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Me too, never needed to lock a board before, and I've never seen anyone with one at any Tahoe resorts. I've sometimes left my board in the snow for hours, and I'm always surprised that its still there! Living in CA you learn not to trust anyone. I don't even like leaving anything in my car! SO its a nice feeling to not have to worry about your board all the time.If you have a Burton Vapor or some really expensive board I could imagine getting one, but my cheapo board should be good.
i hear the people in the middle of the gondola were relatively safe, but the people near the ends got it worse because they are relatively close to the ground; as it dropped those poor people hit the ground. At least no one died, thats good news!
Me too! I can imagine myself racing down the French and Swiss Alps…its enough to make we wanna book a flight now! But considering the exchange rate right now, everything in euros is already gonna cost almost double what it costs in dollars… :(You're better off going to Whistler, exchange rate is nearly the same…that's another resorts that on my dream list
Sorry to hear about your knee bro, but at least you're still kickin and are able to snowboard. Life without snowboarding is no life at all!I think most resorts would definitely have a problem. If you drop your snowboard while the lift is over a run (a real possibility), it could hit some poor skier/snowboarder and kill them or injure them permanently (I'm sure you love snowboarding, but not enough to kill for!). Plus resorts nowadays are all about avoiding liability and not getting sued, so I wouldn't hold out much hope on that.Fortunately, there's always the gondola to get up to the mountain. But if you must have an alternative, try the x-edge. Its something I found over the internet to help keep your board stable on the lift. Its supposed to reduce knee strain. Check it out: http://x-edge.com/index.html. I haven't tried it out myselfNot to say anything bad about flows, cuz they are pretty good, but I'd stick with ratchet bindings for newbies. When starting out. a newbs sense of balance on a snowboard may be a litte sketchy. So when they have to kick their feet into the bindings while keeping balanced on the board, it can get a little tricky. I've trained a few newbs, and that's their biggest gripe with Flows. Ratchets, on the other hand, can be attached while sitting, so they are actually easier to put on. Its pretty hard to do that with Flows (standing is required to get the Flows on). Also, since newbs are unfamiliar with what's comfortable/stable, they'll have to make constant adjustments. With Flows, adjustments are a real pain, at least for the older models.K2 has the cinch bindings, which combine the entry of a Flow with the adjustments of a ratchet. I saw tI agree with Frosty. Personally, I usually just wear underarmour underneath my snow pants. My bottom half tends to stay warm so I'm usually ok with just that.Above the waist, I'll wear underarmour and the SB jacket, but on really cold days, I'll wear a fleece sweater on top of the underarmour. And on hot days I'l just wear the underamour.I also do what Frosty advises, I take a whole bunch of stuff with me since conditions change all the time.
That does sound sweet, I would love to spend a few months hittin up resorts all over the country…maybe during better economic times…But I'll be heading to Salt Lake for a week in January, then a weekend in Tahoe with a whole bunch of friends in a cabin. Other than that, just trying to head up to tahoe as often as possible.
I think you should be ok. But I would recommend you probably get new binding plates to fix the problem permanently.
I'd say go with the red bindings, they look more unique and will give you a little more color. They might even catch the eye of a snow bunny or two :PBut if that's not your thing, stick with black…
welcome back!Personally, I prefer simpler designs on snowboards. I don't dig all that crazy crap they put on newer boards nowadays. But lookswise, I'd say this setup looks pretty sweet (except for weird burton snowboard guy, but that's not too bad 😛 )I really like the red bindings, looks pretty cool, especially since the snowboard is white. Ride one!
Cool Frosty!I have to admit I don't have a lot of experience, but I'm always on the slopes and I willing to promote your site. Hopefully as I get better I'll help out more. I have one question, when you say “inside the industry” what do you mean by that?Just keep us updated… 8)
I would definitely be interested Frosty! 8)For suggestions, it could be something small to start off with like bumper stickers and t-shirts, but you could also try using useful things that snowboarders use, like stomp pads, jackets, beanies, gloves, etc.
