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Intec cable commonly routed on the outside of the heel, but can be routed either side. Having had the same problem @Jack M describes, I now route mine on the inside of my heel, and have no pain from them. Others on the board have done the same thing for the same issue and been similarly fixed.

Not seen any hard science to answer your question about a recreational rider. Carving in snow soft enough to leave a distinct groove/trench it's the lateral 2-5cm of board base pushing against the sidewall of the groove that is supporting the rider, rather than a sharp edge engaging with a hard snow surface. At the end of a good days carving I can see where the wax has been rubbed off on the base lateral strip, with the middle looking almost untouched. I ride in mostly mixed conditions with occasional patches of hard snow and thaw/refreeze weather conditions (lucky you!). I can tell whether my edges are sharp (4 degree edge, 0 degree base) when I hit that stuff, but good technique is an essential accompaniment in those moments. Maybe wax the base often, but only sharpen when you feel the edge is no longer smooth, or you notice that grip is starting to feel off. That way you minimise the wear on the steel edges from tuning.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/australia-must-urgently-adapt-to-extreme-weather-or-face-soaring-premiums-insurers-warn Insurance company actuaries believe in climate change whether you do or not. And now climate change is making it more difficult to grow the seeds which farmers use to grow their crops. This report from the USA. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/seed-farmers-climate-change

Have a RadAir Pinkerman Extreme 169 (Obsession variant) already. It carves OK but not as well as an old Avalanche twintip board I had from the late 90s. The Avalanche terminally delaminated during a trip to Aspen. Would love to find something that would be close to that.

Anyone recognise this Oxygen snowboard, made in Austria, looks like cap construction from the images, which is up for sale in my home city in New Zealand. The seller is acting on behalf of her son and clearly knows nothing about it. All my InterNet searches have turned up no clues. I've run out of image space so I've posted the link to the NZ auction site, TradeMe. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/sports/ski-board/snowboards/161-170cm/listing/4362987507 I'm assuming from the brand and dimensions that it's probably either an all-mountain or powder board design that's been sitting in storage for a good few years. The price is low, so you could argue I should just take a chance. With 14 boards in my rack already (11 rideable) I don't want to add one more unless I'm actually going to do more than just try it! Many thanks for any info able to be given.

@Fathermathew What are the boots, bindings and board(s) that you have been riding? What have you thought was good or bad about that setup? The answers may help people here advise you on what may best suit.

For me, it will be fascinating to read actual rider's comparisons of a OneSki with a modern race ski underneath vs. an AllFlex plate with a modern race snowboard underneath. (Sadly, I won't get to repeat my 2023 visit and attend MCC 2024) As Mike has noted above, the OneSki puts the riders mass effect exactly where the ski designer intended it to be. An AllFlex plate / snowboard combo spreads the riders mass effect, and plate induced torsion control over a much greater length of edge. Both allow the ski/board edge to flex along its whole length. Race ski vs. race snowboard - which has better edge hold and carving performance?

@Ladia You will almost certainly miss all of this Northern season, but that is major surgery and no matter how fit you were beforehand, it will take some months to recover even if things go smoothly. There is one hell of a lot of healing for your body to do. Your preop fitness will make a big and positive difference to the chances of a good recovery from the op. You will likely feel tired and lacking energy for quite a while as your body gets on with the work of repairing the surgical wound. Getting your head around managing a stoma and what's possible with a bag(s) will take a while. Wait and see how you are placed at the end of next summer before saying the carving part of your life is over. Best wishes

Find and look carefully at the exploded mechanism diagram.

Actually, just looking at the mechanism images you've posted here and available on the OneSki website, I suspect most people here who have ridden a sliding axle isolation plate on an alpine snowboard will know pretty much what it feels like. And that's quite a few of us. The fundamental flaw in your design is the very short effective interaxle distance. Your axles are effectively between the bindings. On other plate designs that has given riders the feeling of being on a diving board! Fin's Bomber Boiler Plate axles were able to be outside the binding centres by some way. The current snowboard racer's plate of choice, AllFlex, has the sliding hinges at the ends of their plate well over 70cm apart. I'd also recommend you attend the Montucky Clear Cut. There are many riders on this Forum, who are far better riders than I am, who will be there and be able to really give your concept a proper test and comparison with modern construction alpine snowboards, with and without isolation plates.

