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LOL I have zero idea what the stance angle stuff is. I know if it's icy I want a camber board, and if it's slushy or Goldilocks groomers (not scraped refreeze, not 6 degrees 9:10am rock hard) and kiddie park I can do a shorter/non-camber board. I forget if pow is all technique, mostly technique but set back stance and maybe slight directional camber with nose rocker, or what. I do know once I get my weight back and surf through turns it's incredible - that much I'm clear on.Such a good time to fuck with Sharkbiscuit by saying if 12/6 was good enough for Terje, it is good enough for me.
Unless you’re on something ancient, idk know about setting bindings back anymore bro. While you want to avoid porpoises you also really don’t want to encourage your boar to plow more than is absolutely necessary if at all.LOL I have zero idea what the stance angle stuff is. I know if it's icy I want a camber board, and if it's slushy or Goldilocks groomers (not scraped refreeze, not 6 degrees 9:10am rock hard) and kiddie park I can do a shorter/non-camber board. I forget if pow is all technique, mostly technique but set back stance and maybe slight directional camber with nose rocker, or what. I do know once I get my weight back and surf through turns it's incredible - that much I'm clear on.
I spent most of my geeking out on reading Snow Science and Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain. I quickly came to the conclusion heavily gladed side-country was as far as I was going anytime soon, and way too far given my solo status and abilities (lack thereof), and basically started reading that stuff not with an eye for avoiding open alpine bowls with a massive dump on a layer of hoarfrost and a convex slope shape going from 35 to 45 degrees, but for identifying, on a trail map, north-facing gladed wind loader 9000 zones others might overlook, or soft groomers ideal for practicing donkey hops and kook fakie.
Also snowboarding wants a rich man's wallet and a young man's knees/ankles.
For me I like forward angles on my back foot bc it lets me tuck the knee on turns along with helping square up my hips to the nose of the board/fall line.I ride a 22.5 to 23 inch wide stance, +15, -5 (give or take) almost always on all boards in all conditions. I've tried all kinds of stances over the years and this is what feels and works best for me. I like the wide stable base and the control it gives as well as the ablilty to power through landings, chunder etc. I land and ride switch from time to time and I like the way the negative back foot feels in general and when pushing hard into a turn. I twist my back knee in toward the front knee when i'm turning and like the way that engages the back of my edge with the negative angle on the back foot. I feel it allows me to really push into and drive through the turn. To each his own though. I don't judge or give a sh!t what anyone else rides. Just have fun.
I have always tried to mimic my surfing stance/width - somewhere around +18 & 0, 22 - 23 width .....A couple seasons picked up a Korua Dart and Gentemstick Big Fish, watched the Korua vids and been riding both positive ever since, which feels sick when riding, especially carving, but it does suck trying to twist my back foot/knee to strap in after the lift....I ride a 22.5 to 23 inch wide stance, +15, -5 (give or take) almost always on all boards in all conditions. I've tried all kinds of stances over the years and this is what feels and works best for me. I like the wide stable base and the control it gives as well as the ablilty to power through landings, chunder etc. I land and ride switch from time to time and I like the way the negative back foot feels in general and when pushing hard into a turn. I twist my back knee in toward the front knee when i'm turning and like the way that engages the back of my edge with the negative angle on the back foot. I feel it allows me to really push into and drive through the turn. To each his own though. I don't judge or give a sh!t what anyone else rides. Just have fun.
Solid board choices. I’ve noticed the really cool kids strapping the back foot in before they got off the lift. I just try and not to sit down to do it no more.I have always tried to mimic my surfing stance/width - somewhere around +18 & 0, 22 - 23 width .....A couple seasons picked up a Korua Dart and Gentemstick Big Fish, watched the Korua vids and been riding both positive ever since, which feels sick when riding, especially carving, but it does suck trying to twist my back foot/knee to strap in after the lift....
