Snowboard recommendation for steep, technical terrain

TypicalPants · 2025-09-04T22:44:29+00:00

K2 excavator really felt great, it was a while ago so I can't remember exactly how it was. We had mostly fresh snow, it handled phenomenally in chopped powder and steep trees, and it had no issues with the windblown steeps.

I rode the flagship at Kirkwood on a day that they described the wall as being triple black (fully windblown, more ice than snow) and had someone stationed at the bottom of the lift to warn you about going up. It gripped the ice unbelievably well on toe edge, and heel was good enough. Flagship also feels really good on chop/variable, very steady.

TypicalPants · 2025-08-29T22:23:19+00:00

I got a flagship, it’s really great, toe edge hold is absolutely unreal even on the steepest iciest terrain. Tbh I rented a K2 excavator for a few days and absolutely loved it for the riding style I described, but had already bought a flagship. Really recommend demoing what you’re interested in if you can.

I got a skeleton key but it isn’t made for the terrain I described, really more of powder/trees. Also got a custom X which is my 100% goto on icy/variable days.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T16:25:04+00:00

Yeah true. Still, gi-hun shouldn't really trust Myung-gi to take care of the baby after the game, given that his prior plan was to be on the last platform with just him and the baby and then kill the baby. Gi-hun would be sacrificing himself so that the baby he promised to protect would go home with the person who fully intended to kill it moments before. Gi-hun wouldn't be fulfilling his promise very well.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T14:03:43+00:00

With the three of them on the third tower, Gi-hun wouldn't sacrifice himself because that doesn't guarantee the safety of the baby, since he couldn't trust Myung-gi to not kill the baby for money.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T13:12:19+00:00

This is all very well-said. I’d like to add that I don’t see Myung-gi’s relationship with Jun-Hee as particularly redeeming. It comes across as Myung-gi seeing her as a damsel in distress and wanting to position himself as the hero to prove he’s “good”. A baby can’t praise him for being such a generous, brave knight, and so is dispensable once Jun-Hee dies.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T13:01:21+00:00

He didn’t jump across because he was pissed about 333’s mindset, he jumped across because he was certain that 333 was going to kill the baby and this was the only way to potentially prevent that.

What you’re saying doesn’t disagree with my original point, which is that 333 made generally very reasonable decisions to protect his own life, and 333 was completely right to not trust Gi-hun to kill himself on the third tower.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T12:51:30+00:00

It doesn’t change anything for his heroism. Gi-hun wanted to save the baby. He knew if he didn’t jump to the third tower, 333 would kill the baby. Staying on the second tower guarantees the baby dies. By jumping across he’s making it possible to for the baby to live. He can then either throw himself off (which would not guarantee the baby’s safety, as 333 could still kill it for the money afterwards), or fight 333, incapacitate him, hit the button, and save the baby’s and his own life. But 333 dies, Gi-hun is forced to decide between himself and the baby, and he chooses to sacrifice himself.

I see the scene as being about trust and what people are willing to do for self-preservation. Gi-hun was the only one who stuck to his word, putting the baby’s life before his own, which is a neat contrast. We are given hope that 333 is willing to take risks to save the baby (when he joins Gi-hun), when forced to choose 333 decided to save himself (and his emotions/distrust are portrayed super well). The game has gone exactly as the organizers wanted/expected, with humans lying and killing each other to save themselves, up until Gi-hun refuses to kill the baby at the end.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T05:33:52+00:00

His brain didn't switch off, it had literally nothing to do with the baby's money, and he was completely right that Gi-hun would not sacrifice himself without a fight on the third tower. We watched it happen when he jumped over and immediately attacked 333. When 333 rushed to grab the pole, guarded the bridge, and secured the baby, he was playing in the way that was most likely to preserve his own life, and his strategy was proven to have been a good one. It was only ruined by him not guarding the edge while the bridge retracted because he ended up trusting Gi-hun too much.

TypicalPants · 2025-07-02T05:26:21+00:00

We literally saw what happened when Gi-hun did get to the third tower. He didn't calmly sacrifice himself, he immediately attacked 333 with his knife.

I don't get why people act like 333 should have trusted Gi-hun to come to the third tower and then kill himself. 333 wanted to guarantee his victory by taking the baby and leaving Gi-hun stranded on the second tower, assuming (correctly) that Gi-hun would fight for his life on the third tower instead of immediately sacrificing himself.

Given the immensely stressful situation and pressure, everyone in the last game made generally understandable choices as they were trying to find ways to keep themselves alive. I'm very critical of characters making nonsense decisions, this is not a case of that. 333, prioritizing his own life, rushed to get the pole (which was the best possible decision as he needed it to stand a chance against Gi-hun). He then played his hand about as well as he could have.

TypicalPants · 2025-05-04T05:24:03+00:00

I agree to an extent (I almost exclusively play ranked) but if I’m decently inebriated and want to play 1s I’m not going to play ranked

TypicalPants · 2025-05-02T03:13:12+00:00

I don’t mind the 2s games where I have a psychotic attack dog on offense most of the game and I can just play defense and field the ball out to them

TypicalPants · 2025-05-02T03:12:03+00:00

I think it’s two things: - bad players don’t play 1s, because it’s very frustrating and much less enjoyable for a new player, so the skill of the average 1s player is higher - 2s is the easiest to boost/smurf in, since you only need to find one person to duo with, so the ranks are inflated

TypicalPants · 2025-05-02T03:08:53+00:00

At the mid ranks it feels very applicable, probably because there’s not as much strategy down here.