And the flight at the beginning of this thread just got topped. Top to bottom Red Bull Hardline 2023 MTB Downhill course. The Hardline, set in the Dyfi Valley in Wales is an incredibly hard, spectacular and technical course, with massive jumps and drops. Only the world's best riders are invited to compete. And to follow a rider down at race pace with an FPV drone is a challenge for the pilots flying skills, and the technology given the distance, speeds, and landscape.

@mike kildevaeldIf you are serious about trying to convert alpine boarders then you will need to create videos showing better carving performance before I personally would even begin to entertain the idea of a OneSki. And no allowance made made for your age, I'm 64 and can make my Coiler Contra 2023 alpine board carve better than you show in the linked OneSki video above.

Came across this in my wandering through the InterNet. https://www.racebox.pro/ The Mini or Mini S version looked like something that could go on a ski or snowboard as through course segment timing tool, or just give you board angle and G force data. Any car nuts used this for the intended use?

The actual limits of human beings ability to compensate for heat. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00738.2021 Comment on what the significance of that research is in a warming world. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/08/deadly-humid-heatwaves-to-spread-rapidly-as-climate-warms-study

GoPro frame grab from my August trip to the South Island, NZ. @ Roundhill Ski Area. Camera - Peter Clark I've filled up my image quota so you'll have to click the Imgur link. Our season coming to an end as spring's warmer weather arrives just as the very first snows are starting to land in North American resorts. https://imgur.com/a/jPllNOU Full video: (previously posted in RideBoard - Southern Hemisphere report on Roundhill)

@leeho730 Mt Hutt is busy mid week and bonkers busy at weekends in our shortening ski season. Rode there for 5 days this year during August. Managed to carve in shortish bursts with the traffic and rapidly lumped up snow.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/03/major-australian-ski-resort-perisher-closes-some-lifts-for-season-due-to-lack-of-snow Make turns while you can.

@NateW Not sure if you saw this thread.

I used and appreciated the old one. That said, with variable radius sidecuts common on modern carving boards and a greater understanding of how board flex/bend influences turn shape as the board gets higher on edge, the average sidecut of a board doesn't tell as much as people once thought it did.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/climate-crisis-quarter-of-european-ski-resorts-scarce-snow News article describing a specific climate change projection for European ski resorts.

It's a Bomber Boiler Plate, UPM pattern mounts. The mounting screws should have specific countersunk washers included. The thickness of the thin part of the carbon fibre is also relevant. The 5mm thick version is pretty stiff. Most recreational riders preferred the 4mm version.

Been riding with a snowboarder's version of heavy duty ski pole punch guards for 8 years after a finger fracture. In heavy, thicker snow they can catch a little if I touch down but on the majority of hardboot carveable snow they just slide over the surface if I touch down for whatever reason. So far all the carvers who have seen me using them are too cool to be seen wearing "knuckle-draggers". But the type of protection they provide might have saved both the shoulders in the 2 posts above. Current version in use below.

Maybe try some smaller ski areas near you, you might find a hidden gem. I did! Found good grooming, Green through Dark Blue slope gradients, minimal slope traffic so that I can carve all day with minimal fear of being collided with, reasonable season pass prices especially as I qualify for their Seniors discount next year, and all in one place. Good enough slopes for the USA ski team to train there over the Northern summer.

View not as steady as I'd like. Inadvertently shot with in-camera stabilisation OFF, then rescued in post with Da Vinci Resolve. I'm the rider, board is a Coiler Contra 173, 10.5m SCR, MCC 2023 demo.

Good enough that the USA women's and men's ski teams are here slalom and GS training, plus the South Korean alpine snowboard team. So many pairs of Mountain Slope boots and AllFlex plates being ridden. Boards range from Kessler, Oxxess, Black Pearl amongst others.