1st Day on New Board

I just bought a new snowboard, Ride Fleetwood 161, and Burton Cartel bindings this week. I have new boots on order too, Burton Sabbaths. I have been on the same old boots and bindings since '97, they were the K2 Clicker step in bindings. They were, how you say, pretty clapped out and sloppy. So now the new gear is tight and responsive. I waxed it up and broke 'er in this week. I went up to Keystone to give it some abuse.

I always felt pretty comfortable on my old board which was the same size, but I tried mounting the bindings an inch farther back, thinking it would make it float better in the powder and crud. It felt ok, but not quite as good as my old board, so after a few runs I moved the bindings up an inch then took it down the same run I just did prior, much different. It was so much better underfoot carving on the groomers, way more nimble and more effortless in the trees. So I guess I found out what too far back on the board is like. I am totally stoked to take the board out some more.

Here is the final result of going too fast and out of control through the trees. I was almost back out into the open, just rippin along and couldn't make the last zig-zag and had to pull back hard and jump to the side to dodge the head inplant into the bark. Another move to just barely keep body intacted so I can go try it again.