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sic t 2

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  1. You are right on the mark here sbs. I might debate your percentage (up or down, not sure) but your basic statement is correct. I guess those so outraged by this (particularly the troll) want me to believe what they say and not my "lying eyes". And never mind this pisher mtb stuff coming out of that washed up alta kaka, let's talk about the analogy i best relate too (where the riders are not afraid to call it what it IS). Its a high percentage of SLIDING and if you need skills and courage to utilize it. Perhaps in Alpine the consequences are not so great , but personally, I think doing a violent high side into protective netting with non-releasable bindings IS the domain of the brave.
  2. My "wide" board (159 A frame wide: 268ww) has older Flows mounted. Twas a very stiff, high end model of Flow at the time. Honestly, i gave up on the A-frame wide as my mainline board and only use it in good carving conditions at the local bump; Mountain creek, NJ. It behaves fine in reasonable conditions and the Flows work well with the gondola too cause u can get those miserable-foot-crunching-biting-alligators off my feet completely for the ride up ?. I will look into the Drake Podiums.
  3. Yup, its a trick and not a high g-carve. And i certainly subscribe to all of yur thoughts on this. However, it is an important skill to own (especially just last week, when on a narrow, steep, icy slope there was not enough grip to get that "uphill swing" to bleed off speed by my fangs alone. And in this scenario its the fangs alone riders who r blowing out and butchering the carve and the skilled outriggers who could get a carve. But i wish u were there that day as it least i would not be the only rider scraping snow and pissing the others guys off ?.
  4. 56! U r just a kid ?. Kudos to u still riding hard w that hip and knee. I'm still on my orig parts but i hav a close friend that was out riding 3 weeks after a full double knee replace ?. Stuff is good now !! Yes, i take my moguls really seriously because they begin forming up best when the season is ending so they help me transition into my off-season passion: dirt biking ( ktm300 yamaha450 ). I am experiencing a "rediscovery" too this season. But in the opposite direction as i hav found plate riding again. Plates remind me of my 1000cc sport bike: an unmatched carving experience but lose your nerve in a "must make" turn (and let it stand it up -OR- go for the brakes) and, well, u get a one-way ticket to a really bad place ??. Sooo, just stay "in it" and all is well. Ride on Sun Valley. Big bumps arriving soon w spring in the air. (( I really enjoy the soft boot WIDE boards. But when the slope becomes "dust on concrete" they r just god awful ???. Frightfully slow edge to edge. Not a one quiver board. ))
  5. I had 2 astro AWD's. My son and i would wakeboard in the ocean w it off Cape hatteras. Double ski lines (150 foot) to the trailer hitch. I hav a pic of us doing that and will post if i can find it. That was a.bitching AWD in there.?
  6. Thats a KTM 300 in there, loaded via side door.
  7. Ram 2500, got it brandy new (i put door window in) for a mere $6,500 more than best price i could get on a NV200 ! But this baby can tow my boats and KTM's in summer too. Its front wheel drive (3,000 lbs on front axle and 1,800 on rear). With snow tires on the front its a sherman tank. And my other vehicle is a 4wd pickup and it gets stuck if driveway is dry but glare ice on sides (open diffs). Put this van in same spot and it climbs out (the computer brakes wheel spinning on ice, torque goes to asphalt and away it goes ??. Mostly 17 mpg.
  8. U got to like the headline pic on the Whiteface website today ??
  9. Since u asked ! ... Here is my beloved Lib Tech twin (Travis Rice model: L162, W262) ridden at 21/9 (size 9 Burton footprint), doing my 2nd favorite documented carve to date. Click here if you want to see it being cut. Well, that's all for carving. My real love is moguls and that's why i always ride low angles.
  10. U may want to read the posts about "bias" before something bad happens.
  11. Well, i finally earned the "right to vote" today. Had a long day at Mountain creek on this borrowed Donek. It broke a 17 year hiatus from Alpine. It felt good, real good in fact ?. Only hard time i had was getting my boot into that rear bail on the back foot ! Tricky little piece of hardware that it is ?.
  12. "Goode" hardboots ?. U r the real deal. You know, its my slalom water skiing experience (my "skwal" stance ?) that has me prepared to revisit Alpine after a 17 year hiatus. My burton winds r now mounted to a borrowed 170 Donek FC via td1 clips at 58/50. Will post on bomber how it all goes. Hopefully my "water skwal" experience will help me transition from 21/9 without major issues.
  13. Ha! That is the best board pic ever :-!?. I could play that guitar. Its the same binding angles as my slalom water ski. Damn, that's cool.
  14. Same topic, well done: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/olympic-big-air-snowboarders-use-physics-to-their-advantage/
  15. Well, that's certainly an example of news that's not fit to print.
  16. OkThats a great slope. Lots of pitch w some subtle rolls in it that can b exploited. Always curious how slopes like that end. If it runs out into a green u don't hav to worry about shaving speed,, just let terminal velocity do its magic and do skier banana turns. But if it ends in "T" u need to control your speed w ribbon candy turns or end you run in an ugly brake slide. And those turns r not easy to do! Especially if slope is narrow, icy and steep. I always feel that those turn define a great rider. And certainly, they r the defining difference between soft and hard boots as softees cant crack ice. I think speed control is the higher skill. Terminal velocity carving is easy (especially w floppy clothing ?).
