Sunday Drivers? (This Sunday?)
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Great idea and I'd like to attend but I have to pay the dues in the workshop to get Mon and Tuesday off to get schooled. Working on prototype snowboards for Canadas top Olympic hopeful and towards the 2010 Games in Vancouver. This is a hobby of mine which has gotten way out of control!. You'd be proud to know a big part of the current success of the snowboards is Aluminum :smile:
Don't know him and I rarely visit shops. I'm the kinda underground guy that builds real good boards and pisses most shops off as what they have is of no comparison. My specialty is high end race and performance freecarve boards. Mostly all shops just deal with the soft boot types of boards whereas my boards are to be used only with the hard boot setup ( similar to ski boots).
They are real good for going fast and carving a hard precise line. Hmmm, sounds like driving a racecar but at a fraction of the price :biggrin:
They are real good for going fast and carving a hard precise line. Hmmm, sounds like driving a racecar but at a fraction of the price :biggrin:
Steve is a real "expert" boarder and although he rents all types he is a carving board with hard plates guy and his good buddies are all very hard core boarders (including our buddie Jeff who is a member at Craigleath and the head instructor there too - thats hard core!)
I'm sure you should talk to steve about your stuff, he could probably help you sell a lot of boards (he's a renter not a store).
Steve Young, Skis Please: 705 445- Skis, tell him Stuart (Sherman) told you to call. :wink:
I'm sure you should talk to steve about your stuff, he could probably help you sell a lot of boards (he's a renter not a store).
Steve Young, Skis Please: 705 445- Skis, tell him Stuart (Sherman) told you to call. :wink:
Please no more advertising :biggrin:
My current situation has me booked in advance about 1 year to get a board. I still have this as a hobby and my "day job" definitely slows things down. The hardboot community is very small and even if I don't know someones name, I'd surely recognize them from seeing them on the hills.
I tried dealing with stores but then the customer did not get the proper product as for top performance they really need to be custom built taking into account the many factors involved ( height , weight , ability , preferred riding areas etc)
Never really got into it as a business as I was just making them for myself then got too good at it. So good that last winter my boards won both racing gold medals at the World Championships in Whistler with Jasey Jay Andersdon riding them. He is an awesome athlete and that helps but he still needs proper hardware.
Stuck in the rut of quality vs quantity and if in doubt, I prefer to go with quality!
My current situation has me booked in advance about 1 year to get a board. I still have this as a hobby and my "day job" definitely slows things down. The hardboot community is very small and even if I don't know someones name, I'd surely recognize them from seeing them on the hills.
I tried dealing with stores but then the customer did not get the proper product as for top performance they really need to be custom built taking into account the many factors involved ( height , weight , ability , preferred riding areas etc)
Never really got into it as a business as I was just making them for myself then got too good at it. So good that last winter my boards won both racing gold medals at the World Championships in Whistler with Jasey Jay Andersdon riding them. He is an awesome athlete and that helps but he still needs proper hardware.
Stuck in the rut of quality vs quantity and if in doubt, I prefer to go with quality!
Hey Coiler,
I know the company... are you a one man show? I was toying with notion of going to a carving board and came across your website last year. Freecarve is definitely a small community. The only thing I really like about snowboarding is going fast and carving. Carving can be done on a freestyle board but nowhere near the kind of carving you can do on a Freecarve board...
Should I go over to the dark side? I imagine that all the equipment would be much more expensive and you get those... "last years' model" at 60% discount at the Ski and Snowboard show...
I know the company... are you a one man show? I was toying with notion of going to a carving board and came across your website last year. Freecarve is definitely a small community. The only thing I really like about snowboarding is going fast and carving. Carving can be done on a freestyle board but nowhere near the kind of carving you can do on a Freecarve board...
Should I go over to the dark side? I imagine that all the equipment would be much more expensive and you get those... "last years' model" at 60% discount at the Ski and Snowboard show...
Coiler: Awsome, I wasn't aware of your greatness! I ski on skis, (i know, i know 
) but sking with steve and the guys on their carving boards is soooo cool. They look so much better than the half pipe crowd when they are blasting down a run - one of the things that keeps me from starting is knowing how long it will take me to look THAT good. (also, its hard to board with a 3 yr old :wink
Sorry no NSXs on the drive yesterday. It was an awsome day, limited to Porsche Turbo, Austin Martin, Ferrari and me - everyone agreed my car was the most fun to look at.
Have you seen this month's Robb Report? It features a Yellow NSX and talks about how great it is. they say its sad that they only built 150 2005s, with 75 coming to NA - and now its over. I'll try to scan the article and PDF it.
) but sking with steve and the guys on their carving boards is soooo cool. They look so much better than the half pipe crowd when they are blasting down a run - one of the things that keeps me from starting is knowing how long it will take me to look THAT good. (also, its hard to board with a 3 yr old :winkSorry no NSXs on the drive yesterday. It was an awsome day, limited to Porsche Turbo, Austin Martin, Ferrari and me - everyone agreed my car was the most fun to look at.
Have you seen this month's Robb Report? It features a Yellow NSX and talks about how great it is. they say its sad that they only built 150 2005s, with 75 coming to NA - and now its over. I'll try to scan the article and PDF it.