What board did you ride today?

NT.Thunder said:

Pretty hard, board washed through the tree well and flicked out, tree hit my upper thigh/lower buttox LHS as I was going down. Badly bruised, just black and still bruised and it was 2 weeks ago yersterday. Very sore. The following day I was traversing a steep and fell and lanede on my ass and had the most exruciating pain for about 2-3 seconds and then nothing, weirdest sensation. A couple of hours later the pain was back, couldn't sit/sleep comfortably LOL, few panadol/neurofen to get trhought he trip but it was hard. These last 2 days feel like it's improving and the color is turning yellow so on the mend.

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A few years ago I came across an unmarked stream and did a quick turn to avoid it…unfortunately as the hill rolled over I was airborne and now on a trajectory toward a tree. I saw it coming, thought I could turn, but it was pow on ice and it just slid out… board went on one side, centre of mass on the other. I hit it just below my femoral head (physiotherapist said I would’ve shattered it if I hit just a couple inches higher). I screamed in pain, unstrapped and stood on it. I figured it wasn’t broken and the flight instinct hit… I strapped back in, got down to the car and started driving home! Decided it was a bad idea and called my wife, who picked me up half way and took me to the hospital. I couldn’t walk when I got out of the car. Anyway, I separated the cartilage at the pubic symphysis and had a huge hematoma on my thigh. Physiotherapy for 2 months before I was back on a board (but it felt seriously sketchy).

Hopefully you’ve had yours looked at and had some guidance to get back on it. These things seem to keep adding up and resurfacing with age.

Finally got some pow… about 15 cm up top with it drifting deeper in places.


Wish I wasn’t sore from yesterday!

I’ve successfully ditched my family for the rest of family day weekend! 😀


The Niche Maelstrom is great for variable conditions… so easy to ride. Saving my legs for an epic day tomorrow.

So many Jerry’s on the hill though.

Shorty in the morning… with a few runs on the Special Effects this afternoon before the fog rolled in and my legs were dead.

Burton Dump Truck 154:

It’s been snowing all day, the runs are lumpy and there‘s a little pow in the trees. I’ve missed its nimble precision in the trees. I put it 2cm behind reference (almost 10 cm back on board) but it’s still not floating my added weight. I was going to go one more, but just went over the nose so I think I’ll make it 4 cm behind ref.

I picked up a new Stalefish 153 on Friday, slapped on some bindings and got a few evening laps in.

Doctor’d the bindings and rode it all day Saturday. Didn’t like the crispy morning, but otherwise it’s a solid board.

Today I hit the crispy groomers with the Shorty 164 until my legs were tired and there were too many obstacles. Then I grabbed the Maelstrom 157 to relax a bit.

I haven’t used Ski track in years, but I was curious about my speed. The Shorty is very comfortable C carving at 40 kph, but I do open it up more... I hit 60 when S carving to get ahead of some traffic… Driving the nose and not holding back I hit 70 kph. I knew it felt fast, but didn’t realize it was THAT fast! The progressive sidecut is listed as 8.6, but the nose sort of rounds out to infinity and the tail is under 8m. The 1273mm effective edge feels very secure.

On the Maelstrom I topped out at 40 kph, generally carving in the mid 30’s. Sidecut is 7.4m, effective edge is 1190. Coming off the Shorty the traction bumps were very noticeable on the crispy groomer, and not in a good way. I do like that added contact under foot in sketchier conditions though.

I’m sure some people charge harder on the Maelstrom, but this was my comfort level in these conditions. The 163 would probably be a fairer comparison as well. But the Shorty is a beast… it devours groomers.

I think my speed on the Stalefish (in softer conditions) will be on par with the Maelstrom (in firmer conditions). My main purpose for the Stalefish was more relaxed carving in softer conditions, but it’ll charge more than I thought it would.