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tu es pas souple pour graber en frontside?
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ca fait plaisir de te voir enfin ici :) J'essaierai de venir un ou deux week ends special carve l'hiver prochain on essaiera tous de se voir ( en plus of course du Ecarve expression session , de la swallowmania, et surement du derby) Tout ca se negociera avec ma femme de toutes facons...wait and see...

Its easier to recover from the turn , but its a long way to the next turn entrance: 90+30 makes your body needs to arc 120° to lay on the next turn.. it makes steeper runs more physical because the snow contact is often more brutal as the bigger arc means greater speed.. this is especially true with...

that is the downside with helmet> you loose perception of what is around, and most time u loose some balance i think... I do wear it 100% of times on hard pack with race gear, but not always in the pow... because of that..

Pour info, Voila la triste nouvelle de la mort du freerider de Verbier, Gilles Voirol Sad news ! "Tristesse dans le monde du snowboard. Le Jurassien Gilles Voirol, qui avait élu domicile à Verbier, est décédé vendredi 19 avril alors qu’il tournait un film au Canada. Isabelle Bratschi 23 avril 2002 E...

would be interested to see pics of that board (prior 4WD with 24cm waist), both in action and from top
Thx
Nils

on va voir ce qu'il en pense !, je posterai sa reponse ici !
Nils

c'est nos amis suisses qui vont s'y coller
Mais le filon a l'air pas mal..
Y'a aussi quelques stations peperes qui ont de sacre boulevards genre Megève mais le hic c'est la pente qui manque un peu, encore qu'au mont joly c'est bien raide..
Ma favorite la bas: les étudiants : personne !

As Patrice stated, its the optimal solutions that is to be looked after, but as always, u can ecarve any slope if you have enough speed.. the problem is with small ° slopes, is that the speed is drained from the first turn and u tend to loose the benefit of it.. and thus cannot recover or make the n...

get custom injected foam linings for your nordica.. it last 5-7 years if you treat them good.. and its THE custom solution try sidas/comformable or zip fit brand too... I have mine since 1995, and they just worn out this season, i'm getting new boots (AF700) and new injections for next season if i c...

just came back today of my last day of riding this season...Had to rent, for was away from gear, except from my boots.. Rented the only good board around, a 158 blast, grey model (no clue of year etc), came with snowpro race bindings. Board has a 9m radius and i had to use angles up to 62 on front f...

the two kids i have, the wife also (skiing wife), the station wagon full to the top... missing still: the dog, and the cat...hehe
Nils

Would like to know what everyone has as quiver out there :) I'm riding mostly: 172GS Oxygen Proton 2001 185 SW Swellpanik Magistral (Swallowtail) 1999 159R Rossignol Race 1996 also have for those crazy days 198 A Apocalypse model 1997 intending to order this summer: 196cm Swellpanik Amok (Custom Swa...

its a poll into the unknown, but will get asked again when we will know where and when of course !!
I answered yes without knowing that even

Nils