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gawdzira

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gawdzira last won the day on April 1 2023

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    Central California
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Mammoth
  • Occupation?
    Design build achitecture
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Nidecker tornado sl 161, burton alps 169, k2 ginsu 163, k2 eldorado 163
  • Current Boots Used?
    raichle 423
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    catek olympic step in

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  1. Before I got my Trench Diggers (after 20 years on a pair of Cateks) I tried the F2 step in and freaked out because of the lateral movement. I was scared it was about to release. Maybe I need to learn to embrace the movement and try the F2 again on my future twin tip.
  2. I did an experiment and demoed a Burton Step On set up. Photons with Step On and took out a Burton Custom. The thought being if I want to be able to more easily go all mountain when I am with skiers (family/friends) then I would be more versatile and more likely to jump into the trees or down the steeps. Going down the steeps on my 172 Coiler is pretty challenging based on my suck level and being as old as time itself. The board was fun and I was at Northstar (California) where they have groomed expert runs. It was much easier and I could lay it over and carve on the steeps but the soft boots were not making me happy. Granted they were demo's so they were not a perfect fit. My current thought is to put my hard boot set up on a shorter twin tip instead of going full softie. I have TD3 step in and UPZ XC12 which are pretty forgiving. Does this sound like a bad idea for any reason? If I go with something like a Donek all mountain board (maybe Knapton Twin) will that be stiff enough with the TD3's? Is there another all mountain board that would be a good choice. I am shrinking over time and currently close to 5'8" tall. The guy at the Burton shop was telling me the right size board for me was around a 58. I demoed a longer board (160?) and have never ridden anything as short as a 58. Is this all a terrible idea? The soft boots just did not seem to give me what I wanted.
  3. I missed you on Monday. I started my laps a little later in the morning. See you next year.
  4. Hello Steve, Heading up and hope to be on an early chair to Olympic tomorrow. I am hoping to stretch it out to Tuesday. Looking forward to a few laps. Alan
  5. @slabber where are you ordering that screwdriver? Quick internet search comes up dry.
  6. I usually classify most things based on their CF scale (C= cluster). I will now classify riders based on their DN scale (Douch Nozzle). This guy is a DF9.
  7. "Do you know Pancetta? Pancetta is what bacon dreams of being one day. This is a Pancetta snowboard."
  8. I was 59 once. Actually about a week ago.
  9. Considering our audience, can we hijack this thread to speak about the horror that Deer Valley does not allow snowboarding? At what angles do we qualify as a monoski?
  10. Congratulations to the skiers responsibility code for winning $1 for Pepper Potts.
  11. I was 3' from death last week at Heavenly. I was carving very predictable lines on World Cup (which is a slog to get to along Roundabout). It is a short run at the bottom of the mountain that is used primarily for race training. I checked my line and had about 4-5 turns I could make on the run. This was on a Monday and not crowded at all. I am on my transition to front side turn and a guy passes my back at the apex of my turn about 3' away going at least 50mph. Full straight line skier. If I had not made that turn at that moment we would have both been heading to the hospital or worse. I caught him at the bottom of the hill and said at least 5 of the 7 words you can't say on television. Dude was oblivious to the danger. Probably 20 years old and the only thing he had to say was, "I am not really a carver, more of a straight liner". Hopefully he filled out the organ donor card at DMV.
  12. Uphill bad. Downhill good. Gavel!
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