softbootsurfer Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Nice! Now, everyone hug and give a firm pat on the back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neanderthal Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) I know an edict has been issued but I very much think splitting the board will dillute things. If I read about splitboarding or an ultimate powder board on a (carving/hardboot/Alpine/plate/insert your preferred term) forum I can relate more and understand from a common experience in a way that does not exist on specific forums. When I read that a 180 swallowtail is too long - does that apply to me riding a 175 most of the time in all conditions or is it conventional wisdom from a community where 155 is the norm. Tell me about edge hold and unreal control - again is this coming from a collective wisdom familiar with isolation plates or just magnatraction. In short I fear a loss of crosspolonization and fragmentation. In the end I probably doesn't matter much - I hope not to miss too many posts by reading on the board I am most interested rather than most in need of hearing from Edited December 20, 2016 by neanderthal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 8 hours ago, neanderthal said: I know an edict has been issued but... Sorry bub. There needs to be a home for this: That's profoundly different than freeriding or riding powder in hardboots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 12 hours ago, softbootsailer said: ...you never see Boogie borders in Surfer because while they both ride waves, ... Actually you used to see Body boarding, hand planks, bodysurfing, longboards, SUPs, and strapped in (tow-in) in Surfer/Surfing all the time. Each of the previous were, of course, most prominent in their nascent period. The dilution into separate factions is, IMHO, one of the tragedies of surfing. I kinda wish the BOL forums were more like your Minds in the Water thread, SBS. All types of surfing in one place... a veritable thread of stoke. Where else would I have seen Laird Foiling at Hanalei? Certainly not from the pages of Surfer and that's the tragedy. What new progression in carving will I miss in the future if I'm not open to all carving? We are stronger together... Mahalo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Carving is done by the Edge, the Track is your signature..."Carving Central" implies that, so again thanks to Jim and Angie for that Vision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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