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Silver Bullet
April 14th, 2007, 08:57 PM
Here are a few shots of my last day at Solitude. Diamond lane got a bit bumpy but the day was fantastic. I've been hardbooting for 1.5 seasons and loving it!!
Silver Bullet
April 14th, 2007, 09:01 PM
another shot...
Silver Bullet
April 14th, 2007, 09:02 PM
yet another....
Silver Bullet
April 14th, 2007, 09:03 PM
and another....
Silver Bullet
April 14th, 2007, 09:04 PM
As you can see, I'm still giddy.........
Silver Bullet
April 14th, 2007, 09:06 PM
Okay this is the last one......promise...;-)
Gleb
April 15th, 2007, 05:57 PM
holy crap you're kicking ass!!! Those conditions look godly.
rwmaron
April 15th, 2007, 06:06 PM
about the snow, the conditions, but mostly about your riding style!!!! I wanna be like YOU when I grow up!

BTW - what model of F2 are you riding? Maybe if I bought one of those I could ride like that!
Silver Bullet
April 15th, 2007, 08:04 PM
That is last year's F2 Speedster 183. It is a great board. As for the riding style, i spent quiet a bit of time watching the EC videos on the web, then spent a little time trying to keep up Dave, Bordy and others at the WTC. Fin gave me the tip of raising the front toe and it's all history. I've been boarding since 1982. I was twelve, but only recently got set up with hardbooting gear. I've got about 50 days in on hard boots.

Here is another sequence from earlier in the season at PCMR.
Silver Bullet
April 15th, 2007, 08:27 PM
My front leg used to burn like the dickens until the toe tip. It also keeps me centered on the board. On my shorter boards I ride 6deg front no cant 3deg rear no cant and the speedster is set up with 6 deg front 0 rear. I've also widned out th estance to 21.5 inches on that board. I find I'm more stable that way. I'd like to try a wider board some time. My feet are 29.5 and I boot out if I'm not running angles that are at least 68 degrees.

Does anyone have suggestions for a wider board?
Gleb
April 16th, 2007, 07:04 AM
I'm gonna give that toe trick a try. The speedster is my fave board for now. Great board. If you can find it cheap, grab it.
Bordy
April 16th, 2007, 09:30 AM
Nice work!

Good to see the smile. That is the best piece of gear to ride with!!!!


UT the other other carving mecca..........
Bordy
April 16th, 2007, 09:31 AM
Does anyone have suggestions for a wider board?

Call US next year we have demos as always.
carvedog
April 16th, 2007, 12:18 PM
A little lower and I think you will have it.

Don't you just hate when your arm pit seam starts to fray.

:biggthump
www.oldsnowboards.com
April 16th, 2007, 02:01 PM
Sweet shots, Solitude rocks! Met some great carvers there, no crowds, some sweet steep shots and a high speed! Thanks for the post.