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D-Sub, relax, isn't it all about having fun anyway? In the same way, I've never seen any home made porn that looks as good as the pro ... but who's having more fun doing it?:p :p

The 10+ year old Wild Duck Knifer GS (shaped by the famous Jacques Rillet) still carves very well!!:) :

Just curious how many of you broke your bindings or bails, etc... is it due to your weight (or lack thereof)

me!!! someone lurking on bomber? or do we just have the same idea?

Thanks all for your help. Will attempt repair this weekend. The WD is otherwise stil a great board.

Super Glue is very liquid, would that do?

Thanks for the quick reply Nils. The board is an old ~10+ year old Wild Duck, so things may not hold so well after all this time, especially with so much time on the edge EC'ing. Home Depot time:( :( Or alternatively, a new 2 or 3D Swoard!!!:D

Help, I noticed the front edge of my board is separating from the base/ board over about 10 cm. Any suggestions on how to fix it? Must be all that time spent on the edge literally. As a side note, I noticed that I only need to wax the first 1 inch of the board from the edge, the rest of the base has almost no sign of wear.

Doing EC in Eastern Canada, I can confirm that you do NOT need hero snow and perfect conditions. However, it is a lot more pleasurable in such conditions. On ice, it is do-able, but your technique (and edges) needs to be bang-on, as you very quickly find out otherwise (ouch and slide....). On cruds and chunky snow, forget about dragging your hands, unless you don't mind popping your shoulders back in their sockets afterward...:rolleyes:

Like this? http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/carving%20uphill.wmv In slow motion Uphill: http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/lifted_uphill%20on%20downhill%20edge.jpg Transition: http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/lifted%20transition.jpg Head down: http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/lifted%20headdown.jpg

No problem here either with my Northwave snowboard boots. In fact, very convenient to switch between gear when taking the kids out. In addition, I believe Bomber makes skiboard bindings also.

The background: Just got diagnosed with severe degenerative disc/ arthritis to the neck C5-6, after I took a tumble backward goofing around. Severe pain to both arms to the finger tips, still some nerve damage to the thumb and the MRI is still pending to assess the spinal cord / nerve root damage ( I understand, that's not an uncommon injury with football). Anyway, I was told not to snowboard anymore. So, the question is, anyone with similar experience, as it relates to snowboarding. In particular, ANY PROTECTIVE COLLAR KNOWN TO WORK FOR SNOWBOARDING. Thanks. :(

Yes in fact the goal of carving low is to split hair on your chin/ chest:D

Hi Skategoat, I've got 2 used F2 Roadsters and Protec bindings if you are interested. I am not sure of the listed length (both the same lengths), my brother bought them back then. I went to measure them tonite and looks like 151cm tip to toe on a flat surface, probably 153 or if I recall 154cm listed. The side cut is around 8m or something like that. The boards worked fine until we moved on to Wild Ducks and Swoards!! I live in Ajax, just let me know.

Unfortunately it was live radio stream (and on 99.1) in the Toronto area. They usually rebroadcast the best interview in the evening (link below). Hopefully it will on there too. I did not think about capturing the media stream and missed the first 4 minutes. It was about a 15 minutes interview or so. Bruce sounds great on radio. Great voice. Nice life too!! http://www.cbc.ca/soundslikecanada/tonight.html http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html choose the toronto link. You can listen with the media player plug-in. If anyone has shoutcast, maybe you can capture the media stream for the community.

Nice interview. Like you said, better start cloning yourself now!!:p

cbc.ca online interview as we speak

Test please disregard

a sheet of sand paper?

Main difference to me is the thumb protection. As many of us like to reach down low, the thumb can get caught and get ripped behind. Hence the idea of the Gomer which was designed specifically for thumb protection (Dr. Mark Borzecki, who suffered such injury while snowboarding came up with the idea post injury, and developped it with the help of a physiotherapist- can't remember his name). Esthetic is in favor of the Flex. Both are designed by MDs. The Gomer has not been clinically tested but should work for wrist injury just as well as any regular wrist guards.

