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Great full day Board. Did 2 seasons , it was all i rode, 35/40 days each season. Early season /start, It takes a week or 2 to get in shape any way. The MK will bring you to a rapid fire turn skill , that other boards can not. The Mk has a very specific personality, ride it plenty and it will happen.
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15 hours ago, MR. JOHN DEERE ! said:
Weekday warrior !!! Have you been riding solo or with the Blacksmith ?
Anytime you guys want to pad up and come out for a quick workout on a Saturday morning , let us know !!! Moving forward we have a standing resi at Babes BLU balls.
Sunday’s there’s usually nothing left in the legs and I always seem to have a splitting headache, so sundays are even more pathetic then our Saturday outings.Solo and Blacksmith, we both are riding Proteus and Mk's this year, Thanks for the invite. There is a possible newbie from Parks who has an interest in hardboots, trying to get him into gear. Also a new rider with gear at the Wolfboro Abanaki slope.
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Skier to three of us at the top, after we carved the hardpack up for an hour , "I like your ski."
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I went yesterday, snow is a good 1/2", 1" , 2" very cold hard hard pack. Some areas are questionable, with a little bit of crud mixed in, can I cut into this?, so hit it hard and is OK. This top layer, and any questionable spots, softens to perfect cold carve, once the sun hits it. Underneath boiler plate base is a very solid snow/ice hard pack, which seemed that it was holding and edge fine, everywhere.
Many snow guns where running, and still are now, 24 hours continual. 7, flume, etc, check the Loon conditions page for guns running. So all of the above info disregard if snow guns ran.
Bottom line, it is cold and good , so go get it.
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Have a Thias Skwall Easy Jungle, low hours , very good condition.
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Loon is Good carve snow now.
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Sad event, be careful out there.
Snowboarder dies at New Hampshire ski resort (wmur.com)
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The snow was good carve today.
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Curious= Today, Excited and confused, What do you call that?
Me= It is an alpineboard.
Curious= They should make those and sell them.
Me= "They" do, this is a Donek made by Sean Martin in Colorado. He makes the boards, and sells the bindings and boots as well.
Curious= No, I mean "They" should make these at a factory and sell them at stores.
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Just experienced this today, For my first day with a low hour, new to me 180 Proteus, 19 waist. 13 scr. I am 210 plus. My toe turns were fine, But I noticed some heel turns were not as tight as usual. So an increase in , go early, and quickly throw every thing you have at it, drop body early to ground(picks board up more), and stay in front of it, for the entire turn, aka , drive it as hard as you can for entire turn. Doing all of this for every turn and The Proteus 180 does heel turns great.
This could be the Proteus 180 signature. It does not turn tight if you do not drive it hard. This was east coast, Loon Mt, narrow trails , Cold, Hard Hardpack.
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Feet First - Ski Boots, Footwear and Orthotics - NH (richelsonsfeetfirst.com)
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Going to get out this week with it.
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I have the 425's and use the "Intuition Power Wrap" , have not had any problems at all.
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PM sent on Proteus.
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Loon may possibly follow same.
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11 hours ago, Corey said:
I've ridden an MK at 230 lbs and 170 lbs. Took more work at 170, but was fine.
I believe the MK designer is around 200 lbs, based on video. That's a huge estimate/assumption, and could very well be wrong. He's an extremely aggressive rider.
Am 200 pounds and have 2 full seasons on an MK, approx 100 days total, and the MK is very good with 200 pounds, def not too soft for a 200 pound plus gear. It will take a heavier ride as well.
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No bags inside, suit up in your car, Am questioning, What do you do IF you go inside, with the small amount of items you do need to remove? Example, helmet, goggles gloves, coat?
One possible answer, do not go inside, main base is your vehicle. And use the chair only. Used to do this a long time ago.
How about full face helmets and face masks? OK , helmet off with mask on while on chairlift, usually take helmet off any way to cool off.
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Good news is that many of the road motorcycle group at this track are getting into trials. The terrain up high behind the track is very good, Northern side of Ossipee range. Future trials events are in the making for next year.
http://www.clubmotorsports.com/
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On 3/18/2018 at 8:40 AM, RobertAlexander said:
Don't worry too much about angles, ride what is comfortable to you. I started hardboots after only 1 year on softs, and first day rode 70/70 and have not changed a thing, it takes some time, but it sounds like you are already comfortable in getting down the hill.
On the slope, find your good easy carve spots and try doing one complete carve , then another easy spot, etc, practice your strong side, then practice your weak side, after sometime, try linking a turn in a easy spot, and keep doing this, again after some time , you will start doing more carves in more places, and eventually start to link the whole trail top to bottom. Focus on getting one trail under your belt, then do another trail. It takes time, but that is the fun part. Mastering a trail, then going to the next trail, greens, then blues.
That is a nice top level board, respect its power, and learn to use it carefully, you probably already have respect for the downhill edge, over the handlebars crash. So learn to Totally commit to an edge and pick the board up as high as you can, it will hold you. Do back up the hill drills, both for heal and toe side. Helmet, body armour, wrist guards. Watch your tail/don't get hit. good luck
I just picked up a used Virus Terminator, very similar to your Tantalus. From the few days I had on it at the end of our snow season, It is an extreme high performance board. Keep it, they are hard to find. But try to get another hardboot board that will be an easier board to ride and learn on.
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Gave it a try on Thursday, good to get out , sheet of ice underneath, with loose granular on top. Very fast, but was not holding edge much.
emailed : new precautionary measures will be added starting Saturday, March 14:
To reduce confined close-contact situations, the Gondola will be closed until further notice. Seven Brothers Triple and East Basin Double will operate daily for access to the summit of Loon Peak.
Singles lines will be removed at all lifts. Loon team members will not ask guests to join other groups on a chairlift.
Kinderbear and PK Boo lessons, Daycare and all lesson programs for ages 7 & under have been suspended to help reduce situations that require close-contact and extended time indoors.
Seasonal programs: Scouts and Dev Team groups with participants ages 7 & under have been suspended.
Removing seats and tables from Octagon and Governor Adams lodges to increase social distancing.
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Another take on this is, anyone who is first exposed to seeing an alpineboarder at work. Back at the lodge is excitedly talking of someone out there that is getting so low on each turn that they are dragging their arm and body on the snow. In a low voice, say to them , that it might be me. Result is usually disbelief.
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Board arrived yesterday, packaged well, is in great shape as described. Curtis, cfj04 is good to deal with. Now if I can get some reasonable carve snow, here in March, will be able to give the Terminator a test, it hand flexes quite stiff by my flex by hand standards, it should be fine for me being 200 pds. This is my first virus, is there anything that I should be aware of? I do ride the MK plenty.
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Loon/WV Opening Days
in New England
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Know someone with a condo at loon, he said 12 inches of perfect snow at 5pm today.