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Carbon 160 is more of a soft boot carver than all mountain but that doesn't mean it doesn't float in powder. But I find flat camber boards are better for that, since with donek I had to use a bit of weight shift rather than centered. But still it allowed me to smoke other intermediate softboot riders with stock, mass-produced freestyle boards on powder day. Mogul was fun too.
Doing jibbing, park and half pipes was ok. Landing was surprisingly forgiving considering length and flex.
Even with carbon it's a bit heavier than I expected but I would rather trade weight for durability and also I can simply lose some weight so no loss really. Torsion is stiff as hell, edge locks with confidence on icy slopes but edge release is smooth and effortless. Skidded turn was easy, too.
Donek craftsmanship was as usual, i.e. superb.
Next time I'll get custom width for carving in duck stance, camber pulled out so it's as flat as possible, more rocker at the nose, more tapered nose (like Nomad or Venture Storm) then cut the nose like virus UFC. A little softer nose will also help. Might have to wait until current one shows some sign of age but with typical Donek durability will be some time but I'd have it no other way.
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Good move, but if by chance you decide to drop down to something looser in stiffness do let me know and if it's the 180 I'll likely take it off your hands. I loved the one at ECES and will be ordering one like it once I have the funds set aside. At my weight (220) it's actually really smooth all the way through the turn, and the huge pop some riders have experienced is much less pronounced for me. I actually found the 170 to have more bounce at transition.
Sorry to disappoint you but it's 170. At my weight (150lbs) it's hard to bend but not impossible. And I did say to Sean that I was an intermediate rider when i ordered the board. God knows what kind of flex Sean has in mind for better and heavier riders than me....
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This board gives me pop as well as some serious g force. Sean is absolutely right when he said that this board is for expert riders. For an intermediate rider like me this board, if I don't pop it at the edge change (which doesn't happen as often as I like on steep slopes), will build some massive g force to the point of feeling pressure in my head. Hard to bend, but will store the energy and then throw (or try to) everything back. Quite different from docile animal that was MFC. Definitely an interesting board, another keeper from Donek. Will try to get more from this board next season, may have to resort to plate to tame this beast.
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I'm pretty darn happy with the three boards I have, but I wish I had a set of step-in Sidewinders.
Amen.
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Both storm and voile look like awesome deal!
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email sent. I can do reviews of New Zealand ski resorts in terms of alpine-carving-suitability.
Will do reviews and rate some notable ski resorts:
-Turoa
-Mount Cheeseman
-Mount Hutt
-Roundhill
-Cardrona
-Remarkables
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F2's are no heaven either with small boots.
For small boots one can not adjust boot in middle of board/binding (atleast not with Intec's)
and there also screws are hidden under front and rear pieces.
Specially that center setting is real PIA
They've got new small size! :-)
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I too feel your pain. With size 26 boots the bolts are buried under the toe blocks for me as well. Total PITA if your moving from one board width to another. I finally broken down and bought a pair of F2s which work really well on my wider all mountain.
I'm curious to see if the bindings would stay set with the teeth removed. It would solve this issue for us small footed folks.
I, too, feel the same way. I want to remain loyal to Bomber but with size 24 boots it has been pain in the butt to 1) get the right centring 2) swap the binding from one board to the other. Unfortunately, without major design change of Bomber bindings, I won't see either of those issue being solved. F2 binding starts to look very attractive to me....
One does not need to remove teeth from both interface; removing teeth from only centre disk or cant disk will suffice to freely rotate the cant disk...
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50mph according to ski track app... Still not fast enough...
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I find that idea interesting. I too, suffer from the problem of toe/heel blocks covering baseplate bolts.
And I also noted that it was rather pre-load that stopped cant disk from moving, not the teeth themselves. But I'm not brave enough to try the idea of removing the teeth of either centre disk of cant disk...
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They should have produced pink colours to attract ladies ;-)
I would have actually considered purchasing Free 69 if it came with Track 700 shell and softer Banana coloured plastics... Track 325/225 is (kinda) diverse enough... Why not diversify Track 700 lines? Stupid decisio , IMHO...
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According to PDF, the only difference seems that free 69 also comes with intec heel. With BTS offering nine configurable flex patterns with possibility of micro-adjustment, I fail to see the point in buying free 69.
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Donek metal FC can handle NZ conditions quite well, I had a blast when I straight charged fairly deep powder (~40cm) with a weight shift but had a tendency to sink when I tried to turn. Perhaps I'm not good enough. Has a fairly mellow flex with a corresponding amount of pop (i.e. not much but there is). Depends on where you want to carve in NZ. For north island, wouldn't recommend beyond 171 for laid full turn carving. And Donek boards have most hassle-free shipping (please PM me on this).
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Thanks, I'll contact them.
No worried, I wish you luck in contacting them, though. I tried to contact Sven but he's kinda lost contact with me. eBay does sell some sizes and that's how I got another 2 pairs.
Grand prix liners are super, super thin at the toe area, I had no problem downsizing from 25.5 to 24.5 for Deeluxe and Head boots and I have fairly wide toes. The toe areas of Grand prix liner are just thin neoprenE without any moulding foam, thinner than comformables and even intuition liners. But they're warm enough. Thinking maybe I should go for size 23.5 boots with some punching out. But the problem is, so is the ankle area. I had to get 3-4 foam injection in that area to get it 'right'.
I can only recommend grand prix if you 1) are seriously thinking about downsizing 2) can access boot fitter who can inject foam on that liner.
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1) possibly. I use flow large, noted slight overhang.
2) no issue whatsoever far for me (33/27). Might be a trouble if you run duck stance and want laid carving style but that's what custom snowboards are for...
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I'm looking for some super thin liners for downsizing my boots.
I've seen this
http://www.palau-boutique.com/palau-ultra-light-,us,4,PAL-ULTRALIGHT.cfm
but I'm afraid that they are too low.
Any other suggestion?
Thanks
Those Palau liners are high enough. Or you can go for Zipfit Grand prix liner.
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(5)stance width
(3)binding angle
(4)cant
(6)lift
(1)boot tension
(2)boot bias
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If you can find a shop nearby that offer toko thermo bag waxing...
http://www.tokous.com/thermo_bag.htm
Was thinking about buying one meself (apparently some racers have their own) but I'm not willing to spend 3000 plus on that bag...
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Well, the Korean extremecarving group, who is also a member of BOL here (id excarving), is based on High1 resort. From what I have heard, a good resort for us alpine carvers. Dec might be a bit early, Jan or Feb might be better as long as you can avoid national holidays such as new years, christmas or chinese new years or weekends. I've heard the number of people during the weekend are crazy, sometimes you have to wait anout half an hour to almost an hour to ride some of the more popular lifts!
And since the ski resorts have low altitude (for yong pyung, 600m-1500m), the slopes tend to be icy.
I would say Japan is better...
In terms of new gears, they're pretty up there with Japan but the prices are so high there is no way I'm gonna buy any new gears there, unless you don't mind shelling two grands usd for a stock Kessler or SG. And they're usually only available near the end of the season, say late February or March for 13/14 gears and only in limited quantities. In conclusion, not worth it....
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Lone rider,
Awesome! Please let me know shipping cost to NZ, address Methven postcode 7730. Thanks!
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Hi,
If the first poster won't take, will you ship to Australia or New Zealand? Thanks!
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Would love to buy this but I'm only 150lbs! *sigh*
Anyway an awesome bargain!
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You can try synapse wide or 32 boots size us8. Both boots are quite wide but you should try them first before buying.
1. I have wide feet, length 25.5cm and use 24.5 raichle. The key is the liner. If the outer shell can accommodate your feet without touching anywhere, then it might be ok, but then it's gonna cost quite a lot, sometimes it makes more sense to buy a pair of new boots and get the stock liner molded.
I'll leave questions 3,4, and 5 to more experienced carvers out there...
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If snow devil doesn't take it I will take it!
Softboot board donek incline or never summer raptor?
in Carving Central
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I've ridden incline 160 and Titan 156 (before NS changed camber profile, reduced sidecut radius and rebranded it as raptor).
For carving, incline wins by landslide. Torsionally very stiff, bigger sidecut radius. Can't describe it fully myself, but incline seems to have the 'right flex' for serious carving.
For all mountain freestyle and jibbing, Titan seems a bit better. A bit more playful, torsionally much softer. For carving, however, the flex feels 'wrong'.
Incline is definitely more durable than Titan, but also heavier. Incline also comes with free customisation.
Considering both boards are advertised as freecarve/free ride boards, Incline is superior to Raptor, IMHO. You might be able to find Raptor in sales bin somewhere so I recon Raptor is a bit cheaper.
Well I'm keeping Donek and selling NS.