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Wow, ok well that's great for me. Thanks

I am going to Snowmass January 2 through January 10. I have been out of the carving world for 4 years. I am going to be in a soft boot set up and I am interested to know if there are any places that demo/rent stiffer directional boards that would be better for carving. Rich S.

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. That space is no longer available.

Hey everybody, a part snapped inside my fintec heel slopeside last Saturday. I could not get my boot out - I eventually had to take my foot out of the boot and than walk one footed to a table where I placed board with boot still attached on the table and manually pressed both pins in to release boot. - Yes I am sure it was funny looking. Anyway, emailed Michelle on Saturday evening. Could not understand why Michelle did not call me back instantly :) Anyway not knowing that Michelle was off on Monday (probably boarding) I began to get desperate (perhaps I was on the personna-non-grata list) maybe she did not like Maryland boarders - who knows. Finally on Tuesday she emails me to say "Don't worry - parts on the way" Parts arrive today (Friday) Fintec heel repaired and I am good to go. (Free! replacement parts and shipping - even though I am out of warranty and probably did the damage myself by pulling at the wrong moment. So although it sounds like I am a shill for Bomber, I'm not, although you could say I was paid via the free parts.. so maybe I am?.. :)

All, I have a 1Br/ 2 bed loft/ + pullout sofa at the Timberline. We had a couple staying in the room with my brother-in-law and myself staying in the loft. The couple divorced :-(. The ex-wife still wants to come, but we need someone to split that cost with. Best case is single female to share the room with the now ex-wife. We could also use a couple who would get the bedroom (then divorcee would get pullout sofa). I have the condo from Friday night thru Friday night of SES 2/5 thru 2/13. Anyone interested is going to have to respond relatively fast. I will probably cancel this unit in the next 10 days if I can't come up with a replacement 4rth person. Cost is $960 for all 8 nights. Unless its a couple in which case it would be 4000 /5 Rich Schneider

Hey, tomorrow is shaping up as a possible Carver Convention. Currently 5 of us are slated to be there tomorrow morning at the opening bell (0830). The first 8 runs or so may be great. All carvers invited! Rich Schneider

I am heading out to WT tomorrow morning, anyone else going to be there? I should be in the parking lot around 0815, driving a silver van with a board rack on top. I am really trying to avoid anymore near misses. I discovered on the last day of my 7 day trip to Aspen that Dave Budreaux (spelling is a wild and definitely wrong guess) a fellow bomber was out there too. My bad for not posting my presence. I really regret not linking up with him for more than the 45 seconds I saw him at the top of the SnowMass Gondola! So I am going to post everytime I go to WhiteTail so I don't miss any fellow bombers! Rich Schneider

ok thanks to everyone (especially snowboardfast). I talked to JC at Prior and while he was ready to fix it for free, the shipping was going to be a lot and it was possibly going to prevent me from having my board at Aspen on the 24rth. So I used Devcon 2 ton as suggested and it seems to be fine. It definitely looks like its solidly in there and it passed test on day one at White Tail. So thanks everyone! Rich S.

Yes that is the tail, and yes it looks like rust to me too. How it got in there and stayed there is a mystery to me. Rich S.

Ok, well now I am very sad. I looked down at my board this morning, getting off the lift at WhiteTail (PA) and said what the $%&*^ is that stick trailing after my board? Then I realized oh sh_t! Thats the edge of my board coming off. I took it off and switched to board B (my Nidecker). I got back home and called Prior (not really expecting anyone to answer on Saturday after 4PM EST) and lo and behold JC answered the phone. I have no idea if they are are not going to fix it under warranty or not. I only know it was nice to talk to a person. He asked me to send pics, I did, and he says they will look at them and tell me what to do. So "props" to Prior for being there and caring. No matter what I have to have that board back. The difference between my Prior WCR Metal and my Nidecker is Night and Day. Rich Schneider

Whitetail has been blowing non-stop since yesterday. Woohoo. Looks like conditions on saturday morning will be great. I am going. I hope to be in the parking lot at about 0800. Runs should open at 0830! Our season is starting - yeah.......!!!!! Rich Schneider

Chase, I will call you on this. Rich Schneider

thanks everyone for your comments and advice. I have modified from rapid switching to just working on holding the balance point on an edge. This seems to be very very useful. I find that working on just holding the edge and being stable (its very hard) allows me to explore what it means to twist the body and alter my weight forward backwards etc. This is much much more inciteful that what I was doing. thanks. Rich S.

Hey thinkin about 7 springs on Saturday. Any Marylanders considering going?

The big deal, possibly the biggest, is that I wear this belt whenever. It provides the same concept as inversion (but more - as its actually positive force) but it does it all the time. I have an inversion table. I have been to the chiropracter more times than I can count. The belt replaces (please people no flames here) all of those and multiplies the result many times over. I always wear it when I drive and that alone makes all the difference. I used to dread long drives because of the inevitable low back pain. I wear the belt - there is zero pain. I wear it when I lift weights or go to watch games etc... In other words we are not talking about 10 minutes doing inversion, or 15 minutes at the chiropracter, and the resultants skips and misses - I am talking about 3 -5 hours a day, every day. That level of constant traction can not be achieved any other way that I know of. Net result - I am off pain killers, I have lost about 15 lbs (that was not a goal) but an inadvertant side effect of starting to lift again, because the pain was gone. This belt can not fix every problem. Any maybe it won't fix yours, but what it does do: 1. Push the lower vertebra apart 2. Support the lower back It does exceedingly well in a very practical manner. Rich S.