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The three Swiss glaciers you mention are open! The Glacier3000 opened last week-end: despite a hot summer, there is enough snow! In the French Alps, Les Deux-Alpes opens this week-end with the "Mondial du snowboard"! The Swoard team will be there with Swoards for people interested in testing them! D...

Jacques lives in Lausanne, héhé!

Patrice Fivat

Pour nous reconnaître Jacques et moi, ce ne sera pas très difficile car nous serons habillés comme sur les photos 2003. Planches rouges aux pieds bien sûr ;-) On ne sait pas encore sur quelle piste on pourra vraiment s'exprimer. Je connais bien le coin: il y a 2-3 endroits assez bien et assez raides...

Be patient, for about two weeks

We are organizing the details: skipass price, accomodation, slopes preparation

And problably the Extremecarving Session will be in our secret spot! If you love the place, keep it secret please

Patrice Fivat

I take exception to having turns that are not "EC" in nature, referred to as "Bomber" turns. And especially if you want to call those turns 'banana' turns. ;-) You have read the thread too quickly. I have used the term "banana turns" for racing. The "Bomber" style doesn't exclude "closed" turns! Ra...

Personne ne t'a répondu directement, mais c'est parce qu'il y a déjà pas mal de sujets et de débats sur la question dans ce Forum.
T'es-tu décidé pour quelque chose?

Patrice Fivat

J-6!
Cette semaine il va encore neiger, la limite du 0° est basse, tout va bien.
Croisons les doigts pour de belles pistes dimanche et lundi prochain!
Au plaisir de vous rencontrer!

Patrice Fivat

Wow! This thread is really very good! Harald, your last post is excellent... You understand the EC technique probably better than me. ;-) I'm only an empirical rider. :) I did not find big difference from basic EC and cross under technique except difference in angulations and prerotation. Indeed I t...

Salut David, Je suis navré de te le dire, mais tu ne trouveras rien aillleurs car: :arrow: Tu es grand avec de très grands pieds. Il te faut donc une planche longue, mais surtout large , ce qu'on ne trouve pas dans les gammes alpines du marché (les Swoard sont les plus larges!). :arrow: Tu es léger ...

Is that right? Yes, nice description kjl :!: I have another question, in this case. If you push to increase pressure during the first half of the turn (when your body is further downhill than your board), are you in fact accelerating yourself even faster downhill, and does that mean you have even m...

audacium wrote:What do you mean by "closing a turn", and what are "banana turns" ?

"Closed" turn:       C
"Banana" turn:      (       :-)

Patrice Fivat

Excellent reply, Harald! You have all understood! :D So the trick is to change edge early, extend the legs and lying the body flat in the beginning of the turn and then let the board do the rest of the job and raise the body when going out of the turn. This is well illustrated in the movies. However...

Probably the AF600 is better for extremecarving because it is softer. We will try this model intensively this season. Above all, the spring system is very important!

Patrice Fivat

Salut yomama, Merci pour tous tes compliments et ton rapport de la situation aux USA ;-) . Il y a aussi des choses qui se mettent à bouger au Japon, pays très réceptif et intéressé par de nouveaux courants :) . Nos objectifs paraissent de plus en plus réalistes: relancer une discipline qui a été pou...

There were posts on this forum that some boards are close to EC, someone mentioned that Burton FP 178 is good. I was thinking if there are other such examples... I had mentionned once (or twice) the Nidecker Proto, that I liked. But there is no comparison with the Swoard! Except the price! So that ...