Puddy Tat

So good today. Always great getting a chance to ride with you guys. Looking forward to another day of groom ripping tomorrow.

So tempted to start on the NSR on Friday. Dave

Why am I reminded of this? http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=82389 Dave

Hmm I think you should take off the red plate mounts and take it for a spin. "Some people ride boards without plates and some people ride plates without boards." It would mean a new line of Bomber short boards for Fin. "Would you like your new Bomber plate with or without edges and p-tex?" Dave

... Who all come to Banff in the winter. :-D

... Who all come to Banff in the winter. ;-)

Hoping splitting last weekend worked the quads enough that I can survive a few turns with you guys. Stoked about the weather though. Dave

I can lock the RC10s into ride mode and then flex the snot out of them (I'm 215 lbs). The spring provides the same idea as a BTS. I've heard that the range of movement on the UPZs might not be as long. On the other hand it's more than enough for me. Deeluxes really didn't work with my foot shape at all. Dave

Absolutely. Crazy longer runs. The high speed edge changes, just barely hanging onto it through the turn. BTW There is no way I'd have the stones to ride like that in that kind of visibility. Dave

I agree. I'm not, never have, and never will be, a racer. Also watching parallel events has about zero interest for me as it really doesn't relate to me carving down runs and isn't something I could visualize myself doing. That being said I'll probably watch the PGS and PS in the Olympics in spite of having not watched it in the past four years. On the other hand a GS style event would be amazing as it relates to my riding but with turns forced on the rider, rolling around corners and across banks, with ridiculous speeds.. Totally something I'd look to watching. Dave

+1 to Shred for bringing this one back from the dead. Started riding softies in '91 but always loved the feeling of railing turns on groom. Then I saw Peter and Jean ripping the snot out of some groom in about '94 in a Burton video. My mind was blown. Picked up an Oxygen FR-67 some Fritzchi binders, and Raichle 121s. Rode it occasionally and loved it but had a tremendous amount of pain. Moved and got out of riding in '96. Came back in 2007 and decided to ride plates exclusively, replaced the boots and discovered boot fitting OMG! Hooked up with the Calgry crew in 2011 and discovered what I was doing wrong. The feeling has only gotten better since then. Dave.

If you are willing to part it out. Seconds on the board. Shipping would be to Edmonton AB. T6C 3X6. Dave

"Mom, Mom, someone with a really long narrow snowboard just cut Mickey Mouse in half!!!" "I think he was wearing a red jacket."

Yes these work at a cant/lift plate. However unlike your fixed cant you can set the angle of the cant/lift between 0-8 degrees depending on how you put the halves of the plate together. Then you can rotate that disc to achieve whatever cant/lift you'd like. The only con is that heavier riders can break them; and there is a small amount of rotation in the interface which is easily solved by putting a piece of rubber between the binding and the cant. Overall for $20 a cant this is actually a really good deal for these. I think I paid $40 each for a two of these for my daughter to use. Dave

Personal opinion. This is without seeing the board, boots, or bindings you are riding. Splay (the angle difference between your front and rear foot) is a function of your body geometry. Basically you have to work with what you've got or it won't be comfortable. If you are comfortable; I'd run the angles you are currently running until you start experiencing boot out. At that point I'd look at increasing your angles. I've got mondo 28 feet and have carving decks 20 (NSR), 21 (Schtubby) and 24.5 (Incline) centimeters wide. Though the last one is more of an AM board, I can still drag my butt on a heelside without any difficulty. The only thing I've found I give up with wider boards is the speed at which I can switch edges. Edit: Personally I run about 5 degrees of splay but again it comes down to body geometry. I was helping a buddy set up a deck the other day and he has to have at least 10 degrees of splay or he starts feeling pressure in the side of his foot and his hip. Cheers, Dave

Puffy Tat? Dude, I know I've put on a few pounds this year, but seriously? :D Dave

You might want to post this in the Alberta ride board.

This has happened to me a few times as well. Made for an interesting ride down. Back binding into carve mode, then rotate it down on the fly so I could skid, then back into carve mode... Then off to find a 5mm Allen wrench.

Given that the hole pattern is 4X4 I think it's unlikely that the board is a Burton Royale. Cheers, Dave

The general concensus is "OMG this is so much harder than riding switch." I swapped alpine boards with a regular footer a few years ago for a couple of runs Rabbit and I (a) made alpine look incredibly lame and (b) thought I was going to either die, kill someone, or both. Dave

Is the Coiler a metal AM or is it one of Bruce's original AMs? Also what weight was it built for and do you have any idea of the specs? Thanks Dave

Ok I'm late to the game this season, but I finally got out this evening. New RC-10s are the schnizit. I just upgraded from RTRs and I am completely stoked on their performance. I was concerned they'd be too soft, but no, they rocked. On the other hand I blew the stitching out of the Shoxter power straps they use. Stunning how much control was lost when the powerstrap gave out. I had no idea how much of a difference they actually made to riding. When the powerstrap on the back leg failed, the whole boot felt completely loose, and it was difficult to hold heelsides together. I actually slid out,mcaught my toeside edge in a heel-to-toe transition and slammed. I'll have those straps re-sown this weekend. Anyway it felt great to finally rip some turns again. Dave

Boots are listed in mondo sizes. See this link on boot sizing. https://bomberonline.3dcartstores.com/assets/images/PDFs/Sizing_boots.pdf Dave

Sorry I'm an @ss most days. Fortunately I'm finally getting to ride tomorrow. Dave

I believe the stance was developed by a longboarder and then ported across to alpine boards. It was briefly instituted by the US team after 2006 to prevent further Jacobellis style method grab losses. Unfortunetely they had to drop the whole stance design when prohibitions against square tails were placed. You also correctly noticed that it does allow for concentration of the weight to the front of the board; the thought was that if someone was in first and lost first by somehow styling out a jump. They would at least be able to try and dive across the finish line. Boot overhang was of course an issue, but seeing as most softbooters were having a tough time staying on the courses without banking the turns it wasn't seen to be a long term issue. Perhaps we should start a Wikipedia page so this is formally incorporated into the sports history? :D Dave