Dr D

Well my first skinning experience falls into the category of things I had the balls to try that most people haven't. conditions were abysmal but we had fun anyway. I have a set of curious bruises on my knees from every time the skins gave out. I look forward to trying again after spring returns or a significant snowfall. looks like we might have that since its dumping at my office right now:biggthump

check out prolotherapy as a possible alternative to surgery if it comes to that.:biggthumpquite successful and relatively non invasive

been busy and missed this one! Get catek and **** the duck:eplus2:

sounds like an ergonomic problem to me. Go with the simple answer and adjust your binding angles:biggthump I know personally that certain angle combos are just bad news. I would play with the splay a little as well. the general consensus around here is that 5 degrees or so difference is far enough. I have seen enough odd anatomy to confidently say that you may not be "normal";) :lol:and you should experiment with both wider and narrower angle splay. I personally know a guy who rides about 65 on the front and 80 on the rear. wierd for sure but it matches his anatomy and keeps an old man carving.

shoe goo the seam back together and then apply a good layer of tool dip on the thumb and palm. the black will hide the shoe goo and will look good on the glove if you are tidy about the application:biggthump

jon mcginnis formerly of identity snowboards is working with 3d modeling and printing for his aircraft bus. crazy things are possible and even easy with the 3d printer.

yeah thats true enough and wierd to since I have a hell of a time riding a single radius board usually. It does however have the long rocker reverse camber nose and the dual metal. So perhaps those points are more effective changes than the sidecut.

As a committed:rolleyes: desk jockey and internet time waster, I would like to point out that the strength of this board is its diversity of OPINIONS. Its easy to log on and within a few minutes see the rather broad spectrum of people who are comitted to a narrow demographic sport. Anyone who has lurked here very long can tell you who the "pros" are and who the newbs are etc. I enjoy the comraderie of the board and that shows in my post count. I am a mediocre to poor technical carver. I like to think I can hang with anyone in an all mtn situation. I am probably somewhat of an expert in the very small group of people who ride alpine style gear in softboots. I appreciate bordy's viewpoints and have learned a lot from his various posts over the last few years. It amazes me that we cannot look beyond our own preferences and skills long enough to appreciate input from a veteran professional. My own recent experience with a new school board, the X3 coiler, leaves me amazed and transformed so I would have to agree with the basis of this thread. It truly is a game changer. I felt like my skills improved a full 25% almost immediately. Kudos to all those who are risking personal fortune etc to advance the tech of this sport. We still need the old school stuff as an entry point for most newbies. Unless we can figure out how to build a custom coiler or Donek etc for $200:lurk:

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15 days I believe its all over in a couple weeks any way.:( The split board is ready to go. if the mtn keeps getting hit I will learn to climb and get the last remnants of the beer gut under control:biggthump

NUTHIN LIKE A GOOD BM/Big dump either:eplus2:

Yep hows the HOPE and CHANGE feel now huh? like a big stick up yer @$$ no doubt unless your deaf dumb and blind. I am so sick of the whole red blue thing when everyone of them is the same. This is a Fascist Democracy now, not the republic it was intended to be. politicians are all the same and they are not here to help you. They are here to **** you and take your money. Monsanto is clearly EVIL and should be stopped in any way possible

dumped all night dumping now and I am working :mad: supposed to dump all nite tonight tomorrow should be bottomless:eplus2:

never been better cuban:eplus2: perfect groomers perfect groomers perfect groomers 18 days left of lift served mtn

Absolutely fantastic day! perfect groomers, hands down the best we've had all year. I am so done I can barely walk. oh yeah and the visibility was exceptional as well.

this is possible! This is my setup boots are solamon malamutes

4" yesterday another inch or so today and silvertip was ungroomed either day. Think hvy powder and reconsolidated piles coated with an inch of fresh. I carved it hard using the whole run for the upper two thirds and tighter slalom turns at the bottom third. The X3 ate it up I left a massive nasty trench through all of it. This board will take anything you throw at it. I am also to the point where I can push it beyond sanity. At speed with my weight I can let it fully decamber and take really hard tight turns or I can push with my feet and straighten the board a bit and run really long radius Gs style turns. This board is the stick for those of you on tight crowded runs. IT will do it all:lurk:

rode the X3 on perfect groomers today. exceptional I also hit a few ungroomed runs with yesterdays 4" pushed into piles and another inch of fresh on top. Flat out hard charging manic fun. The X3 is an all mtn machine:biggthump

email sent! which topsheet is it? pics

instead of using your hands for balance use them to drive the edge. left hand is ok but use the right hand dynamically. push the right hand out over the nose on your heelside turns and drop it to your side or hip on the toesides. you can get even more edge by driving both hands out over the nose on your heelsides. think handlebars. steepen your angles until there is 0 overhang:biggthump

the malamutes will pack out a bit so go with the smaller size. The first day or three they will feel tight and stiffer than your hard boots. once broke in they rule provided you aren't a half size to big:biggthump

wind packed powder and ungroomed runs today! No sign of quitting yet. I can carve this thing on anything:eplus2:

epic groomer day today! sunshine and 5 degrees with hero groomers and lots of wide open space:1luvu::1luvu:

don't knock the herb maaaaaan:eplus2: ITs better every day baby. I pushed it down corkscrew to the point that my left cheek was draggin on the heelside.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: not a bit in fact the afternoon was bluebird and a relatively warm -5:eplus2: