any snowboarder's around?
 

just picked up a sweet new pair of boots and bindings. P1 MD bindings, and Ion HD boots.

and they threw in the new Mike Hatchett film. woo fucking hoo, i'm as happy as a little girl :glugglug

Nice boots man, I am still looking to get a new set this year , I have burton board, boots bindings right now. Looking to upgrade my board this year. What do you ride?

hell yeah!!
I'm a lib tech girl myself...


now we just need some snow and i will be happier than a pig in shit
:thumbsup

good to hear :)

i've got a shitload of boards, but the two i'l be riding the most this year are the BMC 166 (last year's), and this year's Fish 160, anytime it's a powder day.

werd! I was one of the first snowboarders let on a ski lift in 1981 with Tom Simms, Randy Katen, Chuck Barfoot, Mike Chantre, Steve Caballero, Mike Ramsey, Joel Schavez, Terry Kidwell, Kevin Johnson, and the whole Sugar Bowl Ski Patrol.

www.n-men.com - find me and get a prize.

Fish 160 is hot ! I think im going for Custom X this year not sure on the new boots though

when does season start in your area?

Mt. hood has been closed cause of no snow..and they usually are open 11 months out of the year..

i ride a neversummer

forged by jesus himself here in colorado

I'm a ski competition instructor . I'm good at snowboarding too :P

Here in Banff, lake louise opens Nov 7th, sunshine Nov 14th.

further away, Whistler is all fucked up due to flooding. apparently two people died...

Yeah buddy... Hot doggin since 79

I need to move to canada...my hubby would notice my snowboard is gone first :1orglaugh

I do most of my hanging at
http://skiwhitepass.com its so uncrowded and during the week you have the whole area to yourselves pretty much...and i know all the weed smoking fools that work there..big plus..

Im so jonesing for season to start!!!!!!!!

he's tricky, trick trick tricky

Holy shit I just noticed they have a T6 this year, awesome board I might have to reconsider...

check it out http://www.burton.com/Burton/gear/pr...p?productID=11

ya mon got a nitro 160

I have yet to ride Whistler even though I lived in Seattle all my life, I hit the "slopes" here in Cali last year. Let me tell what a fucking joke this place is. They call their hill a mountain.. :)

I'll be riding my K2, always been partial to them.

i can't wait either. agree completely about having the place to yourself. Lake Louise is great on the weekdays (i rarely ride on the weekends).

been snowing all night and it's a weekday = early morning heaven :)

where did you ride in Cali? and where do you ride in WA?

hehe, i looked at the board tonight. awesome technology, though not quite my style. and i already bought a Fish this year - must control self :glugglug

lol

nice.

according to the farmers almanac , this is supposed to be the year for snow in the pacific northwest....that fucker better be true..im ready to go to the mountains , camp there and do naked snow dances to the snow gods everynight till i see some powder...:1orglaugh

In Cali, Big Bear, Snow Valley and Mammoth

In Washington, Mt. Baker, Stevens Pass and Crystal

Step Ins or Soft Boots and why

havent done anything on Baker ...yet

I live in eastern wa...but hang out on white pass... i hear stevens is excellent:thumbsup

with my whitepass pass i get 5 lift tickets to timberline and 5 lift tickets to silver star in idaho...and 15% discount for somewhere in Canada...

Damn, I'm not sure whether to get step ins this year or soft boots. I usualy ride with step ins but the new C16 bindings look fucking hot they would go perfect with SL-6 boots
:helpme

What do you Brands do you guys recommend for step ins? All my boards have the K2 Rachet system. It's a pain in the ass really.

soft boots...cause i have a fear of my boot coming off the board if its not strapped in tight....i really dont want to fuck myself up too much at my age..:1orglaugh

The cool thing about Stevens is it's so close, 30 min drive from where I lived.

The thing I hear about Whistler is the Runs are much longer, 10 mins long downhill? I could be wrong but that's what I heard. I'm used to the 5 mins up the mountain, 30 secs down .. :)

I have burton step ins right now and love how easy they are to use, but I think I'll try the regular bindings this year for better response, although I haven't made up my mind yet.... If I was to go with step ins I would go with Burton PSI step ins and Heaven SI boots

i tried stepin's one year, but had to back to soft boots. just don't feel as good, or as hooked up (imho). of course i've been riding since 1989, so maybe you just can't teach an old dog new tricks ;)

the C16's are fucking bad ass. i came close to getting them instead of the P1's tonight. but i like how the P1 bindings and Ion boots feel together. i've tried on absolutely everything burton this year.

