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4 hours ago, philw said:
Actually here's the same thing from a speed ski course in 2005, Austria. I can't remember the guy's speed, but it would have been between 130Km/h and 200, so faster than almost everyone else will ever go on a snowboard.
But presumably for this use with downhill skis underneath, no turning required!
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The guy in orange pulled the equivalent of a U-turn on one side of a multi lane road.
Everyone else is going downhill and have a reasonable expectation that other users overall direction of travel will be downhill.
Be very careful where and when you try to do 360s.
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In the off season try riding a pump track on a mountain bike. Learn to do it with a minimum of pedalling. The vehicle may be different but the timing is the same.
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It is crazy and there's a previous thread referencing the same/similar video.
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8 hours ago, Mr Wonton said:
Sometimes I say “it’s a snowboard for old people”. One time a kid responded “that’s so cool”.
Snowboarding for grown-ups!
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Annual aerial glacier survey for end of summer 2023 in New Zealand just completed.
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Will tell you all you want to know. Might even give some strange people ideas!
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Can't think of a reason it wouldn't work at a basic level. How well it works depends in part upon how much the plate allows the ski underneath to flex, rather than creating a long and rigid flat zone.
Jenius if they've worked out a way to get the edges of both skis to engage in a carved turn.
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On 3/31/2023 at 12:52 AM, gawdzira said:
Congratulations to the skiers responsibility code for winning $1 for Pepper Potts.
Apart from getting her lawyers fees back, it was not about money for GP. This issue is now resolved and her reputation restored.
The jury took 2 & half hours, pretty quick decision even if there were only 8 of them. The jury see all the evidence and the demeanour of the witnesses. They make judgements about who is believable.
The judgement was the optometrist was 100% responsible for the collision.
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My ideal setting for the toepiece on my F2 Race Intecs is about 3-4mm from the max outward position. I've dropped 2 small pieces of hard plastic into the slot either side of the screw to act as a limit to prevent outward creep in use.
Also have used hot glue dabs to lock the scew adjustable height of the toe receiver.
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If the report above for a chairlift incident is anything to go by, then a camera system needs to be ready to record at any time.
My GoPro 8 is setup for voice control so "GoPro start recording" will pretty reliably make it chirp and start recording. I only recently started using the external battery setup. Setting it "on" but in standby mode from days start is essential and keeps battery and camera warm, especially on cold days.
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Reports I've seen talk of a GoPro file emailed by the plaintiff (male retired eye surgeon) to family members but which has now "disappeared". I wonder why.....
I have personal experience of a collision captured on GoPro. I interpreted what was recorded to show the other party failing to slow at the merging of trails, their speed contributing substantially to their injuries, which were significant, and to the trashing of their board which rode over the top of my front Bomber Trenchdigger binding mounted on a Boiler Plate launching them into the air.
I still have the video file despite the collision occurring 10 years ago.
A copy of the video was given to the other party, sadly the wife of another hard boot snowboarder who has been on this forum. They interpreted the video differently.
The event occurred in Colorado where the State civil legislation covering such events pretty much covers the whole "Skiers Code" and the party judged more than 50% responsible for the collision and its effects is potentially liable. No court action was taken during the 5 years available after the event before the statute limit kicked in.
As a visitor to the USA I had travel insurance including cover for personal liability for injury/loss. That policy precluded any kind of comment about fault by the person covered (any kind of apology by me could potentially be construed as an admission of fault). That made discussions with the other party immediately after the event more difficult. A copy of the video was also provided to my insurance company.
No winners in all this. The lady involved was quite badly hurt, her board ruined, and a friendship was, and remains, broken. I do not want to identify the people involved as that does not assist this discussion of the utility of videoing all your time on the slopes.
That was recorded with a GoPro Silver 3+ with an extended battery, which could pretty much capture every run I made in a day. My current GoPro 8 runs down pretty quickly on a normal battery. I now run an external USB power pack via a 3BR Powersports X-PWR-H8 case to allow me all day power for the GP8. ( Update April 17 2023 - Powersports cable has died, no power delivered, no obvious damage to connector or external part of cable. Rescind recommendation)
I had video that in my opinion supported my side of any argument over contribution of fault. I made sure I had copies!
