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RideGuy

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  • Location
    Toronto, ON
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Blue Mountain
  • Occupation?
    Sparky
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Prior 173W FLC
    Prior 164 4WD Custom Shaped (wider, less nose, less tail)
  • Current Boots Used?
    DeeLuxe Track 325
    DeeLuxe Suzuka
    Burton Fire (cracked and dead)
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Bomber TD3 stepins
  • Snowboarding since
    1992
  • Hardbooting since
    2000

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  1. This thread does not pass the vibe check
  2. I travel to Vancouver and Calgary each once a quarter. I was hoping to take this board out for my second quarter visits but I won't be going until May 30 and it looks like everything is closed by then. I'm happy to give feedback, but it looks like it won't be until next winter.
  3. I currently have a Donek Incline 164 x 23.5, 9-11 side cut that works really well with hard boots. I ride it when I'm messing around with the kids. I teach my younger two who are new to snowboarding and it works just fine. It's playful enough. It does well in soft snow and mush. When I started instructing I rode soft boots. But I blew out my ancle and never rode soft boots again. Prior made me a 4x4 that was 164 x 23 for teaching. It was excellent. The 4x4 is a touch more playful, but does not carve as well as the Incline. I don't remember what the sidecut was on the 4x4 but it was good for demos because it could carve at such low speed. The one thing I don't like about the Incline is that it's not stable at high speeds. I asked Bruce to make me a replacement. It's what Bruce calls a Contra All Terrain. 168 x 23.5 with 10m side cut. 144 effective edge (17 nose, 7 tail). It's ready, but I haven't picked it up yet.
  4. I'm happy you are still improving. Thank you so much for the gear you lent Tyler, and the advice. There is no doubt that you were part of his success.
  5. You're right. On my phones small screen I couldn't tell. At least he's a carver.
  6. It's not really about protecting the unvaccinated. It's about hospital beds. So by protecting the unvaccinated from themselves, we ARE protecting the people who need ICU beds for reasons other than covid. Not to mention the burnt out health care workers that have had to deal with this for 18+ months.
  7. The stats (at least in Ontario) don't back that up. The majority of Covid cases are from the unvaxxed minority. The unvaxxed are at a rate of about 11/100k. Unvaxxed 1.6/100K. Similar for hospitalizations. Also, I don't want to be responsible for getting an unvaxxed sick. I have someone at work that is not vaxxed, and I'm keeping my distance, and wearing a mask around him not for my safety, but for his. I am a believer that we must move on and return to normal, no matter what the case count is. There is a good chance that we are all going to catch covid, and I'm OK with that. The biggest issue right now is the ICU full of unvaxxed people. This is what's holding us back from fully reopening and could be potential for more restrictions.
  8. Did this with the family on our way to Finland two years ago. There was no (or very little) charge to create a 4 day stop-over in Iceland. We travelled as far as we could, and saw as much as we could in the 4 days. If you do your research you can find reasonably priced hotels, AirBnB, etc. and rental car. It's cheaper if you drive stick. Iceland is like being on another planet. One of the most amazing places I've ever been. It should be on everyone's bucket list.
  9. I got AZ as my first dose 3 weeks ago. I didn't want it, but it was all that was available to me at the time. Pfizer didn't become available to me until this week, so given my line of work I made the right choice to get the AZ even with the risk. They should be stopping AZ anyway because of the supply issue, regardless of the 1-60k issue. In the UK after the 2nd dose blood clotting drops to about 1 in 1.1M. I will take those odds rather than "mix and match" with Pfizer.
  10. In Ontario we have been under a "stay at home order" since April 8th, and they announced yesterday that they will be extending that order to June 3rd. Nothing is open, not even outdoor activities like golf. It's a bit depressing, especially for the kids. We are still letting them meet up with friends outdoors, but even that is against the rules. Vaccinations are going well. Covid cases are finally on the decline which is good.
  11. I bought a board from Pierre a couple years ago. Was exactly as described and in great shape. Buy with confidence.
  12. We have now added the dual mutant variant from India to our collection. Dozen cases in BC, a couple in Quebec.
  13. My arm is sore and this afternoon I got the chills. I'm hoping I feel better tomorrow.
  14. I am a regular inside that Amazon (was there this morning). After the shut down it is very different. Less people in the building. Switched from 1 entrance to 4 separate entrances. Huge screening tents outside the building. Voluntary rapid testing. Mandatory Amazon issued disposable mask, etc. Peel Health made a new rule that if a company gets 5 linked cases they can shut them down so I'm sure they are nervous about that as well. Between lack of vaccines, lack of travel restrictions, variants and poor provincial leadership Ontario is on fire. The variants spread like wild fire. Just look at the Vancouver Canucks. I got my first covid shot yesterday. Even though I do service calls in the worst covid hot spots in all of Canada (manufacturing, food processing, warehousing, etc) I wouldn't qualify for Pfizer or Moderna until June. I took Astra Zeneca. My second shot of AZ is scheduled for July 20th, but I'm hoping to get it sooner.
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