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Raisputin

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  • Location
    Shelton, WA
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Mission Ridge
  • Occupation?
    Snowboard Instructor/I.T. Guy
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Supernatural 162 All Mountain (Teaching Board)
    Kemper Apex GS 170 (Old School Asym with Sims Plates)
    Hooger Booger Booster 167 (Old School Asym, never ridden)
    Hot Blast 162 w/ Burton Race Plates (need cant plates for 4 hole pattern)
  • Current Boots Used?
    Northwave Soft Boots
    Dalbello Ski Boots for the plates until I can find some real hard boots
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Set up goofy :) Angles are being fine tuned currently since I have not got to ride plates in years and I want to adjust them
  • Snowboarding since
    1990
  • Hardbooting since
    1990

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  1. I'm wokring on my extreme carves on skis, I have (no laughing) been using cheap ol rental skis at my mountain for the last couple years and I can carve the hell out of them and put myself pretty much on the snow. those guys with both hands on the snow were lower than me though :(... This year I bought some Völkl 5 stars (last years model) on ebay and I think that they will probably allow me to get that extra little bit I need to put myself all the way to the ground :) :)
  2. Um...me and I am a carver, that is mostly what I teach people how to do, my buddy Halden, just about everyone that rides one LOL The magnetraction just gives extra bite to the snow so that people can hold an edge better. I want a race board with MagneTraction now, imagine the possibilities :)
  3. Rode a magnetraction board last year in the pow, couldn't tell the difference between it and a standard sidecut board at all. Magnetraction is suposed to work well on the ice. Everyone I know swears by it now, and that is why I bought a magnetraction board for this year. Now If I could just get lib-tech or gnu to make a alpine board with magnetraction.....that would be insane
  4. I just found out that my old Hooger Boger Booster 167 (Asym) will take the Burton 3 hole bindings Time to get some and take it out for its first ride ever....muhaahahahahahah
  5. When I am teaching we are required to use soft boots, and my stance is something like -5/15 (slight duck). Not sure what my stance is on my hard setup, but I like to ride it equally as often. When it comes to carving, I am able to carve equally on my regular boards as I am on my hard boot setup in a regular riding situation, though my heelside carves are better on the alpine gear.. For regular everyday riding in who-knows-what conditions or powder I typically prefer my soft setup, but if I am in good carving conditions I will go out on the hard setup. Typically there are not a lot of hard-booters in my area, so I am mostly on softs these days, but with a good stiff binding, I can still carve like a maniac :)
  6. Not sure how old this article is but..... Racing Gear Racers need gear that will absorb the bumps and chatter that come from a rutted-up course: Board: Racers often like to use wider boards that allow lower boot angles, to allow more leverage and maneuverability. Boards also must be very damp for better edge hold. In PGS, courses don't get reset between heats, so the slope can get really chopped up. Titanal has recently made a splash at the pro level, since it provides an extra level of dampness. A typical board size falls into the range: For GS: 185cm length, 15M radius For SL: 162cm length, 10M radius Boards that appear to be popular at the world cup level seem to be Tomahawk, F2 Speedster, Prior WCR, Donek Race, Coiler PureRace. Bindings: Step-in Bindings are often too stiff for racers (even though some racers use them, like Jasey-Jay). Most racers ride on a softer non-stepin binding. On the other hand, if Titanal boards become super-damp, it may be possible to use stepin bindings on them without getting bumped around. Jasey-Jay uses an über-damp Titanal Coiler, with Catek short plate step-ins. Bindings that appear to be popular at the world cup level seem to be Burton Race, F2 Race Titanium, Phiokka Highlander, Bomber, Catek. Boots: With a softer binding to absorb vibrations before the get to the boots, a stiffer boot can come in handy for power control: DeeLuxe Indy, Burton Furnace, Burton Reactor, Burton Fire, UPZ. Anton Pogue and Ryan McDonald ride on modified ski boots. [http://www.alpinecarving.com/racing.html] Ryan also rides at my home mountain and I am pretty sure that last year when I saw him carving it up there, he was on ski boots...
  7. I rode in ski boots until last year :P Then again, I have been mostly riding my ancient Asym board...hmmm....Now I have a (less) ancient Hot Blast and some Raichle boots. It is actually taking quite a bit of getting used to. I think I need another board....a GS board :)
  8. It should also be noted that OSX/Leap-A cannot run without an administrator password on standard account types, but can when run in an administrator account. The main user account is by default an administrator account. :) I remember when this came out and I downloaded it and tested it. Even though I run as administrator (I feel secure in doing on the Mac) it asked me for my password, but that could have been because I had updated my system and they had patched that flaw. I cannot remember for certain. Norton Makes a Mac version because eventually someone will manage to write a true virus for the Mac platform
