Pat Donnelly

"Earthbound snow guns, however, don’t always have the benefit of the atmosphere’s cold temperatures. Thus, artificial snowmakers have borrowed some nucleation ideas from on high to help water freeze more rapidly at temperatures closer to –5 °C or higher. One such product is Snomax, a freeze-dried protein powder sold by Snomax International in Denver that gets mixed into the water pumped uphill to snow guns. Snomax derives its nucleating ability from Pseudomonas syringae, a bacterium commonly found on agricultural crops and other plants, as well as in the atmosphere. P. syringae has a powerful nucleating protein on its cell surface, with which it creates an icy spear to pierce plant cells and then feast upon their contents. Drift, a snowmaking additive launched in 2001 by Aquatrols in Paulsboro, N.J., is a liquid polyether-substituted trisiloxane that acts as a surfactant. By reducing the surface tension of the water sprayed out of snow guns, this surfactant helps the droplets freeze more rapidly rather than clump together, says Andy Moore, the sales director for Drift. This ability helps increase the high-temperature window for snowmaking by about 1 °C and can improve snow quality at lower temperatures . . " https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i6/What-s-artificial-snow-and-how-is-it-made.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3360831/Could-Swiss-skiing-holiday-make-ILL-Snomax-fake-snow-banned-Austria-Germany-used-Alps-bad-health-says-French-study.html Very COLD WEATHER . . . http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42885124

http://stream.nbcolympics.com/snowboarding-mens-womens-parallel-giant-slalom-qualifying-runs

Good job!

Zoom in on the bolt depression created in the base plate on the right side. Looks like a stress riser to me or too long of a bolt?

Some affordable mid-week promotions Tues, Weds & Thurs. Might have to check it out. http://skicooper.com/eventcalendar/

3 pages of former thread content can be found using "Niseko" http://forums.bomberonline.com/search/

Found a few former threads via search that may help SVR and Mats may be somewhere in Japan powder boarding this month, not sure on the specifics?

Did you try either boards with plates and hard-boots at lower angles? I ride a Coiler BXFR with plates as it makes it easier to change over to Alpine boards without changing boots. Having a stiffer wide board helps to handle the extra leverage/power plates and hard-boots provide. Something else to have in the quiver if the conditions are not prime for Alpine carving.

https://www.skimag.com/gear/head-supershape-ititan-2017 demoed a pair of (the blue ones) last season @ Buttermilk and had fun railing twin tracks on the groomers. I was looking to buy a pair this past fall at a local ski swap but none were to be had. Tried another brand which has a cut out in the tip, but that model did not compare to the Heads. Agree with your reasoning as you have to take advantage of the offer.

Between 0:40-0:60 starts to come into focus and through to the end. Both toe and heel sides. Observe torso (shoulders and hips) turning in opposite direction of the turns.

Fundamentals of a Carve http://www.carvers.it/club-ski-cern-ch-snowboard-tutor-basic-carve-turn-extension-turns/

you need to correct the counter rotation. http://www.carvers.it/club-ski-cern-ch-snowboard-tutor-counter-rotation-what-not-to-do/

SportLegs supplement could have eased the burn . . . . Base elevation at Copper is 10,000 ft and Eugene is around 430 ft? this can be a detrimental factor to us flat landers. The top green run "L" or lumberjack (far skiers-left) can be fun as it usually has low and slow traffic.

Bob, Get anybody to snap a few pictures while you are riding. You need to see how your body is aligning versus what you think you are doing. Others here can chime in as well with suggestions after you post them up. Simply following another may not help in that you will be watching them rather than paying attention to what you need to be doing. Where are you looking? Where are your hands, hips and shoulders in relationship to the direction of the turn? Watching the rider in front of you may cause you to look down the fall one and away from the direction of your turn. Photos or video will help, study them and compare. Implement corrections suggested then repeat the photo process to see your progression. Example

Bring your sunscreen for tomorrow (01/30/2018). Pine Knob promo "Tremendous Tuesday" - day rate of $26 if purchased by 2:30 p.m. Good for a.m. Session only which is 10:00 to 5:30. I will be there at 9:55 a.m.

Here's a trailer https://vimeo.com/123129453 and one for Dogtown and Z-Boys https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C78BQFDq6hM

Are the pins extending fully from the heels? Switch boots front boot to rear binding and rear boot to front binding - report back.

Do the pins extend fully from both sides? This heel is off just a hair, look at the raised rib on the flat section.

Would the bindings happen to be TD3's? I had one heel receiver out of alignment once and one pin was not engaging until I corrected the alignment.

Start with O.D. of the pin and the O.D. of the sleeve as accurately measuring the I.D. will be difficult

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I recall you mentioned one pin was not fully extending into the hole in the heel receiver OR is it that one pin is not fully extending from the heel? Check both your toe and your heel piece (more likely) so they are square or aligned in the same position on each side; being out of alignment can prevent one pin to fully extend.