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J7 coverage is excellent. Schatzi was awesome last weekend. J4 isn't bad, but also isn't great. I love me some Gunsmoke though.

I spoke with Eric Diem yesterday about the event. They're glad to have us there but unfortunately he is out of town this coming weekend and cannot support us directly like he did previous years. He did encourage us to proceed though, and we can of course use J1 to shuttle boards up to the chalet. Storage of extra boards at the base of J4 might not be available but I'm working on that. We should be able to get some storage at the chalet or at the patrol office. Conditions were pretty good this past weekend. Firm but the warm weather made a nice window of very carveable snow.

Now that we finally have snow and June is pretty well covered, let's get some dates out there. I held off on planning anything earlier since barely anything was open. How do either the weekends of 3/21 or 4/4 sound to everyone?

I transplanted the exact same set of TD3s that I had on a classic Madd 170 for years over to the 180, so this is a known good set up for classic Madds. I guess the 180's brass threads were already weaker or damaged somehow. As I mentioned, first day out on that specific board, but setting it up did feel deceptively fine, and an incredible ride. I guess the helicoil option is the best bet at this point. I'll probably give Beckmann's suggestion a try. Thanks for the link Erik. Also, thanks for the concern gdboytyler. It certainly could have been much worse.

Sorry I wasn't clear. The screws came out of the inserts and did not snap off. What I am trying to determine is how much damage the threads took. Three of the four binding screws were lost to the snow, but I found a few brass shavings in the fourth one. The part that is confusing is that the inserts appear and feel solid when screwing back into the board now and I can't trust it as-is after what happened. I suppose helicoil or drill/tap are in order.

Sorry in advance for the rant/vent. This was originally supposed to be a ride review of my original Madd 180, which some of you have been asking about. I've been waiting for decent coverage before trying this board out since it is pretty unique. We've had a had a terrible snowfall this year so it's taken some time. I finally got it out on Friday and the board blew my mind. It is truly a unique stick in the alpine snowboarding world. So, I used longer binding screws, checked and rechecked before riding, but my front binding completely sheared off of the board five runs into the day on Friday. I was hauling in a good heelside (lower Stump Alley for those who know, so you can get real speed there) and thankfully was able to get sliding my back quickly to avoid my rear leg/knee from getting thrashed from catching one-legged. I was able to collect myself gather up the yellow ering that popped off and get down to my car. Felt like some good bruising on my front knee and shin, but I was glad it wasn't any worse. Only after getting back to my car and unbooting, I noticed a little moistness on my knee and discovered a nice clean slice down to my kneecap. The board had a fresh PTC tune and most of you know how razor sharp that can be. My ski pants and under layer have perfectly straight and clean slices at the knee as well. I was able to drive myself to the hospital and get stitched up, with a little tendon damage underneath unfortunately. Now, I wanted to ask the group, how best to check if your binding attachment is truly sufficient? All four front screws had 3-4 turns of engagement and looked clean and tight. Is it just the fact classic Madd brass is softer and just gave way (particularly since these boards are getting upwards of 2 decades old)? The weird thing is that screwing back into the board still feels secure, but there's no way I am taking the board out as-is, after my visit to the ER. What are my options in making the inserts stronger as-is? Heli-coil? Or do I need to t-nut the thing to be sure? By the way, the classic 180 was phenomenal. I'm still thinking about it a few days later. It's surprisingly friendly, perhaps since this specific example spent a fair amount of time being thrashed on the world cup and has been softened a bit. It does not feel like the documented 22m elliptical sidecut, nor the 17.7m measured. It needs some speed, but once moving is pretty maneuverable, feeling more like a 13-16m radius VSR. One thing I felt (might be technique related) is that I did not complete full C-carves on this thing, it wanted to go down the fall line and just haul ass. I want to get back on this thing but am scared the binding issue will bite me again...... :(

They now have a picture of old Burton Ice hardboots as an example of what we wear, and an F2 Speedster. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/13/sports/olympics/olympics-gear.html?hp&_r=0 About halfway down the page. Nice to see a mention at least. :)

Last one still available! Let me know. :)

Have you tried Zardoz notwax?

I think everyone is still waiting for some snow to fall............ :(

Still available!

Two left, let me know!

Malamutes are much narrower than Burtons. I had to upsize quite a bit to keep my toes from being smashed, but then they were too long. They did not work for my 4E+ wide feet.

Bumping an old thread, how are these riding for people?

PM sent! A few sets still left so please let me know. :)

It's not too scary on J7. Sunrise/sunset is actually OK, with some debris here and there. The carnage is not terrible, but also not welcome of course. Matterhorn is a bit hairier, with some embedded harder rocks that could do some real damage if hit at real speed. I'm probably lapping Sunrise/Sunset tomorrow. Mammoth is actually pretty safe over by Main. Just a few deburrable edge scuffs as long as I stayed over by Main and on trail. I don't want to even think about how things are down at Eagle.

Serious low tide guys. Lots of rocks and twigs everywhere. Only 4-5 runs open. Snow quality is good, but bring a rock board.

I'll be there, will probably spend more time at June to avoid the holiday crowds. Will keep an eye out for you. Low tide! Rock boards.

Classic Madds.

Yup will likely be there through the 5th, trying to avoid the Mammoth crowds.

Three pairs left!

I haven't shipped to Italy before, how is the process and the fees, typically? If you are willing to cover the overage, I can look into it.

Price drop! :) Try em out.

Price drop! :)

No comments? I guess I'll give it a go since skwals guys seem to be able to do it. Hope it works out.