VWBrian

Vail also bought Stevens Pass in Washington.

Ok I picked up the board this weekend. It is a 172 cm Length 190mm waist and 13M sidcut. It is very stiff Nishizawa Formula Super Comp 7.2 Pro Model. I was told that they boards were brought to be raced in the USA and the riders complained about them even before they rode them. My freind was there and the person who brought them here just asked him if he wanted them and gave them to him still in the shrink wrap. I got the one he used and he kept the new one in the wrapping. I will still be ordering a Coiler as I don't think the Nishizawa will be my go to board.

Waist width? SCR?

I ride boards up to 180 now. Will keep sizing in mind. I will probably end up with several different size boards. The 167 Airwalk carve board I rode didn't give my any troubles. The 17 SCR is what would make this board suited for some very wide open runs. It may only be used on specific days during the week when the resort is less crowded.

Ogasaka maybe what he said. The 185 ev has a 17.769 SCR This could be the board. Still waiting for a text from friend on the exact model and brand. Has anyone ridden this board? Most of my freeride boards have 7 to 8.2 SCR.

Hello Anyone remember a GS racing snowboard that was made in Japan about 10 years ago? A friend said he has one I can have for cheap but he hasn't told me the brand name. He said it is a 185 board and never been ridden as he has 2 of them. A bit of research on google didn't turn up anything. thanks Brian

recieved in the mail yesterday. Thanks for the great bindings.

Attatch the leash to the board. Use one of the exposed screw inserts and bolt the leash directly to the board.

Will you take $320 shipped to Washington state 98588. I can pay with paypal today. Thanks Brian

Just got home from 2 days of riding. Leg pain is gone with the adjustments I made to the boots and bindings. Rode most of the day on Sat and Sunday. Made adjustments to the Stance angles went to far forward 60/60 Deg then went to 54 and 51 felt better, kept the stance width, 18.25 inches, the same for now. I will have to keep working on Stance next season when I have more time. I switched back to Soft boots late in the day on Saturday and it felt very loose. Really am liking the hardboots. the boots will need a bit of fitting to make more comfortable but they are not too bad as I rode a solid 4 hours each day with them. Had to take breaks to go see if I was needed to teach. Had to switch out equipment every 1.5 hours. We only teach in soft boots.

Thanks for all the replies. I am currently riding an old Airwalk Force67 and just trying to get a feel for hardboot riding. The first day out was fun but my forward lean limited the amount of runs i was able to make. I only was able to adjust stance angles the first day. During the week I made some lifts for the binding and then tried them on and had the same leg fatigue. So once I looked closer at the boot I adjusted forward lean and that seemed to make the board more comfortable to stand on. I am headed back up to the Mt this weekend and should be able to make some more tweeks to the boots and stance angles. I read about the gilmour offset and will try that also. I think the only way to really make any improvements to my stance is to do it on snow. Also my stance is at the narrow end of the board 18 1/4 inches. I can try a wider stance this weekend but will go with what it is set at to start the weekend.

first post here. Picked up some older head strato and burton steppin bindings from Dennis at White pass WA. Thanks Dennis. 1st day out last Sunday front leg quad was killing me. I usually ride soft boots with no forward lean on high backs. Hardboots have a lot of forward lean. I adjusted stance angles and no change for quad soreness. Modded bindings to intec heals and added some toe risers on the front foot and heal riser on rear foot changed stance angles to 51 and 48 from 60 and 55, Put on boots and could feel the same quad pain. So I took the front boot and adjusted forward lean all the way back and left the rear foot with lots of forward lean and put them back on. Leg pain is now gone on carpet test. Will be riding this weekend Sat/Sun to test it out. Anyone else just mod the boot lean instead of the bindings?