Fleaman

\ eh?

. I have never thought of that, I will look into it.

I find that my arms get tired before my legs. The last time I took someone down, My biceps were burning for days. I guess I should slide down the bars a bit and use my legs more.

Maybe water leaked by the insert and is now delaming your base? Or maybe your board has hit puberty and is growing boobs.

are you drunk?:D

No, the FAST system is the opposite of the INTEC system Fast system has retractable male nubs on the binding which fit into the boot's female hole. Intec has retractable nubs on the boot which fit into the binding's holes. Snowpro had FAST bindings and several other binding makers use INTEC I am not sure of the advantages of either system. UPS boots come with replaceable FAST heels, but the ones in the pic don't look like they are replaceable or INTEC compatible.

it looks like they have FAST heels built in, good ro snowpro bindings.

I have never tried it, except once,4 years ago, I started toeside and tried to turn to heel side and my board went into a carve and I bailed. Therefore I never do it. It isnt taught here either, we stop and switch with the drag person if needed. Our tobogans are one man style but our Patrol specifies that when loaded, we need a tail gunner to hang on just in case. Our mountain is pretty rough in some spots so even the best can go down hard.

Coilers never go out of style, they are like a pair of jeans, comfy and cool! I wonder if I could get jeans with flames on them?

By the posts I have read, I feel that the reputation that Madd had might be lost. I guess when you don't have a hand in the pot(construction) anything could happen. Other than the ability to hold on Ice, nobody seems to have anything nice to say about the boards. The only way to save face and redeem themselves is to host a MADD(BBAM) Kegger.:D With gogo dancers and lots of schwag.

I am just curious, how does the telemarker do jump turns? I find I pilot the box with my arms outstretched and knees bent with my body facing downhill.on my heel edge. I usually don't go on toeside unless I spin around to back the toboggan into the accident I have to pressure my back foot a bit more while sidesliping so I dont go in the direction of my bindings. I use the same position while falling leaf too. In the bumps I ride on my heel edge and bend and flex alot. Sideslip, anticipating speeding up or slowing down so you can make it over the humps while trying to keep the tobogan as smooth as you can, just watch the chain that it doesn't grab when you don't want it to. If you are kinda goofy, tape a peice of cardboard to the back of your board to make it a twin tip.:D Then show them how it is done. Another thing is to take a tobogan away from the instructors and just practice with it on your own untill it feels right

Wondering why the Jorg from Pureboarding has 2 stomp pads? Also, the binding width is huge, NO? I love stuffing my helmet with snow while riding too.

He sounds like a bastard. You can still do hop turns on your board, just put your weight forward and pop the tail around. I use it in Moguls all the time. If you are on a slope steep enough to be hop turning, you should be in a sideslip position anyways. Here in Canada, we have specific guidlines for snowboards, some Zone's even differentiate between hard and soft boots too. We have only 2 positions in the bars: Sideslip and Pendulum. You aren't supposed to straight run your board, but everyone does it, just not on the exam. At our Apex patrol, we have 3 boarders on Plates and even the Toboggan examiner rides plates. Everyone wants us to pilot the box especially on the steeps and bumps because we clearly have an advantage. I could try and dig up some of the guidelines on paper if you would like. Come to think of it, the picture on the cover of the handbook has a hardbooter running a tobbogan.

Have you ever taken the tobbogan on a blue run and dug some trenches. If not, try it. It's cool.

If you are around on Saturday, I can help you on some of the steep runs of Apex. I tried the yahoo addy and it came back so I sent you my tel # via bomber mail.

I patrol exclusively on Plates. What would you like to know.

very nice, keep them coming.

I am going to Apex friday night and riding all day saturday on my new Coiler AM :D Lets hook up if you are around.

No, but this is. With D-sub being in the music industry, he might know who this is.

If you practice riding your hard setup in the crud and bumps, when it's groomed again, everyone will think you are a HERO. Get low on the board and you will plow through the bumps, just leave enough leg left for a bit of absorption.

Sorry about your luck. I hope the guys was apologetic if not, send him a summons If you are handy with clamps, vices and epoxy, you might be able to fix it. I might hold up for a few years or a few runs, no guarantees. is the base intact? If so, you might be able to cut the edge away and glue the sidewall back then replace the edge and glue and clamp everything back in. Here is a great link on base and edge repair Repair Not sure if this is the case with your board,but it might give you some ideas. Then send him the bill for your time at 100$/hr + tax:D

It is way easier to ride than my Coiler 188 PR, but that is mainly due to the shorter turning radius of my AM. The board is no less tiring to ride unless you decide to slack off and skid for while. I am usually gasping for air when I reach the bottom on any of my boards. I also consider myself somewhat in shape. The board handles a bit different than freecarve boards because of the wider waist. If that is a concern, Bruce makes a 21cm waisted model also. The board is really easy to carve with, it rides the same as other boards. The only difference is when changing edges while going slow you definitely notice the board's width but with speed you hardly notice the difference. Once you get used to changing edges on it, it becomes second nature to ride it. You could compare it to riding with ski boots then trying real snowboard hardboots, same idea, just different.

WOW, I like it:) It took a while to get used to the wide width and reduced angles 60* down to 50* but what a board, once I dialed it in a bit and got used to it, it rocked. I found that a cross under technique really works good on this board with the short turning radius. You pitch the board out and it swings back ready to go to the other side. Held on icy patches and offers a really smooth ride. Works good in the bumps and crud, the swing weight is a bit more than I am used to but it tracked and busted through like a truck. Plus it looks really trick with blue flames. Can't wait to get it into the powder and trees.

I was asking the same in a previous post , but edited it because I found out at the McMaster-Carr site, the stainless screws had 85 000 psi tenstile strength and the Zinc ones had 60 900 psi. Just wondering if one of the mechanical engineers ever figured out the force on Bindings and what the real pull force is on the screws.

Someone will correct me if I am wrong. I needed some new screw for my coiler am and went to the hardware store with my screw and matched it in the bulk small parts bins with a longer version. I went home and tried them but they were too long so I Know the thread pitch is 1mm so I cut off 2 threads with my dremel cutter and it worked great. It took a while to figure out the right depth, so get extra screws in case you screw up. The screws are also probably zinc plated steel, they might tarnish, but it will get me through the season. They aren't quite as strong as stainless steel but at least you have 4 of them and not 3 like some boards. If I am not mistaken ,the screw you need is a M6 X 1 X length.