  9. Mac: Pros: MacOS X: BSD Unix based machine with a beautiful GUI. Immune[1] to viruses and spyware Integration: It just plain works.[2] Applications: What do most people use their computers for these days? Internet Access, E-Mail, Web Surfing, Taxes, Checkbook, Photos, Music, Games....The Mac does all of these OS Support: MacOS X, Windows XP[3] (Native), NetBSD (Native), other BSD's (Native), Linux (Native) Cost: Initial cost perhaps slightly higher in the laptop market, but there is also no need for Norton Internet Security and your machine will not be in the shop getting repaired every few months because it is inundated with spyware[4] Cons: Applications: You can;t go to your local Wal*Mart, Costco, etc. and find software that you want typically. Games: If you are a hardcore gamer, forget the Mac, though it is getting better, there are infinitely more games available and available sooner on the WIntel platform. Service: On those rare occasions where you may indeed need to take your machine to the shop for repairs, finding a qualified Mac person is extremely difficult unless you are in a larger city. PC: Pros: Cost: PC's are still cheaper than macs[5] Games: Ummm nothing to say here, Windows world is where games are at. Specialized Applications:There are a lot of specialized applications, particularly those that require direct hardware access, that just are not available on the mac. OS Support: WindowsN, Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X[6] Cons: Service: Typically, for the normal user[4] a PC will go into the shop at least once or twice a year, depending on the shop this can get expensive. In my area, which is pretty small, the lowest shop rate is $50/hr with a 1 hour minimum. That translates to $50-$100/yr in ownership cost for repairs[7] Viruses/Malware: You are going to need a good Antivirus program on your machine, most people will purchase Norton or McAfee which will come on their machine as a 3 month trial (~$50), additionally you will need to get some anti-spyware software (I would recommend, Spybot Search and Destroy, Ad-Aware SE and SpywareBlaster) You can pay for Ad-Aware and have it run automatically, or run it manually. Do this weekly, costing you valuable time that you could spend being productive. OS: I find myself contantly going to the command-line and using DOS commands. The Windows GUI, while it has gotten MUCH better over the years is still lightyears behind that of MacOS X, it is inconsistant and over time Microsoft continues to add 5 different ways/places to do one thing. It is not good UI design. Integration: Plug-and-Play still doesn't work like it does on the Mac platform. Sometimes drivers install automatically, sometimes they don't, sometimes they install and work properly, sometimes they don't. With all of that being said, I would recommend a Mac. As for my own background in I.T. 16+ years of experience on Macs, PC's, Sun Solaris machines, SGI Irix machines, HP/UX machines, VAX/VMS machines and a whole host of other crap. As I get older My view is kinda like this: Mac: Workstations/Servers for most things I need to do PC's: Games Sun: Servers that are bulletproof SGI Irix: Not really used anymore by me. HP/UX: Not really used anymore by me. VAX/VMS: Been way too long since I used one of these. [1] I say immune meaning that there have been no viruses or spyware for Macs since the introduction of MacOS X. If you are dumb enough to download something questionable and then type in your admin password, you are on your own [2] Except when it doesn't ;) [3] On Intel-based Macs [4] This is assuming a regular user, not someone who understands viruses, spyware, etc. (e.g. not even at beginner tech level) [5] WHile PC's are still cheaper, what most people don't realize is that they are not getting an equivalent machine. Look at what is included on each and then configure them equally. [6] MacOS X via a hacked intel version that is on the internet. No official support from Apple. [7] Repairs, not including the cost of any hardware that may be needed.
  10. That fancy little thing is the "Kickerfoot " system. I can't remember where I saw it originally, but I contacted the guy and talked to him about it a bit. He sent me a pair or two and I rode them on my soft setup all last year. I demoed out the second pair to any of the other instructors that might like to give them a try and from the feedback *I* received everyone thought they were great and wanted a pair. Don't know if anyone actually bought any or not, but they sure make a wide stance more natural and comfortable. They are pretty nice and give me some cant on the soft setup. I never had a problem with them and with my "innovative space age" Bottlecap mod (LOL, it really is the lid off of a Diet Pepsi) it makes them fit correctly on my Drake bindings. Planning on some Catek FR2's for the new soft setup this year and keeping the kickerfeet on the old soft setup
  11. Bah...all those big resorts. ;) Come to WA and hit Mission Ridge, Stevens Pass, Alpental, Snoqualmie, White Pass, Mount Baker, 49° North, Mount Spokane, and Crystal Mountain. Lots of good riding/skiing out here and besides I work at Mission Ridge :)
  12. Here are some more pics.... My hardboot boards, my softboot boards and my kickerfoot cants with slight modifications to work in the drake matrix bindings. Hooger Booger Booster 167, Hot Blast 162, Kemper Apex GS 170 :) Gnu Rider's Choice 161.5M (Magnatraction) , Supernatural 162 Kickerfoot installed in my drake matrix bindings. Had to remove Drake footpads. Noticed that there was some serious gap in the back because of the design of the drakes compared to other brands, So I innovatively created a spacer out of Diet Pepsi Lids :lol: Another shot of the innovative space age spacing system ;)
  13. Thanks for your responses everyone, they are much appreciated. I have been sent a contact name/number for what we are looking for :)
  14. Raisputin

    Newbie!

    I have no problems leaving a nice trench with on my soft setup with my Northwave boots (comfy) and my Drake Matrix bindings.
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