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Post by Swoard team » Thursday 8 September 2022, 11:23

SDT - 13th edition / ECS - 20th edition :arrow: ANNIVERSARY
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VIDEOS OF PREVIOUS EVENTS :arrow: here in the YouTube channel
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:birthday: Wow! 8O This season we are going to celebrate the 20 years anniversary of Swoard (the brand is officially born on 17th January 2003) and the 20th ExtremeCarving Session! The website www.extremecarving.com and the Forum were created one year earlier (see this topic).

We are very excited to announce here all the dates of the "Swoard Demo Tour 2023". :D This "Tour" includes of course the main event "ExtremeCarving Session (ECS)" (20th edition) and other meetings in resorts we have "certified for EC". "Demo" does not only mean that the participants can test Swoard boards, but also that they can watch demonstrations of extremecarving by the Swoard team (the founders and Swoard instructors).

La Grande Première
  • [EDIT: event cancelled due to lack of snow and high temperature]
    3-4 December 2022: Val Thorens (France) > info here and on Facebook
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Swoard Demo Tour

During the SDT, free lessons (in Zinal) or advices are given to explain the ride technique we have developed from 1995 to 2001. This technique, easily identifiable, is especially adapted to the width and other specificities of the SWOARD Extremecarver (now the Gen5), the snowboard that inspired extremecarving. The words "rotation", "push-pull", "fluidity" and "gesture purity" will be part of your vocabulary. Advices on the settings of bindings and boots are also provided to fully benefit from all the advantages of the SWOARD snowboards.

At least 2-3 Swoard instructors will be present at each event. The Swoard team will be complete with 5 instructors during the main event "ExtremeCarving Session" in Zinal.

The model SWOARD Dual2 will also be available, with the new freeride/freecarve model, the SWOARD Stoke. Therefore the riders in soft boots are welcome!

The model SWOARD Extremecarver Pro2 is made in limited series by hand (in 3 sizes and 5 flexes): thus only few demo boards are available. The SWOARD-UPZ EC12 hardboots and the SWOARD Redline2 bindings are not in demo as the settings take too much time, but a few items can be seen and touched.

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Personal thanks:

Big thanks to all the people who are now also part of the Swoard team: :pray2:
- the Swoard EC instructors: Arnaud, Anthony, Julien, Sébastien, Petr, Lambert, Frabass and Alex
- the staff in organization: Arnaud, Joël, Flaviano, Jörg and Petr
- the staff in backstage: Jörg, Fanfoué, Etienne and the Forum moderators
- the numerous volunteers helping us in the stands: Christophe, Konstantin, Holly and more (they will be listed after the ECS).
Without your help and passion, those events would not be possible since 19 years. We believe that this is contributing to make snowboard carving trendier in Europe and in the world. Actually many brands are now following on the softboots scene mainly, but with commercial goals. Progressively we are making alpine snowboarding more popular, in parallel to softboots carving. :D

Patrice Fivat

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Post by joel » Sunday 13 November 2022, 19:57

Hello Everyone..

Unfortunately, due to lack of snow, high temperatures and water restrictions, Val-thorens, won't open on November 19th. The resort will try to open on 26th but La Grande Première will be reported December 3-4th..

Below the official statement

[NEWS] OPENING VAL THORENS
Despite our best efforts to start the season with you on November 19, the warm autumn weather does not allow us to open the ski resort and its slopes in a qualitative way.
So, our teams, motivated and optimistic, have decided to push back the opening date. The snow cover on the tops is satisfactory but currently does not allow a return on skis to the village.
The entire team is ready to prepare the ski area with the hope of opening on November 26. Lift passes and accommodation bought via Val Thorens Reservation for La Grande Première will be reimbursed. We invite our clients to contact their accommodation or Val Thorens Reservation.
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Post by joel » Monday 14 November 2022, 19:47

Finally, "La grande Première" is CANCELLED. We're now going to Avoriaz on December 9, 10 and 11th for another crazy week-end of testing. :silly:
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Post by slayer » Sunday 11 December 2022, 16:24

Zinal links not working
Soft: Dual 175, Burton Driver-X, Flux CV
Hard: Gen4 175M, UPZ RC10, F2 Race Titanium

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Post by Swoard team » Monday 12 December 2022, 15:44

Coming when ready.

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