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Bomber's primers on Alpine Snowboarding Racing
https://github.com/nicholaswmin/alpine
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Bomber's primers on Alpine Snowboarding Racing
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nicholaswmin/alpine
- Owner: nicholaswmin
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-03-07T20:04:41.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-23T11:25:27.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-29T02:47:05.402Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: racing, snowboarding
- Homepage: https://nicholaswmin.github.io/alpine
- Size: 22.8 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
The carving technique articles from defunct
[Bomber Online][old-bomber-site], rewritten to be mobile friendly.
Some of the articles can be found at:
[Alpine Snowboarder: Tech Articles][asb:ta]
Written in the 90's, during the peak of
[*Alpine Snowboarding*][alpine-snowboarding][^1] and it's subtypes:
*Freecarving*[^2] & [*Alpine Snowboard Racing*][snowboard-racing].[^3]
The techniques transfer fully to *Softboot Snowboarding*.[^4]
Posted with the written permission of Jack Michaud.
---
### [Craving The Carve][craving-the-carve]
By Jack Michaud
*December 1996*
### [Who is the "alpine rider?" - Part 1][alpine-rider-1]
By Cordon Baesel
*Date Unknown*
### [Who is the "alpine rider?" - Part 2][alpine-rider-2]
By Cordon Baesel
*Date Unknown*
### [So You Want To Try Alpine Snowboarding?][try-alpine]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [Can You Start Snowboarding in Hardboots From Day One?][day-one-hardboots]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [The Norm, Part I][norm-part-1]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [The Norm, Part II][norm-part-2]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [The Toeside Problem][toeside-problem]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [Separate Zee Knees][separate-knees]
By Jack Michaud, with contributions from Jim Callen
*March 1997*
### [Your Butt And Where It Should Not Be][butt-position]
By Dan Bogardus
*Date Unknown*
### [Inclination vs. Angulation][inclination-angulation]
By Dan Bogardus
*Date Unknown*
### [Regulating Edge Angle][regulating-edge-angle]
By Sean MacCaron
*Date Unknown*
### [Toe Side, Stance, and Chatter][toeside-stance-chatter]
By Sean MacCaron
*Date Unknown*
### [Cross-over, Cross-under, Cross through][cross-over-under-through]
By Jack Michaud
*March 2002*
### ["Euro-Carves" - Another Look][eurocarves-look]
By Doug Taylor
*Date Unknown*
### [Carving The Steeps][carving-steeps]
By Doug Taylor
*Date Unknown*
### [Carving Practice Drills][carving-drills]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [Carving - Ranges of Movement][ranges-of-movement]
By Thomas Palka
*April 2007*
### [Physics of a Snowboard Carve][carving-physics]
By Jack Michaud and Iain Duncumb
*Date Unknown*
### [Snowboarding Equipment: Soft, Medium, or Hard?][snowboard-stiffness]
By Jack Michaud
*~1999*
### [The Rise and Fall of the Holy Asymmetric Empire][assymetric-empire]
By Jack Michaud
*December 1996*
## Additional Articles
The following articles primarily concern Alpine Snowboarding equipment
rather than carving technique.
### [How to Buy an Alpine Snowboard][alpine-snowboard-guide]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [How to Setup Your Plate Bindings][setup-plate-bindings]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
### [Canting and Lift][canting-and-lift]
By Jack Michaud
*Date Unknown*
## Something Missing?
Think somethings missing or amiss?
Let me know by [opening a new issue][new-gh-issue].
## Authors
The articles were posted with the written permission of Jack Michaud.
There is clear attribution to the authors - as much as humanly possible,
since these articles were written in the 90s -
in the articles themselves and under each title in the index.
## Footnotes
[^1]: **Alpine Snowboarding** is a specific type of snowboarding performed in
hardshell ski-like boots & plate bindings.
It focuses on high-performance technical carving.
[^2]: **Freecarving** is a carving style that converts potential energy to
*g-force*.
**Race Carving** converts energy to *high downhill speed*.
Both started as disciplines of *Alpine Snowboarding*.
[^3]: **Alpine Snowboard Racing** refers to the Olympic events of
**Parallel Slalom(PSL)** and **Parallel Giant Slalom(PGS)**.
Still only performed on *Alpine Snowboard* gear & techniques.
[^4]: **Softboot Snowboarding**, also known as just **Snowboarding**.
It's the usual snowboarding everyone knows,
using soft boots and strap bindings.
Only called *"Softboot Snowboarding"* when comparing it to
*Alpine Snowboarding* which uses hardboots and plate bindings.
[gh-page]: https://nicholaswmin.github.io/alpine-carving/
[old-bomber-site]: https://web.archive.org/web/20120501220353/http://www.bomberonline.com/
[alpine-snowboarding]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboarding#Alpine_snowboarding
[alpine-snowboarder]: http://alpinesnowboarder.com/
[asb:ta]: http://alpinesnowboarder.com/tech-articles
[new-gh-issue]: https://github.com/nicholaswmin/alpine-carving/issues/new
[carved-turn]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_turn
[snowboard-racing]: https://www.redbull.com/us-en/snowboard-alpine-racing
[sbx]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboard_cross
[alpine-snowboarder_tech-articles]: http://alpinesnowboarder.com/tech-articles/
[bomber-online_tech-articles]: https://www.bomberonline.com/Manuals-Tech-Articles-and-Help_ep_82-1.html
[try-alpine]: articles/try-alpine/article.md
[day-one-hardboots]: articles/day-one-hardboots/article.md
[norm-part-1]: articles/norm-part-1/article.md
[norm-part-2]: articles/norm-part-2/article.md
[carving-drills]: articles/carving-drills/article.md
[toeside-problem]: articles/toeside-problem/article.md
[separate-knees]: articles/separate-knees/article.md
[carving-steeps]: articles/carving-steeps/article.md
[toeside-stance-chatter]: articles/toeside-stance-chatter/article.md
[carving-physics]: articles/carving-physics/article.md
[alpine-snowboard-guide]: articles/alpine-snowboard-guide/article.md
[canting-and-lift]: articles/canting-and-lift/article.md
[alpine-rider-1]: articles/alpine-rider-1/article.md
[alpine-rider-2]: articles/alpine-rider-2/article.md
[assymetric-empire]: articles/assymetric-empire/article.md
[butt-position]: articles/butt-position/article.md
[craving-the-carve]: articles/craving-the-carve/article.md
[cross-over-under-through]: articles/cross-over-under-through/article.md
[eurocarves-look]: articles/eurocarves-look/article.md
[inclination-angulation]: articles/inclination-angulation/article.md
[ranges-of-movement]: articles/ranges-of-movement/article.md
[regulating-edge-angle]: articles/regulating-edge-angle/article.md
[snowboard-stiffness]: articles/snowboard-stiffness/article.md
[setup-plate-bindings]: articles/setup-plate-bindings/article.md
[wmin]: https://github.com/nicholaswmin