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The real binding angle is more than front?

Thank for the feedback. When I took it to Snowshoe's banks, I felt that too. But I don't think the behavior is not from it is too stiff but because of its 5mm taper. BX-ing is all about acceleration out of turns with fast base. In order to accelerate the D.O. in the bank, I had to press down base (not edge) and wait & release to: 1. eliminate hooking by geometry of the board, 2. bring out the acceleration by tail stiffness. As you know, recent BX boards have much larger SCR (ex. +15 m) and good 20mm taper so that it doesn't loose speed. That's why I said the D.O. is more of carving deck than BX. Just want to clarify. Please change your riding as I mentioned and see how it ride. BTW, great review~

Good to see you back Pietro, Have you used RC-8 boots with soft springs for POW condition? I have been on the boots for few years and loved its versatility for chopped and bumpy conditions too with hard springs. Now, I wonder if I could ride them on pow with soft springs. (One boots to do all. . )

Flow XL bindings got traded for another bindings that I wanted to try. Awesome!

Thanks barryj, I didn’t checked them and the demo is already wrapped and ready to be shipped to CO so.. As Don replied, assume the factory setting. Since my test conditions were not anywhere close to feel the difference, I didn’t care. Look forward your feedback

Hi Johan, Long time no see. Quiet opposite. I got the setup this season and was able to test many softboot carving boards with these. I like this combo (not super stiff but stiff enough) but I couldn't get used to Flow's fusion bindings even after days of riding. Thinking to try different boots and conventional bindings for next season.

Not really. I asked Flow what size of the bindings I should get for 10.5 or 11 and they recommended XL. So did a lot of Flow users and also in @svr here. After experiencing myself, if I went with size large, it would be much hard to put in and out.

I got this combo this season to test softboot carving specific boards. The combo has been ridden less than 8 half-days. They're in excellent condition. See photos. 2017 Burton Driver X: 10.5 US, with Superfeet Redhot footbed - SOLD 2017 Flow NX2 XL - TRADED

Of course! Please arrange a date & time with Lance. More reviews from different riders are better so that the builder, Shane Kang, can incorporate them for future build! The demo should be available for next weekend.

Thanks. I decided to send it to where snow condition is still good to test it properly. By the way, the 3D risers that I first made haven’t tested and needs at least 2 different length screws due to lifted & canted. If u don’t mind, I can send them to you. PM me.

