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Banana Tech (funky reverse camber stuff) and Magne-Traction (slightly squiggly edges for better edgehold), together abbreviated as BTX. You'll see BTX all over Gnu's and Lib's line-ups this year. Nearly every board has a BTX version.

Lib Tech has a Snow Mullet BTX now. I don't know if I have the coin to drop on it, but it's got a Malolo shape for pow, MTX for when you get back on the groomed stuff, and BTX for extra float. I can't wait to get this stick, myself.

Originally Posted By: samurai "That's it, That's All" is nucking futs. While I do consider this competition to be an evolution of the sport, natural-terrain freestyle comps are more than a decade old. The World Heli Challenge in NZ back in the 90's was groundbreaking with 3 days of heli-accessed competition. 1 day was Extreme (Big mountain riding), 1 day was Freestyle (chucking tricks off natural features, inverted rotations were standard) and 1 day was a Chinese Downhill. (no- that's not racist, it's a race where everybody goes at once... making boarder-cross seem quite childish.) Rip

Just thought I'd pass this along, as it's somewhat groundbreaking. I'd rather watch a rider's video part than contest, but here's something on the first freestyle contest held in natural terrain. Pretty sick riding, and pretty funny, too: Quiksilver's "Natural Selection" (Click on Competition at Dick's Ditch) And while on the topic of Quiksilver and Travis Rice, here's what will probably be the new standard for snow films: "That's It, That's All" Trailer

Yeah, the Youtube Vii videos are pretty funny. A quick Google will show multiple articles about the Wii hitting China this year. I thought I heard about it already being released, but I haven't found any release date news yet. Same for South Korea.

Originally Posted By: Kraut_in_HongKong Originally Posted By: 66jzmstr Don't get an English version. Don't get a Japanese version. I'm not sure specifically about HK, but I've read from many places that Wii's in China are region-free, meaning you can play Japanese games OR American games, without having to hack your Wii, which would of course void the warranty and also oftentimes make it incompatible with future online content upgrades. I haven't checked China (yet). But I doubt what you write. Most consoles don't even get released in China because of the rampant copying. Th

Don't get an English version. Don't get a Japanese version. I'm not sure specifically about HK, but I've read from many places that Wii's in China are region-free, meaning you can play Japanese games OR American games, without having to hack your Wii, which would of course void the warranty and also oftentimes make it incompatible with future online content upgrades.

I love my Boa's, and this is my first season in them ever. These should last me a while (Vans Fargo Boa's), but I'm excited to make my next pair Focus Boa's, the double Boa system.

Originally Posted By: 2pints,mate Whats the deal with that? Don't you need tons of add on "instrument controllers" for that? I think you can play it with just the controller maybe? We were playing with the fancy pack though. It's about $150 or so (including game), but it comes with a guitar, bass guitar, drums and mic. SO MUCH FUN! (especially since I didn't have to pay for any of it)

I'm a Wii fan (loving Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime Corruption here now), but I have to hand it to the PS3 for Rock Band. The missus and our friends were playing Rock Band (guitar, drums and vocals) attheir place, and it was an absolute blast. One of the best games I've played in years. A pretty good soundtrack too, not pigeonholed to primarily classic rock like Guitar Hero III, not to mention over a hundred downloadable songs with 200 more forecast for this year. Almost enough to make me get a 360 or PS3 (if we didn't have such thin walls and weren't pondering moving to Japanland l

We went to Niseko for a weekend in mid-December last month and it pooped snow the whole time for nice pow pow. The two weeks that followed (in Sapporo and Asahikawa), it barely snowed at all. Very different from two years ago when we visited at the same time when everything was already filled in.

Whoa - if he's only a 10.5US, do not put him on a wide board unless he likes, unresponsive, lumbering turns. I haven't ridden the Custom yet, but the 10.5 waist width on it is very doable for 10.5's as long as he doesn't have a super narrow stance.

Picture This is still okay, but it's a huge let-down after MDP's last two season's releases. It was far too short, many shots were far too artsy (distant, through the trees stuff where you can't even make out what trick is being thrown), and their "we had no snow" excuse for such a short movie was pathetic when all they had to do was drive up the 405 to the Pacific Northwest and Vancouver were Standard and Absinthe got pow & BC shots galore. Optimistic I enjoyed much more and believe is the second best video of the season, the first being Blank Paper's "In Short", which is like nothing I

Originally Posted By: thursday cotton wicks the moisture You sure about that one? I've never had cotton wick at all, ever - it merely soaks the moisture up, never wicking/transporting the moisture to the outside of the garment like more technical layers.

NEVER use detergent on your outerwear, Gore-Tex or not - unless you like a filmy, nasty layer on your gear with very compromised waterproofing and breathability. Use the appropriate Nikwax (Gore-Tex specific, or regular). And always follow the instructions!