Chucklebeast

I dunno...I know I'm tripping, but they look thick to me. Not as far as bindings go, they look sleek, they do. But after 12 years of only riding plates I am scared to throw down $ on something I can't try. I have a bro with F2s and I will have to see if he will let me slice a few off on his board. It's just from when I was a kid, I would take brand new surfboards and literally dent the hell out out the decks where my feet would go, so as to lower my center of gravity and be down in the ditch on my ride. Tough habits to break, especially when I can't afford to brake myself...

Sweet thanks, I will check them out. I do like a flexible binding between a stiff board and boot, but that inherently brings risk of breakage, with my carbon-fiber ones as back ups and more of a show piece as I know they are bound to explode one cold day. Thanks for the tip. Aluminum flexs, right? ;)

Only happened once, and it was a silly big air where I overshot the tranny. I just can't ride up off of the deck from all my years of surfing, it just feels too weird, so I'll stick to the ground and my race plates. Unless there is a low profile step in I'm unaware of?

BTW where is that? Looks as dry as it's been here, we just got a nice shot though and even though the trees aren't open yet, I'm going for some exercise today and a condition check. Carve tomorrow if it firms up enough:1luvu:

I was messing around in the park on my Donek 175 Twombley and when I came down from a jump and bent the tail of my board so much as to pop out of my rear binding. I keep my plates tight and have never come undone before, so I didn't even know it until I turned(or tried to...), and nearly got run over by a monstrous skier!!! Whew, glad he had skills and swooped around my silly ass :)

Excellent! [rubs hands together in delight]

I don't think he was asking what you call what he did, but if in fact "submerining" was a word??? Works for me, though Webster may say otherwise ;')

What type of top sheet is that? is it carbon fiber? a few more weeks and I'll have the dough, but I'm curious about the too flexy part of your statement. I have yet to ride a metal board and don't really need to absorb chop(my knees do that) but prefer snap...is this what you mean? I have already broken in my 175 Olympic construction and am looking for some snap..or just something more difficult to ride, is that crazy or what? Maybe the question is is this your first metal board too...I'm scared to throw down a full G on something I may not like, but this is a tempting way to buy metal...let a guy know what the feel is. Thanks a bunch and I'm not jerking you, I'm in the market, I just don't really know what I want I guess...C.

white=soft black=hard, or harder...still flexy ps riding burton plates since 99', now called Ibex...but now that company is defunct and I'm unsure of any future production of this design, anyone know? Last I heard y'all bought the last of Chris' plates? Maybe I need to buy another set...for posterity ;)

I have to agree that the ultra rigid bindings nowadays are just a bit much and seem more like overkill than just a secure way to clamp your fleshy foot to a flexible board...jmho

dang, I have been dropping my knees deep toward the deck loving the rebounds and now I just cant afford to buy another one..stop scaring me, LOL! Cause that is allot of board bucks down the snow-hole...sorry to share your pain.

Agreed, still have yet to try a true shovel nose, but my 08' Donek FC twombly model shames all my older boards anywhere on the hill, it will just do anything! Chux

that WAS a spanking new base, what a bummer friend, as I recall those priors are big $$$ and take a while to get a hold of? I wonder if the greater torsional forces(wider board twists more than narrower of equal flex?) that are "absorbed" by the dampening systems and thus creating a crumple zone, like in modern autos? Hopefully if that is the case it wasn't intentionally created like those in my Jeep, cause that would be just mean!

you'll be having fun, no worries, tinker time is upon us!!! Hope your lungs are race fit :')

Santa's not real? Bummer, I thought he was just late with my new Donek....