alpine

The carving technique articles from defunct Bomber Online, rewritten to be mobile friendly.

Some of the articles can be found at: Alpine Snowboarder: Tech Articles

Written in the 90’s, during the peak of Alpine Snowboarding1 and it’s subtypes:
Freecarving2 & Alpine Snowboard Racing.3

The techniques transfer fully to Softboot Snowboarding.4

Posted with the written permission of Jack Michaud.


Craving The Carve

By Jack Michaud
December 1996

Who is the “alpine rider?” - Part 1

By Cordon Baesel
Date Unknown

Who is the “alpine rider?” - Part 2

By Cordon Baesel
Date Unknown

So You Want To Try Alpine Snowboarding?

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

Can You Start Snowboarding in Hardboots From Day One?

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

The Norm, Part I

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

The Norm, Part II

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

The Toeside Problem

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

Separate Zee Knees

By Jack Michaud, with contributions from Jim Callen
March 1997

Your Butt And Where It Should Not Be

By Dan Bogardus
Date Unknown

Inclination vs. Angulation

By Dan Bogardus
Date Unknown

Regulating Edge Angle

By Sean MacCaron
Date Unknown

Toe Side, Stance, and Chatter

By Sean MacCaron
Date Unknown

Cross-over, Cross-under, Cross through

By Jack Michaud
March 2002

“Euro-Carves” - Another Look

By Doug Taylor
Date Unknown

Carving The Steeps

By Doug Taylor
Date Unknown

Carving Practice Drills

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

Carving - Ranges of Movement

By Thomas Palka
April 2007

Physics of a Snowboard Carve

By Jack Michaud and Iain Duncumb
Date Unknown

Snowboarding Equipment: Soft, Medium, or Hard?

By Jack Michaud
~1999

The Rise and Fall of the Holy Asymmetric 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

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

How to Setup Your Plate Bindings

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

Canting and Lift

By Jack Michaud
Date Unknown

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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.