Snowboarding thread

Coming up this weekend. Check it out.

https://www.jacksonhole.com/kings-queens-corbets

 

Lets go Karl!!

 

Good day at Grand Targhee Wyoming

 

Someday I'll go there...

 

Can’t go wrong there @gladecreekwy
Was there enough coverage for you to do some of the cliffs?

 

They had a 20+ dump two days before so the snow was great. It’s got to be a lot deeper for these old bones to drop anything big

 

winter has finally arrived at JH Hope everyone got a piece of this storm 3 degrees, 40 mph wind and dumping make for a blower day

 

Went to the mountain yesterday because it was the first day of ski school for the girls (6&8 and also their first times) because they REALLY wanted to go. It was -11 degrees so I opted to not go up after school was done. Gonna go tomorrow though.

 

I was glad i went friday -18 at the summit yesterday. I was still pretty cold especially since we stood in the Teton lift line for 2 hours till they opened at 11 . It was deep

 

I'm over in NJ closest mountain is blue in PA. Still only has like 15 out of 35ish trails open with grass still visible on mountain cams. Every week we get 50 degree rain days and kills all of it. Major storm rolling in now in Maine, Upstate NY, Vermont and NH though. Going up tomorrow morning 8 am bright and early. I have off all presidents day week so trying to figure out if i should go west again (did big sky last year) or hit Vermont again (went up this year already)

 

fluffy lake effect up to your waist. Deepest I’ve ever ridden in.

 

Sucks that today was my first time up this year.
I rode hard to make up for it.
I will end up paying for it tomorrow

 

“i'm at that age where my mind still thinks i'm 29 my humor suggests i'm 12 while my body mostly keeps asking if i'm sure i'm not dead yet”

 

47 and I went faster, harder, higher, and longer than anyone in the group.
I’m also sitting here at 8pm trying to stay awake and losing that fight.

 

they all came to the realization they probably have liabilities to pay for and need to work tomorrow…

I’m still holding on to my gear hoping that one day I’ll dust em off..



also…47…ye olde bro!

 

Come on up
We’ll dust off that gear
I’m still riding my 1995 K2 Eldorado 169. It’s on the third set of bindings, but still going strong!

 

I would die…






Of excitement

 

Sunny day at JH

 

Work and parenting has kept my spare time down to a minimum the past few years. Recently I have been getting the itch to get back out on the slopes.

I have been slowly upgrading my gear and equipment and rode last week for the first time in a long time. It was the first time riding with a new helmet, new goggles, new board, new boots, and new bindings.

What a difference compared to my 10+ year old gear!

My first reaction was how comfortable everything was.

I’m not sure if it was my old boots or user error by strapping too tight, but the combo of step ons and boa (Burton Photon SO) were night and day difference compared to my old setup.

If you have any circulation issues with your current boot/binding setup I would consider step ons.

I didn’t take any pics, next time I get out I will snap some and post them.

 

Nice. Nothing worse than boots that hurt. I rode the original Burton step ins for years and loved them. I’ll definitely get them the next time I need bindings.

 

Jealous of these Jackson pictures lol nothing but sadness on the east coast right now (specifically pa) though a bright spot tomorrow. up to 10 inches coming in tonight to hit my local mountain and my day off got approved.

 

It’s been a rough one here as well. The advantage we have is the snow doesn’t really melt so we don’t lose any. We’ve gotten 250” but I think we had almost 500 by the end of last season

 

250 inches of snow?!?!?! I just rode at Wintergreen VA this weekend... they have had 9in total this year, all of which melted immediately. Every drop of snow on the mountain is fake right now.

 

Agreed!

Prior to these step ons I have only used strap ins, but I would imagine the feeling of step ons are pretty similar to the feeling of the old style step ins in respect to how your feet feel in the boots.

 

Yeah - we are sitting on about 72" total so far this year. We average about 150" / year so it's been pretty slow for us. About 2 weeks of nothing. Which is insane in February.

 

my mountain is blue mountain in PA. 30 inches this season
21/22 - 102 inches
22/23 - 83
this season 30

not a great trend sadly

 

As seen in my pic above - I'm also using the Burton Step Ons. Photon boot with the Genesis Re:Flex binding... great combo.

I had a shitty day at the end of last season in my Step Ons and mistakenly blamed the setup. Went back down the rabbit hole and bought Union Atlas bindings w/ Vans Infuse boots. Took those out a month ago and immediately wanted my SO setup back on the board. First thing I did when I got home was put the SO setup back on and sold the brand new gear to my brother at a major loss. Not only for the ease of use, but also the feel. I'm not sure how to describe it but I truly feel more connected to the board with the Step Ons vs traditional bindings. Plus the Photon boots fit like slippers. At this point I would never go back to the old way... and will just look for updates on SO boots and bindings as they come out.