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These bindings look great. Do you have heels for sale also ?

I have been emailing with Mark at airwaves today and they are very responsive. Thanks for the tip Hugh. I would recommend going that route for a 200 tanker. I have one of the REI big double ski bags and it can hold a long board (even with soft bindings) and one pair of skis and poles easily. You can go up to two pairs of skis and poles, but it is stretching a bit. It can also easily fit two longboard with bindings (at least alpine). The length is 190, so you should be able to force a 200 board in but I would not recommend doing that with this REI bags because they are not extra-strong.

+1 on the angle where the cam faces the rider ! I see a good use to the front facing angleview, though: mount it on a pair of skis or short snowboard to follow a fellow carver. You will have a better viewpoint on the subject than on a helmet mounted cam, plus if the cameraman gets to do a few turns or jumps it will add up some extra kink to the vid.

nickels are 1.5 mm thick when most washers are 1 mm. My intuition is inclining towards the nickel, and it has been tested by Jack. If I put two sets of two on each plate, I may call my board "ze Boss" or else....

The only thing that strikes me as not good in your vid is how your front leg is extended on the first heelside turn at about 15". The wash out that comes afterwards is well controlled and the cross-under are smooth. In short, you look great man ! Now, all that has been said is right. Board should be a little longer, and maybe stiffer, at least in the tail. But, seeing these first 15 secs, I also think you have too much difference in angles btw front and rear. You may want to add 5 degs to that rear bindings. BTW, I ride SPX 45 on some of my soft stuff and I like them very much. Very responsive bindings.

I am riding flat (Zero cant disks) on both TD1s, TD2s and snowpro. But I like to have a liiiittle toe/heel lift on snowpros that I use on AM/pow boards. It is probably because it increases the edge to edge on wider boards. It's also easy to replace the toe/heel pads on the snowpros to get about 3mm lift. I always thought it was so minimal that it would go waay beyond that using, say, a 3 deg cant disk on TD2 for pure lift (the difference between opposite sides of a TD2 3deg cant disk is about 8 mm, almost three times more lift). Is that correct ? Anybody out there who uses both snowpros and TD2s and can report on the difference, if any ? Also, how to achieve pure lift on a TD1 ? I was thinking adding washers under the toe/heel pads with longer bolts. Anybody tried it already ? What kind of washers /bolts ?

This been done: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12032

I was just thinking about it since I will head to Vermont next Friday... So far, I expect slushy snow and was guessing what bindings to mount on the Dupraz, that I will bring along with other boards. I was thinking mounting TD1s on the Dupraz, but if it remains warm I may go to a complete softboot setup. It will save room too...

The viewing angle is just awesome, especially on angulated turns !

Sean, honestly I heard it and it amounts to urban legend more than actual knowledge. I just wanted to flag what seemed to me a safety aspect. I checked it out and yes, monoski is recommended to people with knee injury. What I had in mind was accidents on monoski, when only one binding would release. Also, as far as bindings are concerned, I saw on the website above that they suggest using non-releasable bindings (cateks it seems). I monoskied for about five years, with classic ski bindings (that was the only option at that time) and never hurt myself, but they did not release often. Far from me the idea to say bad things about monoski. I loved it so much that most of my buddies had longed ago tossed away their monos for snowboards when I stepped for the first time on that Nida fly... Never came back to it, though one thing makes me nostalgic sometimes, when I have to follow skiers on steep moguls... I guess that carving on a monoski, especially with the shapes available now, would still be a lot of fun !

Ace, Monoski is more related to ski than to snowboard. It was very popular in Europe in the 80's, but was taken over by the massive development of snowboarding and new ski equipment, like phat skis. The primary purpose of monoski was indeed to have better float in big powder. Another reason why monoski lost users was the number of knee injuries to monoskiers. So be adviced that it is technically challenging (one edge) and requires good ski skills. A bunch of monoskiers are still out there. You can find good info there http://www.monoski.net/

Last day, I saw one guy at Okemo with a monoski and it really looked like a F2 speedster that had been converted. Didn't have a chance to chat with the guy who just hopped on the lift while I was unstrapped. So I am not 100% sure. If you look at the duret lineup, their monoskis are quite similar in shape with their alpine boards, so shapewise I don't see any problem. Making additional holes in the board would be more of an issue I think.

Now I know why all the snow is gone on Razor, you guyz ripped it off Cool pics !

Glad you like them. You may want to check out this thread on how to set them up: http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15039&highlight=snowpro The most important is to tighten them again when on the snow. Otherwise, it is one of the best binding out there IMHO. Will you mount them on the Dupraz ?

Hey Buell, board arrived today to its new home. That was even faster than I expected ! Nice packing, too. Can't wait, now.... Thanks man.:D

Norman, a big thank you ! Bindings are not only shining mint, but you did such a great job at packing everything so neatly that I almost got aroused while opening the package... now they are mounted, ready for the neir next ride.

Is it possible to know the price you are asking, even without being seriously interested ? It's a beautiful deck no doubt, and pricey too. But with the spring sale going on now on BoL, exoticboards, etc.... it is worth knowing if you are offering a good deal or not.

My point about approach skis was about teaching ski and not snowblades. Each time I was riding with my daughter skiing she would ask me on the lift when she would start snowboarding. I assumed seeing me on a snowboard factored in somehow. So I guess if you go with her on snowblades, she might want to have snowblades too at some point. But I agree that it's the most convenient and cheapest option.

Never had a problem with snow accumulation...:rolleyes: I clean my boards with windex and then polish with hardwood magic or car wax. When there is snow on the topsheet, I kick the board and most of it goes away.

Bump for these boards. Softboot carving decks obviously, but they should ride fine with plates, too.

+1 on the ski before snowboard learning scheme. I am at the point when my daughter makes hockey stops, carves up the hill and makes wedges only where and when there is no other option and she wants to learn snowboard now. My wife is a skier so I didn't have to make that kind of choice, just to refrain from pushing her into learning snowboard... One additional option for your situation that comes to my mind is to get some approach skis in the 100/125 range instead of the snowblades.

I think it's less being horizontal than off the ground that disturbs me.... Thanks, I'll practice that drill.

Need to get room in the quiver: 1. Oxygen Epic 168 - year unknown - specs (measured) 31/31/27 - Topsheet intact - Base in excellent condition - Edges show some wear but plenty of life and razor sharp. A very good freeride/big mountain board and a confident softboot carver. 75 $ + shipping 2. Nitro Pantera 163 - year 07 - specs 30/30.4/25.8 r=9.1 -Topsheet has a few nicks, biggest one on the tail about an inch - Base and edges lightly used and in overall excellent condition. Excellent freeride board: light, stiff, very nervous. 185 $ + shipping ======================== Bindings not included Shipping to NA Only Paypal preferred

Probably too wide for my 27 foot, but a new Donek for 275 $ is a great deal !

I'm saying, you are ready to trade pairs at least and we both have singles. Solution might be each of us sends his single 3 or 6 to you and you ship back two zeros somewhere between Maine and New York... or... You send your two zeros to one of us who sends his single and one of the zeros to the other one who takes his zeros and adds his single to the shipment o you. In any case, each of us should pay about the same for shipping.