OH HECK YAH!!! cant friggin wait!
triumph is good all mountain board.
I got all new setup last year.. Ride Nation 161 midwide, Ride Team bindings, and Burton Hail boots... im very happy with my gear.
I agree.. snowboarders for the most part are rude, pick the worst places to stop, and are very inconsistant in their riding skill.
imho the main problem is.. you can take on a steeper hill with less practice on a snowboard than with skiis. So what you get is inexperienced people who should be on the bunny slope, riding down the more advanced runs.
I ski as well as snowboard and despise riding here in so cali at a few resorts.. i just slalom boarders all day long. But i have also seen cocky skiiers who wine about snowboards messing up the slopes just to watch them do the same thing.
(fyi I work for a high end sporting goods store, mostly in the camping dept but moonlight in the ski/snowboard dept.)
my board, and the skiis I ride.(atomic betaride R:11.20) the skiis friggin OWN!