scared me pretty good

[icebiker]

I hung up the wheeled boards long ago. Though I do miss skating, I prefer to carve now on something softer and with no cars in the way 😀

 

[Patrick]

anyone do the all-mountain board with the pneumatic tires and hand brake? i'd def give it a go.

 

[Patrick]

I hung up the wheeled boards long ago. Though I do miss skating, I prefer to carve now on something softer and with no cars in the way 😀

copper mt?

you riding hard boots? nice to have the hard carve, but soft boots/duck stance with the ability to go both ways makes me happy!

 

[soundz]

If it ain't got brakes, I ain't interested.

All you need us a pair of them swiss stop gloves.

 

[icebiker]

copper mt?

you riding hard boots? nice to have the hard carve, but soft boots/duck stance with the ability to go both ways makes me happy!

That was Vail actually, but you were close! Yes, hardboots. I was in softies for 25 years but found myself doing less of the freestyle stuff and more of the carving, so moved to hard boots about 4 years ago and haven't gone back. One pair is stiffer and uses step in bindings on an alpine board for carving the groom. Another pair is softer and uses toe-bail bindings on an all mountain board for later in the day when the groom is gone and the bumps come out!

I hear you on duck stance. While I run 55 degree F/R parallel angles which is traditionally used for carving, I've seen some insane riders carving duck stance....here's a guy I met at Breck last winter...Ryan Knapton...super nice guy, and highly skilled:

 

[pkovo]

I picked up a Carver skateboard last year. Impulse buy after surfing a nice hurricane swell. Stopped in for wax and came away with a skateboard.

For anyone who surfs, these things are really fun. Not for bombing hills, but they have a truck system that allows you to pump them for speed with the exact same motion used on a surfboard. You can simulate cutbacks, you can slide the tail like on a surfboard; it Really helps keep me from getting rusty now that I don't get much water time. I'm too much of a sissy to bomb hills any more, but carving them is fun.

It might be good as a snowboard cross-trainer also, but I'm not sure. I snowboard infrequently, and tend to mirror a surf style on the snowboard too, so I'm not sure if it would feel as natural to someone that only snowboards.

Buying a Carver is actually what got me back into biking, in a weird round about way.

 

[Patrick]

That was Vail actually, but you were close! Yes, hardboots. I was in softies for 25 years but found myself doing less of the freestyle stuff and more of the carving, so moved to hard boots about 4 years ago and haven't gone back. One pair is stiffer and uses step in bindings on an alpine board for carving the groom. Another pair is softer and uses toe-bail bindings on an all mountain board for later in the day when the groom is gone and the bumps come out!

I hear you on duck stance. While I run 55 degree F/R parallel angles which is traditionally used for carving, I've seen some insane riders carving duck stance....here's a guy I met at Breck last winter...Ryan Knapton...super nice guy, and highly skilled:

best thing to hear as as a snowboarder overtaking, "didn't hear you coming!" (twss)

started 20+ years ago - and yeah, huge changes in teaching. i take a lesson every couple years just to hear the new words they use to describe the feeling. and jump to the front of the lift line...😀

 

[roc]

That was Vail actually, but you were close! Yes, hardboots. I was in softies for 25 years but found myself doing less of the freestyle stuff and more of the carving, so moved to hard boots about 4 years ago and haven't gone back. One pair is stiffer and uses step in bindings on an alpine board for carving the groom. Another pair is softer and uses toe-bail bindings on an all mountain board for later in the day when the groom is gone and the bumps come out!

I hear you on duck stance. While I run 55 degree F/R parallel angles which is traditionally used for carving, I've seen some insane riders carving duck stance....here's a guy I met at Breck last winter...Ryan Knapton...super nice guy, and highly skilled:

Lost boy?

 

[icebiker]

i take a lesson every couple years just to hear the new words they use to describe the feeling. and jump to the front of the lift line...😀

Smart man! And yes, on crowded weekends it's not easy to get a good carving run in as many people love to straightline. Kinda like the mtbers that create cut through straightaways at six mile instead of riding the turns...lol.

 

[icebiker]

Lost boy?

Dude! Good eye!

 

[roc]

I love that run, so fun! Always soft and tons of room for huge arcs. One day, I'll touch a hip, or maybe not?. Flapjack is great for big turns also.

 

[jumpa]

We gotta meet up on the slopes!

