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Donek.com sells beginner Voyager or Turner FC Mild snowboards, F2 Titanium binding, Deeluxe 325 or 700 boots. Up to $250 discount if you purchase boots and boards together. I started with 700 but now uses 325 because of better fit. You may also want to use spring system such as BTS (https://www.bomberonline.com/BTS-Kit_p_106.html) on your boots if you want to be comfortable rather than feeling like you are wearing a plaster.

The company (Amplid) call traditional camber “[b]urly man-camber”…

Mild seems like Contra in terms of slope conditions these boards were designed for. Would love to try 165 with 10m SCR and narrow waist and minimal taper…

I tried Burton, Neversummer, LipTech, Salomon etc… Am happier with Donek, Prior, Swoard, Rad-Air.

Can’t be worse than during the mid week at Perisher. Besides, when I lived at Methven I used to ski at club fields (I have a hardboot split board set up just for this) and around hill on the weekend. Or have a rest!

Yeah, this year was really hot. I skied on 21st August in Perisher. They supposedly have had 30cm of new snow over the weekend but when I went there on Monday, snow all melted. There is a smaller ski field, called Selwyn, that just recovered from the devastating bushfire that destroyed their chairlifts in 2019. Then COVID hit and they couldn’t operate properly for 2 years. They were expecting to make some money this year… But they had no snow! It was the hottest winter recorded. And we also expect hottest summer this year. Personally I believe the writing’s on the wall for Australian ski fields. For me, I used to have a ski house in Methven so I’ll buy there again.

This site definitely screams “scam”. No return address or phone number. https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/superokstore.com The legit sites will display either physical address or phone number.

Sounds like you might be looking for Catek OS2 or F2 Race Ti CNC…

I guess science is hard to understand, but insurance premium isn’t… Some places in Australia, insurance companies either refuse to insure the properties or for those that offer, $30K per year… https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/where-home-insurance-costs-30-000-a-year-or-you-can-t-get-a-policy-at-all-20230721-p5dq69.html

Hi, I’d be super keen if the gentlemen/ladies above do not take it, if it is an alpine version, and if you don’t mind shipping to Australia. Thank you!

When I first bought Ibex TC (now CC) from BomberOnline in 2011, it came with adjustable cant wedges that came under heel/toe blocks. Now I believe there are only two native options: the cant/lift listed above, or unicant (https://www.carversparadise.com/en_US/products/speed-cc-uni-cant). Alternatively, you can buy a bombed power plate with 3-degree or 6-degree cant disks which will significantly add weight.

All I know for certain is that Olympic level and world ranking skiers are concerned about warm weathers. “Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines who have signed a letter addressed to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation demanding action over climate change. The letter was written by Austrian downhiller Julian Schütter, an ambassador for the nonprofit organization Protect Our Winters, known as POW. Olympic cross-country skiing champion Jessie Diggins and Freeride World Tour championsArianna Tricomi and Xavier de le Rue were also among the letter’s signees.“ https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/alpine-skiing-climate-change-world-cup-schedule

In short, not good. Snow is already melting in mid August, worse than spring, in some trails, base is exposed. Too warm to make snow or even groom the trails, and extremely busy even during the weekdays. I’m unsure how long we can ski or carve in Australia, but from what I could see this season, the writing’s on the wall so too speak. Also, too many people with no manners. Hit me from behind, I have injured my right shoulder, not a single “sorry”. Numerous other incidence. First time in my life skiing, I felt like I need a helmet mounted GoPro just to keep a legal record in case something happens in Australia. With this and my snowboard instructor certificate I really have a good chance if something happens but still it would have been better if people are more considerate of other skiers there.

Rad-air tanker 172 rocker camber + Ibex + old raichle boots with BTS. Could go comfortably 40+ mph on powder days, never sunk…

Interesting, until last year it was a reverse camber but now it’s back to the sorta traditional camber. I have a rocker camber Tanker 171 which simply wouldn’t submarine, could manage to go on 40+mph on powder. Would the new camber float just as well?

Donek MK 161 with stock dimensions and stiffness. Can’t wait to compare this with Virus Terminator 166 with 17cm waist, my current board of choice for narrow, steep (and quite often icy) slopes. Oh, and Donek board sleeve L size works pretty well. Looks slick, oozes quality. Right length, too.

Count me in for purchase also.

I was at Perisher, NSW, Australia this weekend. Really bad season this year. There was no natural snow on the slopes, it was all man-made. And temperatures during the day ranged from 9C to 12C (48F-54F), and the condition was soft in the morning with lots of patches of ice by 10am. More than half of the lifts were not running due to lack of any kind of snow. And according to the report, Thredbo was worse with only 3 trails open (someone saw Torah Bright this Saturday, poor her). Bugger.

Bummer.

I'm back in Australia, Thredbo is barren. Bummer.

I'd say find the zipfit fitter. My fitter had no problem fitting my hardboots

Tanker 172 reverse camber with ibex plate. Never sunk. Top speed on powder around 46 miles pet hour (I know, I'm not that fast).

Another vote for Donek.

I have dealt with him in the past (bought Nidecker 900 binding, arrived). Please try dsanders3000@gmail.com if you havent.

Do you by any chance know where he lives (at least the state) and do you have his phone number? I might be able to contact him.