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I've used DC boots with BOA and they suck. I haven't used Flow bindings because they suck. If you honestly think that step-in bindings are even remotely close to being comparable to strap-in bindings you are a complete gaper and I hope you enjoy sacrificing turning ability so that you can strap in faster. Strapping in takes all of 10 seconds. If you have a problem with that, perhaps you should try skiing.

Boa sucks and I'm not exactly sold on either DC boots and/or Flow bindings.

FYI tight pants are the new fad in snowboarding.

Ahahahaha I love it

Hopefully not, otherwise he'd be stuck with a ton of schwag.

That retails for about $5.00 now.

It all depends on what boardslide you want to do and what way you want to spin out. Here's some general tips if you ride regular (if you're goofy, just reverse); Forward Facing (Back Board) Pretzle: It helps to do more of a back noseslide than a full on back board. Keep your weight on your left foot and press a little on your nose. Keep your left shoulder a little ahead of your right shoulder. When you get to the end of the rail, nollie out of the noseslide and throw your back shoulder clockwise. Same way: Personally, I find sameways out easier if you do a front lip or front tailslide. Keep your weight on your right foot, and try to keep your right shoulder a little in the lead. When you get to the end of the rail, ollie out of the tailslide/lipslode and throw your right shoulder counter-clockwise. Back Facing (Front Board) Pretzle: First, you need to do consistant front board to regular. If you're doing completely blind front boards to fakie, you won't be able to do this trick that easily. Once you can do front board to regular consistantly, try doing front noseslides to regular. To preztle out of a front nose/front board, keep your shoulders completely squared up with the rail (or as square as you can get). The idea is that you want to keep your waist and legs front board, but your torso and shoulders still facing down the rail*. When you get to the end of the rail, you need to unwind your body. The hard part is only unwinding your bottom half and keeping your top half in the same position. If you skate, an easy way to imagine is to think of doing a front 180 without moving your torso, just your legs. Otherwise, try to nollie out of the front nose with your legs, then whip your legs and waist counter-clockwise while opening up your upper body to the landing. *Sidenote: A real good way to practice keeping your bottom half independent from your top half for front boards is to do back shiftys off jumps. Practice that enough and you'll start to correlate the motion with doing front boards. Same way: Much like the other tricks, you are probably going to have to learn a new trick to do a sameway out on a front board. This trick is the complete opposite of a pretzle out (duh). Rather than keeping your shoulders squared up, facing the landing, you want to go completely blind ASAP. Ollie, get your nose over the rail, and try to slide the rail closer to your right foot. Once you touch the rail, you want to turn your head clockwise and just pretend you're doing a switch front board. One thing that helps is to pretend as if you're smelling your own right armpit. Stretch your head around so you can see the end of the rail. When you get to the end of the rail, turn the rest of your body to match your head. Your body should naturally unwind and your left leg should come around front.

Riders have been using their toe straps as "cap straps" for years before either Burton or Technine started developing the technology. Hebbel may have been riding his toe straps lower, and MFM noticed. MFM is widely regarded as the person to bring the idea of a specfic "cap strap" to Technine R&D.

Uhhh, Burton's been making boards with "Magna-Traction" for a few years now. If anything, it's LibTech that's ripping off Burton. If you really think that Burton is comprised of a "bunch of rich assholes who steal tech," you're a moron. Burton has developed more snowboard technology by themselves than the rest of the industry combined. I think it's absolutely hilarious that Mervin Mfg. has been screaming "DON'T BUY SNOWBOARDS FROM SKI COMPANIES" for the last 15 years. Now they're doing the exact same thing that ski companies have been doing. You're both wrong. Both companies developed their own capstraps independently from each other. Nobody stole any tech. Rumor has it that MFM spearheaded the Technine capstrap, while Burton capstraps were developed from rudimentary hockey chin straps at Mt. Hood. Both (TN MFM and Burton Mission OLS and Greed) were unveiled at the 2003 SIA tradeshow, and Burton and Technine are now working together to get a collective patent on the technology. Burton will own the patent once it clears, but both companies will own exclusive rights to produce "cap straps" (or licence the technology to other binding companies, in Burton's case). Please stop shitting on Burton because you don't like how sucessful they've become.

Nope, not the little kid. In his defence the two shots of him not snowboarding (specfically the GNARLY and the wah I want my mommy shots) are jokes and he wasn't serious. Also he's awesome It's just a regular Quicktime file rendered from FinalCut.

