Erik J Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I can't choose - my world isn't plain black and white. It's full of colors and pretty flowers and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 yes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 And before anyone pulls the "if pow isn't fast enough for you, you have to go steeper" bit, I would still rather just go steeper (think winch-cat) on icy groomers. Phil, you're my hero. In my perfect world, ice would only exist in my glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 The mere asking of this question begs the question "Have you ever been in armpit deep freshies?":freak3: Like PAULK says we carve because freshies are few and far between. I'll save some for you paul see ya in january! Hi DrD, I have only been hip deep and it was fun but I have to vote for carving. I have been contemplating A better suited board for powder but it so hard to leave a Madd board behind. And with weight limits on the airlines 3 boards are not possible. It could be A East coast thing. Not much powder here. Has Paulk answered the second part of your statement. Paul it would be nice to ride Big Mountain again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Powder=Relaxed, playful bliss. Hero groomers=Attack, Attack, Attack. I love both but I prefer bliss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Phil, you're my hero. In my perfect world, ice would only exist in my glass. Just because I enjoy it doesn't mean I'm any good on it. :) Without ice, the races would be rather boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I tell my non-boarding (mostly skier) friends that boarding in powder is almost as good as sex except that you can do it all day long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I said that when I was hittin some real good groomers... They told me I was doing it wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi DrD, I have only been hip deep and it was fun but I have to vote for carving. I have been contemplating A better suited board for powder but it so hard to leave a Madd board behind. And with weight limits on the airlines 3 boards are not possible. It could be A East coast thing. Not much powder here. Has Paulk answered the second part of your statement. Paul it would be nice to ride Big Mountain again. MADD BX nuff said good compromise:eplus2: I didn't take you guys to the really deep stuff. I guess paulk got a taste. deep and steep is pretty hard to beat. Find a local and follow them to the pockets and hollows in the mountain where the wind lays it in twice as deep! I also have three powder boards now that I would be willing to share on a good day. OSIN 4807 168 OSIN 4807 178 Dynastar legend 174 MADD BX WCT old school hardboot powder demon the Burton M6 circa 1990 ASYM:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor VonRippington Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I tell my non-boarding (mostly skier) friends that boarding in powder is almost as good as sex except that you can do it all day long. This isn't going to lead to another Viagra discussion is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastskiguy Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Gotta vote pow. But it makes me wonder....what if you only had deep powder to ride, would it get boring after 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? As deep pow is a supreme delicacy for some of us (like maybe a day every year or two!), gotta vote for pow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Gotta vote pow. But it makes me wonder....what if you only had deep powder to ride, would it get boring after 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? As deep pow is a supreme delicacy for some of us (like maybe a day every year or two!), gotta vote for pow. Would you ever get bored?????? Do people get bored of sex? Or bored of gourmet meals or fine wine or sex???? There is no such thing as too much pow. If I never carved another day in my life and all I got was pow, I could die a happy man, and I love carving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 But id trade in my Overdose and hardboots for a lifetime of powder days without batting an eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 As an instructor I have had a love-hate thing with powder for 20 years now.NOTHING and I do mean NOTHING sucks more than teaching never-evers on the bunny hill during an epic powder day.I love teaching 99% of the time and some first timers just get it and do great but not the vast majority of kids and uncoordinated adults on those super deep /groomers couldn't get to it kind of days.I have been everything from a dishwasher to a sodlayer to a drychain puller in lumbermills,a wallpaper remover ,shoveled the doodoo of various animals(and kids) and even had my wife withhold sex for weeks and even months;but NOTHING SUCKS MORE than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ursle Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 In reality, we get a dump, more than twenty inches, a pow day, ahh pull out the pow-stik, several untracked runs, heaven, next day after the cats have packed it once, no thanks, to dangerous, ~(how many people bent boards last winter)~ I wait for the third day after a dump then it's back on the chord, pow is heaven on earth, reality is chord, almost as nice as no bottom pow is any pow up to twenty inches, depending on moisture content, It's carving on chord with a feather pillow thrown in, ahhh I enjoy loading up the g's on chord, alot jmho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Kleh Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 He he he. Good one Alle! No matter what is going wrong in your life, powder will make it better. Not even a tough decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverchick Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 This isn't going to lead to another Viagra discussion is it? Viva Viagra! Sorry I couldn't resist, I'm so sick of those Viva Viagra commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Nothing better than riding Tanker 2k's with friends at MHM in perfect Powder getting first chairs on every lift as they open up and the only stressful decision is "which line first?" ... Just ask Bryan "aka oldsnowboards" as this guy is the ultimate pro at this , he is always a few chairs ahead, fast, and first in poaching all the best classic lines. But in retrospect this question "of one over the other" is really "one cannot be without the other".......yes a yin-yang like thing.... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor VonRippington Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 But in retrospect this question "of one over the other" is really "one cannot be without the other".......yes a yin-yang like thing....Jim Jim - excellent comment and oh so true! We carvers get to have our cake and eat it... twice. :D I hope to get at least 100 votes from this forum. The results may not be very interesting to anyone but me, but so far my assumption about the "carving community" is true. I am definitely enjoying the viewpoints and comments... keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Give me a powder day, any day! Carving is awesome, but the feel of flying down the hill through even just a foot of fresh is exhilarating! And a word to PaulK, you'd prefer a powder day too...even with only a Madd 158 on hand(and I'm right there w/ya!). I don't even mind the face shots and human fly swats that may happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have chased powder all my life. Whenever I go West, I take along a powder board. It never gets used. I repel powder. I went to Utah last year and got Eastern conditions. Closest I got was a foot of fresh snow on top of ice crust at Fernie. It was very cool to ride unless your nose got below the crust then it was face-slam time. This is why I keep looking longingly at my Powder Cowboy DVD and Weigele brochures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have chased powder all my life. Whenever I go West, I take along a powder board. It never gets used. I repel powder. I went to Utah last year and got Eastern conditions. Closest I got was a foot of fresh snow on top of ice crust at Fernie. It was very cool to ride unless your nose got below the crust then it was face-slam time. This is why I keep looking longingly at my Powder Cowboy DVD and Weigele brochures. Going to the Monashees catboarding Jan 7-10 this year. (east of kelowna bc) They still have spots available and never been skunked for snow in 5 years going there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Dynastar legend 174 Did you just get that on ebay? That seller seems shady... have you ridden it yet? Interesting board, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Did you just get that on ebay? That seller seems shady...have you ridden it yet? Interesting board, no doubt. I bid on the ebay one but stopped when it went above a closeout one I found elsewhere on the net. there is another on the bay now. one of my riding buddies has one and its interesting. Its split about 8 inches into the tail and the core is " built up" along the edges creating a variable flex situation that is somewhat unique. I consider the dampening pads to be kinda gimicky (autodrive?) but they should have a soft feel anyway. Rob says its the be all end all pow board. we'll see:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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