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Not sure Kieran? If so why - reduced height perhaps? I don't think I've seen those even.

I hear you. You could sell the alternate boots one by one as needed to other folks in same situation. I think that's the best solution. I had some heel-raising issues with my latest softboots that affected me mid-trip. I went to the snowboard store and they got out their 'fit-kit' which was pre-trimmed pieces of foam or some flexible material, and put two under my heels. Solved all of my problems. Thin-mini-cell foam (like you would find in a kayak store for outfitting), or you can find it online was what it looked like.

Trying to use a plate for slalom (not Giant slalom). Been trying to use a plate (Boiler plate) with an SG 163, and am having some issues that I think are balance related. Anyone having any success with this - on all of the podium pics I've seen, none have a plate on their boards. My next plan is to - slack out the binding angle some. - set up another board without a plate and A-B them. - buy a set of SW's (Running TD2 SI's at the moment).

How about a different size shell for the smaller foot?

Interested in the 185 Undertaker also....

I have a Lib Tech Skunk Ape 190 that I could be persuaded to sell. It's been used about 4 days.

Welcome back Scott!

found this via TGR. http://bit.ly/1d5HDzY

Love the alien stomp pad!

I've seen one user mount TD1's to a plate (Boiler Plate as I recall) and he reported no issues at all. I don't think that I would do it though.

Yes it happened to me. There were a couple of size liners (not as many as you might expect) available for the UPZ shell boot that I purchased. Dan sent me one that was at the smaller end of the range. They were too small for my feet. I biatched about it. He told me what he had available, and I sent the too small ones back, and he sent me some larger ones. It all worked out. Then a year or so later, I spent the $$$ and got custom insoles, and new liners (Zipfit), and now the Flow liners occupy closet space where they will probably reside until I decide to buy new boots, and sell them with the old shells.

Aren't there a minimum # of 3 runs to get qualified for nationals? Maybe that's the problem.

I blame Peter Bauer and Jean Nerva - making all those slick videos. Then some of my friends got into it. That was the setup. The catalyst was my board going missing at the end of the day. So, I stopped by the snowboard store, and picked up a PJ 6.3/Burton hard shell boots/bindings.

189th Baby!!!! Only done one race this year and it was converted from Crescent points. [TABLE=width: 100%] <tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[TR] [TD=align: right]189 [/TD] [TD]Paul Scrutton[/TD] [TD]Durham, NC[/TD] [TD=align: right]24.35 [/TD] [/TR] </tbody>[/TABLE]

Sold!

SOLD. Thanks for interest. I didn't think to list this item here, but I put this item on ebay a couple of days ago. I thought I'd post a link from here in case there's any interest. Arva NIC Impex Avalanche Transceiver. Older digital unit. Single antenna. Offers accepted (hit the Make Offer button). http://www.ebay.com/itm/221345912898?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Who me? 285's.

I own the same model, previous year and ride it at 225 lbs, no probs at all.

The Full Suspension models - peggers - as you stand on pegs are so much fun, I briefly considered ditching snowboarding. I then realized that they can't be ridden in our local NC resorts, so am going to stick with boarding. Check out http://www.lenzsport.com/skibike_main.php I rented one for a day at Winterpark. So much fun!

+1 on the above-pictured spiky stomp-pad. I buy 'em in bulk now, ordering a selection of clear/black. The black ones look good with the Boiler Plates (especially if you remove the decal for the stealth look). These spiky stomp pads are great, as they allow you to get snow off by massaging the underside of your boot (I find that a circling of the foot works best - think stubbing out a cigarette with your foot), but without incurring any scratching of the Fintec, as you might get if you used a metal-tipped spiky stomp-pad as other manufacturers make.

A few points having gone down the path of buying the wrong size UPZ boot, and then the right size, and then having footbeds/new liners installed. a. shell test the boots (google it if you don't know what this means). That should help you identify if you are way off base in your size selection. b. Footbeds will marginally shorten the length of your feet due to the arch forced into your feet (at least the way it is done in the shop where I had mine done). Footbeds help a lot in stabilizing your feet in the boot. c. I went with Zipfit liners. They are more comfy than the stock. They are also more of a pain to deal with than stock. My feet do not slide into them easily while they are in the shells. The cork lining moves around making it nigh impossible to get into them with the liners in the boots (I've tried heel sliding devices and unlocking the rear of the boot). The easiest way to fix this is to remove the liners, put liners onto feet, then put liners+feet into boots. d. When I had the liners installed /footbeds made, at the start of the fitting, the owner of the store was pretty convinced my shells were too big. By the end of the fitting, he thought they were OK. The rear heel space on these boots is quite a bit less than ski-boots I guess.

Yeah I have what you need. I'll send you a PM

Me probably (as I've converted a few standard TD2's to SI). I probably have TD2 standard uppers for you, if you want them. I need to do some digging. I will try and find them tonight. You'll need both toe and rear bails. Paul

Interesting, so there is an adaptation curve.

For those following, the link to that thread is at :- http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?40582-SW-cocktail&highlight=Cocktail