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Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum. I had an 07-08 Atomic Rapture sprout legs and walk away a couple of seasons ago. Yes, it is a wide-waisted softboot board - but damn, it sure could lay down some nice trenches. I've been trying to track down a New Old Stock replacement for the board but haven't had any luck. I'm seen nothing on eBay or Craigslist and I called to verify that there is nothing in Atomic's inventory. Atomic doesn't track field stock or even know which retailers move the most boards, and Bruce, in true snowsports rep form, doesn't return emails or phone calls - even from his former proform customers. Short of dialing every phone number for every shop in the nation, I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to proceed. The board was dropped from the lineup for the 2010 season, so it couldn't have been an especially hot seller and there should be some out there somewhere. I know some of you are shop owners and/or have other connections, so I figured I'd reach out. Does anyone have any ideas for how to proceed? Or any connections to share? Feel free to PM or email, of course, if you don't want to throw your thoughts out there in public. Thanks.

FIS races aren't the same as World Cup races. If you look up someone like Jasey Jay, you'll see that World Cup events show up as such.

I don't remember going into hiding. I remember a lot of show-boating, chest-thumping, back-slapping, and circle-jerking which I actively avoided being associated with. There were also a number of people who felt that the only part of the edge that matters is between the nose and front foot, that breaking a board automatically meant you were a great rider, and that everyone else on the mountain was automatically inferior to the Almighty Hardbooter. I wonder if maybe this kind of BS is why so few real pros elect to participate? Take a closer look at the results sheet. He's never run a World Cup race, so it should go without saying that he's nowhere near noteworthy at the world level (nor at the national level, nor at the regional level - but maybe at the amateur level?). That is not, however, a knock on his snowboarding ability. It is a knock on his unjustified aura of superiority and the creative representation of reality which he constantly and consistently used to belittle other posters and alienate newcomers to both the sport and the message board. I'm curious about why everyone keeps going on about how he had the cajones to "commit his life" to racing. Again, take a closer look at the results sheet. He only competed in three complete seasons, and that's with a seven year break in between the first and second go-round and a rather generous definition of a "complete season." In reality, he has only one season where he competed in an entire series (04-05 NorAm Cup). Yeah guys, that's some serious dedication right there.

If you can find a single post where I have claimed I am anything but a nobody, I'll give up snowboarding and switch to mono-skiing. Bordy, however, has made an internet career of telling us how awesome he is. The truth is that he paid for a FIS membership, did nothing with it, and now makes a full time job of jerking himself off on the internet. I bet girls at bars just throw themselves at him once they hear about it. "Hey babe, I'm an internet tough guy. Ok, not really. I'm more of a niche internet tough guy. Unimportant people know me!"

John, even after reading reading that huge, rambling, self-congratulatory novella twice, I still can't find anything anything in it which even remotely resembles a point. You did, however, manage to drop 20 names in just that one post. That deserves a high-five.

Just a quick update - Shaggy rocks! Super quick to ship the bindings, they arrived in tip-top shape, were well packaged, and all emails were promptly replied to. In eBay parlance, "A++ would buy from again!"

So, I realize I'm late to the party, but I finally read through Bordy's desperate cry for attention and figured I'd toss a little bit of fuel into the fire. There were a couple of statements made which I felt could use some special attention. and: Let's start with the second statement. JohnBauer is correct: a basic Google search doesn't turn up much about Bordy. The usual reason for a lack of Google hits when searching for someone specific is that nothing he has ever done has been noteworthy enough to get even a passing mention in a trade magazine. Fortunately, Mr Bauer, we have resources which are even better than Google for some of this stuff. I'll get back to that in a moment. So, that kind of brings us willywhit's statement. He says that Bordy is a "no BS type." Bordy says of himself that he is a big time racer, a guy who knows pretty much everything about everything. He wants us to think he's been successful as a racer, that he's won multiple world cup events or at least been a contender, that he has lived "the racer's life," and so on and so forth. Now, I don't know for a fact that "Bordy" is actually the same William Bordy born on August 23, 1972 who shows up in a FIS records search. It could just be an exceptional coincidence that the nobody posting under the screen name of "Bordy" happened to pick a screen name which returns just a single racer. It would be one heck of a coincidence, but it is entirely possible. Wait - did I say FIS records search? Sorry, Bordy, but anyone who clicks this link can see your FIS history. The people who do happen to click that link will find that Bordy has only one top-10 finish in his entire racing "career." In fact, Bordy is a consistent bottom-half finisher. Of course, he's consistently at the top of that bottom half. Perhaps that is where his "top racer" attitude comes from? For those who are especially curious, you can do a similar search for his USSA results as well. There are no top-10 finishes there, either. Go figure. So, it seems that what we have here is a near-nobody who happened to have run across a successful racer or two. From that, he developed an internet persona with a "successful" racing "career." If success breeds success, then Bordy being around successful racers kind of makes him successful by association, right? Bordy, your bull**** won't be missed. If we wanted to hear obnoxious rants from people with worthless racing "resumes," we have plenty of better outlets. Yet again, you've taken your ball and gone home. This time, please stay there.

I want! You've got email

Any interest in a local sale w/cash? No PP fees and no shipping hassle that way.

Can be either Regular or Step-in.

I have most of the 15th free, but I'd like to hit the road by some time that night. I'd like to get to Boston on the 22nd, so I don't have a ton of time to kill, but I'm sure my arm could be twisted :)

I'm going to be driving through from Jasper to Calgary on Sept 12-15. I'm guessing that's far too early to be running winter tires, but wanted to double check. Will a dedicated summer tire (Kumho Ecsta MX) be fine?

Might I suggest you two read post #4 in this thread from start to finish? I hate to sound like a jerk, but it is generally considered to be a good practice to actually read threads before you reply to them, especially if your potential post isn't relevant to begin with.

Thanks for the info as well as the generous offer. I already have someone lined up at both locations to take delivery, but I do appreciate your offer. Do you have any specific companies which you recommend I use or avoid? I've gotten a number of quotes with prices ranging from around $850 to $1600. I'm not too concerned about covered vs open, as the car is a DD and light-duty track whore, plus I have ways of protecting it somewhat during transit. I'm actually shipping the car across the country so that I can take a road trip. I have a ~5000mi route planned from San Diego up to Vancouver, BC to Whistler, to Jasper, to Banff, out to Montreal via the TransCanada Highway, and then back to Boston.