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by István
Sunday 30 January 2011, 2:47
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: what is the minimal age for extremecarving?
Replies: 20
Views: 14666

by István
Thursday 23 December 2010, 11:08
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: UPZ RC-10 or Deeluxe T700
Replies: 9
Views: 11257

I think you should try them on and then decide. The most important thing is the perfect fit and these boots have slightly different shapes, so one might fit you better than the other. If you ask people, some will say UPZ is superior, some will go for Deeluxe and some will prefer Head. UPZs typically...
by István
Thursday 23 December 2010, 8:55
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Plates... Naked truth :-) PART 1 (season 2010-2011)
Replies: 37
Views: 24102

Hochkar is only 420 from Budapest, so I only drove 840 + 4 times the 8km alpinstrasse up to the hill...., say it was 900 all in.
by István
Wednesday 22 December 2010, 21:07
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Plates... Naked truth :-) PART 1 (season 2010-2011)
Replies: 37
Views: 24102

Michelle Gorgone? Well, looks like an amazone....
by István
Tuesday 7 December 2010, 18:07
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Your first laid turn. Please share!
Replies: 20
Views: 12679

Showing off is fine, but showing off and being smashed against the ski rack or the stone wall looks kinda lame, so try to avoid that.... or if you do that, stand up immediately after the crash and shout at the surprised spectators:

THIS IS HOW A REAL MAN STOPS FOR A DRINK! :twisted:
by István
Tuesday 7 December 2010, 15:46
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Your first laid turn. Please share!
Replies: 20
Views: 12679

Start practicing single laid turns in front of the mountain huts on a flat surface. It's a good exercise and you'll see if people appreciate what you did. Start with a frontside, than move to backsides. Don't hit the ski racks. Cheers
by István
Monday 6 December 2010, 21:29
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Your first laid turn. Please share!
Replies: 20
Views: 12679

The real feeling is when you first manage to link 2 turns fully controlled. Doing a laid turn is relatively easy both sides. But once you learn how to link back to front and front to back - that is the real feeling!

My $.02
by István
Tuesday 9 November 2010, 21:02
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Plates... Naked truth :-) PART 1 (season 2010-2011)
Replies: 37
Views: 24102

I would make this topic independent of EC. The plates are designed for a single purpose: be the fastest between the gates on icy ruts. Undoubtedly, plates serve this purpose well. My quesstion would be: is it something we, mortal funcarvers are really looking for? Do we (mortal funcarvers) really wa...
by István
Thursday 30 September 2010, 12:11
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Carving Slopes near Milan, Italy
Replies: 41
Views: 25276

My vote would go for Livigno. Nice place, good food, good apres ski, empty slopes. Some huge, long and wide red slopes (Carosselo 3000) and you can even find a really steep one for EC (not too long, but mostly empty) on the other side, I think the lift is called Teola.

Cheers
by István
Monday 30 August 2010, 22:32
Forum: BOARDS: Extremecarver Gen5, Pro2, Dual2, Stoke | Hardboots EC12 | Bindings
Topic: The NEXT Swoard
Replies: 8
Views: 9618

1) A 175 cm long 17-18 cm wide carving machine with lots of pop and a progressive sidecut with a blended radius around 11m for crowded days for playing chicken, if you know what that means :twisted: 2) A 185+ cm long 19-20 cm wide speed machine with a radius over 15m to go downhill with a speed that...
by István
Friday 27 August 2010, 19:54
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Early Season Board Testing in Europe
Replies: 14
Views: 9810

I typically kick off the season on the weekend closest to Nov 1 in Sölden, and there are always many brands for testing (Oxess, Virus, etc)

Later
by István
Friday 28 May 2010, 22:33
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Fun Session on my SL board
Replies: 11
Views: 6400

I have no issues with t-bars, especially because I tend to sit on it in different positions (between the legs, from left, from right, just sitting on it, etc) so that my thighs don't hurt after a day of riding. It's just that Luca asked what the resort was like and I made this comment as apparently ...
by István
Thursday 27 May 2010, 10:11
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Fun Session on my SL board
Replies: 11
Views: 6400

Luca, I agree. On pure ice the only solution is t-bars. But do you want me to start listing here other glaciers where they have chairlifts and cabins? Sure, they are built on rocks and concrete, but still, the ski slope is a glacier.... Without actually checking the maps, just by the top of my head,...
by István
Thursday 27 May 2010, 8:35
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Fun Session on my SL board
Replies: 11
Views: 6400

Kaprun / Kitzsteinhorn is a nice place, but there are only t-bars up on the glacier. The other small thing that could be easily corrected is that there is no bar around those t-bars.... you either have to go to the top with the panorama lift or you have to go one station down. One more thing that an...
by István
Wednesday 26 May 2010, 22:16
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Fun Session on my SL board
Replies: 11
Views: 6400

Apparently you had a great time - fakie, one legged, laid back, jumping :wink: COOL 8)

Your video made me missing snowboarding.... especially because in the last 4 weeks we had such a shitty weather that I could not go waterskiing... :cry: