Erik J

Apparently none of you have been to mountain creek nj. It's something else. Current conditions - bullet proof.

MK all day for me. a 170 you say? count me in

Great spring system. Nice smooth operation. In hindsight I may have leaned toward the compact version as I like the way it tucks neatly into the space provided on the UPZ I keep reading the comment about being careful walking down stairs. Is this really an issue? Are there piles of dead alpine riders at the bottom of stairs that didn't make it? Perhaps lay off the schnapps a little? Do these people need help learning shapes and colors too?

Pick your chin up a bit. If you let your gaze fall toward the ground you may become reactive to snow features and the space immediately in front of you. Lifting up your chin may open up your field of view and allow you to look further into the turns you want/need to make. Relax your shoulders too if you find yourself pulling them up toward your ears.

You've told us what you want to do. Give us some more info about what you're doing now to bridge that gap between those two points. I relearned how to use my alpine board through the web. I would study a picture and visualize the body positions when I was on hill. I would pick out every little detail of knowledge, right or wrong, that I could find and apply it on snow. Some worked, some didn't. I fell, got up, took a deep breath, tried harder and fell again. But I got better. I went this route because that's all I knew at the time. The old days of the original BOL forum were a bit rough around the edges. I think there is something to be said for getting a bit aggressive about it. Board won't turn? Stomp on that f@cker till it does. Feeling intimidated? Smoke a little meth, preferably the kind made in a bathtub in a trailer park. Need a little adrenaline to get you going? Steal a car before you go riding, the adrenaline might do you some good. Maybe I'm exagerating, maybe I'm not, maybe it's maybelline. You're in charge, nothing else. Just sayin

you'll find the pic here - http://forums.alpinesnowboarder.com/topic/6741-2006-alpine-snowboarding-calendar/?tab=comments#comment-56766

Horrific conditions today. Loose corn like granular over boiler plate ice. But holy hell did I have fun. I very literally cackled out loud for about 4 full turns like a drunken madd scientist. This is why I ride alpine. Modern equipment is so ridiculously fun to play with.

sold? If not I will buy

Dan - for some reason your avatar migrated its way into my family photos like 6 cell phones ago which could be 10 - 18 years ago. Probably during some botched data transfer on my part. My wife asked me years ago "who's that?" I didn't have an answer. She already thinks I'm a weirdo so whatever.

paging Rob Stevens

I began riding alpine because I didn't know any better. I continue because it has grown to be such a part of my life I can't imagine not doing it. First board was a Black Snow mogul monster. Crashing through the trees and building jumps in the woods at my parents house was how I spent all of my winter. When the local hills started to allow boarding I bought a Burton Safari comp II from a rich kid that rode it once in his back yard. I had no clue what the board was about but the picture in the catalog looked really cool. I was washing dishes in a restaurant at the time and bought whatever I wanted with the money I earned. First day on my safari was in the rain. I wore high top sneakers, jeans and a tshirt. I smashed my face up pretty well with my own knees. By the time I was being picked up my clothes were ripped and I was a bloody mess. I was smiling ear to ear and never wanted anything more than to keep snowboarding forever. My bedroom walls became plastered with magazine pictures. I idolized guys like Shawn Farmer and Damien Sanders. When I saw Peter Bauer and Jean Nerva carve I wanted to do that but I also wanted to hit the trees and jumps. Bought a Burton PJ with hardboots in high school and kept trying to carve and hit jumps too because nobody was going to tell me how or what to ride damnit. I modeled my life around the snow. I would never live more than 20 minutes from a mountain that I could ride, no matter how small. I moved to CO, then back east. It's worked so far. I still get after it as hard as I can, riding the whole mountain on my alpine setup, still trying to hammer that square peg into a round hole. That feeling of...nevermind. Jack said it. I live for this shit.

well I got the screw out The solution was having more than 1 drink. Also I drilled the head of the screw off as suggested. I was able to get the screw out of the boot as well with vice grips since at that point I could clamp down hard onto the screw itself. Thanks team!

Love my classic hat! I go up 2 points on the hotness scale when I put it on but then down 3 when I take it off. I have to leave it on all the time now. Which is fine as it's a great hat.

Looking to remove my Fintec heels. I have all the screws out but one. What I have tried so far - PB blaster, overnight soak with multiple applications - nope Tap a hammer onto a flathead screwdriver towards the left to loosen the screw - nope Heat - the torch is a bit tough to get on the screw as it's recessed. I don't want to start melting plastic so nope Tapping a screwdiver into the screw head for better grip - nope Drilled out the screw head to insert a screw extractor - I have good bite from the screw extractor but the screw will not spin. I don't want to break off the extractor in the screw. I'm on the verge of going to my dads shop to put the heel under a drill press to just bore the whole thing out but that seems like damage may ensue. Any suggestions?

Count me in as a paying customer when you get set up. Best of luck!

Great, now I have to put another board on my want list. You guys are killin me.

I say stick with the hardboots in pow. I found that altering my riding on a softer flexing board worked well. I was always on intec bindings with a softer forward flexing boot. Pressing with my feet, riding from the ground up worked best for me. I stay light and soft when tilting the board over in pow. Imagine pushing against the snow like it's water instead of ripping a trench with force.

“I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” - Groucho

2 bails and 2 doohickeys would be great absolutely, pm coming

bump

Thank you for keeping this community alive!

Beware the steely gaze, the trap like jaws. The angry TD monster wants its parts!

Update. I don't like the Angry for pond crossing. The rounded tail doesn't track through the water well and washes out when turning hard over water. The MK's square tail tracks nice and clean through the water and allows "carved" turns which in turn dump a crapton of water on anyone within 20'. Which is really fun, especially when their phone is in their hand.

I have also stripped the threads from the bail on my rear binding. I'm on step ins. It happened on the outer (toeside) portion of the bail. Not sure how long it's been like that but I would assume the next step would be a broken bail if the bail keeps flexing on one side. I am currently looking for the shoulder lugs or a whole toe assembly. I have the older style shaft that likes to spin within the shoulder lugs. If these shoulder lugs get made, count me in as a buyer.

I don't find the MK to be demanding if you don't want it to be. IMO it gives back what you put into it. And when I choose energetic input, that's when the serious fun starts - aka the methhead comes out. So then why would one buy this board to just cruise around all mellow like. IMO that's not where the fun is and that's not the strength of the MK. With regards to laying out a turn on an MK. Yes it will do it. Be ready to deal with all of that energy coming back at you.