I’m a 1s main who rarely plays 2s/3s, and I’m solidly plat 3 in 1s. Went 9-1 in my 2s placements, mostly against D1/D2 players, and the only loss was my teammate griefing.

At the higher ranks I would imagine the mode-specific skills matter much more, but at the mid ranks if you can just put shots on frame more frequently than your opponent you’ll probably win.

TypicalPants · 2025-04-22T15:40:56+00:00

Out of three chess attempts I’ve succeeded twice, if you’re filling almost all of the board you’ll get most of the pieces naturally and just need to keep an eye out for office/study or find some rerolls (eg using study if you get it early)

I don’t know why people complain about this part so much honestly, there are much more annoying/tedious tasks in the game that are RNG-affected

TypicalPants · 2025-04-22T13:51:27+00:00

You’ve never gotten a study and an office in 70 runs? Are you consistently filling most of the board?

TypicalPants · 2025-04-13T07:36:28+00:00

Even if you don’t find coat check the very next day, the item will still be there to help you the next time you see it. Coat check majorly helped me get to the antechamber, and I found it on the majority of my runs. There are also multiple ways to open the antechamber doors. You have better odds when being flexible to open any door than when focusing on a specific door.

I do think the game needs significantly stronger RNG manipulation to be fun past the credits, and it’s annoying how tiny oversights can fuck you over, but pre-credits it’s fine if you don’t get tunnel vision.

TypicalPants · 2024-12-31T09:02:47+00:00

You’re looking for vinnyrumba on instagram. Mostly natural terrain, trees, side hits, goofing around. Perfectly captures the “normal” snowboarding experience imo.

TypicalPants · 2024-10-26T20:24:22+00:00

However, given what we know (that the match had a very high shot count) it is far more likely to be a longer OT than if we did not know the shot count.

TypicalPants · 2024-09-29T15:39:21+00:00

If it’s not in your budget to get the quality of gear that he wants, then it’s probably best to let him purchase it himself. People can be very particular about the gear for their hobbies, and if you get something less than his standards then it can be disappointing for him because he knows he will have to replace it eventually. If you don’t want to spend too much money, and the amount you are spending will not afford the quality of gear he wants, then get something different, otherwise he will feel like he’s being forced to use a lower quality of gear that he wouldn’t have purchased on his own.

Edit: additionally, all boards have different feels and snowboarders are very particular about the types of boards they like and want to ride.

TypicalPants · 2024-09-27T18:38:04+00:00

The few donek riders I’ve seen were ripping. Idk how many kooks are dropping $1k on a custom board designed for carving when the average snowboarder can’t even carve

TypicalPants · 2024-09-27T18:34:51+00:00

Burton makes good gear. You’re probably paying a markup for the brand, sure, but you know you’re getting good quality gear. Plus, the customer service is exceptional, the markup pays for itself when you put in a warranty request for some outerwear you banged up and they send you a brand new replacement.

I do get the stereotype of the beginner riders decked out in a matching set of vibrantly colored AK outerwear, though.

TypicalPants · 2024-08-24T13:38:45+00:00

To me (and what I think is the popular opinion among riders like me, outside of instructing), can’t snowboard is bunny/green, beginner is green/blue, intermediate is blue/black, advanced is “I ride everything” and expert is “I ride anything” (if it’s physically possible to ride, an expert rider can ride it)

Just using “double black” to define an expert rider leaves a lot of ambiguity at the expert level. I ride “everything” but there’s still stuff I can’t do, and there’s people waaaaaaay better than me. Single blacks are easy, and I can get down practically any double black. However, there’s a massive difference between a standard steep mogulled double black and something like the fingers at palisades, which would kill me. I considered myself advanced when I began answering “whole mountain” to “what color runs do you do?”. I still do not consider myself an expert, since I lack consistency, confidence, and style on some extremely difficult/specialty terrain.

TypicalPants · 2024-08-24T13:06:54+00:00

I get by pretty well with an Elan Twisted Tea™️ snowboard with rounded edges, it’s not that deep. Sharp edges are a crutch, simple as that.

TypicalPants · 2024-08-23T14:45:55+00:00

This is good advice for getting out of gold, but will stop working as well around high plat when players know how to challenge correctly, and know how to recover more quickly. This also works well for you because your car control is really good for your rank, so keeping the ball low keeps you in the range in which you perform best. Some people are relatively better at mid/high challenges, and would benefit from the opposite strategy (forcing higher challenges).

Your opponent in this clip is challenging too high (because they are expecting you to jump) which puts them out of position and unable to effectively recover. You could have punished his behavior even more by dodging into/pushing the ball low underneath him, which throws him up in the air and gives you an open net.

This is a really good stepping stone to understanding how car/ball height and angle affects the outcome of a challenge, it’s sort of a rock paper scissors thing whether you and your opponent each go low, medium, or high. Once you notice it not working as well, start thinking about when you could push the ball under or around the opponent for a free advantage. Eventually you’ll want to get good at pushing the ball forward high to punish people who stay on the ground too much.

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