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Yeah, really hard to tell with the phone camera. If you get just about any digital camera with a flash onto that it will be more distinct.
I absolutely love the small jumps that exist on the side walls of catwalk trails. Probably my first ever snowboard jumping experience 20 years ago and still love em! One of the bast parts of snowboarding for sure.
There are a lot of things to know about waxing your own board. If you want to learn it is best not to experiment but learn from an experienced pro. Done improperly, self waxing could keep your board from sliding right, shorten the lifespan of your board, and improper technique could even make you sick (from inhalation of smoking fluorinated wax material).
Travz//, sound right but I think you have them reversed. This is what I always believed:
Sintered is the most popular kind. Is is softer and more porous and easier to repair but also easier to scratch.
Extruded is mainly found on rental boards and some park specific boards especially for it’s durability. Harder surface, will not take wax as well and therefore can be slower. Once trashed very hard to repair.
Welcome Duckie. I think narrow flats are really hard, but can be mastered with practice. Here are a couple tips:1) Most flats ares are not truely flat. Typically there cut into the side of the mountain and one side is the uphill side and the other the downhill side. For reasons of drainage and erosion, the uphill side is usually slightly higher than the other. Try to head down to the downhill side only to gain speed, then use that momentum to edge slightly back to the uphill side. Try to stay on the uphill side as much as possible. That way if you fall, you can get back going easier.2) Do not try to ride flat base. There is no control that way. If you need to go mostly straight but still stay in control, use the torsional flex in the board to edge only the edge on the back foot and leave the front foot part of the base flat. YOU WILL LOVE THIS ONE —Sintered is the most common base type and is better performing than Extruded bases. A rental board may be Extruded. I cannot remember if there are different tuning styles for the different base types. I have always had Sintered and have tuned for that tho. I imagine the repair shop would assume that as well.
Hey softee77,Welcome to the forums and the world of snowboarding. Glad to hear you got a lesson. That is really the way to go. This might sound weird, but standing up is one of the hardest parts of snowboarding. Once you get better, you have to do it a lot less, and also as you get more experienced it gets a little easier. You are right, having boots that are one size too big make things harder. Once you get your own gear you can dial in things like stance width and binding highback angle which make things easier all around for you. Here is another nook of encouragement — it is easier to stand up on steeper hills like blue and black runs than greens. Stick with it and I am sure you will be rewarded.
The Alps are truly awesome. I got to go to Davos and St Moritz (both in CH) a few years back. It was sweet 🙂
Some resorts have a place where you can check your board in and out. Staff watches over it. Only costs a few bucks I think.
Great question. Basically, if it is devastating to you to lose it, then lock it. Even at places where no-one appears to be locking their stuff, it still can happen. My wife got here board stolen out in front of Keystone lodge years ago and it was really sad 🙁
Hi and Welcome. I think a good place to start is the TIPS page here and the Snowboard Size Calculator here to suggest boards for you to get.I also suggest getting a lesson from the instructors at the mountain. What they can share with you is extremely valuable.
I would go with the havoc. Too wide is no fun. Out west is softer snow anyways, so you can feel possible toe/heel drag and back off if needed before crashing. A boot that is designed to minimize drag is really helpful too.
