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All good points. Will see if we can try it against his body this weekend. I'm more interested in the <1G's between turns than how big a number you can generate.

Rode with a friend on Saturday morning who had a smartwatch of some variety (android I believe) and a g-force measuring app as we've always wondered how many G's we actually feel mid-carve. You calibrate it so that standing sill you're measuring 1G. Mid turn, he was consistently getting up over 4.5G. Most interestingly, at least to us, was that between turns he was measuring zero. I've always said that loved carving as it feels like you're flying, and now we know that at least for a portion of it, you are.

this.

Thanks lowrider. I actually didnt injure it in a fall - and dont expect there is anything out that can lock out sufficiently for that - i did it arching my back to square up my shoulders on a toeside carve and just cranked it too far. At this point i'm leaning towards the demon vest but open to any other input.

I've read all the older threads on body armour and back protection, and they seem to focus on back protection from an impact standpoint. I hyperextended my back last march carving (ass to head scorpion type of extension) and am looking to invest in some protection for this season. I am fully aware that a stronger core will help all sorts with this and have been doing yoga in addition to other activities specifically for this. Having looked at a number of the back/spine protectors out there i'm pretty sure the POC vpd type stuff is not for me as it is specific to impact and am looking more to the armadillo-type protection in the hopes that these plates will limit the range of motion, or disperse some of the energy related to this type of injury. I also appreciate that this type of protection will not protect 100% against hyperextension, but, again, hope that it will mitigate this type of injury. Having emailed some producers of the equipment I get the sense they are advised to state out of fear of liability (understandingly), very clearly that while their products are great, they will not help with anything beyond looking good and one should always speak to one's doctor and/or physio before proceeding with anything beyond getting out of bed. I tried the POC BUG and thought it would work, but they dont seem to be available anymore. I 'm currently looking at the dainese offerings & the demon shield vest as most others have moved to the vpd-type foam approach. So... I reach out the bomber community - for all of those that wear spine/back protection - are there any out there that if bent backwards will lock/slow/help prevent hyperextending one's back? Does anyone with the demon vest or dainese confrim that they do offer some locking-out/protection (they wouldn't confirm or deny to me)? Is there anything else out there I should be looking at? Thanks in advance.

Even with 10+ years of teaching 3-70+ year olds, I've been that 'ex' on many occasions. Get them a lesson with someone they don't have to go home with.

Amazing!!! What a beauty!

Nirvana 182.

Brand spankin' 182 Nirvana, 177.5 M+ VSR and a 176 Prior MFR. The rest of 'em I hardly ever ride... ;)

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Interested if charlie doesn't take it.

Brilliant

I rode a number of Nirvana's last year with Bruce, and ordered a 182 that I'm hoping to see soon. I fell in love with it because it rode so effortlessly. Whereas the VSR and moreso the NSR are fast, they need to be ridden fast to get the best out of them - you don't have to ride the Nirvana fast, but it still loves speed. The NSR/VSR, true to their design initiate and finish turns early while the Nirvana will just keep turning up the hill until you run out of speed. I found myself finishing turns more perpendicular to the fall line with the Nirvana and (and this could be all in my mind) the extra second, or fraction of, allow you a bit more margin of error and a bit more time to really feel the turn out - combine that with the damp board that eats up anything thrown at it and it just feels 'easier' to ride. So, as I get older, slower, and lazier it seemed like the logical choice. It was a really tough decision between it and the NSR - but they are two completly different boards. Where the Nirvana is the 'easy' board for big railed carves, the NSR is the F1 car that makes you ride at 110%, mach 10 all the way. Both though, inspire confidence.

Love it. Just when i think i've got a quiver problem and i need to thin a few boards out I can always count on BC to remind me i'm still a neophyte. Coilers, oxess, volkl - when are you gonna ride the JJA? and the horned monster? and the plankenstein?

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are these still available?

What rider weight is it deigned for?

get on the triple with two teenage girls on soft set-ups.... girl:"geez - where did you get a ski that wide?" me:"ummm.... its a snowboard" girl: "no it's not" me: "Then what happened to my other ski?" (pause to consider....) girl: "It's not a snowboard"

Everything as seen in photo - $80 + shipping.

Have some old race physics stepins.....?

Never rode them, came on a used board I purchased some time ago that recently left my stable. Do not have heels or anything beyond what is in the pic. Looking for $70+ shipping.

i've got a 185 race stock FP i could be convinced to part with. At 220+lbs the thing scares the bejeezus out of me. even has the old step-in physics on it....

I did a lot of research on cf composites in the early '00's and designed a hockey stick or two in the process. Cf works great when it is built as it designed. All it takes is one slight fold in the weave, an air pocket forms a stress riser and a stick explodes with a slap shot. Focus makes good bikes from what I gather from people i ride with. The margin of error with these however is so thin that these things happen. I recall a (very) old mountain bike action in which the cycled a steel and aluminum and a cf handlebar to failure in a testing rig - the cf lasted the longest, but when it went it exploded without the usual sings of failure develop as in it's metallic counterparts. the number of sticks we bought and looked at under sem with these types of issues outnumbered those that didn't. Mind you, a lot of progss has been made in this regard in the past decade. At 220lbs+.... I've got an '88 Merckx with a few thousand km on it and a '78 Olmo, recently upgraded to 8sp dura ace with 10,000km+ over the past 15 years that still gets ridden every day over streetcar tracks, through the winter etc. rim welds have come apart (I blame it on the BGE, not 20 year old fir's), but the frame/fork are bulletproof.

100%. Awesome stuff. Was introduced to it 2 years ago and haven't looked back since.

Last weekend a ski patroller stopped me at the top of a hill to inform that "I saw you go down the hill, and that board is... And you get so low...and well.. The trenches and.... Jeez... I never tried a snowboard, but if I did it would be one of those ski boot ones" I was flattered and thanked him. :)