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  5. New Zeland has snow !

    in Carving Central

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    Thanks Bryan!

    Pat, unless the plate somehow makes base and edge invincible...

    SunSurfer, hopefully high noon express and jumbo t-bar will open soon. Parkland chair isn't that great for carving. Might have to go there in late sep for the instructor course...

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  6. New Zeland has snow !

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by leeho730

    Really bad season. A lot of main commercial resorts (not sure NZ ski fields deserve such term) had to delay opening. Mt Hutt received 20cm snow in 2 weeks, lots of rocks, sent two of my boards for repair and base grind. Some Australian resorts got 2m of snow this week. This is because some Strayan resorts such as Thredbo rely on northerlies for snow (I think) while all NZ snow fields rely on southerlies, and in June this year NZ had warm northerlies mostly. Methven has been surprisingly warm which pleased farmers but not skiers. Temperature is cold so resorts have been doing hard out making snow but not enough to cover rocks even on main groomed trails. Eventually things will pick up, say couple of weeks, but weather forecast doesn't look good. Bad season.

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  8. Axer 176

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by leeho730

    Hi I got the info from their website: www.excarving.com

    It's written in Korean though. Also another thing is that the board doesn't seem to perform as good as swoard on soft snow but better than swoard on icy snow. Stiffer flex than Swoard.

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  9. Axer 176

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by leeho730

    Apparently it is much less "turny" than swoard, likes to go straight (apparently it has a love affair with fences) so one needs to maximize inclination. Koreans, on their video, don't seem to utilize "push-pull" movement much, focusing on rotational movement. Grip should be ok, if it can be used in blimming icy Korean ski fields....

    So... Even more style/technique oriented than swoard.

  16. Relationship question - guys and gals please chime in.

    in The Lodge

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    Well i have firearms and if my gf wants them out i'd store them in other places... BobD is absolutely right firearms are much more likely to be used in domestic violence than in self-defence. Maybe she has anxiety towards firearms... And anxiety is almost impossible to beat.

    And my lecturer used to say never argue with women!

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  20. 2010 rockered Rad Air Tankers

    in All-Mountain Hardboot Board Reviews

    Posted · Edited by leeho730

    I love my 11/12 Tanker Reverse Camber 172cm that I bought straight from rad air.

    Nose never dives no matter what I do, even with huge amount of forward weight shift.

    Carves fairly OK. Surprisingly light. Durability is OK. Stable on landing.

    Flex-wise it's betwen burton 7 and 8. Sidecut radius is 11m but the board is surprisingly turny.

    Due to length it seems fairly unwieldy on mogul field but it's such a joy to ride on open powder. A perfect board for heli-boarding.

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  23. Hardbooter gone soft

    in Carving Central

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    Personally I'd give the argument which says that softboots can be as good as hardboots in carving on steeper and icier terrain more credit if any softbooter win bronze at PGS/PS olympic events. There is no doubt that softboots are better in powder, slopestyle, BX and half pipes... And hardboot equipments are better at race carving and carving in general.

    It's not about being an elitist, it's about merely stating a fact. For example if someone says "hardbooters can be as good as softbooters in half pipes and BX" I'd say "Yeah right mate who wins in Olympics?"

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  25. UPZ Rc10, good and bad.

    in Carving Central

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    Looks like one needs a pair (or two) of full tilt top/medium cables and welding or brazing...

    Another option might be to use small buckle (the lowest one) and large clasp in the middle? Looks like by using the buckle that is about a centimetre shorter in the middle one can avoid damaging middle buckle too much? And no need for metalwork...

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