snowghost

Thanks for posting the pics.

To pgetchell: Been riding plates for twenty years with bad knees, including teaching at Vail and training/coaching at Hood. If I can help, click profile and send email. There are lots of things you can do. - "ghost"

Thanks for the prompt response. Sold.

Put me fist in line for the cant. Please send details. Click on profile and email me with details. Happy Easter. Can pay asap by paypal or money order. Thanks

Please send pics. Thanks.

Please send pics. Thanks

Some of the windsurfing shops carry a "dig repair" product in a clear plastic sleeve that looks exactly like the plumber's epoxy from a hardware store, and it probably is. Just cut a piece off, roll it between your hands to get it warm, then fill the hole. Not "high tech" but it works. We used to use it for everything. You can probably get it online from "Murray's Marine" or "the-house".

I sympathize with your problem, but you always have to check the length of every screw before you mount the binding to the board. Especially, if you don't buy them new. Several companies, such as Snowpro, include different length screws in their original packaging, because the correct length changes based upon the cant and lift option you choose. Nothing should ever protrude, even if there is a rubber gasket. You can normally get screws that work at ACE, but sometimes you have to grind them down yourself. It has been that way for over 15 years. Many riders do not spend the hour or two it takes to assemble the binding initially, then take it apart a couple of times, until they get it with no protrusions. It is a pain, but it has to be done if you do not want to damage the top skin of your board. I have bought at least 6 pair of bindings on Bomber in the last few months, and more than half of them had protruding screws when they were delivered. Good luck - "ghost"

Do you still have the hot logical? Please let me know. Thanks.

Did you sell the board? Please let me know. If not, I'm still looking for 154 - 160. Thanks.

In the mid 1990's Mark Fawcett raced on a symetrical board with his back binding 2-3 degrees more forward than his front - 51/(53-54). Shannon Melhuse was 47/43 on his symetrical Rossi. Martin Freinademetz was 48/45 for salom, and 51/48 for Super G and GS on his Asym Burton PJ. Mike Jacoby was 54/54 on his Hot Logical Asym, and turned both bindings more forward when he initially switched to the symetrical Hot Blast in 1994, but he still kept the angles uniform on both feet. Mike was one of the first riders to use the Caron Alpine Tech (Catek today) Cat #7's because he was so much stronger than the other riders, and broke a lot of bindings - during training and in World Cup races. He had them lifted and canted with a different number of washers on each post, which gave them the same versatility that the Cateks have today. But, he thought that they were too stiff for most 160 pound riders. Although most riders today identify him with (Cross) + M, Mike really coached and trained himself after 1990 when he won his World Cup titles, a lot like Marc Giardelli did in the 1980's and Bode Miller does today. The average among the top pros back then was 49/47. Hope this helps. Have fun - "ghost"

For some of us, Memorial Day will be the 20 th anniversary of our first "Hood River Summer", when we trained on the mountain in the morning and rode the river in the afternoon. A lot of the future pros and Olympic team members were just highly motivated kids, fresh out of high school. There was never any trouble with the locals. Land was cheap, and Government Camp did not have a police department. This was good for us "late twenty and thirty somethings". We could still sneak into the whirlpool at Timberline Lodge, with our BYO beer, for the daily "Mash Report" before heading to the river. Every day someone you knew broke something, whether it was their body or their gear. Everything in snowboarding was heavy, and broke. Everything in windsurfing was getting lighter, and broke. But, we all knew what everything weighed because we were after the best performance combination for the conditions and the task at hand, whether we were racing, training for the bump competition (Yes, they had them), or riding a "hand shaped" prehistoric pipe in our "cut down" and "tongue-drilled" hardboots. Except for "board weight", does anyone care about component weight anymore? Do you know what your binding weighs? Lifts? Cants? Boots? Do you care? Does it make a difference? What works best for you? Did you ever train with a weight jacket? - Have fun. - "ghost"

Your are a good guy, Boarder Ted. Congrats, Petrol. Stay lucky - "ghost"

Sorry to hear about your loss. You can make the binding functional by using almost any toe lever that goes on and off the bail with a set screw, like the snowpros. It is best to use a toe clip with the wide adjustment screw in the middle for a good boot fit. The original variplate (5-hole) had a bail that was a slight bit thinner than most. I am not sure about the thickness of the bail that you have, because Burton increased the thickness of the bail in the early 1990's, but I think Burton increased the thickness of the bail before they went to the 3D pattern. If the replacement is a little loose, just wrap a layer of tape around the bail. As regards a "true replacement", that might be hard to find. During the mid and late 1990s, a lot of riders used the old variplate toe clips on the Burton performance and carrier bindings when the "performance/carrier" toe lever broke/cracked. At one time there were a lot of variplate toe levers around, because many agressive riders snapped the variplate metal cage, but seldom broke the toe lever. You might get lucky. Be Lucky - "ghost"

Thanks, Petrol. I appreciate the offer, but I am really holding out for the last year (1998) of the Asym 5.9 Factory Prime for salom and "popping" aerial edge changes in short radius turns. None of my Hot Logicals or PJ's have any camber left. The Alp was a great board for all mountain cruising, and teaching, but way too soft when I'm having fun and aerobic training. Thanks again. - "ghost"

Do you still have the Volkl Cross? Thanks.

Looking for Volkl Cross 154-160 if you have any left. Thanks.

Put me first in line. Click profile to send info/specs. Send pics. Concerned about p-tex ding. Please describe. Edge damage? Pay by Paypal or money order. Thanks.

To Bryan: I have the Miller plates and soft boot bindings here at the house. If you can't find yours, I can pull mine out and take pics. Hope you are healing. - "ghost"

To: John Gilmour. Like you, I have been around a long time. In the late 1980's and early 1990's speed racing in windsurfing and snowboarding was a big thing. We would be at Hood in the morning, and racing on the river in the afternoon. Since I was already 35+, "speed" was the only area where I could still compete with the "kids" that trained with "Cross M" and Rob Roy. Everyone who set the world speed record in snowboarding did it on releasible bindings. We could not get the releasable bindings that the Euros used in the late 1980's, so we created our own version out of ski bindings. (See pic). The over-hang was not important because p-tex is always faster than steel, and we rode a flat board, but we rode these (garage bindings) to over 70 mph in 1989 on a "pre-consumer" release version of the original PJ. The bindings released sequentially, with a Nano-second delay, like the plate bindings from the "Hot Dog" - "Wayne Wong " skier days, and never failed. I miss Bob Barci. Best regards - "ghost"

Thanks.

Thanks. I'm setting my recorder. What's up next?

Bindings arrived. Very pleased. Thanks.

Burton performance plates 1995-1997. Some of us have been teaching weekend hardboot riding improvement clinics since 1990, and the situation today is the same as it was then. Except for "special events", there are no rental or demo boards available, so we have to bring our own versatile quiver of 6-10 race/all mountain boards, with "easy to adjust plate bindings", to every clinic. Many intermediate riders are held back by their choice of equipment, but will not admit it until they feel the difference and/or watch themselves on video. A lot riders use equipment that is expensive and great for pros, but way over their individual skill level, weight, or strength. I have never had a performance plate break while on the hill. Naturally, we check every binding, every day, before we go up the lift. We also travel with a quiver of demo hard snowboard boots for the same reason, and to get soft boot riders to give hardboot riding a try. Hardbooters over 30 are a lot like golfers, who continue to use the stiff shafts of their youth, when they are no longer the best choice of equipment for them. Anyone got feedback? - "ghost" PS: Naturally, the old performance plate is not what I ride today, when I am not doing one of these clinics, but I'm not riding anything as stiff as my old Cat#7's either.

Thanks for the prompt reply. Enjoy, Wolf.