2009 S.E.S. UPDATES from Bomber

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Getting close to the big week folks!

The latest list of industry people who will be at the S.E.S. are:


Bruce Varsava – Coiler Snowboards
Sean Martin - Donek Snowboards
Chris Prior – Prior Snowboards
Frank Dietzel – Virus Snowboards
Alexis Angelides – G-Force Carving Group
Matts Drougge - AlpinePunk AB
Joerg Egli – Pure Boarding
Fin and Michelle – Bomber Bindings and Deeluxe BootsOther sponsors for the SES (as of 2/4/09):


Hardbooter.com
SkiMD/Mike DeSantis
Aspen Mountain
All Board Sports
Takah Sushi
Booster Strap
Swoard Snowboards
Reliable Racing/ Swix
Dave WintersWith out all the support of these companies it would be very hard to put on such an event. Please thank them with your business. :biggthump

The demo tent will be its usual chock-full-O-goodies. As always we will have demo boards (from above mfg), boots and bindings.

Michelle has already sent out instructions to those who signed up for packages. However, since I love to hear myself talk, I will be informing everyone of the week’s events through-out the event. We will also have printed schedules there to hand out.

We have "First Tracks" at Ajax on Monday the 9th and Friday the 13th. You NEED to be there BEFORE 8:00am. For those who don’t know "First Tracks" is where we are able to load the Gondola before the public at get one fresh run from the top of the hill. It will blow you mind…..and your quads.

Weather report looks promising for the week! Just talked to Ray "The Virus" who is in Aspen right now and conditions are excellent. The gang at PureBoarding has also been there all week and reports are good as well. As always, you had BETTER have a Pow board as you never know. You have been warned.

OK, more to come as we get it. See everyone at ButterMilk this Saturday!

Cheers,

[Michelle]

There were also a couple of errors on the schedule, but I've updated the one on the web site. As of now, this one is correct.

http://www.bomberonline.com/ses/content/schedule.cfm

[Sinecure]

I know this is a stupid question, but Ajax = Aspen Mountain, right? :smashfrea:smashfrea

[Ray]

I know this is a stupid question, but Ajax = Aspen Mountain, right? :smashfrea:smashfrea
Yes (not a stupid question!)

[Dave ESPI]

We have "First Tracks" at Ajax on Monday the 9th and Friday the 13th. You NEED to be there BEFORE 8:00pm

:freak3: thats a really really really long time to "Wait" for "FIRST CHAIR".....


Perhaps its before:
8 am Instead?
:lol:

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Just had this sent to me from Chris Prior at Prior Snowboards. Apparantly they are using the SES to debut the new line of boards, "2010 WCR Metal"! Here is the press release:

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2010 WCRM Press release.<O:p</O:p


As the mother of all carving events is rapidly approaching (SES Feb 7- 13 in Aspen) we thought it would be appropriate for Prior Snowboards to unveil next years alpine carving line at the event, and in particular, our flagship 2010 WCR Metal collection. <O:p</O:p


The WCR line up has changed significantly since its inauguration back in 1990. <O:p</O:p


Back then, racing was the rage and drove the direction of board design, and the kind of product that was available to the public. Looking back this wasn’t the best move for the sports growth (long, stiff and generally unforgiving boards) as for us non-athletes it was challenging to pull a top to bottom run without several breaks in between. Forget about ripping the fall line all day, you needed legs of steel.


So, jumping ahead to today, while our latest and best alpine board may be called the World Cup Race Metal (WCRM) it’s actually a detuned race board. Its heritage is represented in the name but it is indeed a full blown corduroy fall line carving machine designed to have fun on the groomed stuff. All elements that are put into the design make it easy and fun to ride and charge all day. Modern characteristics such as the side flex, radius and new slightly rockered nose shape create a board where the running length is actually significantly shorter than the effective edge. With the low profile nose the board hugs the snow. It’s smooth for straight lining, but once you start to initiate your turn the nose hooks up and provides that little extra bite that sets your turn and makes it extremely stable through a variety of terrain. We have kept the rounded oval shaped tail that we introduced in 2003 ish.


Although we were using metal in our WCR line back in 1995 it was hard to use and not readily available so we moved away from that construction. The result of our R&D was the infamous SIMS Burner line up that Mark Fawcett headlined.<O:p</O:p


Metal is now back in full force for us. We have been using it for several years and have introduced all our latest findings into the 2010 WCRM. The most significant change from last year’s Metal is that the titanal is not exposed anywhere. It is slightly inlayed to alleviate any potential picking and topsheet delams from inadvertent mishaps, yet over the edge enough to provide proper edge hold. It has also been buried under a layer of carbon and a nylon topsheet. The nylon top sheet has worked better for us than the traditional PBT that most board builders use. It actually adds more snap and induced camber where the PPT “sucks” camber out of the board and has not nearly the durability. The inserts are also backed with carbon fiber to improve durability and insert suck. Last but not least, by popular demand we have added a wider 21cm waist option on the 2010 WCRM. <O:p</O:p


Once the hill gets all chopped up this is the machine to have as it cuts through chunder with ease without booting out. These boards are so user friendly, in hind sight, if they were available back in the day, the sport would have grown significantly. Here we are though moving into 2010 and anyone who rides hard boots should try one and you will see the light. <O:p</O:p


Cheers<O:p</O:p


Chris Prior<O:p</O:p