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Snowboard boots are way too flexy compared to ski boots. You can ski with them, I did it with my old Blax Toni (fitted in ski bindings well), and also used my Deeluxe Suzuka with snowblade (does not fit into ski bindings), but needed too much strength. Even in the most stiff position the boots did n...

If you want to use that Speedster you need hardboots and bindings. Using it with any type of binding/boot combo is possible but the board is way too stiff to bend it effectively with softies. Some may argue that a soft hardboot has about the same stiffness than a really hard softboot but I doubt it....

Hi Zajda, Noone seems to notice but this days I really see carving only from this side as I needed some improvement (and succeeded): So you need to work on your TOESIDE turns! Backsides seems to be quite good but when you initiate toesides you reach for the snow even on this easier slopes. If you se...

My bad english... To sum up, the board was torsionally stiff, longitudinally moderately stiff, it had excellent edge hold (and I can compare it to race boards). Believe or not it made the feelings what you tell us about Swoards. Not everything liked, but laid out push-pull type turns were easy compa...

I tested one of its ancestor two years ago. It was very impressive! I've never ridden such a wide alpin board before (and I like 18-19 cm waist widths). With normal carving turns it was like a damp board and was really forgiving. Riding on steeps and ice it had excellent edge hold, was hard to break...