Snowboarding Aspen Snowmass Epic Powder!

Snowboarding in Aspen Snowmass Feb 2011, down the black diamond run ''Slot" which starts at an altitude of 10,620 feet/3237m

Over the last few days Aspen was having a really hot spell, so I was stoked when I got up a bit later this morning still jet laged to find snow was really starting to come down, so I headed straight for the closest and steepest run that I thought would be the least tracked out, to of course find it was snowing more heavily at the top and was almost knee deep in some other parts of the mountain!, I just learn't how to ride powder by this time, so I had an unforgettable awesome ride that day despite whilst having a throbbing headache I rode at my threshold and had a ball.

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• skiing
• snow
• Snowboarding
• Aspen
• Snowmass
• 2011
• Epic
• powder

[Iinkomac]

are you riding a camber or rocker i spend about the same amount of time in powder as in park i currently ride a rocker for powder days but its not giving me enough pop and im not sure if i should switch to camber or get a hybrid

[BladeEdgeRider]

@Iinkomac Hi, thank you for your question,

I'm riding a directional cambered board in this video.

What board/s are you riding?

I have riden boards with different camber and rocker profiles, and my opionion is (while camber is "shaped out" to load more snap with jumps and out of carves etc) it's the board's construction and materials that really help you generate that "pop" i.e the amount of carbon fiber and the way it runs throughout the board. I must say bamboo is also really good...

[BladeEdgeRider]

@Iinkomac If you have the luxuray of riding on powder (more than shin deep) so often and you want a twin shaped board I would avoid traditional camber unless it's directional, because it's not so great for floating.

I like camber because it hold its edge through mixed terrain stable for bombing and is really good at locking into landings.

The snowboad: Ride Society,has really good pop but is cambered and best for massive jumps and half pipe, if thats what for want for a 2nd board.

[BladeEdgeRider]

@Iinkomac If you want a twin for pow, pop and park, boards I recommend you are:

Arbor: westmark or blacklist: for powder, rails and pop. Or the coda if your gona size up for pow, also bamboo pops better with a larger tail I feel.

Burton: nug for great pop, allmt, rails, ground tricks and spins.

Never summer: proto: hybrid rockercamber has lots of carbon fiber check it out!

[fakyfiles]

LUCKY!! u ever been to jackson after a dump?

[BladeEdgeRider]

@fakyfiles No, how good is it size and pow wise?

[fakyfiles]

@BladeEdgeRider and it's fluffy sometimes, soggy sometimes sometimes it has volume and sometimes its just boggy puke that you want to get the hell out. really depends how mother nature feels

[fakyfiles]

@BladeEdgeRider snow isn't too good this year but we had 2 straight days where it was puking and it was butter and we're expecting a storm tonight I hope it doesn't miss us. But yeah if you have a day off and the weather for jackson says heavy precipitation you pack your bags and get ready for a pretty good ride, just make sure you come to the village early so it's not shredded up

[razrbldfetish]

Nice powder.... Can't wait till it dumps this year!!!!! Nothing like riding fresh untracked powder I wish everyone could experience that feeling.... The world would be a better place. More powder less work.... Still dreaming about last year tree runs in knee deep fluff... Good stuff.... Peace

[BladeEdgeRider]

@electricity95 and @BakjeLeip Like BakjeLeip said below is good advice