempting it may be to go it alone.
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i have i cloude 9 - 1,20m long in my garage. wich i no more use since i have a original 'carveboard'. this thing really carves the pavement. makes summer also a good time! love that thing; special trucks, really slicks with airtubes, impossible to touch the deck with the whells or the street.
Carveboards are the kings of angulation on the street. I`ve spent a fair bit of time on my friends board and love it. It`s another one of those toys that is on the list of "must haves":biggthump
Tuffy- Those are much more high tech ice sails than the ones I`ve seen previously. And people say kiting is dangerous, those things look like they kill ya in an instant.;)
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Japan has been getting more snow than ever this year. Some of the resorts are 5m deep already.
Check this one.
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I might just try a DIY model and see how it goes in that case then.
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:o Oh.......so now at least I know!
The white tanker i just bought was marked as an 03/04. But I`m really unsure after reading sandys descriptions of each model.
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I be really interested to know the specs on your new board.
As for surfboard design, I spent most of the 90`s riding the "slater" styled boards, my riding regressed the whole time. I then stepped on to Geoff Mccoy`s "Nuggets", a throw back to 80`s ideas with new rockers, my riding leapt forwards in leaps and bounds. So much so that all my friends now ride the same boards.
I`m contemplating buying my first dedicated alpine board and I have always been a black sheep when it comes to equipment, I don`t care what anyone thinks.
It`s only important to get the most out of my limited skill.:o
Your all time favourite carving board?
in Carving Central
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Thanks for all your fantastic responses guys and gals.
I see that board preference is like everything else in life, hugely varied:cool:.
I think, after all that, I`ll have to buy a couple of cheap secondhand boards to see what really works the best for me and then when I find something close to what feels good to me I`ll buy a nice new one of those dimensions.
Cheers for all the good info.