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Sorry, Nagano or Niigata ken.

Does anyone know of a free style or free ride event that's on this weekend? - 25 to 26 of January, 2014. Or - if there's no free style/ride specific event - any ski competition event. Thanks!

Seemore doesn't like long boards, so the hovercraft is better for him. But if floating on pow was the only consideration, I suggest that even an 85kg person would be better off on a 169 or 172 skunk ape than a 160 hovercraft. I'd love to see a side-by-side experiment to prove this. I'll challenge any hovercraft rider to outrun them on flat powder.

Look back to the previous page, you said you bought a Birdman.

Just to make sure I understand you correctly, you're only dripping wax onto one area and then waxing the whole board with that? I use paper too because, as you say, there's less scraping to do after. I might try your method. Another way to save on wax, which I haven't tried, is re-use the scrapings. Re-melt them into a block or sprinkle on the base and put it in a hotbox, or a hairdryer might work if it doesn't blow them all away. One thing I can attest to for saving wax is, melt it a litte on the iron then draw the hot corner crayon-style onto the board instead of dripping. Anothe

But didn't you just buy a Lib Tech 180 powder whore? I hope he's not going to sink without trace on his bread board.

it looks well made, and very light. But if anyone's thinking of getting one, be warned the sizes are BIG. I'm glad I got XL instead of XXL as I usually would. I also hope my one season old board and bindings will last for the rest of my life. Boots, on the other hand, will probably always disintergrate after a few seasons.

i got an Airblaster Freedom one piece that after shipping and forwarding cost as much as mid-range snowboard. Hopefully it'll last me the rest of my life.

that makes sense, thanks.

Yes, the effective edge for the 160 Hovercraft and 161 Skunk Ape are almost the same - 1220 versus 1210. So you'd expect the Hovercaft to do better on pow. But the 169 Skunk Ape's effective edge is 1270, and for the 180 it's 1370. I'm guessing that means the bigger Skunk Apes have more surface area than the 160 Hovercraft, which would help float on pow. So a heavyish person might be better off on it. I know there are other factors but I don't think effective edge should be completely discounted. I agree if you never ride switch, a twin shape needlessly adds some length. I'm not super techn

I did it this way in 40 mintures from Hirafu in the winter, not driving fast.

I found a 172 Skunk Ape great on Japanese pow but I haven't tried the Hovercraft to compare it with. I get the impression you shouldn't be comparing a 161 Skunk Ape with a 160 Hovercraft. 160 is the biggest size Hovercraft make, whereas Skunk Apes go up to 180. For your weight a 169 would be good. You might find it out-performs a 160 Hovercraft in powder. I'm dubious about whether shorter powder-specific boards can really give as much float in pow or stability on the runs as a much longer board.

Nagano and Niigata should count as one.

A rope tow is easy because it has to be very slow to allow you to hold the rope directly with your hands. A nutcracker - a rope tow with a clip on chain and bar - is more difficult because it moves faster and isn't pulling straight in front of you.

i'm enjoying this ding-dong, please don't censor.