Timeless61
March 3rd, 2012, 11:31 AM
I wanted to say thank you to everyone involved in ECES, everyone I met was very friendly, I met Fin, Sean, Michelle, Bruce, and some others whom I do not know a name... I was on soft boots with a Prior BX 68...
It was the first time I got to ride hard boots, I am very happy I got to ride hard boots.
Fin sent me out on a Prior FLC 177 to start,
My first run, the first few hundred yards were very awkward, mainly due to the stance, then once I started to commit a bit more, it got a lot better and more fun, I need to keep my front shoulder more "open" for heelside turns, that is just a habit from riding softboots I would assume.
I also rode a Donek metal AX 172.
Just my luck, the day I finally get to ride hard boots, it is extremely soft and got chopped/bumped up as those that were there would know.
I will now be getting into hardboots.
the one thing that I thought I noticed, that my girlfriend also noticed for sure, was that I was riding the hard boots just as fast as my soft boot board, while making a lot more turns.. one thing that always made "carving" boring to me in soft boots was that I would always stall basically, after a few good turns I did not have speed to keep making turns the same way, or if I cut the turns off, I was not really "carving".
another thing was I thought that I would get beat up more riding the hardboots than soft, but after I put my soft boot stuff on and rode the chopped up bumpy snow, I felt it was about the same or maybe even worse for the soft boots, I was also probably riding a little faster as I am more comfortable with it, but that surprised me also.
I just have to decide what board to do, lots of choices... definitely will be going metal though.
I am 5'9-5'10 220 lbs, 27, and was into lifting a lot so fairly strong, just don't go too "heavy" anymore.
also, I feel that I will most likely ride a hardboot board as more of a race style, and stay more down the fall line, not going across the fall line drastically, that is how I ride my board now which has a 12-14 sidecut, or what is fun to me anyway.
is the Prior FLC a relatively soft board?
I felt that it was fairly soft, not sure if that is true or not? the Metal AX felt stiffer, but I think that I want a more carve specific board, not an all mountain board, if I am going to be riding woods or powder I will just ride a soft boot board as for that type of riding I never tighten everything as much anyway.
It was the first time I got to ride hard boots, I am very happy I got to ride hard boots.
Fin sent me out on a Prior FLC 177 to start,
My first run, the first few hundred yards were very awkward, mainly due to the stance, then once I started to commit a bit more, it got a lot better and more fun, I need to keep my front shoulder more "open" for heelside turns, that is just a habit from riding softboots I would assume.
I also rode a Donek metal AX 172.
Just my luck, the day I finally get to ride hard boots, it is extremely soft and got chopped/bumped up as those that were there would know.
I will now be getting into hardboots.
the one thing that I thought I noticed, that my girlfriend also noticed for sure, was that I was riding the hard boots just as fast as my soft boot board, while making a lot more turns.. one thing that always made "carving" boring to me in soft boots was that I would always stall basically, after a few good turns I did not have speed to keep making turns the same way, or if I cut the turns off, I was not really "carving".
another thing was I thought that I would get beat up more riding the hardboots than soft, but after I put my soft boot stuff on and rode the chopped up bumpy snow, I felt it was about the same or maybe even worse for the soft boots, I was also probably riding a little faster as I am more comfortable with it, but that surprised me also.
I just have to decide what board to do, lots of choices... definitely will be going metal though.
I am 5'9-5'10 220 lbs, 27, and was into lifting a lot so fairly strong, just don't go too "heavy" anymore.
also, I feel that I will most likely ride a hardboot board as more of a race style, and stay more down the fall line, not going across the fall line drastically, that is how I ride my board now which has a 12-14 sidecut, or what is fun to me anyway.
is the Prior FLC a relatively soft board?
I felt that it was fairly soft, not sure if that is true or not? the Metal AX felt stiffer, but I think that I want a more carve specific board, not an all mountain board, if I am going to be riding woods or powder I will just ride a soft boot board as for that type of riding I never tighten everything as much anyway.