Stocked for you, bro. It’s pretty wild when you feel like you’re about to make the jump to hyperspace and your boat has more gears left/says to you we can still go faster. Just be careful with that speed, I think I had the bindings fwd of reference and was locked in on the toe edge and headed for a lift tower fast enough that things looked wicked bad for a second or two until I hopped out of it and onto my heels this one time. At the end of a turn hopping from one edge to the other is a good (Malcom Moore lol) drill and a good way to learn to push a board like yoursFirst day of the season for me yesterday. Partly cloudy day in the 30s with intermittent wind. Happened to be up at the same time as Iceman, who was up with his family, and we got a bunch of runs, mostly just hauling ass down the steeper groomers, with a few side ventures of varying quality. That man can lay down some carves!
Yeah, some of the locals judged the conditions harshly and it could have been better. The snow from last storm melted and then froze without really melting again. It must have been really warm because even the trees were a little crusty/heavy. There were some really fun pockets of snow along the sides of some of the runs or underneath features where the wind had loaded it up. I thought I could enjoy a nice sunnyish day on the deck as it was a pretty nice day, a little breezy, and then this gale gust just ripped my jacket off the table, and violently threw it in the air where thank god it wrapped around the next picnic table. Waitress was like: back so soon? A little cold and windy? Oh yeah. Then an hour later, it was idyllic.
Oh yeah, that board. 90s boards are so much better. God.
Ha, right. The Black Snowboard of Death is insane. First run, I knew. My previous board, I always subconciously held back as I didn't have faith that it could handle a fast turn without 100 yards of skid/chatter. Talk about the ability to hold high speed long-radius turns on edge the whole way. So much fun opening that board up and just hauling ass. Need to put some muscle into it, found out towards end of day can't ride lackadaisical (no harm no foul), but that board will give you everything and more that you put into it. Comes down to my testicular upper limit on how fast I can make that board go. Such a fun day. Had prime parking, left the house at 4:50AM, got prime parking, plenty of time to take a nice leisurely dump, and still get on first lift at 9:02 or something, got last lift up at 4 on the dot, and a whole lot in between.
Stocked. Highly stocked.
All I need is anything more than dust on crust, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.putting down a bunch of fresh tracks on wind sculpted powder in moderately spaced trees on a 40 degree slope leaves me in a luminous state of mind
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i never hear people talking about wind sculpted powder. seems like most folks are all about the softest, and deepest
i prefer a bit of wind sculpture
same and yeah it was a very good day. couple runs were so good that I just couldn't contain myself and started scream'n and hollering while sailing through the trees and unweighting off the backs of little drifts. usually I only hoot for other peopleSounds like you had a good day on the mtn, I feel blessed ever time I get to go.
I should be finally getting out next week and yeah when everything clicks it’s as fun as it gets. The only conditions that aren’t chill imo are when it’s scratchy sounding. I was just thinking how much fun I’ve had riding chalky snow. I was also thinking tbh not much of a hooter, but you can count on me to yell you better send it bro at you from the chairlift if I see you paused before dropping in on somethingsame and yeah it was a very good day. couple runs were so good that I just couldn't contain myself and started scream'n and hollering while sailing through the trees and unweighting off the backs of little drifts. usually I only hoot for other people
Thanks. Yeah, it's fun as hell when you get in a good rhythm pivoting back and forth from edge to edge but keeping quiet upper body the entire time. Great flow when you have it going.Stocked for you, bro. It’s pretty wild when you feel like you’re about to make the jump to hyperspace and your boat has more gears left/says to you we can still go faster. Just be careful with that speed, I think I had the bindings fwd of reference and was locked in on the toe edge and headed for a lift tower fast enough that things looked wicked bad for a second or two until I hopped out of it and onto my heels this one time. At the end of a turn hopping from one edge to the other is a good (Malcom Moore lol) drill and a good way to learn to push a board like yours
Hopefully Kirkwood is high enough up that it's more snow than rain. Going up again shortly.I'm no expert but this is a pretty warm storm and the forecast is calling for mix of rain and snow which typically isn't good