Syncrosurf!

[Mats]

Had a great day with Tom Palka and Lisa. We had some really nice runs down Copper Gulch at Ajax. Found a nice frame with Tom and me both riding 192 SuperSwedes in the giant halfpipe!

[tpalka]

It was a most excellent day, Mats! Thanks for letting me ride the SuperSwede, it already found a new home :) A few more shots I liked:

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/img_0211_113216-1.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/SANY0009-1.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/SANY0009.jpg

[tahoetrencher]

Although a great exercise, it is really difficult to mirror someone's track as well as you have in that last pic!:biggthump
(Even if you're both riding the same board those are two amazing shots; before and after)

[softbootsailer]

Mats and Tom,

Wonderful to look down from Gondola at those perfect Syncrosurf lines today...:biggthump

[Mats]

Mats and Tom,

Wonderful to look down from Gondola at those perfect Syncrosurf lines today...:biggthump

Got a really nice pic of you, me and Lisa in the gondola. See you tomorrow in Milkland!

/M

[tpalka]

Bob, it was great to meet you in person today!

Here's some footage from today's runs...

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Hoping for more tomorrow,

tom.

[carvedog]

Wow - that Super Swede looks like a hoot.

What's the waist width on that puppy?

Looks like my next all mountain board.

[softbootsailer]

Always a pleasure to meet fellow Surfers...:1luvu:

I found this shot somewhere :D

Lisa was Carving the Wave as well :biggthump

[Mats]

Wow - that Super Swede looks like a hoot.

What's the waist width on that puppy?

Looks like my next all mountain board.

Waist is 24.2 cm
3 stage sidecut ≈ 11 m
Rides fantastic in powder

/Mats@alpinepunk.com

[GeoffV]

I want to see some footage on Aztec.:1luvu: That bowl is great but man it is a quad burner.

[tpalka]

Lisa was Carving the Wave as well :biggthump

Absolutely :) She shot all the footage so she didn't make it into the synchro footage... but I did get a shot of her moving between filming stations!

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/img_0211_121302.jpg

[tpalka]

Although a great exercise, it is really difficult to mirror someone's track as well as you have in that last pic!

Thanks -- it's a good exercise indeed, and I think there's a lot of stoke to be had when trying to match turns with a good rider just a turn ahead -- for me it's just about the best... esp. when the guy ahead is trying to throw you off!

Here are some frames from an overhead video, a friend caught us (mostly me) from the gondola on the way down after lunch. I got it after putting up the movie on youtube, and it only catches two of our turns.

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track8.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track1.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track2.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track3.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track4.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track5.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track6.jpg

http://www.snowycolorado.com/stories/wcs-2010/track7.jpg

[Seraph]

Mats toeside at 1:26 - 1:29 in to the video is awesome and my favorite part of the video. Thanks for sharing.