Ya babe....

[Arnaudb]

Thanks to BlueB and oldvolvosrule for responding to my last post and giving me a few tips. Since then I've gone back on my F2 speedster and fell in love with it again. It's definitely stiffer than the other board I tried but I found that was an asset when working on my turns.

Carved a few days this holiday week end at mammoth but man was it crowded!

Wll go back up for one more day and carve some more in the morning after changing my bindings and fixing them.

Cheers

[AaronG]

I ride a Rossi World Cup 190 cm and I am at 185 lbs currently and can bend the Rossi into some tight arcs at my weight. Just have to commit to the carve and not slarve. Get that board in and out of the fall line as quickly as possible depending on steepness of the run.

I know at your weight and length of board you should be bending it into some tight arcs. Work on technique and controlling speed on steeper runs.

BTW, I ride mostly at Summit although this year hasn't been too favorable for me getting up there

[Arnaudb]

If you don't mind I'd like to pick your brains a little bit more since I may be going back up next week end.

My F2 speedster is 173 and it feels right for now.

i have good control of my speed and am able to do some good turns and to connect between my turns as well.

couple questions and observations (being perfectly aware of and agreeing with the fact that it's the rider not the equipment that matters!)

- how does length affect the carve ability of the board?

at 185 riding a 190 is that easier to carve?

i was reading about favoring heel side turns after a while and noticed that:

observations:

-on the shorter more flexible board that was true. Heel side turns were easier to commit to than toe side

-when I switched to my longer stiffer board and shifted the bindings to:40 in the front and 55 in the back, toe side turns were easier, and on the heel side my edge would slip out a lot.

Questions:

-would dull edges cause that slippage ?

- would putting more weight on my back foot for the heel side turns cause slippage?

I practiced bending my hips into the hill on the turns after reading about hip placement on this website.

observations:

- it was a little difficult to put all my weight on my front foot while focusing on bending my hips

-on the toe side turns putting my weight on my back foot made it easier to turn.

I any case, I'm completely stoked on trying a new style of riding and love the feeling of those carves.

Any feed back from all you trench diggers is much appreciated.

Did not see much of you this week end at mammoth (2/15-2/18). Can't blame you though. The place was super crowded and a complete hazard.

Hopefully after this coming storm there will be more of you out there next week end!

Cheers