| Title: | The SNOBOARD Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to the SNOBOARD conference |
| Moderator: | OLCROW::TONY |
| Created: | Wed Jan 03 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 113 |
| Total number of notes: | 697 |
I've skied for a lot of years and like bump skiing best. Last year I took up
snowboarding and was delighted to find that I'm able to do bumps - that is I am
beginning to get the hang of it.
I started out on a ten year old Burton freerider and this year stepped up to a
Burton Custom 59, a 159 cm freestyle board, with soft bindings. The Custom
59 has a pronounced side cut, is half the weight of my old board and I really
liked it when I demoed it in the bumps.
Last w/e I took a bump lesson and was surprised/disappointed to find my
instructor prefers an alpine board. He was excellent through the bumps and I
therefore have to take his preference seriously. BUT, I just paid big bucks for
a very nice board and would like to believe I made the right choice.
Anyone have an opinion on the best board type for bumps?
Dick
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| 113.1 | board selection; wat u gonna do... | SSDEVO::TOWNE | Fri Mar 07 1997 10:30 | 24 | |
personnally, i don't like bumps.... i think i'm too heavy and old....
however, from observation, i'd say that board selection depends heavily
on what you're going to do WHILE IN the bumps and what you want to do
when you aren't in the bumps. as usual, the twin-tip freestyle board
that you've got offers the most versitility. with that combination at
a slower speed, you should be able to carve up the one side of the
bump, throw a 180 or hop a twist, and carve a turn off the other side
of the bump. i'd think the freestyle board would be great for manuvers
IN the bumps (at slower speeds) while the longer alpine board would be
great at slicing THROUGH the bumps at any speed.
169 Burton ALP with Burton Performance Plate bindings, wearing Burton
Reactor boots......... hard, fast carves on corduroy
OR
162 Rossi RECYCLER with K2 Freestyle bindings, wearing Burton Workboots
......... used ONLY on backcountry runs in DEEP powder
nobody offered any info on your request so i thought i'd give my .02
dollar perspective..... Henry
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| 113.2 | Thanks for replying | MSBCS::ANDERSON | Tue Mar 11 1997 15:07 | 11 | |
Thanks Henry. I've been practicing since I posted my note and your
comments fit what I've seen. I like to play in the bumps, change speed,
go between or over, get air, all w/o much emphasis on line or high
speed. That's what I like skiing and I'm beginning to think I bought
the right kind of board (freestyle) to ride the bumps. Actually, I'm
beginning to wonder if I can keep my interest in skiing.
I borrowed an Alpine board and will see how it compares this w/e.
Thanks again for your reply,
Dick
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| 113.3 | Bumps are Jumps | HOTLNE::OUELLETTE | Mon Apr 14 1997 09:35 | 16 | |
Hi
I have been boarding for 12 seasons and found that a board with a very
soft front and a big shovel tip works best. For example the Rossi 163
Over Drive worked well for me.
I can't say that any board will work best after 12 seasons of
experience boarding through the bumps is still challenging.
Justin Case
CC Willie Makeit
Pete Mose
Jack Daniels
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