Corey

I run the Alpine liners. They're firm enough to hold my foot but don't affect boot flex very much. i.e. they'll make your boot feel softer if you have a plastic tongue in your current liner. I like that!

Yup, that was the one!

If you had cut a funky shape you could have sold them for $200. Really funky? $500! You also could use washers, but then the F2 covers wouldn't go back on.

So true! Just try it, it's a small change. You may find you have a preference for how your riding style changes at lower or higher binding angles. 20 cm is the baseline that works for 90% of people. Then try narrower and wider to see if you like them. My personal preference: Under 20 cm feels more like a skwal, with toe and heel side turns feeling more similar. I'm gravitating more towards the wider end of the spectrum, it feels more like snowboarding. I've been absolutely loving a 23 cm waist board this year, and now my 20s feel narrow. Others love 14 cm boards. But you don't know until you try.

I think you're underestimating the amount of sand used in Winterpeg. A shovel would be more appropriate in some areas.

My last day was 2 weeks ago. Last few days were some of the best carving snow of the season, which was a pleasant surprise! Now I'm waiting for street sweeping to clear all the sand off the roads so I can play on the surf skate.

Wind in the screw a bit to move the toe and heel closer. When you can't push the boot down hard enough for the moving pins to click in place, then it's too tight. That's not a red flag, but I like mine a bit tighter than that. The system relies on preload between the front bail, the pins/wedges on the ramp of the heel pushing up, and the moving pins holding the heels down.

Interesting idea! Could help with that last tiny bit of heel lift where my liner slips upwards. Thanks!

Never fails - planned carving meets yield powder. It's win-win either way!

The most important question is: How long is a rope? I kid, but this seems like something that would be exceedingly hard to model in a pure mathematical sense. Knowing that a rider can change the turn diameter by loading the board, independent of edge angle, means it's going to be complicated. The Thirst sidecut design (and @johnasmo's subsequent open-source experimentation) gives a hint of this complication. My two Coiler Contras have absolutely become my favorite boards with a shocking versatility, so I'm a believer!

Great riding, exceptional analysis! I wish I had this many years ago - this would have cut years off my development. Such a clear and effective presentation of so many things! Thanks for posting!

Rereading my post, I should add: You don't need too much. I add 2 layers of those thin neoprene socks on my ankle bones and toes as they hurt the most, then one layer in other hot spots.

X2 here. The more padding, the less final pressure after it's done. I also add stuff around and between my toes to spread them out for wiggle room. I also add padding to that bump on top of the foot, my pointy ankle bones, and the bump on the outside of my foot. It feels awful when you first buckle up the boot with all this stuff, but it is good later. 10 minutes of discomfort for on-hill comfort! Neoprene paddling socks are relatively cheap (well, they were 10 years ago!) and give lots of material for toe caps and padding. Scotch tape holds well on skin. Then tape your insole to your foot and add a super thin sock over it all to keep the bits in place.

I check my 6 on almost every toeside. I must have skipped one, and the next one revealed a girl in a power snowplow starfish coming very fast at me. I kept turning and pulled over to the side as she blew past with zero attempt at a direction change from her. Terrifying...

Amazing to hear. Here's to rapid healing for you and all in this thread!