  17. Haven't been hit in like 18 years (being a low angle softbooter its easy to get a big look uphill on every other toeside). But, technically that ended at Hunter 2 weeks ago when i got hit by a hardbooter (alpine). Saw this guy ripping all morning and on this run i passed him safely and tucked the last incline to get speed for a 360. He was way back there but my "3" was not going well so i just stayed off trail once i pointed uphill (skiers right). So its cool, im safe on the side. But rider is not carving this section, just straightlining on skiers right. Im like, turn dude, ok turn, this is not fun now, turn already. But he is target fixated (or more likely caught with an alpine board flat on her base) and he's a coming dead at me. So just before a head-on strike he kinda lunges to his left (with a yelp too) and its enough for our bodies to miss but our boards actually "ticked". No damage. Guy was doing like 20-25 mph and it would have hurt a lot !! Next run i saw him on lift line and apologized for my unexpected move. We both took it in good humor. He had quality gear, good rider, euro accent i believe. Probably reading this right now! I dont consider it a hit. Just a "close call" story. And, yes, i know the antiquated skiers code ?.
  18. Extend much, much earlier. Its more of a trick than it is a high G turn. In this pic u should be almost fully extended already.
  19. ???. Reminds me of a demo ride i took on a Burton CustomX w slot binding system !!! I walked away from Burton that day (and my beloved Burton Balances) never to return. God, did I ever love those boards. ?, I did ski near u in 2008 once. But it was on a slalom water ski on Loch Gill in Sligo. Well, wrong Island but close for a New Yorker's mind i guess :).
  20. Thanks for posting that eye opening video. First; i do suspect that the rear binding is not clicked in properly. Probably on uts first heal click (the hail mary, the legal eagle). Snow was probably preventing the 2nd latch from engaging. But what i see in that vid is generous toe lift. If u r carving low angles toe lift is your nemesis, while heal lift is your best friend. All my bindings hav the toe lifts removed or ground down to nothing w a Dewalt ?. True. And then i glue in 3/8 inch lifts for the heals. It seems.... mechanically.... I couldnt grind off the toe lift on the burtons and still click in without super slop? No? And if u carve w low binding angles and your bindings hav loads of toe lift and no heal lift, well, u then u have a nice toeside but zippo healside. But dont fret, its not a skill thing,, its yur setup ??.
  21. Well, my first head long dive into the WIDE SOFT BOOT BOARD started at the beginning of the 2016/2017 with the attached board (A-Frame 159 Wide). I purchased it solely because of input from Ryan Knapton's videos and the bomber thread that was active at that time on this subject. That W-frame has a 266mm waist. Prior to that I usually rode a waist width around 250 (give or take 4 cm). I'm a size 9 burton drifter boot and 180 lbs. at 21/9. Overall I consider it a pretty big mistake. Its still a great board but I so wish I had gotten the normal width A-frame at least. Issues: #1. The extra weight (specifically the effect of unsprung weight on rough terrain). If you begin a blast through a mogul field the extra weight (which is no issue whatsoever for carving) quickly overwhelms you. First hit; the board comes at you and it takes great effort push her back to the snow for the 2nd hit, 3rd hit you barely get it back to the snow, 4th hit you are in trouble, 5th hit you take in a squatted position,,,,, if you have no bailed out of the field by now. If you race motorcycles you know what the effect is (its called "packing", and always always made worse by the % of unsprung weight). And if you board with high level skiers all the time (I certainly do) you face the above described terrain often. I think the main problem with a non-custom wide is that the entire board is constructed more robustly (HEAVY). #2. The old fashion A-frame camber, yup, you heard that. Give me reverse camber between my legs and camber at tip and tail (And not the Rossie xavier delerue bends). The full camber makes the A-Frame very responsive edge to edge and that makes for great shallow carving too. But when pushed really hard I always feel that camber begins to resist the arc and creates unwanted tip and tail pressures and hinders high g-load carves. It also creates excessive tip pressure that makes it crash into rough terrain rather than absorb it. Highly controversial point, I understand, but that is just how I feel about it. And boy, maybe not camber related, but boy did I EVER have a "fold the nose" flipping crash on this board !!! S.O.B, my knee is still hurting and that was last year ! #3. The extra width was not a benefit to me. But I must say that the wide width is kind of a cool feeling when standing up real high on edge. And, yes, if the snow is shaved concrete, it is harder to pick her up off the "floor". Like lifting a single sheet of 4x8 plywood off the garage floor :). I can deal with the energy but I was certainly stressing my bindings to their max. And, of oourse, with the 4x8 plywood effect comes the ever increasing "strap-ins" to deal with that effect (on ,my insteps, CRUSH CRUSH). Bottom line, if you are not booting out now, don't expect any tangible benefits from a wide board. Pretty obvious point, but I guess, but we all fantasize about edge pressure and leverage (and then let our better judgement slip at when it comes time to pick out next years board). Anyway, back to normal width boards. And back to reverse Camber.
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