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Hey mark, Mostly I was wondering if I would have a chance of trying some UPZs or AF mold deeluxes.

Me too. Well, I'd rather skip the remainder of this week.

Bumppp:biggthump

Whats this about Stratton and/or okemo on a Friday? I may have a Y chromosome but I'd still like to join up.

Which boots will be here? Specifically size 26/27?

I like standing up to surf, and prefer reef type waves to heavy shorebreak, but i can agree that on days like pictured, that place is best tackled on a bodyboard. Wouldn't be much fun to catch that wave on your back though. By the way, that picture was taken on Jan 1st

Made a nice small jump yesterday, when I figured out how to weight the tail of my board in heelsides for the second half of the turn. I knew I needed to do it, but it took a while to figure out how to make my body do that.

Lower hansen was in good shape yesterday, and there were huge mounds of snow to be groomed on upper

Hm, that is quite interesting. IIRC, it was the new green carbon flame topsheet, with td3s, and either the design was dark near the binders or it might have had a plate?! (very) shiny, as I said.

I saw a very shiny new donek in the board rack today, but no rider. That your new toy, eric? Good news from the day, actually figured out how to shift my weight back on heelsides, significantly reduced the chatter problem. Also got referred to as the "king of carves" by a skier with his son. Realistically I'm more like the kings apprentice, but I took it as quite a compliment.

Will anyone be around tomorrow? Heading up for first lifts. Clockwoo, all I can really suggest is to post a wanted to buy add in the classifieds.

It's here in RI. The beach drops off rather quick to chest+ deep, then out a little bit there is a somewhat shallower sandbar. Where and how shallow depends on the month and tide. Wave is powerful and fast, but the drop and kickout are sketchy.

Money, variety of interests, & season length are issues for me. I'm a college student, though I tend to hold down well-paying jobs (even if only for summers) so my budget is OK but not big by any stretch. I'm currently on a rather old axis 172, and shopping for something similar-ish in metal, yet affordable. Ive talked with one person, and their offer seems intriguing. Grabbed my 325T boots used but in quite good shape, ditto for the snowpro race bindings. As far as other interests, I spent a bit on photo supplies this semester- mostly paper, some film, an incident light meter. Had the camera/lens already. Bought the film body, digital body, and 2 lenses used over the last few years. I also sail, windsurf, and surf. No major purchases here lately. Family has a racing sunfish, I'm pretty content with my current board, sails, masts, booms, etc. I think windsurfing matches the excitement of carving. Surfing is cheap too, once you've bought a few boards. Biking, spent a bit here in the last few years. Most of the gear used, or discounted, though. C'dale capo frame with top end crank/BB, some pretty good wheels & other components. Amazing how much weight you can save when you ditch the shifters & cassette Relatively content with my (bought new) specialized mtb from 2000. May be selling my geared road bike, spare track frame, and building up a geared TT/Tri bike. That & the capo would fit my needs. Longboard skateboards aren't too expensive when you build your own decks, and selling a few covers the expense nicely. I've ranted enough. Point being, there's too much money to be saved by grabbing used gear for me to go for the brand-new stuff right now. When I'm making a bit more (if I still have time for many days on the mountain) I'll look into a custom board. This is the one that seems especially worth buying new. Not a lot of benefit to brand-new bindings or boots, so long as they're the same as you would have purchased otherwise.

If you wind up at stratton, I think I would run straight for the sunbowl, hoping to beat the crowds to that section of the mountain, since it takes a little more effort to get there. You might be able to get a clean run in on upper & lower standard also, if you're catching the first set of chairs up. I don't think I'll be riding much if any that week.

Bump from way past, fun thread. That'd be my leg. That twin fin fish was THICK and a first attempt from a friend at shaping. I was the test pilot. Lets say, it didn't like hollow stuff.

According to the internets, Sidecut (m)= 8.2 Eff.edge (cm)=129 Tip/Tail width (mm)=26.6 Waist width (mm) =21.8 Setback (cm) =2.0 These all seem to match what I remember, roughly. Condition by memory is quite good. I think I had one base grind which still left some of the dimpled texture from the factory. It's been stored in a dry garage with a thin coat of wax on the bottom. Might be a few of the usual liftline dings to the top. Can get photos if you'd like. For pricing, I got a pretty good deal on it about 3, maybe 4? years ago, and it saw about a season's use. How's $150+ ship sound? (or meet me if you head north to ride) Feel free to email.

Glad you enjoyed it, Michael. It wasn't me, but I might suspect it was Eric. I do believe I ran into another carver there last year. Donek Axis rider, if i remember correctly. Side note: Anyone game for the 22nd (or maybe 23rd)? I'd like to get in a good day of runs before the high schools get out for break. Andrew

I do believe that's the case for me about 75% of the time. Maybe slightly higher. hah

I have a 154 F2 speedcross sitting around. I learned on it at my local hill (and I mean hill) before stepping up to a 172 donek axes. It is drastically softer, and I was over-flexing it a bit when I weighed ~ 155 lbs. I rode it in soft hardboots, but could see stiff softboots working just as well. Clearly not a womens specific, and could be somewhat stiff/wide for her (might be better suited to ~120 lbs? Let me know if interested, otherwise I do believe they made some shorter versions also.

Don't think I have actually done goose yet, usually wind up riding the quad. Does it stay bumped for the remainder of the season?

I've found that, barring a hardbooter, a good skier makes pretty good company on the mountain. My female softboot friends are too slow and tend to have their board at an awkward angle on the lift.

Are the upz significantly tighter than deeluxe in the heel/ across the ankle? I'm in 27s of 325t, which are a nice upgrade from my old 124s, and the thermomold liner helped a bit. I also added a piece of bootfitting foam to the heel to try to eliminate lift. I still get a little, and thats also using the eliminators tongue inserts! Sorry to hijack, but it seems to be the same issue.

Thanks. That sounds somewhat promising. I'll need to look at my binding width late tonight.

Any input on rider weight range?

Stratton/okemo/sunapee are best for me