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Cindy Kleh

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  • Location
    Grand Lake
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Mary Jane and Berthoud Pass backcountry
  • Occupation?
    freelance writer/editor, bar goddess
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    all three are Nitro: 156 twin tip for slopestyle, 157 directional for BX, slalom and BX, 163 Samurai for GS
  • Current Boots Used?
    softies .... gasp!!! I'm open to sponsorship if anyone can get me into a hard set up.
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    f'n straps
  • Snowboarding since
    1985

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  1. I read this article a few days ago. I thought about cutting it out and showing it to Jacques Thomas of Le Feet Lab, but I knew he'd have a stroke. I'm with Jack M. I love my orthotics and whenever I have tried to ride without them, I feel pressure points on the bottoms of my feet. The article does admit that plantar fasciatus is helped by orthotics. That is the condition I first saw Jacques about. I went from limping to riding in the course of two days. I'm sold.
  2. And one more little dream: meeting all of the Bomber Gang that I have been chatting with for years and feeling like a part of the crowd instead of a softie that likes to race.
  3. I just have this crazy dream about showing up for Nationals on hards and watching my nemisis freak the F out. Is that immature and petty of me? Oh well ....
  4. I would love to try on your boots. (I can't just buy someone's boots on the other side of the country without trying them on first.) Boot pain is almost as bad as a root canal!
  5. What is the charge for dropping in one day? I can get free lift tickets at Aspen.
  6. Thanks. I'm really tight on money right now, so I'm looking for the boots first ... bindings seem to be everywhere. $275 doesn't sound too outrageous if they were comfortable boots. Do all hardboots have heat-moldable liners?
  7. I won a 167 Donek Pilot board yesterday, and I think it was a sign from above that I should learn to ride hards. It's an entry level board, GS. I'm looking for used boots and bindings. I have a 24.5 foot, a little wide, and I weigh 130 pounds. Oh, and is anyone up to giving me an intro lesson? I tip well.
  8. Studies have been done comparing snowboarding and skier injuries. They occur almost at the same rate, but, as mentioned, beginner snowboarders seem to have a higher rate, with wrists the most common injury. As the rider gets better and goes for faster and higher in the air, shoulders, neck and ACL tears become more common. Skiers injure their thumbs the most, but knee injuries are also common. I believe that in either sport, if you are pushing yourself to progress, injuries will happen. It's still better than doing it on a Wii.
  9. Just wanted to get my two cents in. I'm a soft booter (knuckledragginparkmonkey) who races, so I'm always interested in anything carve related. I've followed bomberonline discussions for years hopin that someday I can afford to go to hards. Keep bomber pure! It's a hard booter site! There are other sites for softies. There are so many highly educated members here that I learn alot from the threads. I found a slalom board and I'm working on finding hard boots and plate bindings. If I mastered hards, I would be unbeatable in my USASA age group. Of course, I'd need some coaching ... anyone want to sponsor me with these missing elements? Then I could really be one of you guys.
  10. This thread should be named Does Anyone Not Have Knee Pain? This is the first season in a decade that I haven't had wicked knee pain. Usually I have to quit after about 2 hours of riding and apply icebags. I couldn't ride more than two or three times a week. This year, I still ache after riding but not anywhere close to the past. I think it's because of the following reasons: lots of bike riding and weight machines to build up the muscles around the knee, I'm learning to land air more gently and I think about the sweet spot of the board on every turn and with even weight on both legs, the knees get less torque.
  11. Interesting. Any medical evidence of what smoking pot does to you?
  12. Ya, I avoid Vail like the plague. If it's not the expensive parking, it's waiting in lines even on weekdays for everything. Even to take a pee. Even Aspen and Telluride provide convenient and free parking. Beaver Creek rocks! Arapahoe Basin still has close-in free parking ... you can see the lifts from your car.
  13. Nate Holland is the MAN! I met him at X Games four years ago. He asked if I would like his autograph, and I said sure, I guess (who is this guy?). He had an X Games gold around his neck but no attitude. Such a nice guy! That course was in horrible shape. Imagine screamin down that course at full speed wth frozen ruts in the bank turns. My heart goes out to Jacobellis. The press won't let her live down that crash in Turin 2006 even though she dominates the sport of WM's boardercross.
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