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My guess is that it is because of the narrover axle spacing on the 4x4 plate vs UPM. I had one of the first variations of doneks plate and it was to soft for 4x4 spacing so it bent forward over the front foot. The Bomber plate was stiffer and moved the axles further apart and worked despite the narrower spacing but with the negatives of a stiff plate. The first apex UPM which I still ride has a small amount of bending forward which you can feel when riding one footed depending on your foot placements over axles. It also bends in the middle until it cracks. I had to fix mine and installed bumpers under toe and heel like the never Apex plates. So from that I would say that if your front foot/binding ends up too far forward over the front axle you want bumpers up front. The 4x4 limitations in axle witdh might make the bumpers under toe and heel less important on the 4x4 vs UPM but might anyways be needed depending on hardware/plate?

Another cameo :D https://www.instagram.com/p/B5j38_5oyrs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Surprised i managed it aswell I think the explanation is that i am twisting going from toeside to heelside because of not wanting to end up in the trees So much of the momentum is towards the camera and the nose is just scraping snow until the edge gets enough grip. Also the hill goes from crest to quite steep so the pressure on the nose seems to be decreasing from pic 2 to 3.

More spray or trying a bit to hard

When i rode softboots i forced the knee inwards on heelsides. It was the way i found out worked to get the hip over the board for heelsides with the low angles. Never felt any problem with the knees. More that the gear i was using was inadequate. Might not have been correct but it was before youtube etc. and worked.

The riding looks solid but when comparing your video with videos of riding i'd want to imitate it looks too controlled or easy. I want more speed, more fall line (less carving across the hill), more power, less static riding the turn until speed bleeds out and faster edge changes. When you achieve this you are probably a world cup rider but anyways

So board arrived, a little narrow waist for my taste, 196 mm or something. Looks like 0,5 mm titanal. No more inserts, just regular ones (the magnet trick doesn't work on any of my boards...) So looks like it's the older version (2016?) and the never ones got allflex inserts. Looks like a bargain.

Have not received the board yet. Hopefully there is snow left

I have a ++ model, Like it in powder but the lack of edge in the nose makes me fall on my ass going of the lift and it behaves somewhat nervous when carving it. My old F2 eliminator and Tanker carves much better.

Any chance of more inserts hiding under the topsheet? The raceboars was obviously using allflex and also had a 5x2 insert pack on the pictures i have found. And then there's the "non race" which have 6x2 inserts?

Some more info

Just bought the board of Ebay. Can't find much info. Seems to be a modern shape and there seems to be titanal in it according to the internet. http://i-carve.com/elan_ballistic_sl

Some might have seen that the plate in question was cracked in several places. Anyways now its somewhat reparied and the duckbill is cut. No patience to make it look good.

Hopefully resolved