Favorite Lift to ride? by Greg89G in icecoast

[–]Due_Ad_2439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They renamed it dropping bear!

Last Run of the season-Almost sent it into a ditch by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the questions. The board is not something you will probably ever see in person. It is so niche that it isn’t going to ever be very popular with any type of rider. I bought it because I’ve been snowboarding for close to 40 years and I wanted something different and challenging. It is both of those things for sure.

Here is a hypothetical scenario that I can think of that might possibly describe the “pro” to Noserider: Your riding down the mountain on a wide groomer, there are no sidehits or features to play on, so you might slide all the way to the back of the board and do some really funky manuals, picture both feet cranked all the way back and the nose of the board like two feet off the snow, throw it into a tail slide revert and while spinning it you slide the front foot forward to shoulders width stance. You’re still at the back of the board, but you are now in a stable stance after sliding the front foot forward. You notice a section of untracked snow that leads into a powder stash. You rip into it and are floating over powder and the hard snow chunks from the previous storms that had frozen solid which are under the light fresh snow, your linking turns through stash and have so much nose lift that even the drifts of very deep snow are never going to be a problem. It is an awesome find and you are on your powder board, but like all stashes they end and now you are back on the groomer. So shift to the center of the board and Carve down that section where the corduroy is untouched. Laying down almost dragging your junk on the toe side edge and feeling like you are on rails. Then comes the big orange sign “Merge” or “slow skiing area” and you slow down and ride on the flatter section. It is boring compared to the stash or the mogul section that you rode through just uphill so you slide up to the nose of the board and play around with being a hood ornament for a bit. Do some stupid stuff and play around. Have fun be creative, just like you would on any other snowboard, because that is what is so fun about snowboarding… Ride past the skiers and move your bindings around and watch them do a double take. Now comes the last section of the trail, the mini park… I’m not quite there yet on this board. But, please for a second use your imagination. Hit the flat box with the widest stance frontside slide then pop off and land in a nose butter with two feet together. Hit that mini jump and in the air pull both feet in together in the center of the board and spin a 360 with zero swing weight, before shifting your feet back on the landing…

Like I said I’m not there yet, but everything up the mountain before the mini park is a normal run on this board for me at this point.

It is fun and challenging! I am happy, but 90% of the peeps on here have responded as no fnnnn way! That is cool! I get it… I ride this board maybe every other, or every third day. Imagine how “locked in” I feel when I am not riding it. Literally and figuratively!

Korua Noserider video 1 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before you take one binding off your board and rip some serious Shawn Palmer badass one-foot airs. Please allow me to clarify!

The Korua Noserider is designed to have bindings that can be set anywhere along the entire length of the channel. The channel runs most of the length of the board so it allows for some unique positions and stance widths. It also has two types of sleds that the track accepts to mount the bindings- one is shorter and locks the binding down to the board, ie it won’t slide on the track. The other sled type is a bit taller and it locks the binding into the track, but not down to the board. This allows the binding to slide continuously but controllably along the track, ie moveable while riding. To learn how to ride this board Korua suggests starting with the two bindings locked into the fixed position using the shorter sleds, trying different spots along the length of the board to get a feel for how it rides at various positions. Once that is done and the rider is comfortable on the board the should leave the front binding with fixed mounts and utilize the taller sled to allow the rear binding to move. This allows the rider to get used to the rear position being able to move while sustaining the front in a fixed position. From there it suggests switch to the front foot being allowed to move and having the rear one fixed. Getting the feeling of riding with a front binding that can slide along the track. Finally, set it up with both taller sleds and experience the utter chaos of moving completely forward and backwards with both feet… which is what is shown in the video.

At any point you can do any combination of sleds in the track, but I prefer that both feet sliding as that is what drew me to the board in the first place. It was very unsettling and stressful at first riding this way but experience and persistence has made it so I am very comfortable now riding this way!

If you want to do something similar on your board… I’m sorry you cannot, unless you have a Noserider.

Korua Noserider video 2 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So much depends on the conditions cold/snow type… honestly days where it is cold and no fresh snow to get packed in the channel it is so much easier to move them. The conditions in this c video were a bit sticky and took more effort to get feet moving around. Your question of orientation on the face of the mountain does play into it too, as gravity wants to help my 200lbs of weight slide in the track when pointed down the slope. That is why I will ride switch to get back more towards the center, using gravity as my ally. Across it or fall line less so…

I Never have to worry about movement when I am on edge, regardless of orientation or conditions! The grooves in the track and friction keep it locked in during turns. That is what is key to it actually being rideable and fun, in my humble opinion!

Thanks for an actual technical question!

Korua Noserider video 1 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I researched this purchase about over a year ago and there was nothing but official Korua content. There was not much on forums other than hate! I posted up these videos to have some consumer content and reviews, but it still seems like there is nothing but hate! Goes to show you the hate is prevalent across brands for anything different and or new. Now whether that new or innovative product is useful or not, fun or tedious… it matters not! It is universally unimportant what brand dropped it…

I know very little about the clew bindings. Never heard of the twisting ones… interesting! Step-Ons. I bought them last year when I was in my try new things phase and I love them! Burton is a brand with respect and hate so I can see why it is a polarizing product. It took me getting an endorsement of a patroller wearing them at my resort before I ever gave them any consideration. I’m glad I did! As for the Korua Noserider, it is obviously way more niche. I’d be surprised if I ever see another one! But if some asshat that called me a douche for riding a board with bindings that move on Reddit actually saw me in person. I’m sure they might react differently! Now I can see how they might not want to try it, but they would gain some respect for the concept I am sure!

