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Took the Little Red Corvette out for the 1st test spin today....aka Coiler Angrry 160 UPM F Plate It was dust on crust in foggy conditions and I made some mediocre turns.....but Wow is it lively! The takeaways so far are: 1- It tracks super straight off the lift....with no input from me! I'm just hanging on like being launched!! 2- It picks up crazy speed in a straight line ...more so than my Rev 163 or K168! 3- and in that micro second it takes to get to speed/mach 1 it starts pulling the nose off the track...like it's saying, Hey! let's go over there! 4- and as soon as you whip it around to that direction you feel it pulling the other way! No, we gotta go over here! 5- the transitions don't need any coaxing from me and really feel like the board is wanting/telling me to start the turn and happen lighting quick....and as far as inputs from me I'm just trying to keep up with this little Bandit! 6- but when your in those turns the board really looses speed and for a micro second time seems to slow down and then.....Wham! your headed the other direction!! 7- At the moment I'm just a passenger along for the ride! It will take a few more days of better conditions to Release The Kracken and Learn To Drive this go-kart! 8- and What's Really Scary is I've barely taped this little beasts potential....... sure hope it's not a Jekyll and Hyde and it just decides to pitch me in the woods! More updates to come!

So when I get new 425's I'm going to make the old pair dedicated pow boots.....softer tongue, oem liner and move the BTS to the new boots. The BTS didn't seem to hinder me in any way when in the knee deep pow but thinking no need for BTS if that's the old boots sole purpose. So wondering what other hard boot pow riders are doing/using if any suspension. stock suspension, walk mode, aftermarket BTS style. ???? My pow ride, Moss PQ60 loves the pow but loves to carve it up also on the groom..............so maybe I'll get another BTS setup for the pow board if it isn't as responsive on the groom without BTS. Huh!, I think I just answered my own question! 1/2 edges and BTS don't impact or slow ya down in the pow but Really come in handy on the groom!! Geez! ...more shit to order!

Nuff Said! Fintecs it is.....again.

I might be getting new boots from YYZCanuk and they offer intec heels for $79 cad/$58 US All I have experience with is Fins version....but at less than half the price the Intecs heels are tempting! Anybody got any experience with both??

Ha! Maybe.........but I like my 425's, so getting newer and newer color way won't disappoint! If I was to switch I'd go MS but I got way to many boards that all have step-ins!......but I might switch 1 board to standard bails if I found a once in a lifetime MS deal on a C shell!

Probably! ..... but going from Deeluxe to UPZ's there's a lot to have to change to get them to work + additional boot upgrades (stiffer tongues and springs) and then theres the boot ramp to get use to! I didn't/don't think my heel lift was significant but my 425 shells are 5 or 6 seasons old and I average 100+ days a season on them ......so with the instep buckle popping open more frequently got me on this train...plus my wallet has an itchy trigger finger! . So new 425 shells, maybe down a size will do!

Too early to tell........but the quantity alone will impact lift/mtn. operations!

Ha! I got too many (UPM) plates as it is........God forbid I try another plate system! Just curious mostly.....

Yeah....that's what I was hoping/thinking. Since my 28 shells have heel lift, going down to a 27.5 with a thinner liner might still fit and I'd loose the heel lift.....in theory! I'm going to try some Intuition C and L pads to see if that will decrease my heel lift on my current Mondo 28 Intuition Power Wraps/ Mondo 28 425 Pros.......but I plan to buy new 425's (just shells hopefully) anyway.

Doesn't Deeluxe Track boot shells sizing overlap? Meaning isn't the shell for a mondo 27 the same as a shell mondo 28...it's just the liner that's the difference in size......right? My thinking is I'm currently a mondo 28, but thinking I might could go mondo 27 with a thinner liner to take up the 1/4 average heel lift I got. I imagine this size overlap really helps cut down production costs! ...........anybody got the specs of what the produced shell sizes are??

Ok......... what's noticeable heel lift....and what's acceptable heel lift, if any? I got a 1/4 to maybe a 1/2 inch at most in both boots. Tomorrow I hope to pick up some Intuition C and L ankle Pads to add to my Power Wrap liner.

Geez! As of Jan. 6th another 80 inches expected the next 9 days! It's forecasted to snow 8 out of the next 9 days!!! This is getting ridiculous......

Poor dude will never live that down! Infamous cred for sure!

So $540 (US/Euros?) for the f2 163 Speedster WC. Whats the 163 Proto cost?

Crack, That's a lot of turns! What board and scr?

Hey CC, You back at Heavenly again for your month long sabbatical this season?

long way from Hunter...........but here in N NH Sport Thoma in Lincoln has a great race dept. and a couple of Boot guys I've worked with. I got both of my last two Intuition Liners and heat molded fits from them and they punched out a shell also.

Ditto!

Hey Miro, I see a V1 plate with UPM and 4x4 mounts. Your listing mentions also selling a 2nd board kit but I don't see it in the photos? If so what e-rings and cant disks you got? Most people are looking for this as a 2nd board kit........ https://www.bomberonline.com/TD3-2nd-Board-Kit_p_26.html

In northern NH, Cannon Mtn. was pretty good today for cruising. Now we got rain (again) for next day or two. I hope to get to Loon again Fri. for dryer and less crowded conditions!

Both were better imo than Snowbird. ...but Snowbird is a trip worthy unto itself if you haven't ever been there!

Anybody got/had any success with these Pads to reduce some heel movement? I haven't thought about it or felt it was an issue but I got about a 1/4-1/2 inch movement in both heels with my Intuition Pro Wraps liners in Deeluxe 425 boots. I'm over a full size down from street shoe size (US 11.5) to a mondo 28 (US 10) liner and modo 28 shell ......so they were snug to begin with. So wondering what/how they will ride if I get rid of this Heel Movement. https://intuitionliners.com/shop/c-pad/

Hmm....I'll give this a try next groomer day! Thanks NC

Hmm.....f2 163 WC Speedster, Where from? Dollars or Euros??