Corey

Do you like to go fast or slow? Big arcs or tight ones? That'll help with board selection. I was in exactly your shoes a while ago. I never looked back once on a hardboot board! It's just high performance equipment with the sole purpose of turning hard, so it's VERY good at that. It can make the most of a short run. @trent - you out there? MN rider who'd probably love some tips!

Tell me your age without telling me your age...

Call? Bruce is a one-man show, emails can get missed. And, his info@coiler email can't receive messages from my Yahoo email. (I know, who uses Yahoo mail?) Another option was that you emailed him so much that he's annoyed at you. Don't do that.

OMG, that's perfect!

Also sight down the board edge. Look for kinks especially near the binding areas. Kink = dead, no matter how slight.

So get it made with a 20cm waist. That's what I did. It won't be called an MK any more because that width/topsheet/etc is all locked to the MK name. Same board though. Donek also put rounded nose and tail on mine, at my request. Sean can do anything you can think of! Why not add UPM, Allflex, Visit, Snowstick, and split board mounts to it while you're in there? I prefer a Coiler Angry for all-day riding. There's something smoother and more relaxing about the Angry with only a tiny bit larger turning radius. But the MK is a frantic ride that's a real treat when I'm in the right mood. BTW, you can ride an MK all day. What doesn't work is when you try to do high-energy minimum-radius turns continuously. That'll test your fitness on any board, but the performance of the MK seems to encourage it.

Life hack time: Like Neil said above - try leaving the intec handle inside the pants. Even with huge mittens for -40 riding, I can still grab the handle through the pants. It's a different feeling, but you don't need much pull to release an intec. Reduces snow in the pants and looks less like a colostomy bag allowance.

I'm always leery when someone claims to have found a secret that fixes all problems. He's certainly enthusiastic! Unrelated: I've never seen any proof that Joe Rogan actually exists.

Note that this is 20 years old and should be priced accordingly. Like a price tag with 2 digits. He could have fun, so go for it!

I go with something that fits me, waterproof, breathable, is on the discount rack, and no pockets or seams on the left hip or right thigh. Then I spray Plasti-Dip on the knee areas to make them last longer.

I came across this article, suggesting that research encourages some aerobic activity to help concussion recovery: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-bed-rest-concussion-recovery.html There was a more complete article I saw some time ago, but I can't find it now.

Slow and steady. The goal is to ride for years into the future, not like this is your last season. Patience will yield great results.

Choose the one that sparks joy. LOL, it doesn't really matter, so pick the baseplate direction that makes it easier to access the 3 bolts once the toe and heel blocks are in place. Oh, and I've found that sometimes the toe/heel boots can be a little long, which causes weird stresses if they hit the cant rings. I file down the long ones.

LOL! It's clearly a parody, with kayaks and tubes mixing with skis and snowboards. But yeah, that's a big no for me.

Very cool!

Go tighter and then loosen the bails in the lugs by 1 or 2 turns. You shouldn't be able to see visible threads. If you can, then go to the looser position and thread the lugs on further.

Caution for blocks: make sure they're not touching when the boot is in and clamped. That'll put a bending stress in the bail that will lead to a quick failure. Some kind of bungie cord/tube would be better.

Meh, SBX is not hardbooting and it's designed to favor speed maintenance/gain over rollers. The banked turns are technical in their own way. It's a different style of riding and the equipment has developed to match. I took a Donek Sabre SRT (I think?) out for a test ride in Aspen, maybe 10 years ago. I promptly fell on my face in the first turn. It doesn't turn tight; it's made to ride the banks and hold speed with a large sidecut and special flex pattern. A very specialized tool for a specialized job. I didn't enjoy it at all! Sean laughed and said it's not meant for freecarving.

I had this same problem for a long time! This! The wording that clicked for me was to imagine feeding your board under a door with your feet. Not moving your body back, but moving your feet forward. The timing changes with the turn radius - with a long slow movemt for large turns and a quick movement when making short turns. Experiment to feel the effect. Start with the board positioned back with your weight forward, end with the board ahead with your weight back. One other thought: make sure you're not being static through the turn. Keep moving slightly so your legs aren't just holding a set angle. Note: I think all of the above should be ignored on a Thirst or a Contra. They want less front-back shifting. Some? None? I don't know, I'll leave that to someone else to speak about.

Beautiful turns!

First thing: You're near a very densely populated area; just North of Toronto. Find a fellow Torontonian! Most hardboot riders would eagerly help a beginner. An afternoon of tips is worth its weight in gold! A Coiler AM is a fantastic purchase. I routinely ride a 10-year-old AM (with the same XT sidecut) as a favourite board. Some people love narrow boards, some love wider. You won't know until you do it for a while. 18 is commonly considered narrow, 22 is wide. That's slightly narrower than average.

Just a low daily fee to access groomed runs. Shallow groom is typical here. They don't want to pull up the dirt that's shockingly close!

I'm late, but you can sometimes jam a screwdriver along one of the flats to help hold the shaft. Angle grinders can fix many issues though. New ones have hex keys on both sides.

That's an interesting idea! It probably would work.

Wait, you purposefully chose that fabric pattern?!?