The wait for anything to happen in that movie was so long I gave up after two minutes when still nothing had happened. I can only assume it's a spoof of all the wanky ski movies but it wasn't funny or interesting enough to be worth watching the rest of it.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Unfortunately I stuck with it.
Thrilling stuff, especially those bits where he's actually sliding down a piste...
I thought it was very clever. He must have superb balance and core strength to pull off those ground-level carves. The rotating shots taken from the helmet GoPro on a long pole were superb.
I am a bit mystified as to what the hell he was riding. It wasn't a tea tray nor was it a mono ski. It looked like a very fat ski that had had 2 bindings fitted.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
@foxtrotzulu, skip to 2:50 for the action, if you are inclined to try again.
After all it is free
After all it is free
@Gaza, I concur.
Saw some guys on those things (or something similarly boardy and racey) earlier in the year and it was amazing the edge and angles that they were getting.
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So its a snowboard right? Not knowing much about snowboarding is that what snowboarders aspire to do?
And what happens if you fall at speed with a pole the length of a golf club shaft stuck on top of your helmet? Are they meant to break off or break your neck?
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Ah the Eurocarve.... each to their own, but we should never forget there are a billion ways to slide sideways
As for the rotatey-pole-GoPro-mount.. it just makes dull on-piste a bit more extreme
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Flinnster wrote:
...there are a billion ways to slide sideways
The whole idea is NOT to slip sideways, but to ride on the rail. After all snowboarding is a spinoff from classical wavesurfing - riding a frozen wave.
Look at his video from famous monsterwave Nazare (Portugal) - on such a way you don't want to "crab" sideways but blast forward and have a rail with a good bite for grip
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This whole Hardboots'n'boned-out-eurocarves are very much Philwig cup o' Bovril. Frankly, I just cannot grow a substantial enough beard to be in the 'scene'.
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
I think his first video is significantly better, but they're extremely well produced and worth a look for video/editing ideas. Personally I want to see the riding in the first 5 seconds or I'm struggling.
That's a very stylized turn, and not one I much like - to me it's more of a trick. My approach is pretty much "race"; utilitarian, without stylistic additions. Eg Vimeo 149608586.
Virus specializes in stiff narrow boards - that one looks is wider than most so it's likely specifically designed for his rotation/ laid down style. I ride a metal (Swiss) Kessler SL on piste which is wider, shorter, and has a broader application. There are niche US and Canadian manufacturers of race gear too. It's an active market, but tiny.
As far as what snowboarders "aspire" to, the fashion for the last 30 years has been very much skate (not surf) oriented spinny tricks. The focus is on doing things which require an audience to make sense. So broadly the answer's "no, they do not aspire to this or anything like it".
When I started snowboarding I was the only rider on the hill. Most places, not much has changed, there are just a lot of side-slippers for me to carve circles around these days. Personally if I can't ride hard I ride a no-board, I'm not much interested in the stuff in between. I look stupid with a beard.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
A young(er) friend of ours is an active member of the US racing scene for these.
Very impressive.
I've nothing (much) against snowboarders...except when they are heel-edge grinding down a whole slope!
That never happens with these.
I do think he needs to get some better clothing though...his thigh and sleeve were dripping wet towards the end of this video.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
It's sikaflex on his thighs and gloves to cope with abrasion due to constantly dragging over the snow in EC turns
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skip to 2:50 for the action, if you are inclined to try again
Thanks for that.... quite enjoyed the video (except the very spinny bits which make me seasick) but the music was pretty mind-numbing. Not as bad as the ghastly new age stuff on the surfing video - I did enjoy those waves, though. Would love to go and see them (from a vantage point on dry land) sometime.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Nazaré: They're using camera angles fairly carefully there, impressive none the less. When I surfed there, they had brown things floating in the water. That was maybe 10 years ago mind, and perhaps things are better now what with all the Euro investment
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
philwig wrote:
Nazaré: They're using camera angles fairly carefully there, impressive none the less.
I remember being in Tenerife as a kid and seeing sets rolling in upwards of 20ft, even that was remarkably impressive.
Actually Walberswick in a north-easterly gale can be pretty serious - way over windsurfer mast-high and cross-shore winds. So over 4.5 meters non-Hawaian... not sure what it would be in feet. Big waves are impressive.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Flinnster wrote:
Ah the Eurocarve.... each to their own, but we should never forget there are a billion ways to slide sideways
As for the rotatey-pole-GoPro-mount.. it just makes dull on-piste a bit more extreme
So how does it differ from a skwal (saw one for the first time in 15 years at Les Arcs this Easter) ?
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