Fat Old Bastard

The bindings should not stick out at all. We can't really answer your question properly without knowing your boot size and the width of the board at the inserts. But here's a couple of ideas: 1. Try angling the toe end of the bindings more towards the front of the board until they don't overhang. 2. Buy some Palmer PLS to lift your bindings. Hope this helps.

... doesn't make them a snowboarder. It's the same as skiing has been for ages - just because you see someone on skis on the snow it doesn't mean they are a skier. But the main thing is that being a nice person as opposed to being an arsehole has got nothing to do with how good you happen to be at snowboarding (or skiing or whatever). If someone is an arsehole they will still be an arsehole when they go snowboarding same as they are every other day of the year. As for me I'm just a fat old bastard

If you have any trouble finding a Tanker I can put you in touch with the importer in Japan if you want.

Hey ! How did you know I have redhair ? :lol: (Don't know about the stepchild bit).

Oi ! I resemble that remark !

Ummm I assume that this is troll right ? Nice one

But please do not post anything that might jeopardize your legal situation. If in doubt consult your lawyers and only post what they give the OK for. Good luck with the case.

Boasting alert:cool: : I was one of the original foreign snowboarders in Hokkaido (since 1982) and I skiied there since 1981 so I know Niseko and I know the snow. </IDLE boasting>:D :D :D That said IMNSHO any decent softboot + binding should be fine. For boots check out Deeluxe, Salomon & Burton. For bindings check out Burton, Ride, Salomon & Nidecker. (Many other brands would also be OK). But what you really need is a Rad-Air Tanker. And maybe a Dupraz D1. :biggthump

Over the years my favourite boards that I have had the most time and fun on were: Burton Backhill Assorted Burton Elites & Performers (Thanks to Rusutsu Resort) Burton Cruzer Burton M6 Hot Logical Nitro Diablo 178 Burton Twisted Palmer Channel Titanium BX Main boards I have ridden (includes boards listed above): Burton Backhill Assorted Burton Elites & Performers (Thanks to Rusutsu Resort i.e. free rentals) Burton Cruzer Assorted rentals Sims ATVs, Gnu Vertigo (?) etc. Burton M6 Hot Logical Nitro Diablo 178 Burton Twisted Nidecker Extreme SL 161 Palmer Channel Titanium BX Rossignol something freestyle board F2 Superglide 172 RadAir Tanker 200 Other boards I have owned but not ridden much: RadAir Reto Lamm LSD 164 Hot Blast 165 Hot Blast 176 Ride Timeless Oxygen SX 164 Hooger Syn-Air-G Rossignol race board big plank My all time favourite would be a toss up between the Nitro Diablo and the Burton Twisted (with an honourable mention to the Hot Logical). I think favourite board is influenced by lots of factors like how fit I was at the time, how good the snow was, how good was life in general. I ride better when I am in a good frame of mind plus fitness really helps obviously. But the most fun I ever had was at Rusutsu on the early Burtons.

IMHO the board would be OK to learn on. FYI Hooger Booger made excellent boards. The problem as others have pointed out is that the holes in the board do not match up with any modern bindings. This leaves you with 3 options: 1. Use the Wombat bindings; 2. Take the board to a snowboard shop and ask them to "drill & T-bolt" the board so it will take 4x4 bindings; or 3. Buy a more modern board that will take 4x4 bindings (or a Burton with 3D inserts). Re the Wombat bindings: What type are they i.e. hardboot or softboot bindings ? What condition are they in ? In what way are they "worn" ? On a more general note what kind of snowboarding do you want to do ? What kind of snowboarder do you want to become ? For example do you want to ride half-pipe ? You have to choose whether you will start out in softboots like the majority of people do or if you will take the road less travelled and start out in hardboots. Your decision here dictates what kind of board, bindings and boots you should buy. The next thing to take into account is your weight plus things like how athletic/aggressive you are. (Height is not that important). Also if your feet are very big i.e. over US13 that will mean you have to get a wider board. If you end up buying a softboot type board on E-Bay usually you will find that Burton boards will be more expensive than other brands. (It's a brand-name recognition thing). So you will probably find that you can pick up another reputable brand e.g. Salomon, Rossignol, Atomic, Oxygen, Ride etc etc a bit cheaper. Mainly for a first board don't go too long or too stiff. Nothing longer than 164cm.... say around 150cm or 155cm... but unless you are a child don't go under 150cm. Before bidding on any board why not ask the seller what year model it is and what year did they buy it. And then don't buy anything older than say 2000. Also ask them "Does the board have standard 4x4 insert pattern ?" And maybe ask them "What is the recommended rider weight range for this board ?" Oh and ask them "What size are the bindings ?" (If you have big feet and the bindings are Small or vis versa they may not be the right size for you). Hope this helps.

http://www.skilaw.com/index.html

I did a search on BOL and couldn't find this so I hope it's OK to post about it. www.skibuilders.com is a great site with heaps of info on building your own skis. Much of this info would I assume also apply to snowboard building. Hope this is of interest to somebody.

Burton Mission in maybe 2001-2002 had a bolt on piece that attached to the highback. And as Bartron said Salomon S5.

http://www.vist.jp/html/en/products_plates.php http://www.lous.ca/products/bindingsandrisers/vist.htm I can't find anything specific for snowboards.

Oops I can't count So 4 holes per plate.

Yeah I saw your photo on the other thread but thought I better not hijack that thread. Sorry to preempt you. Now to study your photos. Drool......

Do you have to drill a couple of holes near both edges of the board and T-bolt them ? Thanks in advance. Mick

A pleasure doing business with you Blackbird. I only paid $180 AUD for it myself on E-bay and right now I need every $102.50 I can get to pay off my credit card bill for my shiny new TD2s which just arrived as I was typing this post. Thank you Michelle ! I assume that the base was done in CO. The guy I bought it from said he bought it in CO. You know after I sold it I realized the old Catek World Cups I had lying around would fit Burton inserts Oh well....

The first time I saw any snowboards or snowboarders was at Rusutsu in Hokkaido Japan back in the 81-82 winter. I was working at the resort when Jake Burton and some other American guy showed up on a promotional tour. I had no idea of how important a part Jake was to play in the growth of snowboarding but what I do remember is that he was a friendly and approachable guy and that he and his buddy loaded up their jacket pockets with a few cans of beer before heading up the hill. Anyway it was that chance meeting that got me started on snowsurfing and a week later I was the proud owner of a Burton Backhill. But that was a long time ago. Most boarders in Japan use soft-boots but as Gecko and others have said at least in Japan you can find carving boards fairly easily and you do see Japanese hard-booters (but not at all resorts). As for attempting to post on the Carving Machine site's BBS you need to consider that that site is the site of a tightly connected 'club' of carvers, and Japanese people distinguish very clearly between people they know and people they don't know, so if someone they don't know posts it is unlikely to be acknowledged.

Mate no need to apologize for your English or your riding or your photos. The only thing that matters is that you are having fun. :) BlueTomato rock so well done on getting your Silberpfeil from them. And thank you for joining the BOL community ! Happy boarding ! :D

I think the Nitro Diablos were like that. Used to love my Diablo 178.

Is it some kind of plate that bolts to single point on the ski ?

I won't try to give any advice as better minds than mine have covered that but here's a bit of inspiration: Michael Milton 193km/hr ! http://www.michaelmilton.com/Home.aspx

Imagine flying down a powder run (assuming you could breathe). That would be a great sensation. Also this might be a new option for paraplegics since you don't need to use your legs (maybe). But I think it will have shock absorption problems + painful crashes.

Obviously there is a need for me to move to USA to teach correct usage of "No worries" ;-)