It only happend once to me in past 4 years with step ins and it was my fault, but I hear your point. The only thing is I'm in love with the c-16 bindings and the sl-6 boots so I might just switch to regular soft boots and bindings this year.

the closest place for me would be "bluewood".. but they had no snow last year...so we do the 2.5 hour drive to ranier...or we could go on the other side and do "mission ridge" in leavenworth.

I love that there are so many places in the tri-states .. even if it s a few hour drive..

i need the short runs..my legs get exhausted riding all day.. i would maybe get in two runs at whistler..:1orglaugh

runs are very long. only thing i don't like about Whistler is it gets seriously crowded during holidays, or any one of there almost never ending festivals or competitions, etc.

a new place pretty close to me (about an hour away) kicking horse, has a 10 KM run. they have the second most vertical in all of N.A. (whister being the first).

Sunshine, which is about 5 minutes from Banff, has an 8 KM run, but the entire run is only completely open for maybe half the season.

Thanks, that's all I needed to hear... I'm going for the soft boots this year

I have a cabin in tahoe i got up there alot from nov-april.. im hoping for a early snow season. :)

wonder how long a drive it is from cour de lane to banff

its a 4 hour trip from my house to C.D.L.....

me and my fucking maps and trips..:1orglaugh I will drive myself crazy with them yet

I'm going to be riding the bunny hills this winter.. Never been skiing or snowboarding.. Looks like good fun.

quiet can i have one of your old boards? you can even autograph it and i can show it off to my friends :Graucho

it is mega fun and if you havent tried it...do this season.. you will fall in love.

this will be my 2nd season.. and to think it all started out as a family trip for x-mas to to do something fun..now if i could get my kids into it as much as i am... :1orglaugh

Whatever! I'll see you on the Palisades @ SQUAW FUCKING VALLEY ANY DAY ! ! ! Chimney Chute 72 feet to the highest landing spot.

http://www.squaw.com/gallery/albums/.../a3gallery.jpg

When I lived in Ohio I used to go snowboarding all the time, but down here in Florida (no snow / no mountains) I guess ill have to make a trip up north some time to hit the pouder!!
:glugglug

I lived in Kirkwood for 2 years
http://www.kirkwood.com/images/gallery/Cliff.jpghttp://www.kirkwood.com/images/gallery/Benny.jpg
This Chute is called "Once is enough... for good reason!
http://www.kirkwood.com/images/gallery/DSheehan.jpghttp://www.kirkwood.com/images/gallery/Wall.jpg

sweet :thumbsup

This is right underneath "Once is enough" over to the right is "The Heart Chute" where my ski buddy Glenn Plake (The skier w/mohawk) fell 200 feet onto the rocks and broke his femur.
http://www.kirkwood.com/images/gallery/pic19.jpg

Sugar Bowl California... where the first snowboarder was ever let on a ski lift. I was in that group.
http://tahoeguide.com/tahoe/graphics...snow-spray.jpg

www.n-men.com

yeah I snowboard but I'm better with my skies when it comes to the snowpark :thumbsup

I should go to whistler once, never been yet.

I was referencing "In Cali, Big Bear, Snow Valley and Mammoth"

I have yet to make it to Squaw Valley, looks impressive.

Trust me... the Palisades are impressive... and HUGE!!! Wish I had a picture. Anyone???

BTW - Mammoth is the biggest Ski Resort in the USA - I believe.

not to mention the most crowded...
I grew up in Mt. Shasta, best snow on the west coast, mostly locals. I've been riding since I was a kid, but never anything that wasn't a burton. btw, step ins are for groms, lazy people who don't really know how to ride, and guys going through their midlife crisis that think snowboarding will make them cool. soft boots offer the best board control.

A bunch of my neighbors love Sugar Bowl, it's only an hour from my house, although I've never been to it.