I have been riding the same board and boots for 4 seasons now. That is far beyond the reasonable lifetime for any piece of snowboard equipment.A combination of shipping charges and excess luggage charges put me off lugging my beast for a 5th season.
So far I've only put 3 days on it and I am still working out the kinks in my stance and riding style, but I love my new board.
Had a nice little wipe-out today. Bataleon's Triple Base Tech means I can get some sweet butters and nice float in the powder; but holding a carved edge? Let's just say I'm glad I was wearing a helmet.
I knew temperatures here would get pretty freaky, but I didn't expect them to get this harsh this early in the season. Last season in Sweden, a hungover day, lots of wind and pretty cold left me with some mild windburnt frostbite. A big part of my chin died and fell off. Painful and ugly, I was lucky it didn't scar. Today I went for a few runs, dressed about as heavily as I could able and I started to get that same sensation on the exposed part of my face. Probably because it was far colder today. Somewhere between -25 and -27 degrees. It was sunny and quite still so I thought I'd be ok. I went for one run after lunch and thought; "Screw this, I'm headed in"
The weather forecast for sunshine tomorrow afternoon is for -45 degrees with a windchill factor bringing the effective temperature down to -59 degrees. After today, I am going to be more selective about the days I head up the hill this season. Besides, so far Sunshine has had more snowfall this year than we got in Perisher all season. They'll be plenty more days to shred the nar'.
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