Puddy Tat
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..World Cup downhill was fun.
... so I finished the day riding Wawa Bowl. That is quite the fun trail.. like a roller coaster ! It was wide enough for me to make long carves, and steep enough to keep up the speed in the soft condition.
I love those two runs the WC downhill is off angled which makes for fun carving.
Wawa Bowl is like you said is just sh!ts and giggles to carve on. It undulates and rolls with little walls. So much fun I've spent most of a day on that one run.
Glad you're having a blast. Last time I was at Louise, The main Larch run off of Larch chair was fun for carving, nice and wide and steep. I don't know if it is always groomed though.
Next time come back when Nakiska is in. That's a great hill for carving.
Cheers,
Dave
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If you want something softer try the RC-8 or ATB. Or beg, borrow, or buy a used set of Deeluxe SBs.
Actually another option to soften the RTRs or RC-10s is to replace the stock Flo-Liner with a thermofit liner. I'm running the Deeluxe 141 In my RTRs. The 141 is higher volume than the flo so I had to have a couple of areas punched out again. But the boot is softer and, for me anyways, even more comfortable than with the Flo.
The softening is mostly due to losing the plastic tongue from the liner. Changing to a stiffer shell tongue will give you similar stiffness to what you had before going to a thermo.
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What about the Head boots? How do they fit in comparison to the UPZ?
I've never tried Heads so I can't comment on them in regards to the UPZs. I'm going to buy some ATBs this year to replace my 225s for AM riding. The UPZs seem to work for my screwed up feet as well as can be expected so I'm sticking with what works from now on.
There's another thread running that says Heads are wider overall. A wide heel definitely won't work for me. Though if I had to say a wider heel wouldn't be bad as long as movement was still limited. I think a large part of my problem with the 225s was I couldn't keep my heel in one spot which irritated the bone spurs.
Dave
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I was at Sunshine Saturday and Sunday. The snow up there is nothing like spring smow right now. Feels more like mid-season stuff. For carving the grooming was at times less than optimal (apparently I'm getting spoiled by Nakiska), but still carvable. I think after the weekend of getting skied on the snow should be scraped around and you would be looking at some nice hard surface for carving.
BTW if you've never been to Sunshine before look ahead for where you need to keep up spped as some of the runs have nice bowls to get caught in.
Have a good week, there's still some really optimal riding to be had.
Cheers,
Dave
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I would like to try the 325s, but my UPZ are just about perfect and getting better each day up.
The 225 and the 325 (same shell) are pretty much the opposite boot in terms of footshape to the UPZ. That's coming from my bootfitter. UPZ wider toe box narrow heel. Deeluxe narrower toe box and mid with a wider heel. I can't speak to the Track 700 as I've never really seen one off someones foot.
If you want something softer try the RC-8 or ATB. Or beg, borrow, or buy a used set of Deeluxe SBs.
Dave
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Thx for the info Dave...just landed in Calgary this afternoon...will probably spend the weekend with my relatives.... And then off to Banff for the week...
Temperature looks good for next week:)
I'll give you a heads up on Sunshine tomorrow or Sunday.
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Sweet Jebus. 40cm of fresh snow over night at Nakiska. And me in HB on the Schtub. Even the groomers felt like powder, my board was sinking in 6 to 7" and i was being gentle. It was like learning to carve all over again. I actually went and asked about renting a SB set-up, then I just sucked it up and learned how to gently, and progressively, set my edge and apply pressure. It was like carving but in slow motion (if that makes any sense)
Unbelievable. Tragically they didn't groom North Axe so I didn't get one last chance to try and carve that this year. Serge the snow out here is mind blowing right now. Off to Sunshine for Saturday and Sunday. Then I'm shutting it down.
What an epic season.
Dave
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Halleluiah!Amen brother!
Awww no more whoring yourself out in other threads now? :D. Dave
BTW you're gonna love your new Coiler.
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... You don't buy one, as it is not much good after day 1.
And the stupidity is that various companies are making these convex based boards for adult riders now too. Here's a review of one such board.
http://www.snowboard-review.com/snowboard_reviews/review/tangent/
To be honest i can see the application to rails, boxes, and flatland tricks, but i think you're giving up a ton of performance and it probably isn't going to hold a line very well going flat and straight, so i question the use.
Anyway now softbooters will be saucering all over the hills. Beats skidding I guess.
Dave
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Alternately buy whatever high end binding you want and then mount them on a BS Plate (see link)
http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30507&highlight=Bomber+Plate
Fin is supposed to have these ready for next season. He got a bit caught up with the Boiler Plate project this year.
Dave
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Stupid question but this is assuming you've tried Catek directly?
You can order them directly from him $449 + shipping. If I ever were to ride softboots again that's the binding I'd want.
BTW I rode the 09 Nidecker ACT Ones and the highback was non-rotatable.
Dave
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Yeah this lifted edge is great for beginners. The edge catches and slams are gone, my 5 year old was on a 90cm flat based chicklet at the end of last season and woul catch edges whenever the hill got flatter. She's just 6 this season and on a newer 110 cm convex chicklet this season and is riding much better with increased confidence.
My only comment is when the run gets flat it's seems to be harder for her to get an edge in but then again she doesn't seem to catch the edge there either. All in all I would recommend them.
Thought I'd give an update on my experience with the whole Convex Base thing. My six year old daughter rode a convex based 110cm Burton Chicklet with K2 Kat bindings all season (about 20 times) until the last time we went out. She started on the bunny hill in December and last weeekend was tearing down Blues solidly and beginning to venture onto Blacks. Because she had some crashes due to the convex nature of the base I've put her onto a flat based board for the last couple of days of the season. The text below is an excerpt from an email I dropped to a friend of mind about how Zoe is riding.
At six Zoë rides better than most adults you see on the hills. Nice, upright stance, looking completely in control. She's actually carving on her edges on shallower terrain. When there isn’t anything around her for scale you can’t tell how old she is when she is riding. BTW I got Zoë off of the 110cm Chicklet and onto a larger, flat based board two weeks ago when she ran into the major limiting factor of the curved base. The curved base works great for learning, and riding at slow to medium speeds as it makes it difficult to catch your edge when you are learning. However once to know what you are doing and travelling faster, the board becomes death in the flats at high speeds as it is difficult to get any edge in and it just wants to saucer around. In the flats this makes it difficult to hold your line, or keep the board straight, and you end up catching edges at high speeds. This happened to her twice at two different hills (Louise and Sunshine) on two consecutive days on exactly the same type of terrain. 35-40km/h to toeside edge catch, hitting hard enough to make me cringe. Anyways she had no problem transitioning directly to a flat based board even after riding the convex base for most of the season.
Again, great board for learning on for a beginner intermediate, but once they know how to ride fast and maintain higher speeds in flatter terrain they should probably switch to a flat based board.
This is pretty much inline with what Beckman said, except I think the board is good for beginners. Just be prepared to buy another stick when they outgrow the convex base. Again this probably isn't an issue for kids whose parents are taking them 3 or 4 times a season. But for kids who are getting out more they will outgrow these.
Cheers,
Dave
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How about
Carvers don't leave skid marks.
With a big picture of clean underwear below.
Alternate text
Carving means never leaving skid marks
or more graphically
Carvers = Picture of underwear with skid marks underneath a red not allowed symbol (yeah one of those red cross circle thingies). Sorry my photoshop skills aren't up to the task. Yes I'm weak.
Cheers,
Dave
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Boots are still available.
If you are big enough to wear these and know what you are doing around hardboots, these would be a good boot for all-mountain riding for you.
Cheers,
Dave
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Works quite well so long as you aim to create the effect without the usual affect.
