The Blue Board

I bought a Burton board off of my Buddy and bought some Burton boots.

That's awesome! Do you still have it? That would be a pretty sweet collectors item, shows you how much change in the board from then and now too, funky shaped backed then, kinds looks like a really big Ski

nah, it was a rental. and i pulled the rear binding straight out of the board on like the 3rd day out. just not used to having to do everything w/ 2 feet instead of one. pulled my right foot up and the bolt inserts ripped right out. 1st board i ever bought was a kemper freestyle like this one, but i have no idea what ever happened to it.

Where have you been riding? Keep your weight on the front? Huh? Are you riding icey, East coast mountains or something? If you're riding deep, fresh, powder you have to lean back with weight on the rear and literally lift the front up or else you aren't going anywhere.

Yup. Where do you ride?

ill check them out after school... when im at school my forticlient blocks most websites... i use burton freestyles, i really like them very comfortable bindings, i have them set up perfect for my stance.. looking at getting some new boots, i got all my stuff when i was 14 and i was about 5'4 then, im 17 now and im around 5'10, 5'11ish so my feet have grown quite a bit since then, the boots were extra tight last year haha

Another suggestion... find the following items for the end of the day:

- Ibuprofen
- Vodka
- Board shorts
- Hot tub

That worked well for me, haha.

Hell yeah. I've been to Whistler twice myself and it was hands down the best mountain I've ever been. I used to have a pass to Mt Bachelor and Mt Hood. I used to ride Baker years ago. I spent a winter in Tahoe and had a pass to Heavenly. I lived in Colorado for a few years and used to ride Breck and Beaver alot. I also hit Telly, Vail, etc...All incredible riding, but none of them compared to Whistler. I really want to go to Europe and ride the Alps. I didn't ride all last season because I broke my collar bone. I'm stuck on the East coast this winter so I'm going to have to take some trips out West and I may try and do my Euro trip this winter as well.

I've been to Tahoe a bunch of times. Hit up Heavenly, North Star, Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley. But the most fun I had up there was doing a snowcat trip into the backwoods. There were some crazy Swedes on that trip who would purposely launch right at trees, just to jump through forks etc.

Then in Colorado, my favorite was Breck, but that was mainly because I wasn't as good as I am now. It wasn't that challenging of a mountain though. A-Basin and Copper were fun... and I had one hell of a powder day at Vail.

Mammoth in Northern California is a fun mountain too.

I dislocated my ankle last year and it kind of ruined my season. Hopefully this year I'll have some better luck.

So just got back from my first time this year, had a pretty good day. Didn't get a lesson, but by about run #3 I was starting to link turns. Had a few hard falls, one while I was doing a toe side turn and I caught the heel side of the board. That one hurt. Also one where I was doing a heel side turn and caught the toe side of the board. That one wasn't too bad. Had a great time though, had few runs where I was linking turns left and right and didn't fall once during the entire run. Can't wait to go out again.

Take a beginners group lesson. You will learn the basics in a 1/2 day instead of spending 3 days on your backside.