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http://youtu.be/IImoW_kviwc Hello everyone, Sean and I have been working on a new video series this spring and wanted to kick it off with the following video. Yes, it has been a slow spring :rolleyes: We did the "Gun" episode here to just get things rolling. Given a somewhat silly bust but still fun to try and see the result. The video will tell you how it went. So please watch the video and then realize we need you help on two fronts: - Help us pick a name for the series. Obviously we are stealing this idea from Discovery channels "Myth Busters" but we want our own name that related to snowboard stuff. So use this thread to post your ideas. - Give us some ideas of some snowboard/carve related myths you would like to see us bust. Once again, use this thread to post those ideas. Sean and I have come up with a few on our own we would like to see. Take a look at these ideas to help get the brain moving: - Boots shrink a significant amount when they get really cold. - The camber on a snowboard will change with temperature. - A heavier racer is faster in the course. - Adding height to a binding set-up gives you more leverage on the edge. - Base material will dry out if you do not seal it with wax. We will do our best with what we have, so be patient with us as we move work on these and your ideas. So please let us know what you want to see! Cheers,

And we now carry Oxess in our BX shop HERE. We also have a demo BX model here at the shop. And we will also be a retailer of the Oxess line of carving boards for next season as well here at Bomber. Heinz (from Oxess) was kind enough to bring over a bunch of boards at 2013 SES and people really liked them. So we will have a demo or two her at our shop so you can try before you buy.

Steve, The Bird is Da Bomb! Love it there. You need to hook-up with Bird legend Brian McDougal who is the kind there on plates. Doing tram laps is amazing.

JC edgerider, More of an FYI as you are more than welcome to post these boards here. But please check out the new site here: http://www.bomberonline.com/databases/vbomber_bx_com/forum.php as it is only for BX boards. And we are trying to get traffic there so you would be helping out

Rob, Good observation and let me see if I can address this: First, we currently have that disclaimer to only use the BP lowers on a plate as we just did not have any history using those directly on a board. So we where being conservative there. However, since then (about two seasons) I have had several riders use the BP direct on their boards and we have seen no issues (both metal and glass based board) My initial math/studies say there will be no issues, however, I have no control how a manufacturer re-enforces their inserts so we played it safe. The industry does have a standard for insert strength specified in ISO #10958-2, but as I am slowly finding out, a portion of board manufacturers are NOT following this standard. So it is hard for us to determine where their will be a problem. But I do believe we will remove this warning with the side note that people should ask their board manufacturer if they pass the ISO #10958-2. Also, on a super skinny board (like we where riding) the forces tend to be predominately lateral (side to side). And coupled with the fact when a board gets skinnier the core tends to a get thinker, you end up with a very strong set of inserts. Side note: years ago when we came out with the SW bindings, I had a guy named Ray who rides pretty much only supper narrow boards try the SW at one of the Sessions. Before he went out, I warned him that I thought this will be a "fail" experiment in that I predicted the SW will NOT be a good binding for such high angles. Reason was that at these high angle (say 70 deg and up) you relay almost completely on the side of your cuff to get the board over on the edge. At lower angles we use a combination of the cuff and the front and rear of the boot. So the SW has that designed movement side to side, but on a skinny board this will lower your ability to get the board over on edge. Sure enough Ray went out, did a few runs, and came back with the same conclusion, the board was hard to get on edge and keep there. So he went back to his non-SW bindings and all was good. So Sean and I on this test day where riding TD3 SI to get that lateral force you need.

It is with a sad heart we want to announce to the Carving Community the death of Meg VanSciver, our friend and the fiancée of Chris Webster. Meg died from a paragliding accident last Sunday in Golden, Colorado. You can support Chris and Meg's family either through posting on her page HERE or by contacting Chris directly. Or just leave a kind note here on this thread. I am sure Chris will read it in time. I always enjoyed talking to Meg as she was a mechanical engineer like myself, but was doing much more noble things with her skills. She worked for "Engineers without Boarders" and I would always ask her about that experience. Below is a great picture of her and Chris with their (and all ours) friend Kevin at the past 2013 Summit Expression Session in Aspen. Chris, we are thinking of you and are thankful for the time we had to get to know Meg, a wonderful woman.

When we did one of these in my shop a few years ago we did it with sound. Hit the board where you think inserts are with a small, blunt, steel object (screw driver). When you get to the insert the tone will change. Make you best guess then drill a VERY small hole to see if you nailed it. Once you find one, you can determine the others near it. Bruce came up with this when a Kessler came in with racer wanting to do this. It worked great and the guy walked out with a board with 4 hole inserts. The inserts are stainless steel so won't spot them that way. And unless they used "magnetic" caps on the inserts the steel powder method will also not work. Another method I have heard of is wax the base and you will see the inserts "ghost" through the base of the board.

Sean, Nice blog on the trip! Enough of these riding pics, I want to see the debauchery apre ski. What does a beer hall full of drunk carving Germans look like? More on the people!!! Talk when you get back.

Eric, I am truly humbled by your talent. Amazing. Just spent the last hour looking at your gallery on your website. You have that amazing hybrid of an artists eye, skilled hands, and a love of things mechanical. I am really impressed. I am a big biker and have the standard mix of fancy-shmancy, carbon, ti, moon-rock, etc. bikes that small children in some Asian country made. But your products have something they will never have, character. As I looked at your bikes all I could think of was what I would have you make if I commissioned your service. Next time you come to Denver let us know! We have all the gear you need and some passes as well. And I would love to make it down for that show. Had no idea you would be there. Keep up the great work Eric and congrats on the award.

lonboardin, Actually, the surprising thing is I would say half of all alpine demos that went out where sub-16 year old. LOTS of 10-14 wanted to try it. My take is after 16, they tend to know what they want to do, so under that age they are still willing to try something new. One of the coaches brought up an interesting point, he says at around 16 they tend to go in one of two directions: slope style/pipe OR alpine/BX. Rarely do they stay in both.

Sean Keough, head honcho, for the Maine region (top) Coach Karl from the power house known as the "G-Team" (lower)

* I'll move this to "Race" forum eventually. But it is slow now so thought all would enjoy this * Just wrapped up 6 incredible days or racing here at the 2013 USASA Nationals at Copper Mnt, Colorado. Over 1100 participants from all over the US came to town to race. Both Bomber and Donek where there with their full demo fleet and tents. For us this is an incredible week for people to try alpine gear. I would say +90% of the time we have people being set-up to try gear. For a lot of these kids, getting a hold of some alpine gear to try is very difficult so they took full advantage of the opportunity. Just tried looking up the results but looks like they are not up yet? Or maybe I cannot find them. Anyone? Sean and I spent a good chuck of one day going from the GS/SL venue to the BX venue taking a pile of pics. As soon as Sean gets home and some time, he will post these pictures. Thanks to all who participated and great job by USASA as usual.

Just a quick announcement to let all here at BOL-land that Moderator Jack Michaud is going to take a sabbatical from moderating here on BOL. Jack was one of the originals here at BOL and has been a HUGE help to me and the forum. Moderatoring is a thankless job and a great way to get “creative” e-mails from some of the more passionate users here at BOL. But the job is necessary and effective. With his help, we are able to keep BOL a civil and welcome place for all levels of hardbooters. So Bomber would like to officially thank Jack for all his help and work over the many years and we’ll be here when you are ready to Mod again. That said, would like to welcome our two new Mods for BOL: Bryan Sutherland, BOL (handle www.oldsnowboards.com) and Corey Dyck (handle “corey_dyck”). Thank you Bryan and Corey for taking on this task to make BOL the bad-ass haven for all hardbooters across the world

I noticed you mention you are on TD2. Am I to assume you have the original aluminum version of the heel receiver? If you do, I would HIGHLY suggest upgrading to the steel version we now put on all TD3 bindings. They are compatible with TD2 bindings and we have an upgrade kit here: http://bomberonline.3dcartstores.com/TD3-Step-in-Heel-Replacement-Kit_p_30.html The original aluminum ones are much more "sticky" when it comes to snow and ice. The new steel ones shed snow quite a bit more than the aluminum ones. And also, as mentioned here, make sure you don't have the binding set-up too tight. Try using the "micro adjustment" option and back one lug out one turn. This wil allow your boot to go into the binding just ever so slightly easier, but still be in firmly.

Poll is up! Go HERE to vote.

As described in this post, we are now posting up the video of the final 5 of the 2013 SES Carve Factor. Filming has been challenging due to weather but thanks to Alan (SunSurfer) we are able to a good series of shots. No names will be given to protect all those involved (other than the winner), but you will see each run represented with a Number in the lower right corner. We have a lot of ideas to do this better next time but at least we can try this now. So watch the video, vote once for the one you liked the most. We will look at the results at the same time we will be voting here in Aspen at the Friday (15th) dinner. Final winner announced soon afterward here (shooting for Saturday). Hey, this was just for fun. We had close to 30 people show up and it was great to just watch everyone go for it. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XCm3FGTgFCE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Day Three of SES video... <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oJtXmbs269M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Like the poll everywhere. Very slick. But costs $, so we are going the free route. Marco Olm is an incredible free carver. I as well hope he is there.

Changes made. Moved to Carve Community forum.

Phil, Can you get it to us (Silverthorne) by noon tomorrow? If so we can bring to Bruce for you.

They put a Flight for Life heli-pad right at the base just for that reason.

Easy: Aztec at Ajax. Crazy steep and wide enough to just stay out of trouble. It is just to the left as you get near the Rosie's Run Chair. Crap shoot if it is groomed though. If it is, it has historically been the "carve of manhood" run.

Ah, got it. Saw this a while ago so was looking for something else. It is cool they do this now. We'll be at the base of TieHack in just 3 days!

ZetaTre, Not seeing it? What am I looking for?

barryj, All these guys have given excellent advice. And sad but true, in these situations it is usually technique. Historically I find the toe side turn "easier" to master at the learning stages as you have more balance, absorption ability (ankles), and you are not "blind". The heel side relies heavily on technique as you have less balance, less absorption (no more ankle), and the turn is blind (towards your backside). Excellent we are going to see you at SES! Please come to the demo tent and introduce yourself. I will make sure we introduce you to some guys that can help you out. And as Mellow said, how to avoid Shred and Helmet ;) See you soon!