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I remember a picture of Dave Dowd -Kemper Rider-(not a 100% sure of the spelling of the name) with a hard boot in the front and a soft boot in the rear. Talk about non-conformist! I took out the Mystery Air last week. Had so much fun on ice with the non-conformist stance -5 degrees in the back and 35-40 in the front-. People were riding the 0 degree-0 degree stance (with the gigantic space between the bindings) and trying to catch an edge on the ice...

Red is me. the black part is from Extremecarving.com As for moving this into a new thread. I agree 100%

Thanks for the tips! Now let's see.. Don't set more than 55 degrees on the front foot. Check! Set the rear foot 5 to 8 degrees less than the front one. Check! Set enough stance between the feet and place them in the middle of the contact length. Check! Avoid any canting pad (set your bindings flat on the board), WRONG! because it harms significantly the correct body movement and edge control. The pad under the heel of the rear foot pushes the chest in counter-rotation position (facing the nose) and reduces the frontside edge grip under this foot (the nose will bite the snow, which causes a beautiful frontside flip!). The lateral canting pads put the knees together and reduce the backside edge grip under the rear foot (the tail will sideslip) and also reduce the movement ability. So getting rid of the cant plate is needed and is the first step! And all these years I tought the little plastic device was helping me.Furthermore, the board bending during the laid turns already induces a canting under both feet. Set the same calf canting to both of your boots .

Really really nice pictures! Backside edge... I was never able to figure that one out. Don't get me wrong, I can carve on the frontside edge no problem (lay flat on the ground), but to lean really far on the backside edge (lay flat on the ground) while carving, well, no. Maybe someone could give me a couple of hints... And the board I ride is PJ 5.4 (which IMO is capable of doing so, the problem is the test pilot). :rolleyes:

T T Top!

But, but what about my question????

Of course the 1996 Balance 56 is not a race board. Of course the 1997 Balance 56 is not a race board. An All-Around board can be used for going down the hill and carve, leaving somewhat of a trace in the snow... Nonetheless, I owned both of these boards and IMO there was a difference in stiffness between the two. The 1996 edition was way stiffer than the 1997 (again, IMO). Since I took back to Burton the 1996 to get the 1997 because it delaminated, I was not able to compare the two board on the snow, back to back on the same day. Now, when I rode the 1997, the front of the board just bent like a noodle and... well, it's just not fun anymore. The 1996 version had better grip on ice. I used the same bindings (X-base, still have them, they broke twice, had them fixed by a friend that works with Carbon Fiber) with the same boots. The 1996 was made in Austria (If I am not mistaken), the 1997 in Vermont . I do know that boards are not all made equals :D Now, the question is : Is it possible that there is a huge difference in stiffness and response from a board between two years of production lines?

Don't throw me tomatoes about this one but...is it me or there is a picture of Kildy in a old TWS magazine riding a Kemper Aggressor?

Here we go... boards that I own Sims Pocket Knife -nose and tail cut off, stance is reeediculous because of inserts for bindings- Black Snow Edge - is it a snowboard? Kemper Freestyle 165 -green with pink lettering Kemper Freestyle 165 - black -nose and tail cut off, stance is reeediculous because of inserts for bindings- Kemper Aggressor 170 Burton Craig Kelly Mystery Air Burton PJ 5.4 goofy Burton Balance 56 1996 Burton Balance 56 1997 Burton Twin Black Top -broken in two places- Hooger Mike Basich

Well, as the title say, I am looking for a 1992 PJ 7.1 Goofy board with the Variplate bindings. Hook me up!

Well, the board that makes me smile is the 1990 Craig Kelly Mystery Air, just because it's a classic and it's.. very nice. Now for riding, the board that makes me smile is my PJ 5.4. Yes it is old, yes it lost some of it's camber but it's quick and fun.