rach 1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I know what I think, but I'm selfishly interested in hearing other peoples rants on this one. What makes powder the best kind of snow for us? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I once heard some one refer to powder snow as "frozen God snot". As to your question... can't help, I have never really seen real powder. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 More to the point rach, where's yer member page with yer photos? You gotta get the basics in place before you start asking personal questions about powder snow. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Powder is what the best snowboardings all about. There's nothing like riding down a slope in powder, it's just the best feeling. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Did I mention, a nice piece of Edam is always a good companion when doing so. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I almost thought we were going to have a thread when cheeseman posted nothing about cheese! But there you go! As for powder, i have limited experience in it, and not very deep compared to what i hear Japan can get like. But i just love the feeling. Its like riding on air or something. It just feels damn good!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 cheeseman, you missed a trick there. Powdered Parmesan! The thing I like about powder is riding it down to the bottom of a deep creek, falling over from lack of momentum, taking off my board, and finding there's no bottom to it. Then I enjoy the effort and challenge involved in constructing fragile steps out of the powder by compacting it with my board and hauling myself up onto each step. I find that when I've climbed out having made some 20 of these steps, I'm nice and warm all over. I also find it quite thrilling when powder forces its way into my underwear. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Isn't it obvious? Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Talcum powder Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 How foolish of me to forget that, cheesefan Ocean11! Thanks for pointing it out to me. A very versatile powdered cheese it is too hey cheesefans? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 The full floating sensation, when it happens right you just feel this sense of not being attached to earth. There is no drug that can come close to the feeling. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 the buzz during and after.. both on and off the mirror! Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 You've really got to try it out to know. Link to post Share on other sites
coffE 0 Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 Nothing beats pow Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 When I first skied powder I hated it, you fall over lots, loose your skis and its not as fast as piste. Then something just clicks! Magic! You float through the softness, you carve wide turns, you glide much more than on piste. Its fantastic! I think a certian appeal to powder is its elusiveness. On any given day you can ski hard fast piste, but a good dry cold powder day is a rare treasure, even rarer when its a weekend and every other pillick hasnt chopped it up. BTW one thing I hate about some (esp Japanese) boarders, they go on a nice steep powder run and slide down on their back edge messing up the nice soft powder and scraping it down to the hard stuff underneath. Stop it! Dont do it! If youre not brave enough to do the run dont mess it up for the rest of us! No doubt thats going to get some criticism... Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 No criticism here. I think most will agree with you on that one. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 With the slight proviso that to learn to ride powder, you have to get into it before you're fully able actually to ride it. But then you see people who can't even ride the groomers snow-ploughing right through it, so I agree there. Link to post Share on other sites
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