neurozoo 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Last week in one of those over-trendy board shops near Ochanamizu I saw a device that made me curious.. it looked like a small yellow version of an Iron Lung, for snowboards and skiis.. it opens up like a coffin and has a couple small viewing windows so you can see the board getting heated. Is this a new contraption? or has it been around for years!? what does it do actually? heat the wax up for better retention? Also I went to the super sale at the Tokyo Dome friday and there were loads of board/ski stuff for sale. And another thing got me curious. All the people who wanna become a cool ultra-hip snowboarder over night, bought a board and went to stand in this long line.. I went to the front of the line and there were 3 machines that looked like weight scales with 2 foot pads about 30cm apart. It calculates exact and precise measurements for individual stances from a persons wight/height and how to angle and mount bindings to a snowboard!!!! How LAME! stance should NOT be told by a computer.. it is felt, tweaked and adjusted on the mountain. sure technology is making things great.. but no computer can tell each person how they should stand on a snowboard.. it is up to your style and conditions of the snow.. Now what are those beginners gonna do when they hit a powder day and dont know to move thier stance back?! I'll be blasting past them laughing.. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 hahahah Snowboarders are silly hahahahahaha Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Come on Toque man, not all us snowboarders are silly, just the posers!!! They really make me angry too!!!!! I can be really kind understanding and compassionate with newcomers on the slopes, after all I was not born with the board strapped on my feet; all of us were new to the sport at some time. But definitely I cannot put up with posers or in general people with attitude. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Don't worry. We have posers in skiing as well. I hope I'm not one But I do stick to my statment but will just add a word. Some snowboarders are silly Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Quote: I was not born with the board strapped on my feet Lucky for your mother! Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Bindings are for pussies. snowsk8ing and noboarding are the future. Those computer-usin', chalk-bag slingin' fasion victims are jive turkeys. Almost as much as me Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Those chalk bags are pretty funny Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Fare enough. Allow me to add something on your statement though. Some snowboarders and skiers are silly. As I said previously, it is just the attitude of the person that makes him silly and not the sport he is doing i.e. skiing or snowboarding etc. If you believe in general that snowboarding as a sport is silly I would like to hear your arguments. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I'm not getting into any of that. That's a whole can of worms I'm not going to touch. Skiers and snowboarders are silly. The only sane people out there are the snowlerbladers That I will get into. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Out of curiosity only, why is everyone in this forum against snowblading? What makes it so inappropriate for the slopes? I can understand myself that: snowblading + backcountry = death wish but why doesn`t it fit on normal hardpacked slopes? I have never tried snowblading so I have no clue how it works. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 sing it with me! "'Cos everybody's got to have somebody to look down on. Who they can feel better than at anytime they please. Someone doin' somethin' dirty, decent folks can frown on. If you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me." Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 snowler blades have their place but true skiers will never touch em cause they can only do so much. Every begginer should spend a day on them then move into skis if they so desire. Im sorry but I dont want to ski on free days withpeople on snowler blades Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Exactly what Fattwins said But I will add a bit. If you can't ski try snowboarding But seriously Fattwins hit it on the head. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Skis are for pensioners. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 And girls. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 good good keep them coming Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I saw a great sticker last year that said "Skiing is for little fat boys". But seriously, whats the hardest part about skiing? Telling your parents you're gay. (i'm sorry if i offended anyone. We all know gay people have too much style to ski anyways) And whats the difference between a snowboard beginner and an instructor? About 4 days. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 (Not endorsing anything of course) Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Nice Oyuki And I used to be a fat kid Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I like to keep the rivalry alive Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 the difference skiers did everything first. Corbetts first. sudans first. alaska first. chads gap first. also skiers go bigger and do way harder tricks. the lowest jumping skier in the x games half pipe was equal to the highest jumping snowboarder at the same games in the same pipe. smoke that in your pipe. Link to post Share on other sites
connackers 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 skiers smoke pipes (and wear carpet slippers, have small yappy dogs and mutter about the good old days) Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 the good ol days when there were not any snowboarders to sideslip down the runs All in good fun people. Lets keep this civilized Link to post Share on other sites
connackers 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 we should all unite and become monoskiers Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by connackers: we should all unite and become monoskiers ... and bludgeon those tools who believe that snowblades and ski bikes are real forms of riding! (Why is it that when snowboarders go down difficult runs sideways they actually believe they've accomplished the run? To a skier that's akin to ski school snowploughing. Face and lean forward Dudes, then you'll know why all skiers are champions!) Link to post Share on other sites
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