Rider:

- 173cm, 68kg

- Boots: Salomon Dialogue Dual Boa - 25.5cm (US 7.5)

- Level: Intermediate. I have 18 days under my belt. I think I can carve relatively well, for the number of days I've ridden, getting pretty close to the snow without trying to reach for it (even actively moving my arm away from the snow, per Lars' tip, from Justaride). Caveat is most of it was done on slush.

- Type of riding: posi-posi carving on groomers and some powder since I'd be mostly riding in Japan. No interest in park, maybe I'll try a side hit one day. I'll be riding 12-15 days in this upcoming season.

Proper non-rental boards I've tried:

- Jones Mountain Twin 154 - It's fine, riding is easy enough but I prefer something slightly stiffer.

- Burton Counterbalance 154 - I like it, made me realize I can handle and prefer stiffer boards than the Jones MT.…