I hung up the wheeled boards long ago. Though I do miss skating, I prefer to carve now on something softer and with no cars in the way 😀

 

[icebiker]

We gotta meet up on the slopes!

Sure! Let's get @roc and @fidodie and any other snow types together for a day somewhere. Hope we have a winter like last 2 years!

 

[qclabrat]

I picked up a Carver skateboard last year. Impulse buy after surfing a nice hurricane swell. Stopped in for wax and came away with a skateboard.

For anyone who surfs, these things are really fun. Not for bombing hills, but they have a truck system that allows you to pump them for speed with the exact same motion used on a surfboard. You can simulate cutbacks, you can slide the tail like on a surfboard; it Really helps keep me from getting rusty now that I don't get much water time. I'm too much of a sissy to bomb hills any more, but carving them is fun.

It might be good as a snowboard cross-trainer also, but I'm not sure. I snowboard infrequently, and tend to mirror a surf style on the snowboard too, so I'm not sure if it would feel as natural to someone that only snowboards.

Buying a Carver is actually what got me back into biking, in a weird round about way.

got a picture of the said board?, need a x-mas gift for me self
or maybe new bindings...

 

[axcxnj]

+1 for hard boots on a snowboard!!

i dont have a carving board..this is actually a setup for my splitboard in the backcountry. I find that its way easier to climb technical ice in an alpine touring boot than a snowboard boot, so i went with that setup for my splitboard. the added stiffness of the boot helps with the floppiness of the board though.

 

[qclabrat]

best thing to hear as as a snowboarder overtaking, "didn't hear you coming!" (twss)

started 20+ years ago - and yeah, huge changes in teaching. i take a lesson every couple years just to hear the new words they use to describe the feeling. and jump to the front of the lift line...😀

my first snowboard was a Burton backwoods, the blue one with the slip on bindings when I was about 15
only took it to golf courses cause I couldn't afford to go to ski resorts, gave it up after 2 seasons
picked up skiing during college, then the board for another 2-3 years after I got married, then back to skis when the kids started learning
I did buy a new board about 10 years ago thinking I'd start riding again, what's changed since then? I'm more into freeride and not much of a park guy. Though there's not much good freeriding here in NJ/PA

we probably need to start a new thread now...

 

[pkovo]

got a picture of the said board?, need a x-mas gift for me self
or maybe new bindings...

no pic, but I took some incredibly goony vids of myself fooling around in a few parking lots on it when I first got it to try and entice some of my surfing buddies to go out and buy them.


Their website has quite a bit of info http://www.carverskateboards.com/ The C7 truck system is the original "surf skate" setup, but the C4 trucks are the newer version. I have a complete Carver board with the C7 trucks and a set of the C4 trucks mounted to an old longboard deck I had kicking around the garage. I like the C7 better, but I think most people actually prefer the C4. They both turn in a way that feels remarkably similar to a surfboard. I just picked a deck that allowed me to get close to my normal surf stance, which is pretty much the same as my snowboard stance. They've ruined regular skateboard trucks for me....those just feel wrong now.

 

[Patrick]

props for helmet...
only seen that done on a ripstik...call me a dino!

 

[Chris(NJ)]

Their website has quite a bit of info http://www.carverskateboards.com/ The C7 truck system is the original "surf skate" setup, but the C4 trucks are the newer version. I have a complete Carver board with the C7 trucks and a set of the C4 trucks mounted to an old longboard deck I had kicking around the garage. I like the C7 better, but I think most people actually prefer the C4. They both turn in a way that feels remarkably similar to a surfboard. I just picked a deck that allowed me to get close to my normal surf stance, which is pretty much the same as my snowboard stance. They've ruined regular skateboard trucks for me....those just feel wrong now.

just noticed they have a flying manta! Maybe I'll get one to match my board lol.
I bought a Von Sol Manta when I got out to CA back in May and surfed it all year. Such a sick board. I stopped by Sean's house and had him pack it up for me when I flew home last month. He's a super cool guy.
If you ever want to surf, let me know. I paddle out as much as possible. Thursday was a relatively big day at 6-7'. It was good, but I honestly had more fun in the 3' leftovers on Friday.
I'm think I'm also going to sell my kechele stub fish this year if you know anyone looking for a used board.

 

[stb222]

If it ain't got brakes, I ain't interested.

It has brakes, you just need to know how to use them.

My son got speed wobbles for the first time the other day, brought a little tear to my eye.

I can appreciate the long boarding stuff, however I will likely never be into it myself.