Hard boots - not only for carving!

[BlueB]

Title says it all.

I'll start:

http://www.blueb.biz/snowsports/Jump-20111202.jpg

[BlueB]

Whaaat? Few days and no replies?

Come on, guys, let's see some "monkey business" on h/boots!
Freestyle, moguls, cliffs, pow...

[b0ardski]

Not just for air either,
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[b0ardski]

Oooops, posted vid in the pic forum
try this
hardshells like hiking spring corn too
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2246/2507276580_7e1fd1b6bb_z.jpg

[inkaholic]

at Monarch. 170 Hot Blast, SnowPro bindings and UPZ boots.
Yes, this was landed clean and upright.

Ink

[Surf Quebec]

I've done some research on BOL and did not find those videos, I am surprised as they are impressive and quite old now.
I love the feeling of liberty those guys are having

Hard Attack clips 1,2 and 3 by Catapult Video
The first 30s of the first clip is not snowboard related...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Lc4llKNOk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyKvAUOkNG0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkoMH8Lmi5U&feature=related

[BlueB]

Now we are in business! Keep them rolling in. Especially the BOLers' stuff.
Great stuff Boardski and Ink!
Yeah, videos are good too.

[tex1230]

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/files/2009/07/28/1991_mar_damiansanders.jpg

...someone had to do it :eplus2:

[SunSurfer]

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SunSurfer

[SunSurfer]

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SunSurfer

[icebiker]

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/files/2009/07/28/1991_mar_damiansanders.jpg

...someone had to do it :eplus2:

yep, that was my first thought...too easy!:) Couldn't upload from work, so ya beat me too it... here's another..(Tom Burt)

http://www.budfawcett.com/images/Burt89_01.jpg

[BlueB]

Scooby took more good shots yesterday...

http://www.blueb.biz/snowsports/Jump-20111208.jpg

http://www.blueb.biz/snowsports/Hop4c.jpg

[*Ace*]

Keeping it steezy, straight air.

[BlueB]

Yeah, I got to keep my carving stance in air ;)
Tweeks need a bit more work before I can post the pics :D

On the "to do list" for this year: Skwal big air

[Hilux]

What board are you riding there?....waist? Good to see the versatility in hardboots! Show them park goons ;)

[BlueB]

Nidecker Proto 167, 22.5 waist. The most agile h/boot "play" board I ever had. Rides pow amazingly well, too.

[philw]

Looks good. Maybe flash would help with the light like that, just a bit of fill would brighten the rider up.

[BlueB]

Hey Phil, I thought you'd post some pow face shots?

[philw]

I wasn't sure you weren't doing just air, and getting that wrong could be embarrassing! Actually I pretty much only have shots of soft boot people because I'm usually carrying the camera, but here are a couple taken by others (with permission: Barry Widas).

The left hand shot is fairly typical: speed is limited by visibility. If you look up left you can see someone standing on the top of the thing I rode off; there was about 1m of fresh so it makes no odds in that. The right hand shot is the season before last on a reverse-camber Snow Mullet. I am patting the dog I guess but not very much.

1 week and one day to get fit!

[Steve Prokopiw]

Scooby took more good shots yesterday...

http://www.blueb.biz/snowsports/Jump-20111208.jpg

http://www.blueb.biz/snowsports/Hop4c.jpg

Respect :-)

[Puddy Tat]

I'm liking this thread but have no air shots to add. Now that my kids are getting bigger and riding harder I'll see if I can get something to add this year.

Dave

[BlueB]

All non-carving h/boot applications go here:
Pow, moguls, trees, switch, spins, park/pipe, air, cliffs, etc...

Both videos and photos.

Bomberites' and friends' stuff is prefered to the old school pros, but hey, we won't say no to those either!

[*Ace*]

On the "to do list" for this year: Skwal big air

Try and get some video footage of it!
:biggthump

[CarvingScooby]

Try and get some video footage of it!
:biggthump

I was gonna use the movie mode but then I realize I haven't put back the SD card in :smashfrea and luckily BlueB got one handy but it's not the the C10 class and small GB, so I decided go on the burst mode..

Wait - wait... just found a good deal cam that i always want to try, hope it will still be available tomorrow...I'm thinking to follow him all the way from the start to finish..:biggthump

RT

[BlueB]

I'm thinking to follow him all the way from the start to finish..:biggthump
Are you going to follow me over the jump and everything? ;)

I think Ace is interested mostly into skwal jump video...


Steve,
Thanks for props. I know that you have vids of your cool stuff. Put them here?

[Yoshii]

cool how did you take the pic?

[BlueB]

Hi Yoshi! Please don't scream at us so BIG - we get scared...

