dano Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Gilmore and close second Steve Fleck. I see those guys slicing on those skinny madds and just scratch my head. Freaking aliens! BTW, euro carves are a cool trick, but hitting the snow like that reminds me of kissing a curb or hitting an alley wall with a car...sort of interupts the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 No no Jack... Its all you.. and you know it!! Thanks though.. I do have a wicked reetaaded heel side on green runs.... ahhhahahaa! Right said Shred ------------------------------------------------------------ Nothing of mine everworks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmut Karvlow Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Your all Fu--ed Those of you who witnessed it. I want to ride like BORDY!!! every one else even cmc need a reality check. I thought. thought I was good till I saw Bordy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I find that watching a rider live is much more telling than seeing video. So I am not going to make calls based on video. And, I'm complteley unqualified to judge "overall snowboarding ability" anways. However, I'd still like to tip my hat to a few riders I've seen in person, whose riding I can only dream of emulating one day: "Old Snowboards" Bryan: Makes it all look so smooth and so easy, especially on his stiff monster boards. Never seen him crash in countless hours. Jim Callen: How many turns per second can you do? Makes beautiful GS turns through moguls. Mark Harris and Don Richter: Masters of balance and understatement. Haul @$$ on SL decks. Bordy: powerful and versatile, rides switch on plates on a 203 better than I will ever ride anything. Not to mention several other folks who amazed the crap out of me at SES, whose names I never found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffy Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Shred Gruumer, duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I have an Evil sports sticker on my coiler and it makes me the best. Seriously, I havent ridden with too many other guys but I do know One hardbooter that can do the bumps like a pro skier. Were not talking small bumps either, these are late season ungrooomed all year bumps. I'll call him Dario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Guitar has six strings, snowboard has only two edges :-). My unswer is - Eric Clapton :-) for me , for you it would be BBKing :-). he's got a comeback for everything the goofballs and the militants have thrown at him. I got side with the develop your own style opinion. I started snowboarding because I got tired of my dad telling me how to ski. I started alpine boarding because It felt right. get out there and have fun and you will become better than anything you could copy. the EC frontside looks cool but mach five and using up all the groom is way fun. If you get to worried about doing it right it'll become no different than another job. basic rule keep it on the edges and going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 basic rule keep it on the edges and going forward. Unless you're Bordy... http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?t=9306&highlight=fakie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sic t 2 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Of riders I have actually WITNESSED freeride on the mountain: On hardboots: Chris Klug (jaw dropping, big mountain, big speed, big natural airs) But Zcarver gets it if we eliminate godlike Klug from the mix. On softboots: JTSlalom (style and precision to die for) Hardboot switch: 55 year old me Bye Sic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 hey cybi. Welcome to Bomberonline. I used to live in St. Petersburg 14 years back. Glad to see another Russian on here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 ME! Hands down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 For the Ice coast I would have to say Tony-Zcarver, CarveFather-Ronnie RPM and Mt Snow's Rob Case, Forgot to mention Alex J from Stratton cause he is so loud all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 This my eurostyle frontside what do you think ? http://carving.onedge.ru/Video/cybi_laydown.wmv Welcome Cybi. YOur toe turns looked pretty good. First turn one laid out, smooth, lost lots of speed and looked slightly unstable when standing up. Full body contact with snow can be fun. Can also be for speed control on steeper terrain and it is fun. If you do too much full body on flat runs you lose the rhythm. Turn two. More aggressive flop to the snow. Almost lost edge towards end of turn right before popping up. The board "wiggles" 2 or 3 times right before you pop. Reason. (Speculation here): Turn is guided and shaped too much by body contact on snow instead of bend of board. Result: not enough shape to turn and flex of board causing earlier decamber of board without speed control and bigger pressure down fall line causing the pseodo chatter. Advice: (Since you are asking) Learn to turn various shapes and styles from full layout, to fingers barely skimming, to hip or knee only to nothing touching the snow at all. Then you can dial in the euro turn whenever you want. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk109 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 CMC, Hands down best FreeCarver right now. He does his ****e on old beat down Madd 58's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar(angel Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 This kid blew my mind when I saw him coming down the face under our main chair at Shasta. He was warming up for a race and ripped off about 20 tight aggressive carves, porpoising in between, hit the wide-out area, straight lined it and jumped like a ski jumper off a hump in the run and than slammed it sideways to a stop right in front of his buddies on the snowboard team. He now competes on the World Cup and beats both Klug and Jewell on occasion. He's the future of Alpine for the USA as far as I'm concerned. FIS # 1666363, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtslalom Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 The best I've ever seen and probably ever will see, *********************** ***** WILL GARROW ****** *********************** I'm not sure if this is the correct pronunciation or spelling of his name but with exception to a few pros, NOBODY can hold a flame to this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zcarver Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Hey Buggs and Sic, thank you for the kind words! I would have to give my hat up to Knuckle Head Ronski and Rob Case as great carvers this year. As I didn't ride too well in my worst season ever in 20 years of knowing the sport. :( I Just discovered a crack on the top sheet of ultra prime and the edges on the FP is shot and thin as hell. My season is done for. As for next season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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