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thx for the link. i rode niedecker tornado for a couple seasons. loved it. I am looking for something a little newer.

looks llike we are on the same wave length. cool:)

I am looking for a newer board. Let me know what you have. Could go longer SL if you have it. Must be in excellent shape.

Looking for a 172 silberpfeil newer the better. Could go SL also.

shave your legs. i have shaved my shins for years adn it nearly eliminates shin rub. the first days each year are always a little sensative but a week of rest after that first hard day on snow and shins are fine to ride every other day or so for the rest of the season. Keep boots snug with a booster strap. i am pretty skinny too 5'8 and 140 with very skinny legs.

If you still have em with step in recievers I"ll take everything for $100

let me know if you would cnsider selling the td1's i am looking for a pair to get my son started but don't want to invest much till I know if he likes it.

do you still have the td1's?

Joe Frost (fast ski guy) is awsome. He and I taught at Cascade for years he is one of the best skiers you will ever see anywhere and has great tech knowledge as a level III on ski's. He picked up plates on the snowboard and in one season was running circles around all of us. I spent a day riding with him last season and I was blown away by how good his riding is. Each time I run into him I try to convince him to come to SES. I think he and his dad are very close and it conflicts with a trip they do each year. His Dad is also a great skier and had taught at Cascade for years.

If she is in southern WI come to Cascade. Runs are shorter than Granite Peaks but not as far to travel and GP has a lot of wasted terain the whole bottom 2/3 is very flat. They have a beautifull base facility and great highspeed chairs. Cascade has a high speed quad, has the best snow making, and grooming by far. I like Cindy Pop the best. short but pretty steep and no or very short lift line. Sunday am I am usually doing laps bymyself till nearly 11. Devils Head has very old snow making and faces south in spring it is pretty tough. No high speed chairs, great food, and party atmosphear. Tyrol is more of a freestyle set up but they do have a cool alpine race program headed up by Brent Alderman and he is whicked fast. very short runs litterally 20-25 seconds. Some really good steeps on the west side but scary narrow for me. lacross is the same deal as Granite Peaks the bottom can be painfully flat on a board. but if they have aux chairs running it helps out.

Props on the camera angle i want to see one looking down the hill too just for fun. i think we all would be able to give better feed back if you have someone film more conventionally. My guess is that you have some skidding at the middle, end of your turns?? I like the way you are leveling your sholders durring the turns. This puts you in a great body position for angulating creating strong edge angles to the snow. It seems like you are throwing your outside hand up and accross your body to start the next turn, rotating upper body hard adn then countering back durring the controll phase of the turn. Weight seems on the back foot. Front leg is very straight and dose not flex much in general most of your dynamics are above the waist. Go to a moderate slope where you are very comfortable. First things I would work on is balance and getting more wt over that front leg, and in general keeping both legs bent more. Standing stationary on your board visualize some turns and make the movements like you are riding only keep your hands on your hips focus on the bottom of your front foot, then ankle, knee, femur. Then do some runs with a focus on just your front foot and trying get you to feel an entire run with just the bottom of your front foot. Then do it again but focus on just your front ankle, again on your knee, again on your femur/hip socket. Feel the ankle and knee open to the heel side and close to the toe. Keep your upper body very very still hands could even be on your hips. Keep your eyes on a fixed point a long way off down the hill or on the horizion. Do some drills keeping your hands more still or at least keep your right on the right and left on your left. Think about dropping your hands to your boots or to the edges of the board right to the right side, left to the left side. Rather than accross your body. (EC is different adn your upper body rotation would be more appropriate but still need some adjustments.) Then do some runs on more fun terrain where you just focus on leveling your sholders and hips like you already do like a hero but keep your hands where they belong and maintain a little focus on that front leg. Too many words. FYI i typically take one element of my own riding that I feel like i am trying to improve upon each season and focus on just that one element for most of the season. I do get off one some of the tech talk so sorry if I got too long winded. Just remember that what ever your style it has to be fun for you.

I would take a look a the G- Force. Alexis is your size and rides the hell out of it. duh.

I have a speedster and a silberfiel. I can't comment on the binding as I ride TD's with 6deg on both and love it. My style of riding is more that of a free carve rather than racing. ie stronger controll phase as oposed to a fall line release. The RS is stable at speed and very sure footed on firm groom and race conditions. It is my perfered board on harder days and if I have the more open runs. That being said, I ride it in the midwest and ride it all the time and can make it turn tighter when needed. All the F2's I have ridden are quick under foot and they have more life in the tail than most of the other boards I have rode. The metals are too damp under foot for me and feel sluggish. I like a board that you can load and unload into the next turn and feel like you are accelerating into the next turn. I do not care for it when things get too soft. The nose digs in and wants to keep digging, like it is hoping for firm underneath. any specific q's let me know.

awsome!!

John Gilmore- If you catch this.. email me i want to order some gogles