Not to derail this but i'd like to put my vote in for having Beckman's ranking changed to "Yoda" or "Carving Yoda". This isn't a diss as Beckman gives great advice and clearly has years of experience. It's just that every once in awhile its given in an obscure manner that makes me have to think about what he just said for a couple of hours. Personally I prefer this BTW as it creates better understanding than having something spelled out for you in black and white. Some of his posts always just strike me as kind of 'Yodaish' sounding.:rolleyes:
Dave
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Paul,
Drop me an email to "webbed at shaw dot ca". If I don't hear back from Thugsta on the PM I sent in two hours you're up.
Also depending on how close you are to Pearson, and if you can wait until April 18th, I can drop the boots off for you, ie no shipping, as I'll be coming through Toronto that week.
Dave
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Retronaut is 1st in line. Waiting for a response.
Yes liners are heat moldable "Deeluxe Speed TF Black" liners. Here's a link to the liner at YYZCanuck. (http://www.yyzcanuck.com/store/Deeluxe-Speed-TF-Black.html). I have molded them once.
Again boot has been punched out around entire lower shell because I have feet that would make a duck envious.
Cheers,
Dave
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SOLD SOLD
Selling a 2010/2011 set of Deeluxe Track 225Ts.
Boots have been used less than 10 times and were purchased and used only for all-mountain freeriding. They did make a trip off a cliff for about 15' of drop though. If you are a lighter or beginner carver, or you are looking for a boot for AM Freeriding these will work for you. If you know how to lay pressure down these boots will be to soft for you.
I'm a 215lb rider with extremely wide flat feet, so while these have only been molded once, the lower shells have been extensively punched out to make them comfortable. I was able to get them comfortable everywhere, but over a bone spur in the outside of my heel directly where the cable of the (now removed) Fintecs were installed. I've got a foot more suited to UPZs (and even those I widen) which should give you an idea of how much these are punched out.
According to my bootfitter it is possible to push areas of plastic back in so if you live by a bootfitter this may be an option for you. Alternately if you want a wider boot, these are already there. The punching out has basically widened the entire lower portion of the boot from the toebox to the heel.
Make me an offer for the boots and you cover shipping to wherever you would like.
Here's some pictures.
Dave
SOLD SOLD
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I was asking because I've got extremely flat fleet. Have the outside edge blown out. You can also go with a foam injected liner ($$$) or try a heat moldable. I used the Deeluxe 141 (~$200) from YYZCanuck in my UPZ RTRs. It worked well, but is over volume for the UPZ boot. By over volume I mean that any area that I had previously punched out I had to have punched out a second time. Using the heat moldables has removed all discomfort from my foot however. Going to a heat moldable over the stock UPZ liner substantially softened the UPZ RTR boot as well.
Don't worry about getting areas of your boots punched out. According to the guy who does my boot fitting (Vern at Sundance) they can also push areas back in.
As a bonus you're also in the lower mainland of BC I'm pretty sure you can find a reasonably competent boot fitter nearby to punch out your boots.
Dave
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Does anyone know where to get these in BC? Do they cost more than intuition? I am riding with stock UPZ liners and they seem to have packed in very quickly. I have custom footbeds but still painful on the sides of my feet.
You have flat feet?
Dave
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Actually what you are describing missing is what you are missing. No pinch at the hip, and your shoulders aren't parallel to the snow. It still looks like you've just leaned over. Your upper body should look like it is leaning away from the snow this is what gives you that feeling of the pinch at the hip. Your upper torso is still in line with your hips.
Read the article Jack linked to.
Dave
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Provided shipping to Canada isn't going to break the bank I'm in for an issue.
Dave
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Aussie rap :lol:
What I see in this vid is a lot ice skating rotational movements. I am always fascinated by how so many sports are so similar. I think that someday there will be courses in movement that will apply to divers sports. Rather than teaching kids to catch a ball in school, they should be taught how to use movement at a conceptual level.
I'd think gymnastics is the closest thing for this.
Awww no more whoring yourself out in other threads now? :D.
Awesome new youth carving board!
in The Lodge
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Are you willing to separate the bindings from the board?
And do you think they'd provide enough lateral flex that I wouldn't get bounced off of my line in a heavily rutted slalom course?