John Gilmour Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) I used to hunt for carving photos in ski resort catalogue photos - seemed more mellow to see a snowboarder on the ground . 2/20/2020 I’m a local ? Just a Manhattan/SoCal transplant Just living in a van down by the Gondola.- nice to be claimed as one. https://www.aspentimes.com/news/local/aspen-skiing-co-says-ikon-pass-use-is-up-local-pass-use-down-so-far-this-season-2/ Edited February 21, 2020 by John Gilmour 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Yellow Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 I guess you can call it media... I make a 2 second cameo at around 3 seconds in.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pow4ever Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Nice!! is that a Jones Hovercraft? Did you ever try it with plate/hardboot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calle Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Another cameo :D https://www.instagram.com/p/B5j38_5oyrs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Edited February 21, 2020 by Calle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Direct link to article with John’s picture: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/local/aspen-skiing-co-says-ikon-pass-use-is-up-local-pass-use-down-so-far-this-season-2/ 9 hours ago, pow4ever said: Nice!! is that a Jones Hovercraft? Did you ever try it with plate/hardboot? I think hardboots would be overkill on a Hovercraft. If memory serves it’s around a 7m sidecut and softer than my Flagship which is already soft by HB standards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted February 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, pow4ever said: Nice!! is that a Jones Hovercraft? Did you ever try it with plate/hardboot? It’s a 2017-2018 156cm Jones Hovercraft which replaces my 2016-2017 model. The one I am on has a spoon nose. I never would consider going this short... the last pow board I rode was 168cm. But it has enough float for my 173-180 lbs. it works reasonably well in tight trees. And you can carve on it . Nose needs a ton of detune or it will catch. The bindings are some 2015- 2016 union force FC 1st gen - but with 3rd gen highbacks which as more compliant to the calf and taller. Boots 32 binary boa.... really like those boots flex- a bit stiff at first but perfect once broken in unlike so many boots which turn to mush after 2 weeks. you could run plates in this board and it would flex like a freecarver . But like Neil says , that’s overkill. The hovercraft has some chatter and soft boots help with that more than hard boots but in icy conditions Hardboots might help. Then you might ask yourself carving on a pow board is silly enough , but on ice? Get on your hardboots in an alpine deck and smoke everyone . The board doesn’t have much o-Tex on the ground and is easily out run by any 160 snowboard on flatter terrain - going up in size you get less edge hold , going down you get less turn imitation so the 156cm is the sweetheart of the Line- the Ultracraft doesn’t flex the way I want a board with carbon to flex. Edited February 21, 2020 by John Gilmour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pow4ever Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thank you Neil and John. I picked up a same year Hovercraft but in size 160 for pow/tree for hardboot/plate(when the condition warrants it). Never had the chance to take it out... For normal carving condition; i will be on dedicated carving stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 I'm really enjoying the Flagship. Last time I rode softies we were still stuffing old ski boot liners into Sorels, so it was nice to see how well the modern systems work. I had it out in soft snow and bad visibility at Big White and found it much easier to handle those mixed conditions in the looser setup, but still had enough control/power over the board to arc it out on the groom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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