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jpenn

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  1. I'll take them - how do you want to handle the transaction?
  2. Interested in bindings - missing screw is mounting screw? What shape are the ratchets in? Thanks!
  3. Mark: sent address to your email - thanks again!
  4. Hey Mark - $ sent via paypal - Let me know if it didn't come out right. Thanks again. John P
  5. Sounds good - can you give me a call to work out details? 860 201 3980. After 3 is best to talk - especially on Wednesdays. Thanks!
  6. Thanks again, I'll wait to hear from you. JP
  7. Thanks! I wasn't planning on Berkshire East this weekend, butI'm sure we can figure something out. The bail distance on my Raichle's is about 11 1/2", (from toe to heel where the bails fit in) but i have no idea how you would measure that on the binding. What size boot did you use in them? JP
  8. Hey Scrapster: Very interested as I just busted the bail on my old Rossi's. Will they fit a mondo 29 boot? Thanks - you may have saved my season! John P NW CT
  9. I'm not sure if anyone posted a comment on this, (i didn't want to look through all 11 pages of comments on this thread) but I saw a beautiful 360 carve on during the olympic coverage made by none other than ...the AFLAC duck! Who knew this bird had so much talent? It definitely lightened things up from watching Jacobelis not finishing the final round.
  10. Hey Sooperburd - thanks for summing it up - I like your perspective, and now I am dying to try bumps on a smaller board (right now I use a Nidecker Legend 164 - a bit long but flexy and able to cut tight turns). JP
  11. I gotta agree with you RDY, I'm sure you've all seen this vid: These guys are awesome, but i think only one of them are in hardshells.
  12. oh yeah, maybe I should change that pic if I want to say something serious:lol:
  13. I know I want to say something really profound here... I just can't come up with anything tho. At first, I thought the original comment was funny and intended as that, but for some reason, it really pushed a few buttons out there. Maybe these soft booters who everyone seems to dislike are just at the age where image is everything and looking cool with pants around your ankles is where it's at. But they are a product of where companys like burton and billabong and hurley etc have taken the sport. Image is everything for them, but we have achieved enlightenment - we are into the sport for the sheer pleasure. Their day will come, hopefully, when they realize there is more to life than image, more to riding than what you wear or how you try to impress everyone. Ah, so much for profound thoughts, my apologies for rambling...
  14. Hockey2, we have a situation here. You may be developing a serious addiction - there is no 10 step program or patch to help ease the pain of withdrawal that summertime brings. You may find yourself watching snowboard vids in a curtained room in the middle of July while the wife and kids are off at the beach, or endlessly playing some snowboarding video game for an artificial high. The saddest part is drooling over skiing mags that come out in August that are specifically for two plankers but are read by us with a serious addiction because we see the snow, the mountains and we can picture ourselves carving the lines...
  15. Bumps are where it's at. There is nothing like hitting Stowe or Sugarbush late in the season, when the groomers are running over 2% of the terrain and everything - especially the steeps like Star, Goat, Steins, or Ripcord are full of bumps the size of volkswagons and the snow is soft and forgiving. Moguls are like a giant terrain park with a thousand features and every time you ride through it, there's a new line to try. Personally, I put away the hardboots for this just because I feel more comfortable with my softies. Balance is key - a snowboarder's center of gravity should be just like a good mogul skier's - very little movement, which can be tricky if you find yourself setting hard turns. Right now, CT has had very little snow. Our local mountain has a mogul run but the bumps are very hard and icy in between. Natural snow helps a lot, warm weather does, too. You guys near areas with large snowfalls are sooo lucky. Soft bumps all the time!
  16. The moguls tuesday were the best i've had this season. I would almost call them epic and they were right here in CT
  17. Snurfing in early 70's, then skiing, skateboarding. Took some time off for marraige and kids, then skiing again and then softboots in 95 and hardboots in 06. Rails were impossible to learn without breaking some part of me.
  18. Hey Shane - That board looks perfect for my local hill out here in CT (645 foot vertical, 15 trails, 50" annual snowfall on a good year). Whatdaya think?:)
  19. zilch - employee pass. I work 7-10 hours a week to feed the addiction.
  20. So...how much does it take to make you go to work before going snowboarding? How much does an addict pay for his fix?
  21. Ha! I'm not sure I ever left. Actually, it won't be long before I can compete in both the senior and special olympics. Maybe somewhere out there there's an olympic category just for me...
  22. Like that, eh? I crack up every time I see that pic (I can't even take credit for it - it's not me and I didn't take it, though it is a friend of mine - I think it is his good side) He's a special guy.
  23. Yeah Bumpyride: let's hear it for riding moguls! There are a few of us out here who live for bumps - me and my son especially! Just had a bump comp at our mountain, and besides the 60-70 skiers, there were four riders! Nothing better than soft spring bumps! Had to put the alpine gear away, though... oh yeah, I'm a complete hacker in hardboots. Is that a category?
  24. Hey Shawndoggy: Love the video - wild camera angle. Speaking of spazzin arms (which I don't think yours are), there are lots of jibbers at our local hill who ride around with bunny arms - their arms are bent up and then their wrists bend down. I'm not sure what to make of it. Does anyone else see this? Hope y'all are enjoyin the spring riding. The bumps at Sundown are incredible!!!
  25. Holy crap...do you think he had to change his snowpants?
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