snowboard talk/BS

oh the joy of size 12 boots... kinda limits you on board choices don't it?

all the rentals i've had are step ins... they suck. Not nearly as good of control as straps and yes they've been not very secure.

Season passes go on sale October 1st here... Can't wait

 

heheh thats why you should strap in half way up the mountain.. some people like to take their job way too serious.. oh well its just their job and just doing what they are told to do..

 

the board i bought from Ripcord just got in today. i havent seen it in person but my brothers says it looks good!

 

Damn those fedex boys are quick. Enjoy!

 

yeah they are! haha i will enjoy it though

 

anyone ever split their own board?


i want to split my old burton supermodel but idk how i can do that because burton's "unique" screw hole locations being right in the damn middle of the board where i'll be cutting

 

chu mean split make a bench

 

split board....cut the fucker down the middle and put a voile split decision kit on it to make a splitboard

 

fuk..mus be away from the rockies too long...gonna have ta google that one

 

board fits together to ride as a snowboard, but you can disconnect and split the board to make 2 skis which you put climbing skins on, rotate the bindings which then will have a free heal, so you can more or less cross country ski up a mountain in the backcountry and make up serious time...cuts out the need to use snowshoes to access backcountry lines...

 

bullshit^^^^^i have been riding step in longer than you have been alive..never had a foot pop out...ever and as for control never had more control in my life yes i have used conv. bindings.....

me too....i think your just too old

 

never seen such an apparatus!

Only back country I've done was just off the resort. Lift to the summit...then hike 500' or so higher...ride the back side down then make sure to dip back in the resort before the bottom

GAH! Probably the happiest shit ever tho

 

anyone got action shots from last season?

 

hiking up a bowl at breckenridge early season..


fresh tracks at keystone


wheelie in some pow at keystone


buddy of mine at the top of rope dee dope #1 on our trip to silverton


video from the silverton trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3OftZ_c4w?version=3

 

Are these recent? like this week? you guys are already boarding thats not fair at all. mammoth is supposed to get a couple feet this weekend i would go up there to hike for some fresh tracks if it werent for a wedding have to go to.

 

nah that's all last season stoke....we're expecting some snow next weekend but i haven't heard any amounts yet...i'll probably hike up a glacier for some turns if it is decent

 

fuck you guys that are already getting snow!!

 

sorry man move to a state that isn't so flat, beautiful but relatively flat compared to the sierra's and the rockies.

 

mammoth definitely gets hammered for sure...last season looked ridiculous but your temps are always all over the board and with periodic rain seems like snow pack can vary greatly throughout the season...

check out the latest powder magazine...they had a great article on the mt baker ski patrol during last season where they got almost 900 inches! nice crapper material

 

i wasnt up there all year but during the regular season nov-late april early may, there is generally very little rain on the mtn. im recallig from memory but the town is about 1000 feet lower than the lodge so the town gets a lot more rain and washes out the snow in town but the mountain itself stays really consistent throughout the year. it not really till like late may early june when the rain starts to be a factor.