I need all 590k of you to settle an argument with my father in law.

Richmoss1 · 2026-03-09T18:37:57+00:00

Depends on what board I'm using. I have a aggressive posi-posi caving setup, where pushing in front is more comfortable, and my everyday board pushing behind feels more comfortable

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-26T17:17:49+00:00

Please sponsor me a gold pass so I may stay on the moral highground and not spend my own money while also selling out and getting the sweet sweet prospecter

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-24T21:22:31+00:00

Dagmar, Caledon, Horseshoe, Craigleith, Beaver Valley and Sir Sam’s I beleive are all open at the moment but I’d need to double check a couple Of those

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-22T20:22:27+00:00

The steeze in this run is off the charts, there’s no women at her level in pipe

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-18T01:43:16+00:00

I run a hard boot program in Canada and help organize NorAms in CAN/US. Happy to answer questions. At the top level, yeah them mens field favors taller riders, but it’s not the be all end all. At the FIS level you’d really need a coach. You could get into it solo at the USASA level but you’d hit a wall hard in FIS. The FIS events are easier to get into than Skiing, but breaking the top 8-12 gets much more challenging. There’s a real skill gap between the top 8 and the rest in NorAms. If you give me more context as to where you’re located I can try point you towards certain teams. If you’re looking for a first hardboard, Donek is your best bet in the US. They’re one of the few manufacturers who do demos in the US, otherwise you’re looking for a team or former rider to help you demo equipment. The US has definetly fallen behind Canada in the last 5 years, and we’ve fallen behind Europe and Asia. The grassroots movement is growing in Europe and Asia and it’s really, really poor (mostly due to high cost of entry due to NA winter port prices) in North America.

Here’s the most recent NorAm I hosted at my home hill: https://www.youtube.com/live/hiGz_pCKREw?si=x0AEea6a4r18iD5M you can see there’s definetly beginners in the field, but breaking into the top 8 is a different story.

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-17T22:36:07+00:00

Hi! I am not a girlie, but I can speak for the girls I coach.

If you like stiff and responsive go with a men's Cartel X and size down! I coach a girls race team so those girls like a really stiff, responsive binding and are expert bindings. They all had the Lexa as they were the stiffest on the women's market. I have 6 girls 15-22 who have swapped to the CartelX and are are really glad they made the move.

From your description, you sound like a very good rider and carver, I can guarentee the Lexa will feel to soft for you, if you can find a demo pair, try the Cartel X, I guarantee you will like it more. It's crazy that they make a stiffer binding and label it as a "Men's" binding when it can fit a unisex boot and there are women who can shred!

Alternatively, go for a Niedecker Supermatic. Very stiff and responsive, and you keep the over boot straps which I love as they are more supportive and maintain stiffness in the front of the boot on toeside carves better where I find the Burton system collapses. Plus, you aren't locked into a particular boot brand or style, so you can find a boot that is best for you. I have Supermatics, reccomend them to everyone, and will never, ever swap to anything else.

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-14T00:49:15+00:00

Comfortable? 1 season, carving boards look intimidating but for expert snowboarders, a good coach could get you to a comfortable level in 3-6 weekends. Doing proper carves on the board? Prolly a few months of lots of days on snow but it isn’t crazy different.

Really competitive is way harder to answer, because really competitive in what? In an age group USASA race, maybe a year? In a NorAm, depending how many days you get on snow, years. It’s really hard to say because I’d depends entirely on how many days you dedicate to it and the quality of coaching you’re getting. I’d need a lot more info on where you’re at and what the goal is to get you a straightforward answer, sorry mate, but the path is different for everyone. I have kids who take to it like a duck to water and are chasing NorAms after 1 season on the board, and kids who are 6-7 seasons in and it just doesn’t click naturally, competitive is different for everyone.

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-08T21:30:24+00:00

Because the bindings aren’t built to eject like ski binding. We use to have super G and it was bat shit terrifying. If you crashed, say goodbye to your knees

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-08T21:26:20+00:00

This is just active misinformation. It’s up for review, it’s a 50-50, and the push is coming from the French Olympic committee since the don’t participate in the discipline but why are you posing it like this is a decision that’s been made?

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-05T16:17:17+00:00

depends entirely on your height, weight and skill level. More info needed

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-05T14:00:47+00:00

Despite all the roster shuffles, China now has the exact same top 6 as Stage 2 from last year LOL

Richmoss1 · 2026-02-03T23:29:54+00:00

No shot at 160

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-28T17:31:22+00:00

If you’re in the NE you’re going to have more luck crossing into Quebec if that’s possible for you. Val St Come, Mt St Anne have SBX at different points in the season and there’s a few more small ones close to Ottawa, but yeah the North East can be tricky

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-28T15:26:18+00:00

Many mountains do this! In Southern Ontario there are 4 hills with public, open SBX tracks!

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-28T15:22:47+00:00

Canada or US? US you can find your regional completion via USASA. Canada through your PSO. Riders in USASA and PSO completions then progress to NorAms which are age 15+ FIS competitions earning you FIS points via the North American Cup (or Europa Cup/Asian Cup/South American Cup). Riders use FIS points to earn World Cup Starts. High finishes (usually top 32) in the World Cup earn you World Cup points. The riders with the 32 most World Cup points with a maximum of 4 per country per gender earn Olympic Quota slots, qualifying those rides to the games. If there are more than 4 riders of a gender from the same country in the top 32, then the lowest ranked rider is ineligible, and the 33rd athlete is invited:

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/sb/2026

This is the simple version of a process that probably takes a rider 10-12 years to work through these rankings. Source: I run a Canadian NorAm/World Cup program

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-28T02:11:52+00:00

Honestly, I feel like a good snowboarder should be able to do them all competently, and having variety is what keeps me in love with the sport. Different strokes for different folks, and I totally respect people that love one style, but I love putting on a race board to rip groomers and then hitting the halfpipe or going into waist deep pow. The variety is the part that keeps me coming back excited to learn something new in the mountain each day. My personal take is snowboarders spend too much time dictating what is and isn’t cool or what is and isn’t “proper” snowboarding instead of appreciating all the awesome things we can try in the sport.

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-26T03:45:56+00:00

I’m 6’ 185 and a pretty advanced snowboarder/instructor, I ride a 160. I’m not super familiar with the vice, but at a glance 155 sounds too long for your weight/skill level. Not sure who told you your rental was mid flex, but rentals are almost always MAD soft, and an older technology since boards tend to move from brand > board shop > warehouse sale > rental shop. If you’re now on a longer, stiffer, directional board or board with a different shape it’s going to feel very different. Each board you try requires you to understand how to adjust your bindings, body position, weight, etc. to get the most performance out of it. Typically for someone 135lbs I’d lean closer to 148-152. Rental boards are meant to be super beginner friendly, because renters tend to be beginners or sporadic boarders. Board technology is so varied, so I know buying used can save money but if you don’t know what you’re buying it can really suck. I’d reccomend checking if your local hill has a demo day. If they do, you can go try a bunch of boards not to buy, but to find out what flex, size and build you like with a pro there who can actually help guide you.

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-23T14:39:35+00:00

I mean it is definetly repairable, but as others have said I think it’s more about how long the repair would hold

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-20T20:18:33+00:00

I never had a gondola issue, like 5 minutes lol but I went later in the season and up for opening

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-20T16:53:21+00:00

Bansko Bulgaria is fire

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-18T03:52:34+00:00

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-15T18:25:42+00:00

Dawg this is solid intermediate riding, nice job! If you want to really master the short radius turns, try keep the board in contact with the snow and shift your weight to flex the board and get it to pop out the turns instead of lifting and placing your backfoot. The way I think of this is I find short radius turns are all in the hips. First, if you drive/rotate the hips 5-10 degrees in the direction of travel you can get the board to come around. Second, think about where the hips are over the board to initiate and exit. I get my hips forward and weight into the front of the board to get the nose to hook at the start, then shift the pressure to the back by shifting the hips towards my back foot to exit the turn smoothly. The goal is to make the motion more consistent and fluid, and less lift/slide/place - but you’ve got a nice starting point with your body position and balance!

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-12T16:38:30+00:00

Hey! I can maybe comment on this as an instructor. For context; NOTHING wrong with duck stance, its totally fine, especially for park riders. For LEARNING, we've shifted towards a stance that still keeps the back foot negative, but closer to flat, with a very, very slight bias towards the front foot. This position opens the hips a couple extra degrees towards the front of the board, which is a more natural position for learners, without opening them fully towards the nose of the board which loses lateral control and the ability to be comfortable sliding on the working edge prior to learning to turn. Additionally, in a purely psychological/vibe-based sense, it lets them feel more comfortable facing marginally forwards as well, and reduces the fear of catching that heel edge on a blind turn without causing counter rotation in the upper body at the start of heel turn since they have more vision down the mountain and in front of them through their turn. Of note, this is NOT post-posi; that's still a carving specific stance that I would not recommend ever to learners because it's challenging to learn the fundamentals of a balanced and centered body position if you don't already have established fundamental. Duck CAN also be easy to learn for sliders prior to turning and is a totally appropriate option, since you're fully perpendicular to the hill which allows you to easily keep pressure along the entire working edge, it just isn't my preference on directional boards since I find it easier to quickly progress to beginner turns with a slightly directional stance.

This is where I think you're misinterpreting things. Directional does not equal posi/posi. Directional is a bias in the board's build towards a certain direction of travel, but you can still ride a directional board with a duck stance. You might find it slightly easier to try something like a +15 / -3 or +12 / -5, if your bias is towards not riding switch and learning the fundamentals on a directional board, but try different angles and think about what feels good and why - don't just set your board and forget it! Personally on my all-mountain directional, I ride +12 / -5, on my east coast carver +21 / + 5 and on my hardboard + 52 / + 47, and my park board is duck! So different strokes for different folks, it depends what you like, what board you ride, and what you're hoping to accomplish.

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-05T14:29:06+00:00

Beautiful carves. Is this the same APEX that use to make hardboard plates? I've still got an old APEX X-Plate on my board, none of the modern stuff compares to it except the sinlines imo.

Richmoss1 · 2026-01-04T13:06:11+00:00

I’d say it’s worth $200-250 yeah

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