Corey

If nothing else, I now realize how mainstream board prices have climbed. Custom boards are looking better and better!

My biggest prep is making sure I have everything. I have a note in Google Keep Notes with all my stuff listed. Easy to run through the night before to make sure you don't forget gloves or something silly. Then remember to set an alarm!

This is the biggest struggle in alpine. It's a steep learning curve that can sometimes be painful. If there are any bootfitters or even hardbooters near you, that can cut out a fair bit of time, pain, and money. I think a good ski boot fitter should be completely comfortable with an alpine hardboot. You can do it yourself if you're handy and willing to experiment, can listen to your own body well, and are patient.

Not recently. Some people struggle with knowing the difference between "climate" and "weather". Cue cries of "where's your global warming now?!?" on any cold day. This name change helped clarify that. Not much, but a little.

No worries thanks!

Anyone able to meet @CB Utah in Denver next week to pick up a board for me and then carry it to MCC?

Don't be bringing facts into this!

Awesome! Chock full of Fin's humor from start to finish!

Wow, that's a very smooth application with no trapped bubbles! Any special skills needed to pull that off? Smear it on with a spatula and it'll self level? It appears the PMC-770 is much more viscous than the Econ 60 or 80 that @Technick used, which probably makes for an easier application.

Looks great!

@Technick Would you be able to to share any info or tips on this? Or a link to someone's guide or something? Some of the Virus guys I met at Aspen had amazing smooth and clear rubber coatings on parts of their gear but the language barrier prevented much knowledge transfer. I've used Shoe Goo but it's too stiff for mitts or clothes and it's really tough to apply smoothly. PlastiDip applies very easily for clothes but isn't durable enough for mitts/gloves on cold/hard snow. Thanks!

This is a common formal greeting in India.

Yes, reverse kingpin for front, traditional for rear. This is not a board for speed demons!

Super sketchy. If you're going to respond, do it from a burner email. Note that you're BCCed, like the 100 other recipients that they mined somewhere.

This is a pretty wild deal: https://www.boutiqueadrenaline.com/products/69861-santa-cruz-carver-wave-dot-cut-back?variant=45437579919634 I just got mine and am really impressed for under $175 Canadian with taxes and shipping to my door. This popped up in an ad and I took a chance. Shipping took 2 days across 2 provinces. They have some other Santa Cruz & Carver collaboration boards on clearance too, but this one had the tighter-turning CX trucks. No affiliation, etc.

Wow, clever idea! I jammed a little flat-head screwdriver in the gap around the flats on the old design, that was just enough to break it free. Freezing is very smart! The new design lug shafts have hex fittings on both ends.

Ok, the cheap pintail was just that, cheap. More maneuverable, but weird concave, etc. Enter the Globe All-Time plus Waterborne, watching a few how-to-surfskate videos, and a couple of hours of practice and we get this: Sure feels like a MK on meth. I'm starting to think this same thing, but the Waterborne lets you add a cheap adapter to any board and play with it. Granted, I've now spent more than the price of a Carver with these experiments, but I'm having fun trying different stuff!

Maybe it's for the plastic dry slope stuff? Sandboarding?

Exactly this! Losing a board to theft is something you don't forget. The tiny inconvenience is dwarfed by that memory, so I lock every time. Except at MCC. Doing something different than the majority is good for security as well. Any thief knows exactly how to break/cut the mass-market locks, anything different gives them pause.

That's awesome! The photography and the turns!

Amen to this. I buckle my boots a few lift towers before the top, step in as the board touches snow, and go. At one local hill, I'll clip in and immediately jump off a side berm and straight into the run. If you go down the ramp, you had to skate back to the start of the run. Stupid hill design, but it is what it is. The shorter your runs are, or the more times you're in and out, the more benefits step-ins have. If I only rode places with vertical listed in thousands of feet, I'd explore toe clips. Clipping in/out every 7-8 minutes gets old fast.

What's the modern equivalent of the old Silverfish forums? I learned a lot on there. I've had a Loaded Vanguard, Roe Racing Triton, and a no-name pintail with Waterborne Surf Adapters. I'm loving the Waterborne and am trying them on a shorter pintail this summer. I might also try them on my old vintage 80's Skull Skates board for a laugh. All flatland (where I live!) and low speeds for me, so the super-turny Waterborne seems to be just what I wanted.

Also, many people compare those that are among the best at their chosen style with intermediate riders doing the style they don't like. This validates that it's hard to be really good at either skill, not that your favorite style is "better". That EC Stoked video 100% got me into hardboots! I can't do it, but they make it look so fluid and fun!

I was able to pull mine completely apart with hand pressure only. It takes surprisingly little force to slip past those little plastic tabs. Maybe the design has changed in the last 10 years since I did this, but I doubt it.

Heelside 360! And I love the groomer ball slough pelting Martina!