patmoore Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Okay, it has nothing to do with hardboots but I had to encourage all of you to try the Rossignol Mini next time you have an urge to ride softboots. At only 121 cm it looks like a child's board but the stance is normal for an adult board. I got to demo one at Stratton last week and had a blast. As long as you can avoid the urge to look down (there's nothing there!) you can have a lot of fun with a very versatile machine. I successfully rode a box in the terrain park and did a lot a flat spins on a groomed cruiser. Riding switch was no problem although I had to rotate the bindings to about 30 degrees because my size 11s were giving me serious boot-out. I even got brave while doing a toe side carve and jumped into a 180 landing a carve riding switch. It occurred to me that this might be the ideal board to introduce folks to snowboarding. It's a little like the old Graduated Length Method that skiers adopted several decades ago. Even my 54 year old wife is thinking about trying boarding again. Have any of you had a chance to ride one yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 And I thought it was about Valentino Rossi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djtrussny Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Furreal LeeW! We're on the same page. Not to hijack but we all know where the future is for the 800's. Hayden and Stoner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 sorry to hijack, but rossi did say he predicts the suzuki's gonna be a dominating company (think of their history -- suzuki gsxr-750). we'll see how it pans out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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