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I've read a comment by at least one person online that put extra dampening material imbetween the base plate and the toe/heel blocks on TD1's. Perhaps this would be a way to get some flex back with the convenience of INTEC?

Actully that board was sold for $250. Nice try...... Jake Scott living this FORUM.... Here's something posted from bomber about it: Madd 158 SRP (1996) $850 - according to Performance Snowboard Reports magazine that year, and John G. said the same when I called him. And here's Mr. Gilmore himself f...

What do you think of this guys picture? Pretty good huh. Is he on a bargain board to? So it looks as though this guy HAS put up so you should take your own advise and ........ Just a thought http://www.eces.us/ :roll: Bad pic to use for your example. That's a MADD snowboard. I've read that they ori...

Karhu makes fat short skies with softboot strap bindings. Some have built in skins too.

If you decide on hardboots instead for glaciers, rossingal makes a short fat ski named "expedition" that has an alpine touring style binding.

where is this movie you are talking about? I must have missed it on Bomber Online.

KJL:

Thanks for that great explination. I think that's probibly the best perspective on the difference. Maybe when you're on N.E. USA blue ice you need that gentleness on the first half of the turn, but otherwise I tink that's right on.

As explained with the push-pull technique it seems like you have misunderstood it. You initiate the turn with a slight upper body rotation and then you edge. The dosing of your edging depend on how you use your knees and can be done as gentle as you want. In fact the rotational style and push-pull ...

Racers do occasionally what ever needed to do to survive on track, one should never look just one shot or one turn there, rather general way of riding during whole race. Thanks, I said exactly this when people were discussing technique based on pictures of racers in mid turn on another forum last y...

I love threads like this. I too learn by conceptualizing and visualizing. My most successful carving (I'm using softboots) has been using something imbetween "bomber" and "extremecarving" styles. While standing relaxed in a traverse, I quickly drop my body by bending my kness and roll onto the downh...

I'm in the NW USA, where it's very wet. Sometimes it rains while we snowboard :(. I have a nylon with gore-tex jacket, but just water-resistant nylon pants. Both have kept me dry, so I wouldn't worry about having the Gore-tex waterpoof breathable membrane. I have a North Face Guide jacket of some so...

Jacques: I'm very interested in your thoughts on what makes a good freeride or all-mountain board (hardboots). I'm buying my first board for hardboots, and want it to be a "does everything" board. That means carving, moguls, jumps and off piste. Then maybe I'll get something more specialized like a ...

How does the Snow Pro binding compare to the Burton Physics in stiffness?

great movie guys, nice music and mood.

and your riding is so SMOOOOOTH now, much more effortless than the footage in extreme dreamer.

nope, feels fine.

I can even turn my shoulders square at much lower angles as well. I think the key is that softboots let you rotate your ankles forward, and you have to drive the rear knee towards the front.

I don't know if I'd be able to do it in hardboots where your ankle is more restricted.

I'm in softboots, so I have no problem getting shoulders square to the board on heelside. Also, sitting the toilet happens when your body is compressed like in the classic alpine carve. If you're specificly using push pull you're extending through the carve so the problem is minimized. I would love ...