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Neat. Interesting to see the reverse-camber held on that board when it's in the air (follow-cam sequence). I'd have expected it to flex back quicker than that, but there it is quite plainly.

No it's not. You just need lots of boards.

l want to buy Prior because l am Canadian. l am a carver first... but love to go off piste. l live in northern Japan and we receive huge amounts of snow. I'm from the "you need two boards" school, but then I'm either riding heli/cat powder or I'm riding at resorts, so that's about as much contrast ...

Interesting videos. The 1st one... well that's not really what I'd call powder - it's ankle deep stuff, mostly on a pisted base. So you're riding that base not the powder. Those riders are also windmilling their arms and generally look very much out of balance... which is precisely what happens. It'...

What they said - you can look up the local "duty" costs on your country's taxation peoples' website. In UK they vary depending on precisely what the stuff is (eg the duty for cameras is different from that for lenses). You pay that plus VAT or the local equivalent, plus the handling charge from the ...

I'm no local expert but when I've flown into Milan Cervinia was the obvious choice. It's a blast there top-to-bottom, lots of mileage, but on the easy side in general. You can nip over the border into Zermatt where the terrain's a bit more interesting but harder to get around in.

You can work with the newer F2 4x4 disks on 3D boards. However when I bought my first set of what were then Proflex Intec Titanium race plates, I bought an additional set of titanium 3D plates, as I wasn't sure at that point that you could use the 4x4 disks on 3D. I used them for a few years, then l...

thanks all - some good advice there. I can wait until a little later and of course I should check the snow reports too. I'm not sure if I want "damp" - I like boards which kick back, hence I think I should demo some stuff. I have an 08/09 F2 SL which rocks, but that was before the recent tech change...

Thanks.... I'm not a huge fan of very narrow boards, been there, done that, hence Virus isn't high on my list. The other boards mentioned sound more like it. I like SL race boards. I'm less convinced by the Swoard concept as I don't go for diving at the snow. But I'd test one and prepare to be convi...

Thanks - I'll try that if nothing else works out.
Virus.. kind of narrow for my tastes, but maybe they do something wide enough.

I was thinking of buying a new piste board this season. It's hard for me to find time to test piste boards in winter. I was thinking of driving over to the Alps sometime in the autumn to see if I could find a glacier where I can test a board or two. Then I can buy a board before I head for the hard-...

Well I chose and choose powder mostly, although in the real world I get tired of too much powder after a while and a few days on hard-pack are always welcome. I'll stick with heli rather than teleport though - even with good technique and proper hard boots it's nice to sit down for a few minutes bet...

Maybe. What do you need to do to test gear there - do you need to book in advance, or just turn up and negotiate at the tents or something? How does all that work please?

Well, it depends how much powder you have in mind. You can ride a piste board in resort powder fairly well, if you're good. Balance is generally hard, but you can do it. I've ridden many storm days at Snowbird for example, queueing up for the first tram with people carrying huge STs with my little s...

Ohh, I've seen lots of soft people riding switch but not been impressed... this is a different deal. It's not simply riding backwards, which I've occasionally done, it's the idea of carving decent turns backwards.

Damn, now I've seen it, I'll have to have a go at that... very cool.