Does /xs/ prefer step or strap on bindings? Do step ons work in deep powder?
>TFW the money grubbing jews at Vail won't pay their employees so I can't fucking go snowboarding
>>218920>snowboard all day>play miku game all nighti love japan bros
>>218920I bought clickers and had no idea what to expect as I'm a noob to the sport. I thought they were just what everyone used but so far I've seen no one else with them. No complaints about them, but my boots are old as shit apparently and the straps broke off. Thinking about just getting conventional bindings and not having broken gear
>>219162build a kaczynski shack in the trees at the top of the mountain; But You will have to evade the vail corporate ski death squads that patrol the mountains.
>>219490>shack in the trees at the top of the mountainthe jerry garcia shrine?
>>219225Real life Agartha
>>219490dope smoker classic
Should I buy new snowboard from mid-priced brand like Termit or better to buy used one but from Burton?
>>219574Used is just fine as long as it's not beat to shit
>>219575But what would be main advantage if we compare basic options, like no step ons and stuff like that and for someone who is still learning to snowboard?
>>219576I'm just thinking maybe better to buy a cheap one for now and later on, in a year or two buy a good board
>>219576Personally I think step ons suck ass. They're a bitch and a half to get back into if you crash anywhere but flat ground. Plus I just dont trust them.
>>219580agree, i'm thinking about getting a strap board but the ones which don't fully detach
what's the best resort in Europe for absolute beginners? been wanting to try snowboarding for years
I went from being a heel side hero to a toe side hero. But at least I had the balls to go straight a bit too. I need to intentionally practice turns next time. Whenever I try it I devolve into spinning heel toe heel toe until I get dizzy
>>219574I’ve got a $50 2017 Burton clash. I crash. I suck. But I’m learning and yeah it’s kinda fucked up but that means I don’t worry about it. Same with boots.
>go snowboarding on Saturday>immediately get hooked>go to board shop on Sunday and buy $1600 worth of gear>try out new board on Monday (Capita DOA)>get absolutely fucking banged up because new board is much faster and sensitive than the rental I used on Saturday>left ass cheek incredibly sore>right quad is incredibly sore>right shoulder incredibly sore>can barely sit down properlyI want to buy pic related. Anyone use them? I'm in Ohio, and our ski resorts are basically hard icey with a thin layer of snow. Felt like I was falling on slightly softer concrete.
>>220103Take it easy and stay upright by any means necessary, those pads aren't going to save you. You also probably should have gotten comfortable on the rental before going to a whole different setup. Rental boards are typically very flexy and forgiving for the n00bs, stiffer boards like the DOA much less so.
>>220117I assumed it would be smarter to buy my own gear ASAP so I could learn faster via a consistent setup. My friend taught me how to carve to slow down though, which will help me. I was riding flat and going really fast down hills and crashing at the bottom. Basically, I was riding like a fucking dumbass.So moving forward, I will fall much less, or at least my falls will be less gnarly.
>>220123Well you have the board now so might as well learn on it and you have a buddy to help you which is even better, shred on anon.
>>220168>shred on anonthanks anon, I will :3
>>220123>I was riding flat and going really fast down hills and crashing at the bottom. Basically, I was riding like a fucking boss.ftfy
>>220103Remember to target fixate on the bigges tree you see
I seriously need to get to the mountain in the morning or ask for work to change my schedule so i can avoid school ski club nights. Every fucking time I've been hit while snowboarding it's been some kid on skis going down the mountain like a missle and not watching where they're going.
>>222144XDD
LFG (Colorado) Ikon Pass must have beacon, probe, shovel, whistle, gopro. Can ride weekdays/weekends. Exclusively 2x black EX terrain & hike-back.I was dropping 25' cliffs and starting slides on unstable slopes yesterday and I'm done doing it without a partner. I want someone to find my body.Reply w your favorite access gate and I'll drop a burner e-mail.
Taking a girl snowboarding Saturday. How tf am I supposed to teach someone to baord when I barely can myself. They weren’t running the free lesson I took so it’ll be just my bad advice.
>>222563Taught many females to snowboard. Made some of them cry in my younger days. Some of them still get season passes.My advice: all your advice is bad advice.-Remind her to bend her knees and distribute weight evenly, if only so that she doesn't fall as far-Let her practice spinning from heel to toe and toe to heel down a green/easy blue-On a steeper blue, have her cross all the way across the run the execute a single turn-Nobody likes to feel like they are going too fast, so encourage her to actually turn uphill and make the transition at 2mph-Once you can make one turn you can link all of them-Just don't yell at yo bitch>babe, let's just call it a day and get you some hot cocoa. you'll figure it out, don't worry. ha, no, you didn't ruin my day, i'm just glad you're here.btw I hate all beginners and hope you both break bones
>>222567She actually is ruining my day. Finally getting powder in Oregon and I’m stuck on the green all day. Then she put me in the “all I can offer you is friendship” zone the day after I paid for the tickets >wanna blow my top smooth off
>>222569You should have just taken her iceskating or tubing, faggot.
>>222569>buy shit for her>"I just wanna be friends"played yourself
>>222604I thought I was inviting her out, and the "men pay" psyop worked on meaint doin that again
>>220168>>220178Alright, I went out a couple more times. I learned to use both edges and now I can carve somewhat, skid brake to allow merging when trails meet, and I rode blue trails all day, and would only fall about once per trail (on average).I fuckin love snowboarding now, bros. I'm 28, and the huge amount of hot high school girls makes me feel weird though.
>>222679Invite her over to your place next time. Have a bucket of chicken and a box of condoms chilling on the table when she arrives. She will get the message.
>>222693What if I just blow my shit clean off whole she’s in the passenger seat as we approach a cliff
>>222780Anon, stop being an edgy doomer. That won't get you laid. What you need to do is figure out if she's even into you. If she's not, then drop her and find another grill. Life is too short to orbit women that don't actually want you.
whats a good album to listen to while snowboarding next weekend? I will be high and drunk btw
>>223261i always start my day with this onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfJGXYfjRE
>>218920I don't like step ons. I was just at Mt Hood and tried them for the first time. Fresh powder was sticking to it like bubble gum and it was annoying having to swipe it off my boots every time I needed to step in.
>>220103My sister bullied me when I asked her for buttpad recommendations
>>223261
>>223270you shouldve known pnw would be incompatible with them
It's my 2nd season, I am finally making some deep carved turns with razor thin lines on red/blue/green slopes.I am also now starting to be able to navigate in between trees, hitting side cuts and slowly becoming comfortable with being airborne and sticking my landings, though I only land on my heel side because my ankles are kind of fucked.I have these old bindings with thick foam straps. All the new ones seem to have that webbed plastic strap instead.I'm wondering if switching to a new one will help improve my toe side feel/response? There is definitely a lot of play/cushion with the foam straps and I always kind of have to exaggerate my movements when I'm doing anything toe side. It's very noticeable when initiating toe side turns.
Today I took a "break day" just to learn how to ride switch the bunny hill and green runs and so far it's been some of the most fun I've had this season and it's just been slipping and sliding around like a jackass.
>>223478Maybe. This is a personal feel thing that you may or may not like. Just rent a board with the kind of bindings you're thinking about switching to for a day.
>>218920I ski, every binding is step in.
If anyone in the US is looking for a good deal on gear, Curated is having a going out of business sale so you can get some good stuff pretty cheap.>>223581Turns out this was a huge mistake and I strained my left hip flexor pretty bad. Heed my warning and always make sure to adjust your stance properly before trying something new.
>huge snowfall in my area>stuck on couch with upper respiratory infectionI pray it snows again this season :(
My local shop has flux bindings on sale for $99, should I cop them or save up for some supermatics if I want a rear entry binding. Burton stepons were too loose feeling for me and I miss wearing my vans.
>come back to snowboarding after 10 years>literally everyone including skiers wear helmets nowhuh?
>>225342We don’t want to get injured
>>225342The other day I ate shit in the park and hit the back of my head so hard that it dented my helmet. I'd rather shell out $75-150 for a new helmet than deal with traumatic brain injury or death.
>tfw snow day after a couple days of spring ridingFeels good man
Any Coloradofags here? I've always wondered if it's possible to ride all year since there are so many mountains. Or do the mountains also melt down in the summer?
>>219225IT KEEPS FUCKING SNOWING >>225447>all yeartechnically yes but it really strains the definition of riding and the effort you will have to exert for not very much poor quality snow by like, june makes it really not worth it. there a a couple of places like copper and buttermilk that build a psuedo-glacier for park kids but even that is highly weather dependent. if it gets too hot for even a week, that shit is just gone.otoh, we do sometimes get really good years where the snow just doesn't run out. 2 years ago we were getting full on big mountain powder days through may and front range resorts were open like a week into june.preseason sometimes we get lucky as well but you really want a rock board for that.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnkIJ95Ijyw
>>225460>big mountain powder days through mayso lucky
>>225463the flipside of that is last year where the snow just never really showed up and it was rock & ice skiing all the way from november until the spring. idk what this year is like because i'm not there but the reports i've gotten from home haven't been inspiring, we got an absurd early season deep day in november though (possibly the most snow i've ever seen from one storm)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRB-BXFkzOU&t=but then it didn't snow again until after christmas, which is colorado in a nutshell; you can get very big storms but they are surrounded by long periods of nothing. it truly is a case of YMMV
>>218920i use a strap on
havent snowboarded in over 10 years. did the industry agree on universal step-in standard yet? back then every manufacturer had their own shit which they would discontinue few years in.
Should I remove the bindings from my board for storage until next season?>>218920I'm a total noob, but I've fallen for the Flow step-in bindings.
>>226303Rear entry bindings seem to be the current go to right now since they don't require specialized boots.
Snowboarders, what do you do in the summer?Learning to skateboard seems like the apparent thing to do, but I hate falling on tarmac and concrete.
>>226356you could get really into trampoline training or get a jib board. if cost of living keeps staying fucked in america i'm very seriously considering fucking off to argentina or chile all summer for southern hemisphere winter
>>226356I rollerskate, swim and take my dog on hikes but I just impulse bought I cruiser board so I'll see how that goes once the weather gets nicer.
>>226356electric longboards are really fun
>>218920Got some step on's and am going to have fun on thursday. :)
>>226356Golf and fishing
>>226306>Should I remove the bindings from my board for storage until next season?bump
>>226670It's thursday and I'm having fun.
>>226950I've gotten back into boarding at the end of this season after a number of years out of it and have been browsing some snowboard talk online. I've been seeing a ton of hate for flying v boards, usually with no reasons attached, though I've hard peoppe say it's very forgiving. I have a flying v process, though with almost no perspective on other camber types. I plan to rent a camber board on monday to get a feel for it. I'm still beginer/intermediate and most prefer carving on mild groomed runs. Should I even be thinking about this until I'm more experienced, or should I get off this camber type early so I don't learn to rely on it's "forgiving" nature.
>>226920i've never done this but it cant hurt to loosen the screws at least (as long as you remember to tighten them the next winter)
What kind of board do I need for riding hard or icy conditions?
I love whiteness
>>227098I've been riding a board with magnetraction and it's pretty good at holding an edge in hardpack and ice
>>227027the only thing that should actually define a 'beginner snowboard' is budget and maybe secondarily the terrain you expect to be riding.on smaller resorts/ jib parks i think skate banana/flying v etc would be a lot of fun. a lot of the places i rode this winter would have been prefect for flying v. on ice coast/rocky mountains/alps they can still be fun but you will run into the limitations of a loose board more often>most prefer carvinggo with camber.
>>227112Is that a Lib Tech proprietary trademark?
>>227140mag specifically is mervin trademarked but pretty much every company has their own version of serrated edge tech these days
hate having things in my pockets on the resort so I was thinking of getting a backpack but I have a feeling I will hate riding with a backpack too. any backpack enjoyers have any opinions?
>>227152A number of years ago I went splitboarding with a backpack and it was very jarring at first, though it was a very big pack. Something smaller than a normal school bag shouldn't be very noticable.
>>227154thanks, was thinking it might be overkill for the resort but falling on my phone also sucks so something small to carry a tool and some water/snacks might be handy after all
>>227152you can get used to the feeling pretty quickly and there's usually a place you can stash it. i basically only wear it on the hike up and the last run of the day. the biggest benefit though is that you can strap your board/ boots/helmet to the pack which makes travel on/off the mountain much nicer
oh and the other really nice thing about a pack is that if you fall in deep snow it gives you a platform you can use to get back up
Should I wax my snow surfer?
>>228152https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVX8GxZCwxQ
>>228175I'll take that as a yes.
I wish we had… just one more storm… ACK
>>228262>get one last storm of the season>get called into work
>>228262>>228343If your local is still open, hold the line anons.The biggest single day storm in Tahoe last year was on Cinco de Mayo.
Anyone riding mammoth? I work as a lifty on backside come say wadup
>>226356surfing and other water related board sports are fun
>>220093More weight on the front foot. Think about the way you're rotating your body and the effect that it has on the board. Get some videos of you snowboarding and compare it to someone with a higher turn performance.
>>228421were you at June Lake around this time? I think I saw you, I was the retard with the Hilfiger board
Ops Manager @ A Basin here - if I find out any of you fags who were throwing the snowball that knocked the lady out on the lift this weekend you're BANNED FOR LIFE you slimy Denver niggers.
>>234243a basin is still open?
>>234243>snowball that knocked the lady out on the liftkwab
3 months to go, local resort opening last week of December. Early bird rate season passes go on sale next month.3 seasons I've been riding cheapo Salomon boots and bindings.Christmas came early and I got myself some post season sale stuff, 24-25 Nidecker Index and 24-25 Now/Yes Drive. Sold my old Korua Otto and replacing it with the Cafe Racer, first time I'm changing my setup and I'm changing it big time.Anyone else have the Now/Yes bindings with skaketech? Does it actually feel different or is it one big meme?Also, what are you homos excited for this season?
>>241758I'm not looking forward to Vail assraping my wallet in a few days but I'm really hoping we get enough snow to get my money's worth out of the season.
>>218920Step-ons are for rich middle-age casuals that think bending down and strapping in is what holds them back from snowboarding And no they absolutely don't work in powderNo chance getting back in once you're in somewhat deep snow because there's no resistance against the ground to push your foot into. Also the release lever on the side will wear out and won't stay up so you'll be bending down and holding onto the lever as you take your boot out.Put the money you save on step-ons and buy good boots and good strap bindings instead for the love of godt. rental shop rat with step-on experience (and not the rental specific ones but actual retail ones)
>>241831I assume you're referring to all quick entry and not just the Burton (now licensed by other companies) bindings.I don't think anyone thinks that straps are holding them back from anything. Everyone I know of who has some sort of quick entry binding got it simply for comfort.The way I see it, bindings have remained the same way since forever. Quick entry is definitely a step in (hehe) the right direction and I like that more and more companies are adapting it and more people are willing to try it out, hopefully leading to more innovation.I agree that given its current state it definitely has a lot of problems. One as you have already mentioned is if you're in deep powder.The bigger concern for me is the way certain companies are pushing for proprietary boots limiting your options and adds another component that can potentially fail by making boots a part of the locking mechanism.If I could have my current favorite bindings turned into a quick entry, without losing any of its characteristics and still allowing me to use the boots I like, I'd gladly pay an extra 100 bucks for it.>>241824How much for a season pass? It's 470 USD for mine, tiny resort, Dec-April, comes with free parking.
>>241832Mainly referencing Burton step-ons but none of them will outperform straps anytime soon There's a reason why there's 0 pro riders that use them seriouslyI've talked to dudes who say they can't/don't want to bend down to do their straps countless times over the yearsAnd Burton reps have literally told me the main market for step-ons is rich old dudes (especially chinese)It sounds dumb but step-in bindings give you too much response and 0 play Strap bindings will let you and your boot move side to side which helps you shift weight to the nose and tail without moving the board (especially noticeable when doing any sort of freestyle riding)I will say carving at full speed on a stiff board with step-ons feels nicer but thats going to feel nice anyway regardless of straps or not IMOOf course if they could overcome these hangups while making them affordable I'd get around them but I just can't see them improving without bloating out the features while keeping the weight down (I swear Supermatics are twice the weight of regular bindings)Completely locking into the bindings makes sense for skis because skiers need way more control over their skis and edges but it just doesn't feel right on a board.
>>241831What are your thoughts on rear entry/hybrid options like supermatics or those fenix bindings?>>241832>How much for a season passIt's about $670 dollars for a northeast value pass which gives me access to a bunch of resorts within reasonable driving distance in New Hampshire and a few days in Stowe. Next year I'm going to look into the Indypass.
>>241836Supermatics are too heavy and have too many moving parts and feel kinda janky, same with flows except not as heavy but feel weirdly looseToo many moving parts means higher chance of the binding failing, and finding spare parts will be difficult if you’re not in North America And like step-ons, no chance of getting in if you’re in deep snow or steep/uneven terrainI personally think reliability, lightweight and affordability > easy boot entry
>>241758>what are you homos excited for this season?idk i'm kind of split between going back to japan or just putting that travel money towards a car and trying to go hit a bunch of mountains in america>>241832>How much for a season pass? 3000 burgerbucks lmao
Need a new pow board, throw me some recommendations My slush slasher is delamming to shit so I gotta kill it but I’d like to get another similar Omni directional boardsAnd step ons are for kooks. Those + dope snow apparel =instant gaper
>>242174telos did a pretty crazy clearance deal right before the season last year. if it happens again i'll probably try to grab a backslash
>>242174also just found a cheapish caldera which might suit your purposeshttps://www.ridgelinebikenski.com/product/telos-caldera-33335.htm?variations=619511&srsltid=AfmBOoqSM7TmPqHNAItlXf3gs0GECUB5h7tgq8OHjxMK7vz2KZpp5C0fEZc
anyone try snowskating before? Wondering how similar it is to snowboarding.
>>242274https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbjrA7zZwH0carving on a bideck more or less works the same way as carving on a snowboard. the biggest immediate difference is that you can't just stop for free and you can't get away with being lazy. desu i think snowskating made me a better snowboarder
>>242277I'm a fat fuck so not sure if the small ass ski on the bottom will be able to hold an edge properly but i'll keep the stopping tip in mind
hey slope bros, this is looking like a good winter for us. How is everyone training for the first day back on the slopes come december/january? with love, out of shape retard from the ice coast
>>242623REI has a mostly calisthenics and resistance band based workout for snowsports on their website.
>>242174For blower days I love my K2 Special Effects but for anything else it's the Almanac (spiritual successor to the party platter)
What is a good resort to go snowboarding at late november - early december?
pool's closed
>>242831I'd be lucky if the resorts in my area are even open by late november
