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JohnO'Brien

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  • Location
    Toronto
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Collingwood
  • Occupation?
    Consultant
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Coiler 184 Pure Race
    Coiler 172 AM Titanal
  • Current Boots Used?
    Raichle 325
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Catek SI f60/r56
    Cateck Olympic

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  1. Shell is stamped 29.5 inside on the red part, on the white part it as stamped 28-30.5. The liner has a tag labeled 29
  2. I am in Markham and ride MSLMS Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  3. Used a few times Intec step in heels Liners not used as I have pair of intuitions that I use great shape, look and operate as brand new but for a few small scratches 9.5/10 $300 USD OBO
  4. Hello Wally, Thinking the same think and was wondering if you had an update on the boots/board and boots/ski performance? Also, what size boot are you using and what is the width of your board? What angles do you have to run to eliminate boot overhang? Thanks, John
  5. Ron, Thanks for the offer. I now have to work out the logistics and timing and will take you up on the offer when I know the dates. John
  6. Hello, I have a chance to add a couple of days onto a business trip and was wondering what the conditions are right now at Snowbird and what the best carving slopes are? Thanks in advance for your help, John
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  8. I broke my ankle for two reasons. Firstly, soft snow made me overconfident as I was able to carve faster and tighter turns and thus pushed my equipment and body to limits beyond my ability. As they say in racing, I ran out of talent. Secondly, the equipment we are using is getting so much better that we are able to turn harder and faster than before, again allowing us to carve faster and tighter turns putting us into difficult situations that we were never in before. Most of my older boards had stiffer flex patterns which did not fold on soft/spring conditions. For a while, boards were built with too much flex at the front of the board. I think the newer style boards have less flex in the nose and more between the feet with will reduce these accidents in the future. I think these two factors increase the injury dramatically, as I think we have seen more posts of injuries this year than in the past.
  9. Spring day, soft snow and my boots in a soft setup and the front of my board folded up on a hard toe side turn. Went over the handlebars and felt a sharp pain in my ankle. Ended up being a fractured talus. They wanted me in a cast for 6 weeks which I had them remove at 4 weeks. Was told to take it easy and get Physio right away. Was active within a few weeks after some aggressive treatments from my sister who is a physio. She says doctors are very conservative when it comes to talus fractures as blood flow is not good at that bone, but she said if x rays showed bone healing then get at the stretching quickly and hard which I did. I think you are done for the season, but should be OK to go soon. Hope you heal fast. John
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