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  5. How to know if a board is too stiff

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    6 minutes ago, bigwavedave said:

    If the waist is 20cm it's likely a stock board or custom for a larger racer/rider. You're on the very low end of the wt range for that.

    Yeah according to the kessler website I'm right at around 30% the weight range for this size board

    Does this necessarily mean it's a bad board though?

  8. Setting up a new board with lifts in bindings

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    1 minute ago, Tddragon said:

    You just have to experiment and see what works best for you. For example i like 3/3 but getting a 6 degree disk for front just to try it out. Played around with binding angles a bunch aswell before settling on 60/55. Also was told i dont need cant at 60/55 but still trying it out to see what feels best. 
     

    all the advice is just a starting point for trial and error. Only you will know what works well for you:)

    I first started on a 3/6 degree lift setup and found that to be too aggressive over the front taking a lot of weight off the tail of the board. Then I switched it around to a 6/3 setup which felt alot better especially having 60/55 angles coming from a 55/55 angle. The only problem with the 6/3 setup was that it felt like it put me a little more up right and made it feel like I had to push harder to get on my toes, basically made the board feel like it could only handle bigger turns. So now switching to flats today, I felt like I could evenly move my body around to get it to where I needed it so I could either be aggressive in shorter turns and a little more relaxed on bigger turns.

    any advice/experience helps to figure out how to get rid of leg burn!

  10. Setting up a new board with lifts in bindings

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    17 hours ago, Tddragon said:

    I had knee pain with 0/0. Had 3/3 now also with td3 bindings and upz boots - and feels great. Went with stance length that's based on measuring from floor to center of knee cap and that's been perfect. Tried shorter and longer and hated it 🙂

    Oh also tried 45/45 binding angles and felt twisted during turn initiation. Changed to 60/55 and felt much better. 

     

    Ymmv:)

    Good advice! Lately I've been using a 55/55. Is there a difference if you pit the front at a higher angle?

  19. Setting up a new board with lifts in bindings

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    Hi all, coming from a smaller than normal board (153) with flat binding that I ran 57/57 on and now on a 162 kessler. I'm 5'9. did a 55/55 3 degree toe lift front and 6 degree heel lift on td2 bindings with normal centered set stance. I set it up today and thought It would feel better and took and run and felt that I was so far forward to the point where I normally get forward aggressive to make turns that I would have no control of tail of board. What can I do to improve this??

  21. UPZ RC10 vs Deeluxe Track 700

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    On 12/15/2020 at 4:21 PM, queequeg said:

    I never touch  the spring adjustment, as your only option is tightening and this effectively reduces the range over which the cuff can move which will lead to distorting the shell when you want to press beyond that limit. I use the different stiffness tongues to adjust boot stiffness, and liner options of course. I ride with the soft red tongues when I am on my off-piste board, and the stiff grey tongues when carving.

    Regarding lift: I run nearly flat on both feet with the UPZ. Just a teensy amount of toe lift on the front foot but flat otherwise. I used to run a big gas-pedal setup but in retrospect, running flat or close to it seems to work much better for me.

    So with that said basically you don't adjust the lift in the back by the spring? Just clarifying?

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