www.oldsnowboards.com Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 151.01 SnowboardA snowboard is equipment, which permits gliding on all snow conditions. The bindings must be affixed in a sideways manner on the longitudinal axis of the board. The boots cannot overlap each other. The minimal width of boards up to 135 cm in gliding length shall be 14 cm, and for boards 135 cm or longer in gliding length the width shall be no less than 16 cm. Seems reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eajracing Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Neither existed when I started snowboarding. Obviously they need to define everything. ;) It would be interesting to see what they come up with. . amen. how did a definition of snowboarding start involving ski poles anyhow? never skied... dont see much use for them (other than the obvious use as a weapon as astutely pointed out by boardski... i may have 'borrowed' a pole to 'assist' someone out of their bindings...) and.. carvedog nailed my take too -and although it smacks of Jack's cry of the terminal intermediates, who cares what the dictionary?governing bodies/etc says - worry more about riding. more. you'll be a better whatever it is you're defining for it. as a parting shot - i do find it a bit funny letting a bunch of hardbooters define a sport we really only make up a small percentage of. for the record, i've got nothing against poles/monoskis/etc.... as long as gravity's pulling and you're sliding - we're all brothers like the bee gees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 do they define what sub140 is? is it a skwal? so this is not a snowboard unless I mount the bindings so the boots don't overlap and this is not a snowboard because it's not a single board Thank god the officials are there to keep me from looking silly:biggthump is over 45* a sideways manner or is that longitudinal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvingchef Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 and this is neither a snowboard or a monoboard or a skwal because it's never been drilled so we don't know what it is yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastskiguy Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 151.01 SnowboardA snowboard is equipment, which permits gliding on all snow conditions. The bindings must be affixed in a sideways manner on the longitudinal axis of the board. The boots cannot overlap each other. The minimal width of boards up to 135 cm in gliding length shall be 14 cm, and for boards 135 cm or longer in gliding length the width shall be no less than 16 cm. Yeah, I like this definition too. Or if you want to be a little more open about it then you could just say "a single board you use to glide down a slope" and forget the arbitrary width and stance definitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 and this is neither a snowboard or a monoboard or a skwal because it's never been drilled so we don't know what it is yet t-xcells can become anything:lol: no snow in Idaho yet, can ya tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastskiguy Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 You guys seriously need something better to do than debate the definiteion of a snowboard. hell yeah but it's early November so what else are we gonna do? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aactis Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Can all skwals be snowboards, but not all snowboards be skwals? Just like all squares are rectangles, but not necessarily vice versa? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncermak Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 obviously, this depends on the definition...under the aforementioned and cited USASA rule, the skwal is too narrow to be a snowboard...as is the teleboard. Why does everyone forget the teleboard???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Free heel skwal seems like a faceplant waitin to happen but I have some old tele gear that I've been tempted to mount on an old board to give it a try. anyone here done it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 taken from teleboard website The Teleboard works because it successfully combines the best aspects of both skiing and snowboarding. It has the grace and power of the best alpine snowboards, while offering the nimbleness and turning speed of skis. BUT WHY? The Teleboard corrects defects intrinsic in the design of snowboards. Rather than placing the weight of the rider on opposing sides of the waist of the board, making it difficult to arc, the Teleboarder's weight presses on the waist of the board. Rather than locking the heels down and restricting movement, the Teleboard's modern telemark bindings allow the rider's weight to move through a wide range, initiating turns with hard forward thrusts and extending the carves by pulling back along the axis of the board. Despite the use of telemark gear, which in skiing increases the degree of difficulty and generally reduces stability on hard snow, using state-of-the-art telemark equipment on the Teleboard actually gives the rider more control and versatility than that offered by a snowboard. Rather than executing turns with slow toe-heel movements, the Teleboarder turns with a flick if the knees and hips. Instead of standing sideways, making use of poles impossible, the Teleboarder faces the fall line, and can use poles whenever they are desired or useful. Rather than the slow edge-to-edge action intrinsic to the wide snowboard, the Teleboard is longer and half the width, giving it more effective edge and allowing it to turn as fast as a pair of skis without sacrificing flotation. The bumps are no longer off limts. Beware you guys are riding gear with intrinsic defects I need to get one so I can use poles & go in the bumps:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 I still remember Gilmour railing himself into the trees and ending up with multiple fractures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncermak Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 true...Gilmour f'd himself up, but as I heard it, he was railiing on the thing, and flying...and could have happened just as easily on a board... I own and love the thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastskiguy Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 true...Gilmour f'd himself up, but as I heard it, he was railiing on the thing, and flying...and could have happened just as easily on a board... Probably working on the 360 degree carve video I'd imagine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Probably working on the 360 degree carve video I'd imagine.... Damn - now don't get me started. :angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 I'll bet nobody rides a teleboard switch:eek: the reason I ride a snowboard with less agressive alpine angles is the ease of riding switch, even in the bumps. I've attempted switch on teleskis and I'll bet this is even more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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