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  2. It's time for SW's, would appreciate some guidance

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I'm 215lbs. When i first purchased TD3s i initially used the yellows and found it to be a Cadillac-like ride compared to my old O2 (Fritsche?) bindings for carving. The yellows suck up a huge amount of vibration.

    Then I shifted to blues and found the edge-to-edge response was much faster, at the expense of giving up some vibration dampining.

    Nowadays I use blues on my carving decks and yellows on my all-mountain decks. Though your millage may vary. At the end of the day a second set of elastomers is a pretty cheap investment.

    Dave

  4. Outrigger arm

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Puddy Tat

    In the context of this conversation, I'd love to hear some critiques of this photo from last spring. Looks like a broken bone / rotator cuff injury waiting to happen, doesn't it. I'm thinking I need more angulation, less inclination, what says the collective?

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    You appear to have the same problem I have when my hand touches the snow. I was looking at pictures of myself and everytime I put my hand down my shoulders drop out of parallel with the snow, and my angulation is completely destroyed. This reduces edge pressure and inevitably f's up my turn. The effect is at its worst on toeside turns.

    Something I started working on last season after Corey's clinic at NES was just carving without touching the snow. By the end of the season my angulation had much improved and I was railing much harder on much more difficult terrain.

    Below are some toeside shots from the last two seasons at NES before I began cleaning this up.

    NES 2012 trailing arm waving around "rodeo style" and shoulders have dropped out of parallel. Just putting my hand down makes me essentially reach for the snow.

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    NES 2013 trailing arm fixed, but the same thing is occurring touching the snow essentially destroys all angulation.

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    NES 2013. Same comments apply

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    After focusing on not touching the snow for the remainder of the season I was seeming to suck much less on toeside by the end of the season. BTW note in Mellow Yellow's picture that in spite of being near flat his shoulders are completely parallel to the snow. I've done that on heelsides, but I find any loss of angulation on toeside is much more critical for me.

    Dave

  7. HELP!! Will my feet ever NOT be cold, or numb

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    ...Whatever you do don't ask about boot heaters, you'll get laughed off the forum.
    ...Boot warmers are not very popular on these forums, but I don't really care as they've made my days much more comfortable and have almost no negatives!

    People laughing at boot warmers have never been outside at the temperature which the Fahrenheit and Celcius scales are equal.

    Dave

  13. Stiff frreeride board suggestions?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Donek Incline if you want more freeridey. The Razor and Sabre are more softboot freecarve and BX oriented. The Incline is an AM board that'll rip all over a mountain. It runs powder chutes, moguls, and shreds groom. I've had a 163 and a 173. I found the 163 a touch soft for me at 215lbs in that it handled the AM terrain beautifully but would fold on groom. I moved to the 173 and now drag hips when I turn on groom. My 170 lb. buddy now has the 163 and he routinely ECs it. Both of us ride these boards in all conditions with hardboots.

    I have Sean build my Inclines with the rubber damping he puts into the Sabre models. Makes them a very nice board.

    Coming in a 5'3" you probably have smaller feet so if you go custom you could have Sean build a board for your particular foot width.

    Cheers,

    Dave

  17. 2011/2012 UPZ Boots

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I think the RSV's might be even older than six years old. The RSV's were the predecessor to the RTRs which are the predecessor to today's RC-10s.

    I've only seen pictures of the RSVs red with grey tongue (and I saw one person riding them) but from comments on here I'd say they were stiffer and they may have had a poorer quality liner than the flo-liner used in the RTRs and RC-10s.

    Dave

    Edit: the toe ledge may have also changed between the RTRS and RC10. I think I saw a picture in one of the t-nut or not to t-nut threads.

  19. Voile split board plate kit.

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    Actually we have a few resorts that have closed over the past few years so I will be going there. I love carving but fed up of the people. PLus it will be a good workout ! hehe

    This is exactly why I love longboarding the summer. :-). Walk up, carve down, repeat until the need to get on snow subsides.

    Sorry about filling your thread with this OT stuff. Good luck finding yourself some plates.

    Dave

  21. Voile split board plate kit.

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    Not used, more expensive, still a small company, and uses dynafit toe pieces for tour mode, so you need dynafit compatible AT boots. But I'm looking into a set of these Phantoms (I've ordered the tour mode, and hope Keffler will have another build later in the season I can get in on for the actual bindings)

    http://phantomsplitboardbindings.com (This link will take you to a page that links to his Facebook page)

    I think Buell had last years model; Keffler has made some serious improvements since last year. Maybe Buell would consider selling you his used set?

    This guy on splitboard.com is selling last years Phantoms as well. From looking around splitboard.com he intends to upgrade to this years model as well.

    http://splitboard.com/talk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15681&p=116327&hilit=Phantom#p116327

    You'd need to pick up the dynafit tour mode pieces though.

    Cheers,

    Dave

  22. Jacket opinion Arc'teryx vs Spyder

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I got Sika Flex 252: http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?38861-Coating-clothes-gloves-with-Sika

    I've since heard that mixing it with Acetone before application is not a good idea as the final cured product isn't as resistant to abrasion.

    Ran into this during a vehicle retrofit. The overhauler was using acetone to smooth some Sikaflex joints. When they did this the Sikaflex wouldn't cure.

    Dave

  23. Boots - more options for open-minded carvers

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Puddy Tat

    The Dynafit TLT5 now TLT6 are apparently the bomb for backcountry riding.

    Check out the Phantom Splitboard bindings; there are currently a bunch of splitters starting to convert to riding these on Phantoms. Much better in tour mode and there is no compromise in the downhill ride from softies.

    As for riding inbounds, I'm on UPZ RC-10s and ATBs. I tried splitting on softies last season :barf: I'm not really a fan of the softies uphill or down. I'm going to assemble a split over the next few seasons. So I'm picking up the tour mode components Phantom is selling this season. Maybe I'll see about some TLT6's or the bindings as well.

    Dave

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