Colozeus
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Read Two Raven's post. Excellent write up that deserves 'Sticky' on BOL. 'Pressing down' is the key to bend a board. BTS will allow you more easily to press down. Her 'Knee-Knee-Hip-Tuck' drill will lead you how to press it correctly.
Hoped to meet you at slopes but didn't work out. If we get colder weather one more time, I may go up again, but not optimistic at this point.
Awesome deck you got. As Big Canuck said, widen your stance little bit to have more freedom on rear leg. O
Gotcha. Will read that post and also widen my stance. I'm looking at bts springs right now, will probably order them.
Yeah, i'm actually very depressed that our season is coming to an end. I just want to hibernate until the next season. I might do a seven springs trip next week since it looks like they will have more snow friendly temps.
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I'm an intermediate carver but I keep my boots in walk mode all the time.
Interesting. Perhaps i should invest in the Bomber bts kit.
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Just accidentally hit my back button and what was a very detailed post will be a bit more concise now. *sigh*
New board, coiler EC 165 6.5 Stiffness +5 decamber 9-12 vsr.
Took it out on friday and it was a very awkward first experience. Basically it felt like i couldn’t turn the board at all. Probably because i’m used to more of a soft boot setup with 30f 20r angles. I ended up doing a few runs, and by the end of the day i could do some ok rotational carves at lower speeds on a mild blue. But only after i had my rear boot in walk mode. Here is my setup
track 325t mondo 26
td2
50f 45R 3 degrees cant in rear
17” stance
Thoughts? I know the stance is quite narrow. I usually ride 18.5 on my soft setups. And i can carve really well in them. (rossi templar magtek 153. Soft boots are K2 Maysis DB, an awesome soft boot)
I’m probably just not use to such a stiff boot and high angles. It felt like i just couldn’t turn the board at all. Perhaps i rely too much on my ankles to initiate turns? I was thinking of lowering the angles to 45/40 or lower and then working my way back up. And also widening my stance.
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I will probably be there tomorrow morning. if not, then maybe monday night.
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Bump. Still available.
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i'm probably heading up Sat early morning. Dying to try my new Coiler EC and first true alpine board!
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I'm not sure, really, another board perhaps? I would trade this for more of an all mountain type board. Or a swoard dual.
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Bump. Still available. Will consider offers or trades.
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Still available. 460 shipped (continental US). I'll be in Jackson Hole starting this saturday for a week. Otherwise, i'm located in DC. Can do a local pickup there if you want to meet me at the resort one day. Bindings not included.
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Glad to hear of the success when back on soft boots, and that's great that you're working with Bruce on a custom board. You'll find that length and SCR he's going to build you to be very slinky. My Kessler 168 has an 8-12M VSR, and even at 175ish lbs, I can pretty much fold that thing in half.
Oh nice! I like "slinkyness" especially on the narrow slopes.
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I ride the 'Ghee and it is a fun place to carve. I have caught fleeting glimpses of carvers there before, but not very often. We like to keep the 'Ghee secret and let people that fly in from back East stack up the lift lines over at Jackson instead. However, since Breeseomatic has spilled the beans.......
The 'Ghee is known for its powder (and it is getting some this weekend). When it does snow they don't groom much but there are groomers to ride otherwise.
Cool. thanks
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I had fun over there last season. Runs may be too narrow for ec but they are still a lot better than the resorts i go to. (Whitetail, liberty). I am planning on visiting tg for a day and snow king as well. Thanks for the input!
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There is nothing in Jackson for alpine rentals that I know of.
Head over to the Idaho, Montana and Wyoming ride forums and post there. There is a thing called Carvers Out West (COW) going on soon. If you ask nicely you might be able to borrow someone's personal board for a few runs.
Cool thanks, was just debating if i should take my hardboots since i don't have a proper alpine board yet. (bruce is building me one :-D)
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Any shops in Jackson Hole that have some alpine boards to demo? I'll be there all of next week starting Saturday. I was there last season and don't recall any, but i didn't really know about alpine back then. :-P
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Finally got mine yesterday. They smell really strong of some type of glue or other chemical. Anyone else experienced this? Can i throw these in the wash?
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Awesome stuff man!
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Just curious if anyone is interested. It's a nice board, carves really well in a soft boot setup. I just find it way to stiff for my tastes. Perhaps someone with more powerful legs and wider west coast runs will appreciate it more. Just gauging interest. Board is like new. Ridden 5 times now.
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Not tonight. Kinda beat up now shoveling and sliding with kids.
Maybe tomorrow if Loudoun and Fairfax County schools are closed.
Ah bummer.
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12/12
Once again, it was brutal. Felt like below zero with gusting winds. Lifts were stopped for few times due to the gusts. Slopes were basically turned to ice from 6 pm since we haven't had any new snow nor man-made snow for last few days. Somehow, I noticed there are few rollers appeared on bottom of Snow Park, which were not easily seen from above. Upper Angel Drop & Home Run were not too icy. Didn't get to ride Farside last night.
It was first day of this season for se7en and took less than 5 runs to get back where he left.
Are you still going tonight? Let me know. You mentioned you had a board i could try out. If so, i'll bring my hardboots, otherwise i'll just be softbooting it on the eliminator.
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Talking with bruce now. After a few messages we decided on the following; He's gonna build me a EC 165 with VSR 9-12 and 21cm waist. Thinking I'll keep my eliminator as my soft setup or possibly sell it.
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You can't compare a Burton Custom to a F2 Eliminator Carbon 153!
The one has a 7.3m SCR the other one a 10.3m SCR. Build with carbon inside You should make way wider turns, or push it much harder with Your legs.
SBX snowboards are not good for carving, they are build for to go straight downhill as fast as possible. You wouldn't find turns on a SBX course which are usable for to carve. The turns there are allways banked.
I'm starting to realize that.
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You can ride any board with hard boots.
I agree. I just have to get used to it.
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I am now speaking with Bruce from coiler. He told me the carbon eliminator doesn't have the flex pattern compatible with the power you can deliver with a hard setup. I'm sure he can build me something to better suit my tastes.
1st time on new board n00b questions
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I'm pretty sure you did. I'm not even sure why i did 17 inches. I just went with the smallest stance the inserts would allow and it felt comfortable in my living room. Not so much on the slopes. I'll read up on that link. Thanks.