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When will this thingy finally come out? Can hardly wait.... Can I have it under the xmas tree? No, that's too late, I need it before the end of October. Any chance?

I would check compatibility with: http://www.bomberonline.com/store/bindings/Ibex.cfm And then would order parts from: http://www.bomberonline.com/store/bindings/Ibex_parts.cfm

Holy crap, imagine what he's wearing when doing something really dangerous.... :lol:

WOW! Keep it coming! :lol:

Well, then it sounds like a liner issue...

Are you maybe cross-legged or bow-legged? Have you tried playing around with canting and lifts? The angles you described below do not seem to be an issue themselves, there might be other things that have to be fine-tuned. On a separate note, don't you have overhang (boot out) on a narrow board with 50-45? Well, first of all what is narrow for you? And secondly what size of boots you wear?

Great pic and great aspiration. I think it's not really a question of one style being superior to an other (certainly there are clear "to do"-s and "don't do"-s if you want to race, no doubt about that, but most of us don't race, right?). In my opinion it is a great thing if someone has more styles / techniques under his belt, may it be EC, short slalom turns with rubber-band legs, powerful GS style like on the pic, funky switch / fakie tricks like Caspercarver, etc. Learning a new technique or style will not do you any harm, right? When I discovered EC and people practicing it I thought, WOW, I want to do this. It took me a few seasons to get comfy with it, and now it is one of things I can do on a slope. Do I do it all the time? No way. Do I always ride wide EC boards? Absolutely not. Actually that is the board I use the least. But it is still fun to do, and I always find new challenges in it and opportunities to improve my riding. And trust me, EC is very very aesthetic visually if done correctly. I've seen quite a lot of ECers in the last 6 years in Zinal, Switzerland on the ECS events and there are some amazing riders, great fun to watch. Who ever says it's an uncontrolled fall is just wrong. Actually EC IS about full control of speed and body movement. But still, I do like you aspiration. I wish I could ride like that guy on the pic and then I could easily become the Hungarian PGS champ. My $.02

There's nothing wrong about being attracted to EC style. You'll find a bunch of great guys here who share this passion: http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/index.php

Well, I do not know how fast he's going on the videos, it looks quite fast to me though. I'd guess most of the time he is around 65-75 km/h. I've mentioned recently on an other forum that this March I happened to have a GPS device with me on the slope in Italy / Livingo for 2 days and have measured the speed during different styles of riding. These are the results I've got: - EC: around 40 km/h - Speed carving: around 60-65 km/h (still linked and laid turns, body drag, but no extreme extension as during EC) - Straight-lining to the lift: 80-90 km/h (no crazy speeding, just letting the board go a bit at the end of the slope) - Speeding: 100+ km/h - Top speed I measured: 126 km/h So what I'm trying to say here is that you can go really fast even with a body drag... and trust me, getting wet is not an issue..... the issue rather is what reinforcements to put on your clothes not to lose them after 3 turns.... And actually eating snow is a lot of fun. Having said all this, no doubt, EC has nothing to do with proper race technique and is (just like many other things in life) a question of personal preference. EC is also a nice and safe style to go down very steep slopes, provided they are well groomed. And in fact, Pokkis is a great rider (especially in his age group :lol: - sorry Pokkis I could not miss this), I've seen him many times.... But don't ask me how this topic got here from Matiu's video... (JakeW ) Rgds

Thanks for the clarification Photodad, good insight.

@ Valsam: No, I do not know Mickey. Actually I do not know too many Hungarian carvers. I could count on one hand the ones that can really ride... Check the video at 6:00. Well not moguls, but quite an uneven surface. Look how stable he is at that speed.

Boring? I **** my pants watching him bombing down through those moguls.... well, small moguls, but still....

Well, then the only way to know is to try. Before buying a brand new one, you might want to run a search on e-bay or in the classifieds sections of the well known carving forums, you might be able to find a much better deal then buying a new one...

Well, in case you're new to carving a 187 cm GS board might be difficult for you to handle. You'll feel that you're on a rail, going much faster then you wish and you'll find it quite difficult to push it into a decent turn, no matter how wide the slope is. I would say the F2 Silberpfeil is a good carving board to start with, despite of the fact that it has some well known issues - stiff nose that has a tendency to dig in, and a soft mid part that will overbend if you really crank it. I guess a good indicator would be for you to move on to a better board if you feel that you can overload the Silberpfeil, meaning you can push it harder then the board can handle. You'll know what I mean when it happens. Coming back to custom boards, there are some EU manufacturers offering boards at a relatively lower price (I'd say comparable to an F2 WC) like http://www.apex-snowboards.com/ for example. Cheers

This might not be the answer you're looking for, but if you want a custom stick, why don't you order one from one of the manufacturers within EU? There are quite a few.

Who won the title 'Carving Master' this year?

And the plates of the TD2Ti that have a gold finish. Mine is a concave.

@ Pokkis: you're right, a damper in the middle section will not have an impact on the nose / tail. After all, it's all about try and error, right? If the new M-Flex is a good thing overall, we'll see it all over the place. If it does not work as expected, it will go into the archive files of those inventions that never made it to racing....

I agree with the comments that emphasize simplicity. However I think the idea to include a hydraulic dampening mechanism is new and revolutionary. As I said it reminds me of a steering damper we use on our speedbikes. In case I'm right those also come in adjustable versions. Just imagine that you could adjust dampening without any tool, quickly, easily..... I know, some will immediately say "Snowstix".... but trust me, a hydraulic dampening system is different.... Otherwise I had snowstix on my speedbike....

Looks like a new hydraulic super fancy bling bling plate system. I want one! The thing in the middle looks like a motorcycle steering damper. In that case this is gonna be costly....

A Deeluxe shell of a certain size will accommodate 2 sizes of liners. But don't ask me if 28 and 28,5 would go into the same shell size or they fall into different ones.

Most probably you bend at the waist and your butt is too much up in the air. Your heelside outperformed your toeside because your biomechanice does not allow you to make this typical toeside mistake on your heelside. Dropping your knees is a good drill. Also your leading hand should be reaching towards the heelside edge while your rear hand should be a bit raised like if you wanted to clear a gate. During toesides on steeper slopes you'll have to concentrate on pushing your hips down to the snow rahter than reaching for the snow and having your butt up in the air. Try to get someone shooting a video of you, you'll most probably see the mistake immediately and that will allow you to correct it. ps.: Just realized that the Donek Metal ad in the upper right corner of the screen is a great example of a good toeside.

We're also different in the way we ride...

A pic from last weekend showing the relationship between hardbooter and softbooter.... :lol: no, actually he's a good friend ;)

This is porn.... :lol: