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  1. Drake Podium FF

    in Carving Central

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    speaking of which - wish they (ride) didn't ship the bindings in that silly suitcase. more crap for the landfill. drop the price of the bindings a bit & ship in a recyclable cardboard box like everyone else. 

    also - the hardware seems a bit on the fragile side. broke a toe slider and a ratchet last season. and getting replacement small parts is a bit of a hassle.   

    OTHERWISE, they're nice bindings. 

     

  2. Drake Podium FF

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    i like the ride el heffe (with drivers as well) for a decent combo of light weight, stiffness, and a low profile aluminum heel cup, but the drake you're looking at seems to have a similar build. haven't heard any feedback on these, however; i'm a bit curious. 

  4. Board width - what is going on???

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    On 1/14/2017 at 9:47 PM, lordmetroland said:

     Lib Tech's Skunk Ape Ultrawide (28.7cm) was like a revelation. I traded out the dopey Magnetraction for 30 more centimeters of similarly wide Hazelwood and couldn't be happier.

    i was eyeing up a 170 ultrawide skunk (good deal opportunity); curious to try a superfat deck, but not ready to pop for a custom Donek. does it make for a passible funcarver? 

  10. 2016-2017 New Board Porn (new purchases)

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    On 12/17/2016 at 5:05 PM, svr said:

    My new to me Oxess SBX 163 (12m sidecut, 143cm effective edge, 26cm waist) carbon and titanal construction with Apex Gecko Stealth plates and Flow NX2-GT bindings. A carbon and metal Softboot Carving Machine. 

    Thanks to bomber member A.Lael as board is awesome.

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    love this setup. how are the flows working for you? i like the lack of (lower) heel loop, and the joined straps look decently supportive. 

  12. Vancouver Carvers' Diaries 2016/17

    in Canada - British Columbia

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    On 1/8/2017 at 5:42 PM, BlueB said:

    Awesome hard pack in the morning! Eagle opened early, no crowd until 10:20. I rode with Perry all morning and we saw Tony very briefly. Perny rails on that Fullbag and softies! 

    I rode the OES Loony in the AM. It has the edge hold bordering ridicoulous! Switched to Proto for the PM.... 

    It rained on the pm at the lodge elevation, but it should dump nicely tonight! 

    Good riding with you - thanks for the tips. Getting the itch to break out the hardboots now... 

  14. Madd Killer Strikes Back!

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    15 hours ago, BlueB said:

    Madd Killer strikes at Cypress! 

    Our local carver Patrick acquired one, just recently, and he kindly let me try it. Thanks buddy! 

    I wanted to ride it back to back with something familiar and of similar spec. It turned out that my OES SL 162 is very close, in shape, length and stiffness, just a bit wider... So I mounted the 2 and went to the hill early in the morning. The conditions were cold and crisp, compact grooming, sunny. Unfortunately, our lazy grooming crew didn't do the Rainbow, so the steepest I could test was the Crazy Raven - a very steep blue. Of course I started gradually, from flatter to steepest. I couldn't find truly hard snow either, except for few very small patches... 

    The first impression was Wow! - the grip and guickness of the edge change! As the others said, the thing likes to turn and it turns tight, sudden and a lot! Quite a cardio exercise :) Sometimes, the transition and hookup are so quick, that I almost wasn't ready for the turn, yet the hip would already be at the snow... Few times I hooked up too much on the heel side and couldn't get out of it. Attention and agility are required and greatly rewarded. 

    What crossed my mind was that the closest ride I experienced was on an old Elan Ballistic 163... However, the MK is a lot smoother.  

    Interestingly, I didn't notice much of the pop that old Madds were famous for... Just enough to make the transitions easier and ride a bit livelier.  

    Amazingly, steeper I went, the easier the board became to ride!? I could be a lot lazier on steeps then on greens, hook, gravity load, small pop/flick, edge change on autopilot, repeat... Ultimate steep terrain board? 

     

    After 2 hours of mad fun, I switched to the SL board. As I said, they are pretty close in spec, with the OES being wider, progressive in side cut and with more nose decamber. Oh and metal, of course... It didn't disappoint, even after the dynamic MK ride. 

    Verdict: 

    Initiation - MK 

    Grip - MK 

    Versatility - SL 

    Smoothness/ease of ride - SL 

    So... great job Sean! You created a truly fun board, of high quality/finish and easy to ride while very aggressive! 

    i saw the mk in the rack @ cypress yesterday - wondered who's that was. looks badass (and sounds like good fun). 

  16. Soft Boot/Binding Recommendations for Carving?

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    the diamondblade is a fantastic / versatile softboot freecarver. lots of effective edge w/ the bluntness, some fore / aft decamber for slarvy forgiveness, and a bit of camber and tighter (than BX race decks) scr giving a quick, playful ride. a fairly unique set of specs - that just happened to be exactly what i was looking for. rad board / great value.  

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  17. Softboot Carving Angles?

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    i think there's definitely something to wide softboot carving setups. i've more or less ditched my hardboot gear for soft, so i like something that won't boot out when carved hard. on my 26.5cm wide fullbag, this means 36/30 angles (with shortish sole length 9.5 drivers & el heffe bindings, which have a thin metal heel loop). the stiff boot / binding provide pretty decent lateral stiffness, so this setup feels pretty awesome to me. an even wider deck with flatter angles could be neat though. 

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  18. Soft Boot/Binding Recommendations for Carving?

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    18 hours ago, lordmetroland said:

    was that the Malamutes had a smaller footprint than the Insanos. 

    on a quest to eliminate boot out as well as reduce angles as much as possible, this is what swayed me towards the driver - the "shrinkage technology" purportedly drops sole length about 1 size. i haven't done any proper statistical analysis, but they are nice & compact, and certainly shorter than my previous boots. 

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  19. Soft Boot/Binding Recommendations for Carving?

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    Posted · Edited by xy9ine

    1 hour ago, Mig said:

    As far as boots go, I like'em stiff. The Burton Driver X are the ones that work for me. But I do not ride them stock. I switch the liner for a moldable powerwrap style one, and add a custom powerstrap.

    i love my drivers out of the box. really impressed with the support they give - so much so i didn't touch my hardboot setup last year (though mig's kickass board had a lot to do with that as well). also love the (much) lighter weight of the softie setup. not to mention comfort. ease of walking, etc. been on hardboots exclusively for a bunch of years; coming back to (modern) softies was a bit of a revelation. the current crop of light & stiff highbacks rock as well.  

    the seasonal stoke is coming on strong for me... 

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  22. Madd Killer Strikes Back!

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    20 minutes ago, Jack Michaud said:

    Changing board width is a keystroke for Donek.  If I were Sean, I would gladly take your money for a 20cm wide board with MK construction, but I wouldn't put the MK graphics on it.

    this would be the bees knees. so to speak. 

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