Narrower Swallowtail/

[tex1230]

Who do you suppose is the curly haired redhead in the deep deep deep heelside carve in the stratton marketing mailer I just got?

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

Could it be our very own Steph???? Congrats, Lady! Always nice to get carvers in print! :biggthump:biggthump:biggthump:biggthump:biggthump

[Kimo]

Scan that pic.

[fishrising]

this thread is useless without pics

[tex1230]

try these:
(no scanner but i too a pic)
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w245/tex1230/015.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w245/tex1230/016.jpg

[big mario]

Niiiiiice Heelside!!!!!!!!!:biggthump:cool:

[fin]

YEA! That is cool to see. Way to go Steph :biggthump

[Wun]

suspicious-looking "glare" on the upper right of that picture:rolleyes:

better stash that carve porn somewhere safe.

[tex1230]

sorry haad to rescue it from the garbage...my son spilled his dinner on it.

[Kimo]

Sweet. I'd swear I've seen that pic before... maybe in "Best Carving pic" thread.

[AlexJ]

Thats Steph killing it on Standard. We were out riding one day and they were doing a marketing shoot, Steph and Paul K. hooked up with them and got some shots taken. Sorry Paul looks like you could not hit the mark for the picture. (Inside joke)
I am so proud of her. (If you think this is good you should see her carve her motorcycle on the track)

[queequeg]

That's totally cool! I always find it interesting that resorts LOVE to use pictures of carvers laying it down on their brochures, despite the fact that we are a rare sight on the mountain.

[Jim Callen]

So, I just bought a WCR metal, and am already plotting my pow purchase for this year.

My thoughts: I want to get a Prior swallowtail, but I want it somewhat narrower to be used in hardboots. I was thinking about a 22cm waist.

Anyone had any experience with a narrower swallowtail?

[Mats]

Hey Jim I don´t wanna make shameless plug out of this thread but the Alpinepunk Afterburner works god in pow. One cm sjort of your 22cm. 182/21 13.7 radius. Float is not a problem if your not a to heavy guy.

[nils]

mats, i would not compare an afterburner to a powder st :) ...

jim, you can look into narrower boards such as the freesurf; basically st rarely go under 23,5 waists...Back in '95 here in la Grave everyone was riding ST with hardboots on 23-24cm waists with no issues...Idea is that even with hardboots you need to loose some angles and go to 45/30 if u can.

I'm getting next week a new carbon ST from Sebastien Perret, one of the ex shaper from freesurf, boheme and now phenix.. 183 / 25,5 waist, and i will ride it in hardboots too...

http://bastou.celeonet.fr/phenix/sw-183-all-black--wood.html

(check also the gallery, seb is a very impressive sk8 and freeride snowboarder :)

Nils

[dredman]

I have a narrowed version of the 176 Prior Pow stick and love it!

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[Bobby Buggs]

Great thing is I knew her Before she could do that:1luvu:

[Jim Callen]

Dreadman-

How narrow is it?

[dredman]

Dreadman-

How narrow is it?


Jim, It is 23 cm at the waist. I simply love this board for powder and mixed conditions. It turns plenty quick in the tight trees and is very stable at speed in open bowls. If you exclusively ride hardboots and want a board to carve to and from your powder stashes or in mixed conditions (when the racier carving boards beat the tar out of ya) I would highly recommend this board. It think it has a wider range of conditions that it is fun to ride, more so than even my Prior 169-4WD.

That's my 2 cents.