Day 12: New Board - First Ride Since Avalanche

Behold, my brand spanking new 09 Burton Custom X Wide 164. Took it out of the bag last night and it came with a beautiful factory tune and edge. Detuned tip 'n tail and mounted up my bindings (it came with plates to put regular bindings in the ICS channel), and I was ready to ride. I've gotten a bunch of new stuff lately and I've been thinking about adding product reviews. This will be my first subject . . .

Nice day up at Keystone, drove up with Lindsey, Dom and Ryan. Partly cloudy with weather moving quickly in and out all day. Not too cold and relatively pleasant. I was a little anxious as we rode up the gondola for the first time, but once I got my board on my feet, I was right at home. My hip and leg held up perfectly, and only gave me trouble near the end of the day after many many rollers. Otherwise, I kept my elbow out of the way and tried not to think about it.

The snow was softer on top, made for some good turns. Underneath there are still some very hard/icy spots at the stone, so make sure you do your edge work.