Here's a little video I put together from some pre-season Mt.Rose footage. Nothing super gnarly but it was fun and you guys might get a kick out of it. Right click/save as

Saw a few up at hood this summer. Some of the kids I know rode them and liked them, but it's still a Lib Tech. In my experiences, Mervin Mfg. isn't the most solid construction. I'm a little short on time, will post more later.

What kind of bindings do you ride? I've rode Burtons (Sabbath, current boot), Forum (JP Walker), Vans (Lemming), and DC (I forget :/), in order from best to worst. Burtons are a good choice if you have Burton bindings, due to the bindings and boots being designed in conjunction with eachother. Forums seem decent, but I don't know anyone who's really been pleased with them. The Vans I rode were my first boots and also on the cheaper side, but they worked. I've heard nothing but good things about Vans from all the people I know who ride them. Bringing up the ass-end is DC. DCs are bloated (unless you ride the Park boot), their durability sucks, and all the fancy features they add stop working in all of about two months. I had both bladders blow out on me after two months. Side Note: Take a good look at ThirtyTwo. They make high quality boots and are relatively inexpensive. My next boot purchase will probably be ThirtyTwo. Do yourself a favor and stay as far away from the BOA system as you can get. Unless you're a weekend warrior who only makes it to the hill <10 times a year, you're better off with a traditional lacing system. BOAs break, strip, and are a huge hassle. My right boot completely stripped out and by the end of the season I was tying up my boot with an old belt to keep it tight. If you want an "easy" and fast(er) method, go with the Burton Ions, or a similar fast lacing boot. BOA is a bad gimmick that I predict will die within the next two seasons. Honestly, how long does it take to lace up two boots? Two, mabye three minutes? Even if BOA is faster, you're going to pay for that speed later on-hill when you have to constantly re-tighten your boots.

I'm pretty sure my next board is going to be an Anthem or Agent, we'll see what's available.

How much are you willing to spend and how much do you weigh?

Isn't that Battaleon?

Good God I had a sample of the 390s and you have no idea how shitty the buckles were. There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to get out of your bindings. But it was fixed and the 390s are pretty awesome now.

I think the TART (Tahoe Area Recreational Transit, hey, it's better than the Fresno Area Recreational Transit...) runs from South Shore all Squaw or Incline, which is really as far as you want to go (unless you want to go to Truckee).

Ahahahahaha, I'd say chalk that up to bad driving. The Baja isn't really that bad of a car, but it just looks like someone in the Subaru design department thought "hey guys do you think it's possible to take the El Camino and then make it uglier?"

Please do not judge Subaru by the Brat The Brat is the ugly friend in the group of hot girls. I'm convinced that people buy them so that they can try to associate themselves with other Subaru owners. Kinda like the guy who dates the ugly girl hoping that he can get closer to her hotter friends. Edit: Hmm, apparently now it's called the Baja. Whatever, it's still an abomination of a car (and I use the word "car" loosely).

Do yourself a favor and try to get out of South Shore. Sure, it's great if you want the whole "South Shore" experience (partying, skiing, casinos), but you should definately try to get to North/West Shore if possible. Squaw is awesome, but the day passes are a little out of control price-wise. Squaw is one of two mountains that I know of that have night riding. Northstar is a good balance of park and terrain, while Boreal is going to try to have the best park in the greater Tahoe area, and they've also got night riding. Alpine is a good option if you like to jump (they've always got the biggest jumps in Tahoe), and they've also got the terrain to back up their parks. I'm sure you'll have tons of fun in South Shore. If you want to escape Nevada, make your way north. Also, if you like to check out ski towns, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, and Truckee are all pretty fun to tool around at night. Now we just need some snow to get the season rolling

Err... I'm assuming you're suggesting a flash-based mp3 player, which won't get damaged by sudden movements or jarring. The iPod nano and the shuffle are both flash based.

How much do you weigh? 164 is outrageously big unless you want a pow board. Also, I've got a buddy who's trying to sell a brand new Timeless in a limited edition colorway, I forget what the size is but I know he's trying to get rid of it pretty cheap (retails for like $600, he won it at a premiere and already has a board).

Other than supporting artists that you enjoy...

Good choice, I rode one for the majority of last season and loved it. I'll probably end up picking up another one in a month or two. What do you expect from a $130 binding? What broke on them? How many days on hill? Customs are one of Burton's cheapest bindings. I don't see how screws coming loose is Burton's fault, and any Coalition shop will replace most broken Burton parts for free. Burton has the best warranty department I've ever dealt with. I'm not a big fan of their board durability, but their bindings are pretty top notch. Mabye next time drop some more money and you'll get better results.