What do you guys do when it gets busy?

[skategoat]

Do you pack it in? Or do you try to steer around the crowds and bumps?

I found my 174cm Prior with the 11.5 meter radius to be too much board this weekend. I was at Bristol Mountain and it got crowded. By noon, all the runs had mounds of loose, semi-moguls. I was really getting knocked around and tired. And too many people on the slopes to do any relaxed carving. I found I was fighting the turning radius, trying to do tight slalom turns.

I'm thinking seriously about buying some skiis for those kinds of afternoons.

[Mike T]

... along with unexpected low visbility are two reasons why I often stash my softie setup in the car. I've experienced both coming out of nowhere all too often at Mount Hood!

[Gecko]

There is always an hour or so spent in the Onsen to lossen up those trashed out muscles...oh yeah y'all don't have Onsens

Truthfully I go fine a nice green circle and practice slow carves

[mirror70]

I bring out my super short 153cm Speedster SL when it gets crowded. With its 8m sidecut, even mogul fields become great carving terrain.

[outsider]

two words- people slalom

note: skitips make great gates, but you cant take em super tight because there are legs attached to them...

[k_t]

Originally posted by outsider
two words- people slalom

note: skitips make great gates, but you cant take em super tight because there are legs attached to them...

.....................under 12 are break-aways.............:p

kt

I can’t believe that I actually used one of those faces.

[Mark Jeangerard]

167 FP/super steep stance/crossunders









.... then at 10am I leave.

[gdboytyler]

I switch to my freestyle setup and go to the snowboard park.

[lonerider]

Originally posted by gdboytyler
I switch to my freestyle setup and go to the snowboard park.

Me too. Kirkwood has a nice superpark that has restricted access.

[jtslalom]

I bring out the RennTiger 153 and make tight slalom carves. If this doesn't work I go home.

[skategoat]

I switched to my soft setup on Sunday afternoon and hated the vague, skiddy feeling. I think I'll buy some slalom skiis so I can hit the bumps and avoid the people.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Why not just learn to ride the bumps? I loves me some bumps.

[gdboytyler]

Originally posted by skategoat
I switched to my soft setup on Sunday afternoon and hated the vague, skiddy feeling. I think I'll buy some slalom skiis so I can hit the bumps and avoid the people.

Instead of buying skiis, you should get a Donek Incline and ride it with hard boots. It has a small enough sidecut radius (around 9m) for those quick turns and it carves excellent.