Puddy Tat
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Nice. That looks like tons of fun. Dammit, now I want one of those too. My board "want" list just keeps getting longer.
Dave
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the newer upz boots have a different cant plate at the hinge point. Then my 08 rtr's. Does this change the flex direction, like assm.?
old ones have the screw in the center.
Didn't see this comment a year ago. It's to make it easier to adjust the cuff canting for bow legged (me) or knock knee types. With the RTRs you had to drill the shell to adjust the canting now you just need to adjust the angle of that disc.
Dave
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Coiler Angrry 160 with my design of topsheet.
This is one of the boards I've short-listed to fill the short board slot in my quiver. Really interested in hearing your ride report.
Dave
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Softboot Sailor carves beautifully in soft boots.
+1. I look at his angulated toeside position in the 'Milk' thread, and realize that is what is missing from my own toesides.
Dave
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White boosted pretty damn high on that pipe run. He's also rocking stretch pants, or close to it, for whatever reason.If you cant wear speedsuits in bx, you shouldn't be able to wear your sisters pants in the pipe.
I'd guess he wears the tight, pants and the leather looking jacket (last season at least) for the same reason that racers used to wear speed suits. It catches less air, so it slows him down less, and allows him to achieve a higher speed on his in run to the pipe.
Basically he's wearing an 'acceptable' looking speed suit.
Dave
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True, but that business model failed and won't be coming back. I think the only way for a store to carry alpine gear is if it is located at or on a mountain with a demo program and instruction. And said mountain needs to be centrally located. Ahem, STRATTON.
I agree and I doubt I'll see a brick and mortar store in North America carrying alpine gear anytime in the foreseeable future :-(. My comment was specifically that in the wild and wolly days when everyone was figuring out stances, equipment, and what kind of clothing they should wear. Equipment was available, though I don't know if more people were actually riding alpine.
Your comment about expression sessions just being a chance for existing riders to get together and ride with other riders and their friends is right on the mark. It's been mentioned many times on this forum that we need to ride with others in order to improve. I agree it would be good to be able to have demo equipment available for currently non-alpine riders. But the people organizing these events don't have multiple sets of equipment (especially boots) that could go in a demo area and honestly like I mentioned above I learn alot just being able to ride with other people once a year.
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Come to think of it as a group of people coming togehter at an expression session we could probably crowd source enough equipment and people to run a demo tent for current non-alpine riders to try out alpine? ie most people have a spare older board that they wouldn't mind donating for the duration of the demo tent, or older boots, or bindings (or even one of the three). Some people could work setting up demo boards while others acted as ambassadors and took newly set-up people for a couple of runs which would help the new rider and prevent loaned equipment from going missing. Maybe if the expression session attendees dedicated a day or an afternoon to something like this during the expression session it would help to expand knowledge of what we are doing.
Dave
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I don't find running flat to be an issue. It is important that you are not twisting the board as you do it though.
What Ian says makes sense. But I also don't have any issues running with my base flat on the snow. I've had to do this a fair bit at Sunshine Village where I normally ride as well. That being said I bevel my base edge on my boards to 1 degree for carving and 3 for AM so perhaps that makes it less catchy.
However Glenn is feeling 'slide' not 'catchiness' so I'm leaning towards what Ink said about him unconciously creating rotational tension in his body. This can be an effect of the way he is physically riding, or his stance set-up.
Dave
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Was there really more alpine riders in like 93-97 than now, or did it just represent a larger percentage of the boarders at the time.
I can't speak to the the numbers or percentages, but in '94 I could walk into a shop that was selling snowboards and find alpine gear.
Dave
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I did that under a lift about three years ago, it felt like someone was taking a hockey stick to my shins for about 50 meters of sliding, then I flipped onto my back and slid for another 50 meters or so.... Not a pleasant bail.
I'm still out with a sore shoulder/clavicle from what was apparently one of those Jasey Jay Misty Flips that I did on upper North Axe a on Jan 13th. Definately one of the worst wipeouts I've been in. One moment I'm hanging onto a toeside turn and the next thing I knew I was looking down the hill from about 4-6ft off the deck in a superman position and still rotating. Some friends were amazed that I actually got up from it. Looking at the carve marks it looks like the board skipped once then the nose caught and wrenched me harder into the turn, and then I launched off the nose like it was a diving board.
Here's a link to the one Jasey Jay did in a WC race sometime ago. He was moving much faster than I was but man if this ever happens to you it's unbelievable. I had no warning this was going to happen.
http://www.theadventureshow.com/v3/play_video_popup.php?id=304
Dave
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Dave,
The Gizmo pattern (eight inserts total) are centered over the 4X4, or UPM if you have that. With my board, I decided to go with the 4X4 because Bruce said the other plates being produced could use the 4X4 pattern. That way, if I ever go to sell the board, all bases are covered...
