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i had quite a bit of gilmour bias. I never measured it, but to give you an idea, my rear boot had about 1/4-1/2 inch toe over hang and more or less the same for heel overhang front boot. My boots are pretty much centered now.

Can you fix the picture? I might be interested.

@piusthedrcarve so it is safe to assume you did not like soft boot carving? What was your experience?

i have been to JH twice, before i discovered hardboots. I wasn't nearly as proficient as i am now, but i had a blast exploring the entire mountain. Sure, there are a few traverses and cat tracks that can be dicey, but nothing too serious. There are definitely some good carving runs there. I remember the runs off of the casper (i think) being awesome. And on one day, i just lapped the runs off of the gondola.

So what exactly happened to bomber? Any chance we will ever be able to buy new Sidewinders again?

I'll add my .02 cents here, i just got back from another aspen trip. I made a few changes with regards to bias that seems to have helped me quite a bit. Mainly, i completely eliminated gilmour bias. This made a huge difference for me. i just centered the boots more or less like beckmann describes. This was my tweaking progression on my second and last trip of the season. 1. swtiched from 3/3 degrees toe/heel lift to 6/3 degrees toe/heel lift - resulted in a more neutral relaxed stance on board. much easier to engage edge and transition for and aft pressure throughout the carve 2. Eliminated gilmour bias and adjusted boots like beckmann recommends. - this i feel made the biggest difference. my heel side carves felt way better and locked in. 3. Reduced stance width to about 18" down from 19.2ish. - This was the final nail in the configuration. After this last change, i feel completely relaxed while riding and my back knee is no longer fighting the board (or wathever the heck it was fighting). I had some of the best carving of my life and for the first time i could feel the board and experiment with weight shifting technique and earlier angulation. All of these changes were done one at a time with a full day of riding in between changes. Upz boots size 27 with td3 sidewinders. Coiler nirvana energy with 20 waist 10.9ish vsr 60f55r angles. I also had a custom footbed created earlier in the season and my boots were widened. It's amazing how well you can carve when your feet don't hurt and you have the proper setup. It could probably be tweaked some more but i feel my setup is now 95% perfect. not sure if it's worth chasing the last 5%.

Hmmm, this could be a good beater board. How does this compare to a energy nirvana? Also, possible dibs if still available.

So which surefoot model liner have you guys used? Curious in case i decide to go this route

how are the resorts around the keystone area doing? I'm in the process of booking another trip for the week after the 16th of march and debating if i should do aspen or stay at keystone and drive to check out a few resorts. Thoughts?

Yeah that's one option i'm considering. Just staying in denver and renting a car. That way i can visit a few resorts throughout the week. I'm just worried about CO getting a dump and having to drive with all season tires.

I'm in the process of booking another CO trip for mid march. Right now i'm thinking of just doing aspen again since conditions appear to have improved. I'm not from the area. I was considering beavercreek, but lodging makes it prohibitively expensive. Thoughts?

I found a seller. Thanks for the PM's!

Is this a joke? i'll trade you for a bomber leash.

Well, i was actually thinking of basically printing the actual disk, or a shim for the disk, but i now realize it's probably not a good idea to sandwich plastic in between metal. I guess i'll just have to deal with my 3 degree disks for now. Or switch to f2 bindings.

Would any of you be able to design some wedges for the td3 disks? I'm currently stuck with 3 degree disks and i'm looking for a 6 degree. I can't order from bomber and nobody has a spare set to sell me. Ideally, i would love to be able to just stick 1 degree wedges on top of the base plate. Shouldn't be too hard to design. Maybe even just 3d scan it? Thoughts? Send me a PM if you can do this. I'm willing to pay.

:-(

I know this isn't the place for this thread, but i'm not getting any traction on the WTB forum. If anyone has a 6 degree td2/3 disk, i'm willing to pay you to part ways with it. PM me.

My 6 degree cant disk must have gotten lost during the last move. I'm pretty sure i need one for my front binding to compensate for the excessive ramp angle of the UPZ boots. I will buy this asap. PM if you have 1 or two to spare. I'll even consider buying a set of bindings if they include the disks.

For those of you that take care of your own edges, what tools do you use? What should i buy? Links and suggestions appreciated.

That is quite the bleak outlook. I can spin it the opposite way and go with the glass half full approach; people that are most likely to attend future Expression Sessions are the folks that were here this year, AND those that weren't. Those that attended most likely don't mind the effort and cost associated with attending. (It's all relative). Regardless of the conditions this year, people will be willing to attend next year. People understand that this season has been mediocre, so far, but that does not mean next year will be the same. People are probably giddy with excitement about next year. Fin does not decide where the sport goes and i'm sure there are plenty of competent people that can run the business. We are not falling or near Critical Mass. This is just starting. Let's instead focus on the awesome parts of this session. We got to carve with awesome people. We all improved our carving ability. (corey's awesome clinic) We pissed off some skiers. We left trenches. We ate good food and were in good company. TL;DR - Just because this was a mediocre season and few people chose to attend the UNOFFICIAL session doesn't mean the sport is dying. Your perception is not someone else's reality. :-)

Here's a video i shot with my iphone of Mario followed by Corey on his MK. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f3rn2hOs2I4

Awesome. Sounds like i need to check out BC. How are conditions in march, on average?

If anyone has a spare gopro hero 3 charging cable that you are willing to sell, please bring it to slow grooving. It looks like this. Type a to mini-b

This sounds good to me. Corey, maybe you can put this schedule on the first post of this thread and keep it updated there? Just a thought.

Well, it looks like snow is still lacking, but at least a lot more terrain is open and looking at the groom report, a fair amount of runs are groomed on every mountain. So it should still be a good time. I arrive friday Night. Anybody currently there? Can you report on the conditions?