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cheers dude! that was EXACTLY the info i wanted to know Now to get on the case and book my time off whee! getting stoked on this already. i really need another day on the indoor slope to remind me im too crap at this to have any legitimate reason to be as excited as i am.

you have to remember its not all about the board though. The surface is the thing thats working for her. It goes with what Black Mountain said above, if its pure pow, go rip, if its groomers, youll have a crappy time of it. The science behind it is fairly simple: on an icy surface you have resistance getting the board up on its edge because you cant apply the pressure as well from the pivot: Thought experiment: Youre strapped into the center of a piece of wood the standard thickness of a snowboard, only its about six inches wider than your standard snowboard. Imagine try

*clicks fingers* <snap!> Focus! Cheap good near to the lifts cheap accommodation in furano thats cheap.

right, im a mere principal and vice principal vacation time signature away from crystalizing this thing. The tentative plan is this: arrive tokyo on jan 8th via jeju air (dirt cheap) - stay at mates house, have a couple of drunken dancing nights. Then on monday, (via skymark) head up to asahikawa. I leave asahikawa around 7th feb, and leave japan on the 8th. Whee, 4 weeks in the pow. So i reckons the plan will be this: Buy furano season pass. Spend season there (with a few day trips to kamui) Find nice cheap accommodation in furano. So er, anyone got any reco

i think we need a quiver shot

yeah, i think that automatically stops you from buying it. Itll feel really sluggish edge to edge for you and will be an ordeal trying to get something out of it. If you were knackered last season, prepare to be destroyed this season on that. Pretty looking deck though Speaking of you being knakcered last season, im afraid getting your stance right is entirely an act of personal experimentation. Once you go beyond the basics (centering it and a little bit of minus in the back foot for switch) its just a case of moving the bindings and angles around until you hit on something youre comfo

i think my sphere of knowledge hasnt quite made it to arbor yet. Ill have a look and do a bit of research and see what others say on it then get back to you first thing, if its 160 and too big for you what size are your feet? its a wide board for big feet guys by the sound of it? 159cm - 266mm 163cm - 268mm 167cm - 270mm Those are some pretty big waist widths For comparison, the indoor fk: 158cm - 253mm 160cm - 256mm

What the hell is the sea of japan? Is that some inland sea between kyushu and shikoku or something? Tcha! kekeke! i mean er, ã…‹ ã…‹ ã…‹ ã…‹ ã…‹ ã…‹ Ps. Isnt it rakuten and yahoo auctions and/or hardoff for japan?

jynxx was just talking about sizing in fact (its this page if you have a look up - its in the post with his cameltoe ) Truth is, at your weight, im thinking thats going to be a DEMON to control for you. Some things to consider: 1. The boards length is going to feel big and hard to control 2. Its likely going to have in effect a medium-wide/wide waist width (even though it will be normal for someone the right size - but to your frail physique and size it will probably be a bit wider than youre used to) this will mean the torsional flex will feel a little stiffer, and it might make i

hehe, every chance i get And i now today officially start the screw off CAPITA! bandwagon since theyre putting international restrictions on their gear.

i aint selling anything yet Plus i doubt i would be here you all live in japan, i live in korea i was just using the sheer ridiculous gear whorishness of myself as a living example ofwhy classifieds would be fun.

hehe, ill take that as a small slap on the wrists KK. I'll play nice

oooh, that sounds fun, what happened?

I reckon we're all a little gear whorish and probably need to offload stuff. Chances are by the end of this season ill have FIVE (im not kidding) decks. Ive only been living in korea for a year - and ive already given the two decks i used in my first two seasons away NO ONE AS BAD AS ME NEEDS FIVE DECKS. Here they are: Capita - Sierrascope Capita - Quiver Killer Capita - Charlie Slasher And i can all but guarantee ill have a bataleon by the end of the season. I have also been promised a set up from trusnow for being an expert member there helping people out So if it co

yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk /vomit

if youre after a cheap goliath (equivalent), id advise you to keep an eye on evo.com around cyber monday (29th). I have a feeling you may get some insanely good outlet deals that day, and one of them might be the 2010 project green (which if i understand it correctly is somewhere between the goliath and the jam). Actually im just repeating the words of MrB. Quote: With the Green, the 2009/10 model was somewhere between Goliath and Jam - a directional twin shape, medium / stiff. The new 2010/11 green is a more freeride shape with a set back TBT, again medium / stiff, somewhe

i <3 galbi. Though 2 weeks ago in seoul i had the worst bbq since my arrival in korea... and that includes the night i ended up in a mom and pop galbi place and they gave us pig knee (grim) and cut up pig intestines with a delicious lump of fat inside it. Im honestly grimacing as im typing this The intestine is like rubber, so when you bite, you squash the two ends together shooting the now semi liquid fat into your mouth like a little lard rocket. Its as bad as it sounds (unless you really like eating lumps of semi cooked fat).

I never bevel. But then again, i dont give a crap about rails. Reason to detune = nicks in rails. If your edge cacthes a nick in a rails, youre flying. Thats really the main reason behind it. A secondary reason is to stop the board being too twitchy. You can of course throw in a degree bevel on your edge and soften up a super sharp twitchy edge to make it feel a little less fiesty. Reason not to detune = youre pretty much deciding there and then to wreck your edge Its reversible, but itll never be as good (or so ive been led to believe). Second, you lose your edge grip obviously. Y

Its near hakdong station in seoul. At the station youll see a poster for ronin snowboard shop telling you which exit to leave at (i forget myself). Anyway, youll pop out in a non descript street with absolutely nothing snowboardy and probably thinking "ipps is a lying jerk", but just walk up that hill and youll see ronin. Then once youre done in there, carry on walking up the hill. And just as you hit the crest, the snowboard shops are everywhere. Theres about 30-40 of them.

a wise choice mate. Seoul is fun and all, but its not really all that exciting, well, not for a week. Still, the snowboard street is pretty awesome

actually youll be glad to know (on muju at least) the whole lifts stopping for lunch doesnt happen any more. BUt the lift queues are utterly insane at the bottom of the mountain. What makes it worse is that there are 3 lifts at the bottom of the mountain (4 if you include the gondola), so its not like its an early morning bottleneck. ah to hell with it: heres my actual review of this place (the review looked less wall of text with some pics in there): Quote: Where: Muju Resort Muju Resort Map When: 26th December, SATURDAY, BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND. Cost: Pretty pricey. 70,000

Yes, the event is a mountain with snow on it! Can i just point out the gigantic snow cannons spewing out fake snow and the complete lack of snow on the actual side of the slopes. I mention this to point out its not even peak season when these photos were taken. The week after was even more ridiculous. Fortunately i was in japan mid january to late feb so i hate to think what it was like then. In Muju's defence, it is literally the only mountain thats a 2-3 hour drive away from about every major city in korea outside of seoul. The only other real place to go is in the far north east corn

Ippy's Guide to Korea: It sucks. Go to japan*. GLOSSARY: Sucks: Sucks is a technical term relating specifically to the snow in korea. On the whole korea is kinda fun and ridiculous, but its snow is very very poor (if you get it at all). Sucks: Another definition of sucks can be found in relation to the sheer mass of people on a normal saturday on muju. To wit: and Japan: A country replete with beautiful fluffy snow. If this is entirely based on a decision to ride, stay in japan. *: Denoting a qualifier (in that maybe its not about riding pow and

yeah, i might pop in if i can get someone to babysit me (Havent registered with a doc yet in korea, so its more trouble than its worth considering it doesnt feel so bad now). But who knows, maybe ill grow up one day

I know this sounds weird as hell, but i woke up on saturday and they felt honestly alright. I had a little sneeze burst that i didnt have time to prepare for (it woke me up) and the pain wasnt really there. Maybe it was all psychosomatic Still have pain mind, but its more like the pain you get a couple of minutes after you get a stitch from running (if that makes sense).