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Right, im bored...

Steve C Author:Steve C posts : 2898   (Master)Date : 02-09-11 10:17

Right, im bored...

Sooo, lets really get a boarder/skier discussion going...
I'll start with the fact that.... when watching a boarder come down a piste, they all seem to be right on the edge of control, the smallest thing upsetting the applecart, and sending them groundwards... normally right in front of me Mad
Boarders sideslipping (which is all they seem to do) sweeping any loose snow off, exposing the hardpack underneath, very noticeable this season...

Im all for segregation, keep all boarders in ...
Sooo, lets really get a boarder/skier discussion going...
I'll start with the fact that.... when watching a boarder come down a piste, they all seem to be right on the edge of control, the smallest thing upsetting the applecart, and sending them groundwards... normally right in front of me Mad
Boarders sideslipping (which is all they seem to do) sweeping any loose snow off, exposing the hardpack underneath, very noticeable this season...

Im all for segregation, keep all boarders in snowdomes (Xscape, Glasgow ??)

Right.. discuss Wink

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davekl Author:davekl posts : 172   (Intermediate)Date : 02-09-11 10:21

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I think Glasgow is too close !!! is there not somewhere further ! LOL
Steve C Author:Steve C posts : 2898   (Master)Date : 02-09-11 10:27

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Hahahahaha, thats what im talking about.... Razz
eireski27 Author:eireski27 posts : 17   (Beginner)Date : 02-09-11 10:52

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Greenland should have enough snow to keep boarders busy. Off to Greenland with them. I believe that there is a fishing boat leaving from Arbroath with a bit of space on it.
Rob Baines Author:Rob Baines posts : 76   (Intermediate)Date : 02-09-11 10:56

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I've just started to learn to board ready for my first snow holiday (if there's any left) so know all about this feeling of being right on the edge of control!!
Still I look cooler than the skiiers! Razz
Steve C Author:Steve C posts : 2898   (Master)Date : 02-09-11 11:05

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Being a Westcountry boy surfing was to me almost a religion when i was young, it went the way of boarding, the beaches full of suedo surfers, with all the gear, and no ability Mad

Greenland sounds good, are the pistes wide ?? so they have plenty of space to sit down Wink
glee Author:glee posts : 12   (Beginner)Date : 02-09-11 11:24

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Why do they do that......always sit in a row across the width of the piste?
Steve C Author:Steve C posts : 2898   (Master)Date : 02-09-11 11:35

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Why do they do it ????? that's got to be the big question....
Little response from the traybrigade Wink must be nursing their bruises.. hehehehehe

ps.. its only a bit of fun to fill the time till the snow comes.. really Surprised
Steve C Author:Steve C posts : 2898   (Master)Date : 02-09-11 11:47

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Just to mix it up...

Negatives of boarding..

1) you are balanced on a knife edge in each turn, not very stable..
2) when not carving (rare enough) they are sideslipping..
3) however footed, they are blind one-way to anyone around them..
4) straight-line stability is negligible, just waiting for disaster..
5) the need for armour, everywhere, so much for freedom..
6) the need for labels, so last year..
7) the need to stop, take off board and walk on flattish piste..
Cool the need ...
Just to mix it up...

Negatives of boarding..

1) you are balanced on a knife edge in each turn, not very stable..
2) when not carving (rare enough) they are sideslipping..
3) however footed, they are blind one-way to anyone around them..
4) straight-line stability is negligible, just waiting for disaster..
5) the need for armour, everywhere, so much for freedom..
6) the need for labels, so last year..
7) the need to stop, take off board and walk on flattish piste..
Cool the need to grow dreads, and a goatie (just an observation, though suits some girls..)

Positives of boarding..

1) errrrrrrrrrrrr Confused

This should stir someone hehehehehe Wink

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eireski27 Author:eireski27 posts : 17   (Beginner)Date : 02-09-11 12:11

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Have you got nothing better to do today than sit there and stir the pot Steve. Surely there is some ongoing maintainance you can be doing on that bus of yours Very Happy Very Happy