Sultan Guy Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Since I have recently passed my first year anniversary of being a BOL member and just ended my first season of carving I thought it would be appropriate to share some thoughts with the community. I spent many years racing fast narrow tippy, highly specialized wildwater kayaks down Class 3-4 whitewater rivers. This sport involves highly precise boat control narrowly missing rocks. When I first saw someone at my local hill in March 2009 on a carving snowboard I knew instantly that was for me. After 5 seasons on a regular softy setup I had started getting bored with snowboarding. The typical thing, yearning for powder, complaining about only groomers to ride on when off piste was cement, etc. Now one year later I am so psyched on this sport and am proud to have followed my intuition. Here are some highlights: Got 42 days in this season, beat my old record of 31 Bought two used boards for $300 each, traded one, bought another for $200 Still remember the amazing feeling when I got my first high speed deep toe side carve. I now yearn for that "down" time. Learned all about lift/cant/stance etc. Got to add my own "Heard in the lift-line" comments to the thread Learned to put a killer sharp edge on my boards Frayed my first set of gloves Got to hear a lifty sheepishly tell me that a skier had complained about me taking up the entire mountain :) Cut up more corduroy then all my other seasons combined Caught more first chairs then all seasons combined Went to Crystal for my first carving group session Went to work often with fried legs Satisfaction of riding up the lift and seeing nice deep trenches from far off Was actually able to post some decent advice to someone even newer then me Met several other great carvers In summary through the BOL Team here I have learned and progressed so much. Thanks for the great season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 [*]Caught more first chairs then all seasons combined isn't it great how a corduroy day for carving is like a powder day for softies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_ravens Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Sultan Guy, sounds like a fantastic year! :biggthump:biggthump Similar in so many ways to my season. Though this was my 3rd year in hardboots, it was my first year of actually carving much. Still smiling.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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