SunSurfer

The "guy" is Corran Addison, ex designer/maker of Riot snowboards. Look him up on Wikipedia to see his achievements. Posts here occasionally.

I've owned a GoPro for several years. Great for POV shooting and footage of others. Put a selfie stick in my hand and my balance goes out the window. The best footage I have of my own riding has been shot by others ( thankyou!!!!!) and shot as I ride toward and past the camera. A small camera with some sort of zoom capability can do a pretty good job. Carving mates shoot footage of each other.

Can confirm. I measured up an X-ray of a UPZ boot with foot inside. Ramp angle measured @ 11 degrees. Posted elsewhere on ASB.

Those are TD3 Sidewinders. They have lateral flex built in. It's not a bug, it's a feature! Your Intec heels are fine, if you've ordered Fintecs they will also be fine and interchangeable. Checking your release cables is always a good idea before any extended period of riding. You don't want to have a cable failure and be unable to easily release your boot.

Same problem across different boards. Riding off the lift, (regular rider,front (left) foot locked in, rear foot not engaged in Intec?), all your boards turn to rider's left. Something in your technique has you balancing in that situation that tilts the board onto its' left edge. If it were me, I'd set my bindings to where I carve best with both feet engaged, which after all is the main point of binding setup. Then I'd go to the beginner's slope and practice riding straight with just my front foot engaged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping_ratio Minor thread jack: I'd always assumed a "damp" snowboard was more towards the critically damped end of the spectrum after it was deformed from its' at rest position. The Thirst Superconductor I rode seemed to sustain the vibration if I tapped the board surface, it seemed to be "not damp" and yet performed beautifully. I have a KST 162 slalom board as a comparison, which tends to give a dull thunk if I tap it the same way, so more "damp".

@lonbordin was referring to this Jack Michaud has also contributed this. http://alpinesnowboarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/canting-and-lift.pdf

Correct me if I've misinterpreted the photos. 0 degree lift disc front, offset 1cm towards toe edge. 3 degree disc rear, lift axis set at effective 20 degrees, also offset 1cm towards toe edge. So what angles are your binding plates relative to the discs? Are you taking full advantage of the ability to move the toe and heel blocks on the binding plates? What model boots are you using? How would you describe the technique you use to put the board on toe edge, and then onto the heel edge? Do you have any significant skeletal/physical issue with your legs that limits movement, or makes your legs significantly different from normal alignment? More information will help others to unpick your problem.

And enjoy those rare and precious times when you meet another carver and find yourself greeting a stranger like a long lost brother/sister.

If Intec heels are in your future avoid the .951s. Tight hamstrings gave one recent Northwave purchaser posting here low back spasms and agony. If you're 40+ years old consider a regular stretching program to be able to continue to use bail bindings comfortably.

I'll own that, and we have lots of company.

I'm with @Neil Gendzwill No way of knowing what you want if you don't know or understand what's on offer. Having read some of JJA's plate instructions and setup notes provided to buyers in the past I'm not sure he and I use some words and concepts in the same way. A picture is worth more than any number of words for me in that context.

@Sintered Man I have an interest in modded boots, having made changes to HSPs and UPZ RC10s. Did you do the changes sequentially, with time to work out what each successive change produced? OR All at once? OR Somewhere in between? What differences did you notice between stock UPZs and your creations?

No. Go down to where your boots are and check your cables if you're in any doubt. (written by another who's walked the walk!)

@crote123 some closeups, from various angles of the JJA plate mechanicals at each end, and the centre mechanisms please. This model has been seen in distance shots, but up close shots help us to understand the designers performance intentions. This is stuff that should then end up in the long thread on the different plate designs. Edit 5th Jan 2020: Thanks for the additional top photo of the central plate mechanism.

Before breakfast, again before lunch, likely be at least one more session later! I'm at the family beach house in northern NZ so only have a hand board and flippers.

Where I am the Christmas day swell is 1 metre and glassy, the pohutukawa are in flower, the sun is out, and the waves were sampled before breakfast. Merry Christmas!

Thanks Jack! Able to view this in NZ too. I think this is the best form of giant slalom. Would love to see our current crop of racers and equipment on a course like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/19/snow-machines-fleece-blankets-inside-ski-industry-battle-with-climate-change-alpine-resorts Guardian "long read" article published today. Depressing but thought provoking reading.

Seduced and abandoned: tourism and climate change in the Alps https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/09/seduced-abandoned-tourism-and-climate-change-the-alps?

Oops. I missed the crucial fitting around the first buckle issue. Please ignore my bracketed first suggestion below. (Try turning your bail bindings into your front binding and your Intecs into your rear binding and only have an Intec heel on the rear boot. Voila, 2 identical binding sets.) Options: Sell the bail bindings and buy another pair of Intecs. Modify the front plastic bail piece, use the shoe lace trick, and go standard front, Intec rear so that you only need to undo the front a few times a day.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-alpine-skiing-women-ledecka/alpine-skiing-ledecka-produces-another-upset-with-world-cup-downhill-win-idUSKBN1YB00H From bib No. 26 again! She is no longer a snowboarder who skis, she is a true champion in both disciplines.

Ask yourself the question "If two snowboarders/skiers were subjected to identical forces in a fall/crash/collision and only one was wearing a helmet, which one would be more likely to have the more severe head injury?" I suspect more people wear helmets than not these days so likely more helmet wearers than non wearers are injured. Helmets are not responsible for the rise of park and half pipe riding, nor for extreme skiing, nor for the crowds on ski fields. Nothing will save you if you come to an immediate stop from 50mph/80kph by slamming into a tree/ski lift pylon/ other solid immovable object.

Best quality version I've seen of this.

You're the guy on the spot, who knows exactly what he's feeling and touching. I'm just guessing from the photos and heckling from the sidelines. Hope you solve your pain problem.