Hardbooting on narrow pistes

[ReneRyeLarsen]

Hi,

I just returned from a "season warm-up" in Trysil (Norway), and discovered "things" are not as I know them from the Alps.

I hardbooted in Tignes (France) last Easter and the pistes were wide enough to make nice carved turns.

Going down the pistes in Trysil was very frustrating as only a few (boring) green ones had sufficient width to maker proper turns - result: I was making "semi" turns, doing a lot of braking on my edges in order stay on the piste (though I managed to leave it once due to VERY poor visibility - scary :-) ).

Any special techniques for narrow pistes on hardboots? At one point I was so frustrated, that I almost went to the rental shop for some skis :-)

Regards

René Rye Larsen

[Peter Vu]

When I first started snowboarding in Quebec, the slopes were also narrow and a tiny sidecut was the norm. For example, a friend of mine is 6'0 and was riding a 157cm with a 7.5m sidecut.

Slalom boards may be your answer.

My two cents !

Peter

[pokkis]

What slopes you refer as narrow in Trysil ?
Some might feel narrow if there is plenty of folks but otherwise they are very carvable :) specially those "black" ones.
Yes i must admit that the 45 degres slope is tight :cool: