[H] Buying Snowboard - Page 2

On November 11 2010 06:16 Murderotica wrote:
I live in New Jersey so I live next to some really shitty mountains that aren't worth the trip anymore. The closest decent mountain is in midstate NY, and that's 3-4 hours driving. The best local mountains are in Vermont/Quebec, and are 8-10 hours respectively. The reason I stopped snowboarding is pretty much because these shits are so far away and I no longer get free accomodations -_-; Too costly of a habit for me right now. I really do want to go this winter though for the first time in 3 years, would be awesome n_n; Saving up that money!

On November 11 2010 13:17 Murderotica wrote:
BroOd so where do you live right now? Wtf? You in my area?

Also, if you are in fact on the east coast, make a point of going to Le Massif in Quebec, best place on the east hands down. Lake Placid is obviously good too, but Massif has VT and NY beat.

On November 11 2010 13:32 BroOd wrote:

Yeah sort of, I'm in North Jersey (Morristown). I've never been to Le Massif but I was at Mont Tremblant and it was amazing, one of the best weeks ever.

On November 11 2010 13:57 Murderotica wrote:

You asshole, all this time and you don't tell? I guess it's like xiberia going to korea and not telling Rekrul.

On November 11 2010 16:43 BroOd wrote:

For some reason I thought I'd told you but it must have been someone else. Yeah I'm like 40-50 mins away.

On November 11 2010 18:47 myfriendspro wrote:
Hey, im coming in to enemy territory here, im a skiier. I was just reading this thread and just reading/talking about riding makes me happy so i had to post! A few things:

That 07 burton custom is sweet.

Its funny that out of all the ski resorts in the world you guys are talking about Mont Tremblant. I spent the whole of last winter there november - march. Had such an awesome time!

@OP - assuming its the same for snowboarders starting freestyle - just take things easy and feel it out. Dont try to progress too fast and make sure you straight air jumps a bunch of times before trying to throw stuff down. Most importantly is dont change your mind on what you're doing mid in run! I did and bailed the landing and a seemingly standard crash did something to my knee that still isnt fixed 8 months later. Maybe i just suck at jumps though!

On November 12 2010 03:29 Murderotica wrote:
The only reason we see you guys as enemies is both snowboarders and skiiers do annoying shit on the slopes, but we obviously are going to hate the other party more haha. Skiiers - fuck you guys with your wide arching S turns that make it hard to pass your dumb asses, your little kids that are in front of you tied to your waist as if 4 year olds need to know how to ski, your ability to cut the shit out of people. Fuck you! Snowboarders - thanks for sitting in a 6-man line perpendicular to the slope, effectively blocking half the trail and most of you know that you can't do any fucking tricks anyways, fuck you for your pseudo-rebellious nature when really you are only there because your parents were rich enough to pay for snowboarding trips when you were younger. Fuck you too!

On November 11 2010 09:13 Gene wrote:
im working at mount snow in VT :D :D

and might be in the market for a new board myself except i know relatively little. Havent been on the mountain in years, this promises to be a wonderful winter. hope you come out with a beauty

On November 12 2010 18:46 myfriendspro wrote:


While i agree with all of that, especially the stuff about the 4 year old kids because i had to teach a bunch of them. They can barely stand up and you want them to ski?

I pretty much hate anyone on the mountain who is a jobber and gets in my way using up MY precious mountain space!

On November 12 2010 03:26 Murderotica wrote:

Let's go get drinks sometime? Need to get Hawk in on this too. I always thought you lived in Europe or something.

EDIT: Also I used to have those exact step-ins on my custom haha they are actually pretty good as far as customs go but I definitely had 2-3 times where my foot popped out.

On November 13 2010 01:26 BroOd wrote:

Yeah we definitely should some time. As for the step-ins, they're not all that bad I guess. I was using freestyles until one of my boots got messed up, and since I had my old step-in boots & bindings I started using them again. The biggest pain is the ice build up later in the day after stepping in and out off the lifts. I used to carry a tiny bottle of anti-freeze in my pocket to get it off.