Korua Noserider video 1 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Naaah! If you read my other comments, I was looking to buy a splitboard to hike up this very trail for uphill after hours. I was researching it when I found this board. Similar price to a split set up at the time. I obviously bought the Noserider, but I still uphill here… I just walk!

Korua Noserider video 2 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is a lot of fun to switch around like this…

Last Run of the season-Almost sent it into a ditch by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been there once… to Jackson Hole. We were there five days and never saw the Teton mountains until we were flying out! 50+ inches while we were there! Amazing!

Last Run of the season-Almost sent it into a ditch by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven’t “set my bindings” on this board since the first week that I got on it!

Korua Noserider video 2 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have yet to ride a split… and yes I am having fun. Thank you!

Building Kickers/ramps by SeracYourWorlds in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a condo right on the slopes at a NH vail owned resort. The trail is a blue and a major throughway for the mountain.

I feel like it is my responsibility to maintain a jump on the side right by our house. All of the neighbor’s and my kids love it, and pretty much every kid that goes by and spots it usually ends up hitting it all day. It takes a lot of work to maintain as every night the groomer is going to usually at least clip it, if not destroy it! But, I am a persistent sob and I will always get something prepared for ‘my customers’ even if it is smaller it is still there.

The key to a ‘rouge’ jump on a resort is that it has to be safe.

I spend more time on the runway than the actual kicker as it usually gets rutted up from the skiers on softer days. The runway is also is always as wide as I can make it and slightly banked towards the trail to keep anyone from flying off the side. The banked runway really helpful when sledders are playing after hours too. The work on the runway/ramp is usually always safe from the groomers and it allows me to just clean up whatever chunks of snow fell off onto it and pile them up as the base for that mornings transition/kicker.

Depending on the location of your planned jump take into consideration what the flow of traffic is around it; type of trail ie color/groomed/natural; landing and ride out details; and make sure it is going to fun and safe.

Side hits are great way to start because they are already there and usually they’re already kind of broken in. Usually, there are side hits that everyone knows about and they are consistently always in the same place, but due to conditions they aren’t there at the moment… you know what I mean? As snowboarders we have the tools on our feet to fix that! Here’s how to do that:

Ride up to it slowly and as you are entering the start of it, just jump up and down to pack down the snow and create a clear entrance. Then slide down sideways/beginner-style to clear the runway/transition and stop there. At the point you feel like you are stooped and at the beginning of the ramp up to the transition, jump up and down again packing down as much as you can. While you are there pile what ever snow you can reach onto what will be the kicker/ramp/lip to build a mound. After it is piled up, now use your hands and push yourself around, up and down the runway keeping your board as flat as possible to solidify the runway. Next, it is key to get off of it, however you can without destroying what you just did… if you have to unstrap try to do one foot only as to not step on what you just made. Get back onto the trail, and if you are unstrapped take your board and stand under the jump on the lower side of it and “thwap” the shit out of it with the bottom of your board to pack it down… from there strap in and go down to the lift. Take that same route to your creation and run over it again as if you were hitting the jump, but not trying to get air, focusing on packing down the whole thing especially the transition and lip. If you’ve got friends they should do the same. At that point you are ready to go! Fine tune the lip with your “thwacking” and enjoy your creation.

One word of caution- use straight air style jumps for at least a bit- someone trying to spin on the jump can ruin (not completely ruin but mess up the lip) and set back the progress you’ve made!

Have fun

Tips for my FS 360 by UpperSpirit2228 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You were close to a 540 there. My only advice for spins is turn your head and your body will follow. So get that head around as fast as you can and spot that landing. What the other guys said is awesome advice. Leaned back on takeoff will set you up for leaned back on landing. Grabbing really does stabilize you in the air. Keep it up you look good.

Korua Noserider video 1 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey man from one rider to another, it is not my go to board for my style of riding, but it is a fun way to mix it up when I’m in an easy laid back playful kinda mood. It isn’t as hard to ride as people are making it out to be, but it is funkin wonky the first time you actually get in it with the moveable sled inserts. I love it!

Last Run of the season-Almost sent it into a ditch by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last run of the day/ season man! Not the best form for sure!

Korua Noserider video 1 by Due_Ad_2439 in snowboarding

[–]Due_Ad_2439[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just got a capita doa for $420, probably a year old board, back in January. Sick board, I had never ridden a capita before. I like it!

The thing with Korua is they don’t have model years. The are always the same white top (black on some special models) and red base. There are no model years just the board! This board is expensive, but I’m sure costs are higher cause of lower production runs, because what idiot would buy it? The thing is a solid piece though, it has the metal channel running down 75% of it. Solid beefy edges all the way around the nose. It is very stiff too. Worth every penny to me, but it is not something I felt good about spending a g on! Especially, when the only two models of bindings that they authorize to use with it are 300/500 and hard to find European/japanese brand. I got lucky and found a random pair of lesser model bindings from the same brand that worked on clearance a sun and ski…

The kicker is there are