Glenn
Ok. It uses a proprietary insert pattern then. Still looks like an interesting, simple, and light system.
Cheers,
Dave
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Glenn,
What is John using as a mounting pattern for these plates? It doesn't appear to be UPM as from your photo it looks like it might be centered around where the normal (4X4 or 4X8) insert packs are?
Cheers,
Dave
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Here is some video and a little picture thing at the end.
Just learning how Imovie works and playing.
Nice work. Like how you got a little artsy with the initial slow-mo carve going off the screen. The pics at the end are a really nicely done too. For a first attempt screwing around with video editing its better than anything I could've put together.
BTW what are you using to de-shake that video from the helmet cam? It's much smoother than anything I've gotten from my helmet cam shots.
Dave
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A Denver Post article from later last season that says much the same thing.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_20606982/all-numbers-mdash-from-visits-purchases-first-timers
Dave
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...The industry focus is solely on generating new snowboarders with total disregard for for retention of existing snowboarders.
To be perfectly honest if it weren't for carving on alpine boards in hardboots I'd have probably gone back to skiing a few years ago. Here's a thank you to the builders and distributors that continue to make this amazing sport possible.
Dave
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It's always sad when we lose part of our community. Best wishes to his friends and family.
Dave
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I would 100% be interested in those plates....
Plates sent.
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I definately think it's on it's way south. I've got my daughters (8 and 11) in 10-week semester lessons on softboot boards this season at Sunshine Village in Banff. They are both competent riders able to ride blacks and dfouble blacks respectively. There were a total of five kids signed up for all levels of the snowboard program (from never ever to double black riders). I'm not complaining as my kids basically have private lessons now for ten-weeks, but I think it's dying.
The same 10-week ski program gets alot more kids is my understanding.
Dave
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I've considered putting my own junk on a board as a custom topsheet, but it'd be too small to ride.:rolleyes:
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That's Blair surlyguyWhoops - red jacket, camera bag, bad-ass carve - looked like Steve to me!
Yeah, 160lb guy bending the snot out of a 182cm Monster built for a 190lb guy. Blair's an animal. He should send that picture to Bruce to use as a reference when he orders a new Coiler.
Dave
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Great time once again. The girls had a great time, and thanks to Corey for running the clinic a second time for my kids. There was an immediate improvement in their turns and Olivia was getting much lower.
I finally nailed North Axe on the Saturday, but my glow was taken away on Sunday when it had it's revenge on me in a most violent and unspeakable manner. All I know is I was laying into a hard toeside and the next thing I was flying through the air. Still a little sore. Anyways I must now go lay some more ownage on that run.
Dave
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I just got a hold of Nakiska they say that Silver Chair is open. I'll be there around 10.
Dave
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Carving 1 deg base and 2 deg side
AM. 3 deg base and 1 deg side
Dave
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I run 50/45 (Front/Rear) on a 24.5cm waisted board (10m SCR) with mondo 28 boots.
Interestingly I just got back from an AST2 (avalanche skills training - level 2) course on the weekend which involved three days in the backcountry on splitboards. Because I couldn't get a hardboot split I ended up riding a rental softboot setup with really soft softboots set at 15/6 and I personally thought I had way less control with this softboot set-up then I ever had with my AM hardboot set-ups. Generally I was ok in open bowls or glades where I had lots of time, or could turn where I wanted, but it got really sketchy where I had to move the board around quickly.
Admittedly this probably has a lot to do with what I've gotten used to over the past few years. For me the technique used in skidding the board quickly around at 50/45 involves more hip action than the foot action I should have been using more at 15/6.
If you check out Phil's site (http://philwigglesworth.net/) he pretty much says it comes down to the board rather than the boot/binding interface you are using (that is to say hardboots are just as good as softies in pow).
Cheers,
Dave
... And now back to your regularly scheduled thread...
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BlueB set up a thread last season that had a bunch of photos and video in it.
http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?35576-Hard-boots-not-only-for-carving!
Cheers,
Dave
The best montain
in Canada - Alberta
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I'm an idiot?
If you just want to go carve that'd be Nakiska. It's got great grooming and wide open runs. Fairly crowded on the weekends so I'd hit it mid-week.
Dave
Edit: Though the snow isn't near as good this year as it was last year, here's a thread from last season when Serge came out to ride.
http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?34094-Recommendation-for-Banff