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  1. Who rides both, hard boot and soft

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    I bought a pair of Burton Driver-X boots a few years back for 60% off of new but haven't gotten around to using them yet. Perhaps this season I will if I can find some good bindings to mount on the Prior ATV. I've been following the splitboard forums and they seem to like the Drivers for their stiffness too.

    :biggthump on the Burton Driver-X. My favorite soft boots until I switched to hard boots. They are definitely stiff enough to carve.

  2. Have you ever bagged it after two runs?

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    BTW, I was going to go up this weekend, probably to the same place as you, Sultan Guy (Stevens Pass?) but pre-bagged it because of the weather reports. I figured it was going to suck but I never guessed it would suck that bad. Wednesday is looking good though.

    Nate- I tried to PM you but your mail settings are turned off. Send me an email so we can connect up at Stevens sometime.

  6. To self tune or not ?

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    So here is an issue that most everyone on this forum has to deal with. Do you invest in a full set of tuning tools and learn yourself or just pay a good local shop to keep your board in top shape? At the moment all I have is an old crappy $5 house iron I bought used and some wax scrapers.

    Looking through the Tongar catalog I am overwhelmed at the vast selection and cost of a full on tuning setup. $$ :eek:

    Is there an intermediate approach that makes sense?

  7. Suggestions on my setup

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    Wow...what a difference a few small changes can make.

    I moved both bindings forward a quarter of an inch or one slot in the TD3 plus added a 3 degree toe cant disk on my front foot instead of the zero.

    Way easier to intiate the toeside, and I could stay lower longer with less effort. A real eye opener for how small changes can have a huge effect.

  12. What will you spend on a board?

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    I work in the paddlesports industry for a company that manufactures high end composite kayak paddles in the United Sates. We successfully compete with Asian based brands with higher quality, better design, materials that are not readily available in Asia, and outstanding customer service.

    Chris and Sean have many similar challenges to us but can and do stand above the crowd. I will gladly pay a bit more for a high end snowboard made by a smaller company if I feel it performs better.

    My problem is that I am new and have only tried a few boards so don't really know how much I would pay, but if I rode a board that significantly helped my learning curve I think I would be happy paying a lot! :D

  15. Suggestions on my setup

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    OK, I have spent many hours on this forum reading different setup questions and have read all of Jack's excellent stuff but since I am all alone on the mountain and am new, I thought that some fellow bombers can give me some advice.

    I am riding a Prior 174 4WD with TD3's mounted centered in a 19.75" stance. Front angle is 50 and rear 45. Rear heel cant is 3 inline with my foot and 0 front cant. Boot size is 28. 6 feet tall 32" inseam.

    I am getting some pretty decent heel side carves but am struggling to get the toe side to initiate. I have tried Jack's suggestions of dropping the hips and that helps but it is still difficult. It seems like many people have moved their bindings forward somewhat to help this issue. I have them centered on the insert pattern.

    Does anyone have some experience with this board model?

    Suggestions for how much forward to move my bindings?

    Or perhaps I just need to get better at dropping my hips...:)

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  17. feet hurt... suggestions?

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    I also have a fairly new pair of T700's and despite having a good bootfitter form my liners with footbeds I get a little bit of foot pain. I am still playing with the tighness of the various buckles to figure out what amount is the best. Try and go as loose as you can without causing any heel lift.

    If you have one spot that is a problem a good shop can fix that by shaping and grinding.

  18. Favorite wax for carving

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    I have limited experience with the huge variety of wax types that are available and tried a few on an all mountain type board in the past.

    Has anyone found a particular type of wax that works better for carving?

    I was especially thinking of which waxes last longer on hard pack. :rolleyes:

  23. WA State opening soon...

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    It looks like Mt. Baker is opening Thursday the 12th and hopefully Stevens Pass the week after. I already have my pass for Stevens and am craving to carve! Just got started last April and it was so much fun. Can't wait. Stoked!

    Love to hook up with some other hard booters this season.

  24. Chronicles of the Happy Fun Plate at the Bomber Factory

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    silver texalium which is a material which is similar to carbon fiber in strength and lightness but uses glass fibers which are power coated with aluminum

    another reference-Compared to graphite, it's more durable. Compared to fiberglass, it's lighter.

    I have worked in the composites world of sporting goods for over 20 years and have much experience with Texallium. This material is just basic E-glass(fiberglass) that has been specially coated with aluminum powder to give it a cool appearance. Originally developed in France for the ski industry. Not any stronger or better then other woven fiberglass just high tech looking. UV and salt water exposure are two weak points.

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