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Carving Sessions are organized carving events in various parts of the world in which up to 100+ carvers invade a mountain. Sessions attract a wide diversity of carvers, from all over the world, with different carving styles, different skill levels, and with both new and vintage gear - It's like the Star Wars bar scene. The skill levels span the whole range, so carving sessions are also great for beginners.
Big Time Carving Sessions | |
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Flegmatic-Carving sessions in Finland/Norway, from Ojankaivajat. They produce a DVD with all the events. |
The Oppdal CarvingCamp will be held at Oppdal in Norway March 5-10, 2007. Oppdal features four ski resorts: Vangslia, Ådalen, Stölen and Hovden, and has great un-crowded carving runs. They will also have a European Tinkler Session at Oppdal CarvingCamp. See photos from 03, 04, and 05 |
The EasterCamp will be held at Ylläsi, April 2-8, 2007: A great late-season camp. |
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Sweden | Alpinepunk will host the Hardbooters Unite 2007 Swedish Session at Sälen, in Sweden, March 22-25, 2007. They will have a bunch of F2 demo gear. |
Switzerland | The 3-day 4rd annual ExtremeCarving Session will be held at Zinal, Switzerland February 3-5, 2007. If the weather is bad, they move to Grimentz. They should have a bunch of their new SWOARD 2D models for demo. See 2006 photos1 photos2 photos3 photos4 as well as an ECS blog |
Northwest | The Oregon Expression Session will be held at Mt. Bachelor March 8-11, 2007. |
PureBoarding sessions in Europe. See CoolTV for online coverage of previous sessions. | They hold sessions in Aspen, St. Moritz, Davos, Kaunertal, Wolkenstein. They usually get a closed slope for their Davos session. |
Colorado | The 7-day Summit Expression Session (SES) will be held in Aspen Resorts February 10-16, 2007. Get a lesson from Marco while you're out there. |
Utah | Hardbooter.com will host the 4th annual WTC (Wasatch Trenchin' Convention) January 25-28, 2007. |
MAC Tracks '07 | The MAC Tracks '07 session will be held February 9, 2007 at Ski Roundtop in Lewisberry, PA |
Idaho | Split-tail sessions are sometimes held at Sun Valley. See CarveDog on Bomber for details. |
Austria | Frozen-Backside organizes session at Silvretta Nova and Ischgl resorts in Austria. |
Snowboard-Community.de hosted a carve-fest January 27-29, 2006 at the Reschenpaß | |
Sierras | The SNES (Sierra Nevada Expression Session) was held April 7-9, 2006, at Mammoth and June Mountain. |
Canada | The SOS (Southern Ontario Session) was held February 6, 2005 at Osler. See the movie and photos. Sponsors included YYZCanuck. |
Italy | The European Alpine Boarders Meeting was held in Val Senales June 16-18, 2006 |
Siberia | The Siberia hardbooters session was held at Mt Gladenkaia, March 26-April 2. |
East Coast | The 7-day East Coast Expression Session (ECES) was held at Sugarloaf March 6-12, 2006. Photos1 and Photos2 from 2006, photos1, photos2 from 2004. |
Sessions are modeled after the original surfing Expression Sessions, and are intended to be non-competitive, with no racing, winners, or losers. Carving skill seems to transfer by osmosis, so you will generally finish the session with a vastly improved heel side. You also get the VIP treatment with a bunch of perks:
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