Guest Jagger Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Who remembers your first fully laid-out carve Mine was on an old avalanch twin w\soft boots the guys Iwas riding with thought I had just nearly fallen and pulled it out at the last minute. Any other different experiences.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 My first was up at Mammoth coming down Scotty's in fresh windpack on a 177 raceboard...I was going way to fast and needed to slowdown I just remember cutting this long heelside so far that it went uphill a bit before I rolled it back and dragged my chest carving out of it... I spent the rest of the day trying to repeat that feeling (I didn't until later that year up at Grand Targee on +50degree corduroy). Come to think of it I still get wood thinking of that day...it totally changed my way of looking at snowboarding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Yep! I was definitely falling over when I had my first! ;) It was one of those self preservation things; falling over and headed off the trail, so I dug in and made an arc. I came to a stop laid out, but it felt cool. Looked cool, too! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaucke Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 I remember my first, but first some background: Last season I bought an F2 Asym from a pawn-shop, not knowing much about alpine but wanting to try it [softboots had been my thing for 8 or 9 years]. I rode that for a while with some ski boots, so I knew what carving was to a degree, but it was only after I met a bunch of very friendly and generous hardbooters at my local hill that I got the chance to really carve. One of them [Todd] lent me what he probably considered to be the worst board in his quiver, a Factory Prime, and even some Cateks to go with it [F2 binders aren't 3D compatible], but it was like riding an I-beam in comparison. I remember the angles were high, and still are, but I could get soooo deep and still carry speed and pop back out. I got to the steep part in Challenger and linked my 3 best turns ever up to that point. In reality, it was a curse: I'm hooked! The moral? Hardbooters are probably the nicest people on the mountain you can meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBQ Chef Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 Originally posted by Tommy D Yep! I was definitely falling over when I had my first! ;) It was one of those self preservation things; falling over and headed off the trail, so I dug in and made an arc. I came to a stop laid out, but it felt cool. Looked cool, too! :D Pretty much the same for me! I was hooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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