Alloy D.O. 161 Review I got a 161 Alloy Demo from Don (@Alloy USA) and have ridden it at Snowshoe, WV past 3 days. It rained & fogged most of the 3 days with temperature range between 30-50’F so the condition was pretty bad . On top of that, it was heavily fogged that I couldn't see 100 feet ahead most of the time. In the morning, the groomed surface was frozen but by 10 am, it got melted and become soft loose granular. I rode with Burton Driver X on Flow NX2. First, Appearance: Nice looking deck it is. Finish is gorgeous. The Pyramid 3D core is something I have seen from F2 consox or Virus's butterfly (Zylon) but different. By the design, the middle waist toward edge areas are thinner and insert areas are higher. The carbon topsheet is beautifully covered the entire board. Its base is harder and absorbed wax a lot. It has about 12mm camber and its highest in between front inserts and middle of the board. The nose is angled hammerhead and effective edge is quiet long (according to spec. sheet 1415mm for 161). Photos were taken on the day that I arrived (almost evening time), which was good for test. Then, it got warmed and rained next 3 days. Bummer... Flex: It is one stiff board, as stiff as my F2 Carbon Eliminator, but has more rebound when it was pressed. I compared it with my re-issued Madd 158 (red sidewall, stiffer than green sidewall and has about 18mm camber) and it was as stiff as the Madd. Ride: I rode it every trail from green to black diamond. As it has unusually large (for softboot deck) sidecut (11m) on nose, it turned as its specifications at slow speed. But its VSR (11-9-10.5) made it easy to turn without much effort. Since Snowshoe has a lot of narrow leading trails (green), I had to engage middle edge fast to turn it tight at slow speed. With 5mm taper, it seems like to finish turn but I tend to finish a turn early for speed anyway. The little longer sidecut on the tail and its stiffness was surely made it accelerate at the end of each turn, even on the poor snow condition. Also, it rode much longer. I didn't feel that I need longer board (most of my BX decks were +165) When I opened it up and rode on edge, this thing alive. At high speed, it was very stable. Definitely felt like riding full metal layer(s) board. It slashed pile of corn/slush snow without wobbles. It gave me a lot of confident to even ride faster. So, I did. I brought it to Cup Run (1.5 mile black diamond wide trail) and angulated a lot. On the middle of a toeside turn, snow caught real boot and threw me forward good 3-4m, like a nose-dive. Definitely it was caused by 27/9 stance angle with 10.5 boots. So, next day, changed it to 36/27 and was able to layout without the catching the boot on toeside turns. Edge hold was exceptional. I usually have few wipeouts on heelside turn on softboot boards but I didn’t experienced it with D.O. It could be my relatively not-pushing-hard due to its condition but I think its consistent stiffer flex and its SCRs were right on for my 185 lbs. Since the snow condition was hard to test its rebound, I took it to park and rode on few banks and kickers. When it is pressed and released on kicker, it surely had good amount of rebound to launch me to air more than what I expected. On bank turns, when the board was bent and released, it definitely accelerated me to next turn. I tried to do some buttering but it was too stiff for the hold the buttering for any longer than 1 second. As I'm not used to do those and knowing its stiffness, I didn't keep trying. All in all, this Alloy D.O. felt like an alpine board. Stiff, all cambered, much longer effective edge (than usual softboot deck), and very stable. I rode it with mixing Madd boards (158 & 170) and flex was very similar and so was edge hold. Of course, I made much sharp and fast transited trenches with the Madd(s) but I had to work it a lot for the poor condition. This D.O. could be very well suited for softbooter who wants to carve like alpine snowboard but with softboots. Unlike other softboot 'carving' specific decks, It's flex and riding characteristics are very like alpine snowboard. Alloy advertise D.O. for carving and border crossing. I felt it's more for carving than BX, due to its characteristic of finishing a turn) Few things that I would like to be changed (just personal). First, it's too narrow for US 10.5 size boots. I usually runs on 27F/9R so that switch or other tricks are easier to do. If then the width of the board should be at least 26.5 cm. Secondly, I like how it rides but tad (just a little) softer on nose would be better to play around. Anyway, I'm very impressed with this D.O. If a wider version comes out next season, my search for softboot carving specific snowboard would be ended for good.

Semi-hammerhead (14-15 model) makes this one more versatile than hammerhead models. Liked it a lot for its liveness than WC model. Base 1 and side 3, As shown in photos, very clean and beautifully maintained. Spec and description: http://f2-alpine-snowboards.weebly.com/f2-eliminator-carbon.html SOLD

Mord from Game of Thornes http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Mord

Here is my first try. For my usual 27/9 stance angle, Red: Front 27 degree twist, 3 degree toe lift, 3 degree inward cant Black: Real 9 degree twist, 3 degree heel lift, 3 degree inward cant Length (per plate): 245 mm, Width: 130 mm at top plane and 100 mm at bottom, Height; 18.5 mm Weight (both): 248 g

Donek will be at Copper with a ton of demo boards from 3/31 to 4/7. Take advantage of that.

Now 2 day before the storm arrives. now it seems Northern VA will get much more than WV. I'll be at Snowshoe from 3/26th - 30th with kids. Mainly, I will ride alpine snowboard(s), along with Alloy D.O. 161 demo. If anyone can join during the time, let me know.

2017-18 Burton Driver X 10.5 US BSL = 30.8 cm

I hope the "MK" doesn't ride like the Mazda 3

2017-18 Burton Driver X 10.5 boots: 12 & 1/8" = 308 mm

Hope this happens but I know 7-10 day forecast in Mid Atlantics is useless.

Hey Gerald, As always, your riding put smiles on my face. So much fun~. Awesome video! Oh.. I saw Kotnik applauded you too. :)

Sent PM few days ago.

Dumping at Snowshoe....they got 55" over last 7 days, , while Snowtime resorts got nothing. I am heading to Snowshoe with family at the end of this month for a week. Their closing date is 4/1 but it may will be extended with all the snow they got.

I recently switched to Driver X (17-18) from Ion boots (14-15) Both broke in pretty quickly even though I only ride softboots few days per season. For me, Driver X boots are stiffer.

@erazz which Flux model did you get?