Photo... I just jump and click, with timer set at 1/2s delay and throw camera sideways - it shoots on the fly. Then I collect it next run... Just kidding ;)
Roy took the pics in "burst", or continuous, mode. Then I photoshoped them together.

Shell we include jumps in the future lessons, so you can beat your softbooting big brother in next BX race?

[Yoshii]

Sure that would be really coool:eplus2:

[Steve Prokopiw]

last season fooling around in the park and bumps.

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[Futahaguro]

Steve, that was some fun stuff to watch:) I've been boarding for 20 years and I still can't do a 360! I was never much of a spinner but if you can do a 360 on a 210 in hard boots, I must be able to figure it out:) I can only imagine the looks and comments you got hitting the jumps and parks on that equipment!

Awesome:biggthump

[Mxjas38]

Usasa Bx

[Puddy Tat]

Lovin' that you are out in front of the pack there.:biggthump

[Steve Prokopiw]

and the second photo in Mxjas38's post should be it.NICE

[big canuck]

last season fooling around in the park and bumps.

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Steve anyone can do that stuff on a 159 like the one you're riding!:D

Nice riding bro.

KC

[philw]

More powder stuff from this week. All this is Powder Mountain Whistler, where the snow machine is currently "on". Here's a 36 second video (the theory being that 36 seconds exceeds most people's boredom threshold with these things):
http://vimeo.com/34277797

[CarvingScooby]

More powder stuff from this week. All this is Powder Mountain Whistler, where the snow machine is currently "on". Here's a 36 second video (the theory being that 36 seconds exceeds most people's boredom threshold with these things):
http://vimeo.com/34277797

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We had snow dump on Monday but we need more of what u have :rolleyes:

Thanks for sharing,
RT

[b0ardski]

36 seconds is a tease, that theory blows:barf:

[philw]

We had snow dump on Monday but we need more of what u have
I think more's on the way; raining here today though so temperatures need to drop again before it's back good.

[patmoore]

No aerials for this "sixty something" rider but I did have some fun spinning on a Volkl GS board at Davos in 2007. The first two clips (boarding and skiing) were speeded up. The last clip definitely didn't need speeding up.

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[b0ardski]

best last day of the year in a long time,
I avoided the sunshine saturday new year crowds and went strait up Big Blue (Schwietzer's n. back country). Hiking in Raichle 224 made me really wish for a wider vibram sole.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6610394767_fcb2c8765f_b.jpg
Snow was very spring like with a corn glaze but the steep untracked turns on the face were glorious.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6612039989_9b54659779_b.jpg

here's a short clip from a bit lower down.
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[BobD]

Glorious

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6612046543_852486cbb0_b.jpg

[b0ardski]

clear cold night dried out tue.'s snow for soft bumps and powder8 tracks on the face
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6684928809_f6199b2eef_b.jpg

[Mxjas38]

Whitetail 1/22/12

[Puddy Tat]

Whitetail 1/22/12

I personally like how it looks like you overtook the softie who was stylin' his air and you can see the gap increasing between you and him in the sequence of photos as you head past that gate.

:biggthump

Dave

[Mxjas38]

I have to do something about that hood
That thing is fully inflated!

[BlueB]

Airbrake? To give the competition a chance :D
Tuck it into the bib?

Cant believe that other guy went styling while fighting for the position?!? Jibsters logic...

[inkaholic]

Cant believe that other guy went styling while fighting for the position?!? Jibsters logic...

That's not stylin', thats just grabbin' at the board to remain balanced like SILVER medalist Lindsey Jacobellis.

Ink

[Mxjas38]

Yeah i think it was pretty much the way Ink said.
I sometimes find myself grabbing the board like that just naturally if I get a little off balance in the air.
It did really help me to stay low though.

[Puddy Tat]

Ok I have something to add. I dropped the Standish Headwall at Sunshine for 15-18' of vertical last weekend. I landed it with a butt check and rode off. Apologies, video was shot with a lousy point-and-shoot camera and my wife hasn't ever shot this type of action before. As such she was going for the nicely framed scenic shot rather than focusing on me jumping off this lip. :confused: I don't think she was expecting me to drop near as far as I did so unfortunately I drop right off the bottom of the frame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY49ZAZVdt0

Board: Custom Donek Incline 165cm, 9m, 25cm waist
Bindings: TD3 SI with yellow elastomers at 50/45
Boots: UPZ ATBs with Fintecs.

This was rather fun as this was the first day that I had dropped this lip in about 15 years. My two daughters (7 and 10) just kicked it up and now are riding at a level that allows me to ride this type of terrain again.

Cheers,

Dave