Here are some snowboarding ones: note that a relative risk of >2 pulled Vioxx out of the market... To evaluate whether helmets increase the incidence and/or severity of cervical spine injury; decrease the incidence of head injury; and/or increase the incidence of collisions (as a reflection of adverse effects on peripheral vision and/or auditory acuity) among young skiers and snowboarders. METHODS: During one ski season (1998-99) at a world class ski resort, all young skiers and snowboarders (<13 years of age) presenting with head, face, or neck injury to the one central medical facility at the base of the mountain were identified. On presentation to the clinic, subjects or their parents completed a questionnaire reviewing their use of helmets and circumstances surrounding the injury event. Physicians documented the site and severity of injury, investigations, and disposition of each patient. Concurrently, counts were made at the entry to the ski area of the number of skiers and snowboarders wearing helmets. RESULTS: Seventy children were evaluated at the clinic following ski/snowboard related head, neck, and face injuries. Fourteen did not require investigation or treatment. Of the remaining 56, 17 (30%) were wearing helmets and 39 (70%) were not. No serious neck injury occurred in either group. Using helmet-use data from the hill, among those under 13 years of age, failure to wear a helmet increased the risk of head, neck, or face injury (relative risk (RR) 2.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.23 to 4.12). When corrected for activity, RR was 1.77 and 95% CI 0.98 to 3.19. There was no significant difference in the odds ratio for collisions. The two groups may have been different in terms of various relevant characteristics not evaluated. No separate analysis of catastrophic injuries was possible. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that, in skiers and snowboarders under 13 years of age, helmet use does not increase the incidence of cervical spine injury and does reduce the incidence of head injury requiring investigation and/or treatment. . The incidence, type, severity, and costs of crash-related injuries requiring hospitalization or resulting in death were compared for helmeted and unhelmeted motorcyclists. METHODS. This was a retrospective cohort study of injured motorcyclists in Washington State in 1989. Motorcycle crash data were linked to statewide hospitalization and death data. RESULTS. The 2090 crashes included in this study resulted in 409 hospitalizations (20%) and 59 fatalities (2.8%). Although unhelmeted motorcyclists were only slightly more likely to be hospitalized overall, they were more severely injured, nearly three times more likely to have been head injured, and nearly four times more likely to have been severely or critically head injured than helmeted riders. Unhelmeted riders were also more likely to be readmitted to a hospital for follow-up treatment and to die from their injuries. The average hospital stay for unhelmeted motorcyclists was longer, and cost more per case; the cost of hospitalization for unhelmeted motorcyclists was 60% more overall ($3.5 vs $2.2 million). CONCLUSIONS. Helmet use is strongly associated with reduced probability and severity of injury, reduced economic impact, and a reduction in motorcyclist deaths. etc etc.... So mandatory maybe not but you've got to be stupid not to wear one (very costly consequence for looking cool in my opinion, but that's just my opinion). Common sense....

Here are some hard data read at your leasure: Within the framework of a bicycle helmet research program, we have set up a database of bicycle accident victims, containing both accident and clinical data. The database consists of a consecutive series of 86 victims of bicycle accidents who underwent a neurosurgical intervention in our hospital between 1990 and 2000. Data were obtained from police files, medical records, computed tomography head scans and a patient questionnaire. In only three victims, the wearing of a helmet was documented. In this study, the head injuries are analysed and the relation between the different types of head injuries and outcome is assessed. Forty-four accidents were collisions with a motor vehicle and 42 accidents were falls. Most impacts occurred at the side (57%) or at the front (27%) of the head. The most frequent injuries were skull fractures (86%) and cerebral contusions (73%). Age was negatively correlated with outcome (P = 0.0002 ) and positively correlated with the number (P = 0.00002) and volume (P = 0.00005) of contusions and the presence of subdural haematomas (P = 0.000001). The injuries with the strongest negative effect on outcome were: subarachnoid haemorrhage (P = 0.000001), multiple (P = 0.000005) or large ( P 0.0007) contusions, subdural haematoma (P = 0.001) and brain swelling (P = 0.002). A significant coexistence of these four injuries was found. We hypothesise that in many patients the contusions may have been the primary injuries of this complex and should therefore be considered as a main injury determining outcome in this study. We believe that such findings may support a rational approach to optimising pedal cyclist head protection : On August 15, 1999, Louisiana's mandatory motorcycle helmet law was repealed. Our primary objective was to determine if the repeal resulted in an increase in motorcyclist morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the frequency of helmet use and morbidity and mortality before and after the repeal of the law. Fatality statistics for Louisiana were obtained through the National Highway Safety Traffic Association between 1994 and 2002. Injury statistics were totaled for motorcyclists admitted to Medical Center of Louisiana New Orleans during the same period of time. RESULTS: Statewide, helmet use decreased 21.2% (p < 0.001, chi-square) after repeal of the helmet law, while locally, helmet use decreased 34.7% (p < 0.001). Fatalities significantly increased after the repeal, both statewide (3.0%-3.9%, p < 0.05) and locally (3.8%-5.8%, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Motorcycle helmet use decreased significantly and motorcyclist fatality rates increased significantly after repeal of the Louisiana mandatory helmet law. On July 1 2000, the State of Florida exempted adult motorcyclist and moped riders from wearing helmets provided they have medical insurance of 10,000 US dollars. Monthly time series of motorcycle occupant deaths are examined from 1/1994 to 12/2001. The interrupted time series analysis estimates a 48.6% increase in motorcycle occupant deaths the year after the law change

If you live in a State/ Province/ Country that pays for your health care, it should be mandatory 'cause those injuries cost a lot to the system. The problem is that if you have a head injury and get killed that's pretty cheap, but generally you do not get killed. Vegetables are expensive!! On the other hand, if you pay for your health care out of your pocket, I could see you opposing them. That you are a veggie is then no longer anyone concern.... well except we don't like veggie carvers do we?

That's right. Most of the time you do not need the surgery if you can baby them for about 3 months (just enough to have the corner grown out). It takes about a year for that big toe nail to grow... Stick some cotton wedges to separate the nail from the skin. Cut the corner square and instead of into corner where they will cut the skin and let those lovely bugs living under your nails to infect the site. Patience and tender loving care. Remember to cut square. You should be done by the time the snow melts!!!

IF the terrain is mellow and you want to EURO carve all day for the chicks on mellow terrain- the Swoard is the board. If Eurocarving suits your style- ride the Swoard. IF you have the unfortnate occassion of spending $70 on a lift ticket and find yourself on narrow trails in the East on Frozen granular don't get even....get Madd. I found that Euro/EC works best on very steep slopes, not on mellow terrain. Even on steep icy slope around here, it still works. Hard to lay it down completely on mellow terrain if you are trying to link those EC turns. I would agree that EC does impress the younger "chicks" (not my wife somehow !!).:D