dshack

Indeed. Looked for fellow carvers but didn't see you. Might have spied Tim on a Fish.

Bump! Reasonable offers on the Madd accepted. Just gotta get rid of it.

Bump...Madd still available.

Dan, I think I saw you ripping from the Vista chair- what board were you on? Brian- it's the only good carving picture I have :-)

I'll be up tomorrow, hope to see you guys.

Anyone know what vintage this one is? It's got red sidewalls, and it's pretty flexy.

Awesome bindings for lightweight riders (though I'd steer clear if you're big). All the convenience of intec, but more forgiving than all-metal binders. Second set of discs included, and since it uses a single attachment nut, you can move these between boards in a minute. $100 shipped.

Somehow I'm not really getting mails through bomber, please mail me directly. Divebomber has first dibs on burtons, carve99 is second. Cateks are sold. Jetskier is first on the madd.

hmm, mail not working? I'm at davidshackelford at gee mail

1) Older madd 170, red sidewalls, bought from cfj04 two years ago. It's seen about half a season of riding from me, and needs to go because I'm on a coiler now. Pretty soft for a madd, plenty springy. In more consistent snow than Oregon I'd keep it. I'd call the condition 7/10: there are some funky-looking spots, as seen in the photos, but it's a completely functional rocket. $250. 2) Raichle X-Bone Intec bindings with extra mount disc. $100. Not for heavier riders.

I'm not worried about my board in the least- my question was more "Why don't all manufacturers notch the tails on their all-mountain boards?"

I took my new coiler swallowtail-ish AM (bought secondhand from tim) out for the first time last week, and it rails! Carves like a dream, soaks up chunky Oregon snow, and floats great in the pow. This is my one-board quiver for Mt. Hood, no questions asked. It's a pretty normal AM shape- 10.5 sidecut, 21.5 waist, but has a triangle maybe 8 inches deep cut out of the middle of the tail. This got me thinking: is there any downside to a tail cutout, assuming you don't mind not riding switch? Are there durability issues? I'm not worried, since I'm a light guy, but it cranks the ride up so much I'm curious about why we don't see it in other boards.

IMHO, our biggest need at the moment is an entry-priced boot. Boards ad bindings can be found incredibly cheap if you're not picky, and riding hardboots on a normal snowboard can be a revelation for people. Finding a pair of boots under $300, though? That's the tough part, especially because there's less reusability and interchangeability between them. Once you've been through a few pairs, you get that they're worth the investment, but as a beginner, it just feels silly dropping more on the shoes than the board and bindings combined.

New year, new liners...I'm done with the non-thermo raichle ones in my boots at the moment. I think I'm going to pick up some intuition or thermoflex liners, but I had a question: has anyone heard of *up*-sizing your liners, ie buying bigger than the shell? My shells are the right size according to the finger test (24), but with an unmolded 24 thermoflex liner (Scarpa-branded, but I think it's a Raichle OEM), my toes press up against the front of the liner pretty painfully, and I wonder if a half size up on the liner would even be enough to give them some room. Would a 25 liner in a 24 boot be a bad plan?

You just...skid it. You'll figure it out in 30 seconds.