gareth_oau 2 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I suspect its Mrs Seemore I need to be worried about Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Perth is a pretty small place Gareth... are ya sweating yet? Link to post Share on other sites
greg 4 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 ha ha. Perth is indeed a small place. It is even a smaller snow community! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Originally Posted By: Gtrain ha ha. Perth is indeed a small place. It is even a smaller snow community! True! Someone said to me last week "You guys have got to be the only people from Perth with a seasons lift pass for Thredbo. What I wanna know is how many others there are!! Surely we can not be the ONLY ones!!!??? Link to post Share on other sites
greg 4 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 LOL. Just go to Main Peak on a Saturday to find out! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 If they are shopping in Main Peak do ya reckon they get out of Perth often? Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I go to mainpeak, but only to giggle at their prices Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 are you allowed to lick the boards too? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I have actually spent hard-earned at Main Peak ... but I do try to do most of my shopping where there is no monopoly and a half decent range. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 I went to Main Peak yesterday The guy was a tosser who was trying to chat up this girl by telling everyone really loudly about his adventures. And the prices were ridiculous You are better off flying to Melbourne it still would be cheaper with flights included. Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Jynxx Hear is another couple of questions for you. What width is a wide board? What is a Bannana Board? Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 a banana board is where the nose and tail rise up and the middle of the board is touching the snow, I think its Lib Tech's board that is called the Banana. K2 do one called the Rocker, same idea. A traditional board touches the snow at the nose and tail with the middle rising slightly, so the new style of banana board is sometimes referred to as a "reversed camber". Better for deep pow as the nose naturally points up and out of the snow Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Reversed camber - how appropriate is that description. Anyone have any experience going from old school technology to these reversed camber boards? I suppose if you have learnt on it, it's no big deal. But since I have never ridden any, I can't say how it's gonna feel and if I'd like it. I hope not every board gets designed like that. I am a light weight guy so I really don't know how it is under your weight. But I can say that speed is your friend. Having a high-tech base that is fast is going to make things easy in any condition. Have a look at Nitro Pantera (they have wide, too) Salomon Burner, Atomic Banger. K2 has interesting boards, too. Forum is a cheaper version of Burton, I like them. Forum ROOST is budget. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 So, here's me 170 cm 60 Kg on a Salomon Burner 157. Link to post Share on other sites
SantaCruz 0 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I picked up a GNU Rider's choice BTX at the end of last season. Benn itching to use it alllll summer. For the GNU and LibTech boards, anything that's BTX is banana/rocker. BTX = Banana Traction, so it has the reverse camber and the magnatraction on it. But I've only ridden one board so far, so I'm not sure how qualified my opinion will be. Still I'll let ya know. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Nice turns On what looks like nice snow Where were you there? And how wide is your board? Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 OK I measured my boards. remember I wear Vans (u.s) 7 1/2 Rome 151 ~ 240mm SantaCruz 151 ~248 mm Salomon 157 ~253 mm In the Dolomites, Italy currently exploring the area. It's huge! Maybe this year I check out a few places in Swiss. Anyways , I just wanted to show you I can do some turns in slow speed without jumping. Back to your original question, I think size matters depending what stage and style you are practicing. Freestyle will be shorter than Freeride, and it will be easier to progress from something shorter, and my experience is after being on the longer one and getting the technique right, how easy is it to go on the short one! My skiing progression was really slow because my skis were stiff and long. I was brought up with skis 10~20 cm higher than me and my GSL ski was 200 cm. It really made a big difference when I had a Olin Ballet ski 120cm. what fun I had ! Link to post Share on other sites
greg 4 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 One thing worth mentioning about long boards is when the day starts getting tracked out the longer board allows you to go just that little bit wider, flatter and slower line that people have avoided due to having to small boards. A longer board can give you a few extra fresh lines near the end of the day. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Good point. I'll have to tell my lady that size does actually matter. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 haha Orange, that kinda sounds like your lady is constantly having to reassure you that size doesnt matter Link to post Share on other sites
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