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There are so many ways to have fun on snow!
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On 3/11/2023 at 12:56 PM, Eastsiiiide said:
So if I have a 14.5 x 185 cm snowboard, can I just put the F2 rider-mounting-flanges at 0 degrees and go almost-skwalling, or is there significantly more magic built into the bones of a skwal that's missing from a narrow snowboard, to the point that I shouldn't bother with this as a method to find out if I like this madness called skwalling? I've already discovered that I am deeply bitten by this madness called super-narrow snowboarding, next step seems obviously crank those bindings to zero degrees or so and see what happens. Or do I just do nothing, and wait for an agent of the skwaluminati to contact me in the dead of night? I feel like I'm joining the French resistance.
@EastsiiiideYou might want to watch the video linked below to understand why your binding setup might need to be a little different once your binding angles go higher than 60 degrees. In addition to front toe lift and rear heel lift, outward canting may well be helpful.
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Or you could buy a big pair of Cordura (or other tough material) shorts and wear them over your trousers. Think of the shorts as disposable. I often see ski racers with shorts over their race suits while training.
The ultimate cure is to improve/perfect your heelside turns. Wear pattern on the trou suggests "sitting on the toilet" on heelside. Look at the videos put up by @crackaddictfor an example of good carving technique in softboots at lowish binding angles.
https://www.youtube.com/@jamescherry6616
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Riding in NZ @ Cardrona the evenness of the groom depends a great deal on the temperatures. If the snow is even slightly slushy at the end of the day, with temps around 0C/32F or just higher at the time of the groom then there will be significant level changes at the border between one groom pass and the next.
Had some good correspondence with the Head of grooming at Cardrona after a particularly rough groom compared to the high standard they normally manage. The change in levels made it impossible to carve safely, indeed crossing from one groom pass to another was a tricky transition even when just skidding turns.
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Marc Cirigliano also authored this series of videos on YouTube.
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On 3/8/2023 at 6:07 AM, Neil Gendzwill said:
Wow! Very nice. That video does not show the steepness you describe. It seems that’s one thing that doesn’t come through well.
I look for the angle of things like trees to the slope as the centre of the shot goes cross slope. Wide angle lenses produce lots of distortions towards the edges of the visual frame. Having ridden at Revelstoke I can vouch for how Pitch Black is intimidatingly STEEP.
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Beware below any slope contour that creates limited downhill visibility.
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Hope it stays cold for you.
It was extra warmth at sea that put all that moisture in those clouds that then fell as snow.
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Adjusting the lateral tilt of your boot cuffs to suit your legs ought to be a first step in any hard boot setup, be it on a board or skis.
Some people's lower legs go straight down, others are bow legged, knock kneed, and quite possibly one leg is differently aligned compared to the other.
Once the cuffs are properly aligned the soles of the boots will be flat on the floor with even cuff pressure on either side of both lower legs i.e. no bias to either side. Only then can you make sensible decisions about adjusting the canting of your bindings as you adjust your stance distance and angles.
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The interaxle distance varies markedly between designs. AllFlex is 784mm between effective axles. See linked thread above. (And see @pokkiscomment below. Exact interaxle distance could be measured by someone with an AllFlex plate, likely between the 2 axles in the rocker arm mech at each end of the plate.)
AllFlex limits the chord depth on that 78.4cm interaxle distance to 6.4mm. see AllFlex website reference above.
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@bobdeaLoving the manic enthusiasm in the last photo!
What did you learn this season so far (2022-2023)?
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@1xscullero You may have some post operative cognitive dysfunction, due to the natural inflammation process of healing in your shoulder being concentrated in your shoulder, but there being a degree of spread to other organs, including your brain.
POCD is more common as people get older, and is a significant risk from about age 70 onwards. Younger brains are more able to cope with the inflammation caused by wounds/illness elsewhere in the body. Recovery time is variable, weeks to up to 12 months before the sufferer gets to their new best function level, which often is not as good as they were. No specific treatments at present, just take good general care of yourself.
If you are still using the Oxycodone, get off it as soon as you can. It has serious dependence potential. It will certainly also fog your brain while you use it.
Hope you get your mojo back!