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by Schneewurm
Wednesday 20 October 2010, 10:12
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Winter 2010/11 - New stuff for riding a snowboard
Replies: 27
Views: 24163

@WinterGold I ride sometimes also softboots. Actual I have softer-flex ones (Northwave), medium ones (Burton SL's) and stiff ones (HeelSide, brand doesnt' exist anymore). The stiffer I don't like compared to soft hardboots, because the HB's give more freeness of moving at a good support. - - - - Völ...
by Schneewurm
Wednesday 20 October 2010, 10:07
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25262

Guests from far away of the alps have other demands, thats clear. Even this demands are on change the last decades too. The easy-to-ride slopes give them the way to do learning riding by Do-it-Your-self. There is less and less any demand for to take a ski- or snowboard-teacher for to improve skills....
by Schneewurm
Tuesday 19 October 2010, 20:30
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25262

... not competitive enough ... Yes, you are right, even not because people have to stay 6 km lower on hotels/apartements at Bourg-St-Pierre. (Bourg-St-Pierre can be translate as Saint Petersburg [Petrograd / Leningrad]) For sure, it's a long way from Martigny up to the tiny and cold place Le Super ...
by Schneewurm
Monday 18 October 2010, 6:17
Forum: Forum auf Deutsch
Topic: Swoard Demo Tour 2011
Replies: 15
Views: 10583

Ohh, Cortina d'Ampezzo seems to be a realy golden choice! 5 men of the first 8 of ranking from Landgraaf Worldcup Slalom are from that region. 3 riders from Slovenia and 2 riders from Italy (from close of Cortina d'Ampezzo). Even 10 of all 43 Landgraaf WC-finishers are from these countries. It seems...
by Schneewurm
Sunday 17 October 2010, 22:18
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Super St-Bernard closed
Replies: 1
Views: 2423

Super St-Bernard closed

One other resort with steep slopes (watch picture here) remain closed upcomming winter, perhaps for ever. Last winter Airolo have been closed too. Super St-Bernard is located on south-western part of Vallais / Switzerland on the border to Italy. The resort was proof against change of world-clima. It...
by Schneewurm
Sunday 17 October 2010, 21:46
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25262

Correction: Sorry NAM, ski-resort Super St-Bernard is no more possible at all. Bad news from today evening. Whole resort has to close 100 %, perhaps for ever. Missing money from renewing. Even resort was proof agains change of world-clima (1950 m - 2800 m at one single stage! Very long slopes: 4.5 k...
by Schneewurm
Sunday 17 October 2010, 11:56
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: UPS boots
Replies: 1
Views: 2494

Hi koldo, I don't have any experience on these boots on snow (only tried them on "carpet")! This boot is the UPS X Mach from the Year 2000/2001. The boot was than at regular price of Euro 255.- (Germany) This modell was anounced as the softest shell of all boots with interchangable sole- and heel-mo...
by Schneewurm
Saturday 16 October 2010, 13:50
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: New cablecars and chairlifts for 2010/2011 ?
Replies: 1
Views: 2814

World's first full Solar-Powered skilift Well as we know it all, all the shiny high-power-resorts are in progress to build new heavy chairlifts with high energie-consumption. Huge arrays of snow-makers runs then over night, driven by band-electricity of coal-powerstations. They are blowing everyday...
by Schneewurm
Saturday 16 October 2010, 11:22
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25262

Mountains have been the last two weeks all the days on the very golden side of autumn! Incredible sunny and warm time! (But on well known places plenty of tourists / school holidays). I hope no-one has missed to go there. At my short stop last sunday under the fog at home, I saw Russian girls had st...
by Schneewurm
Sunday 10 October 2010, 22:02
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25262

NAM don't drive me crazy with such things! O.k. we build (for Europe only) the longest tunnel on the earth. You can see the opening next Friday. Swiss people payed for the tunnel 100 % them-self. Undercrossing all the high mountains from North to South on lowest possible base of country will be poss...
by Schneewurm
Monday 4 October 2010, 21:06
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: New cablecars and chairlifts for 2010/2011 ?
Replies: 1
Views: 2814

New cablecars and chairlifts for 2010/2011 ?

Switzerland: - Lenzerheide: Rothorn section 1: new gondola from Canols 1488 m (parking area) up to alp Scharmoin 1902 m (Cablecar of Rothorn section 2 ends at 2861 m) Gondolas take 8 persons each. Speed: 6m/sec. It takes now less than 5 minutes for the 414 meters of high. Livecam of construction mi...
by Schneewurm
Monday 4 October 2010, 20:15
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Winter 2010/11 - New stuff for riding a snowboard
Replies: 27
Views: 24163

Longboards with hardboots - for sure, and for sure on slopes. You never saw riders like them? ... as the boards are not made for hardboots ... Muss leider so aktzeptiert werden. Ich denke, dass Pragma Sportartikel mit Hardbooteren schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht hat, anders kann ich mir so etwas nicht...
by Schneewurm
Sunday 3 October 2010, 21:17
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25262

I agree Alex, just an old Yaris Abarth. Indeed, I was on the road Yesterday afternoon with my bycicle. Before a stop-light I saw a car from Italy with the sign I - ?? 016 SN - MI. I and MI was on a blue field. MI stands vor Milano, right? It was a simple Ford Fusion, no Abarth or similar sign on it....
by Schneewurm
Sunday 3 October 2010, 20:41
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Winter 2010/11 - New stuff for riding a snowboard
Replies: 27
Views: 24163

So no plate bindings. That sounds strange. WinterGold, why not riding on those Good boards? There is a scene of riders which are on longboards with hardboots or skitouring-boots - the soul-surfers. For sure with the most flexible hardboots on market. This group of riders couldn't be found on the hig...
by Schneewurm
Saturday 2 October 2010, 20:58
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Winter 2010/11 - New stuff for riding a snowboard
Replies: 27
Views: 24163

I was waiting since month for it! Now informations are online. www.goodboards.de i-net adress was open since many month, but without any content. Pragma Sportartikel from Neuss, activ here as user Grossvater , announced his new brand last springtime. He was comming from LTB Snoboards Czech Republic....