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  1. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, pcABQ said:

    mario -

    glad to hear you are still killing it on Indy 500.

     

    I was behind mario on Indy 500. I didn't quite understand why he called it that until i saw it. 

    Vid from today, thanks @Odd Job for filming. 

     

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  2. Critique my riding

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Colozeus

    Here you go @Beckmann AG No more pirate leg on heelsides. Only thing i changed for this trip on the nirvana i'm riding in this video is that i got rid of the sidewinders and went with td3 standard step-ins. Conditions were pretty good today. One of the key things i worked on today was not pressuring the board too early on heelside as that would cause me to get ahead of the board. I've also been trying to work on quiet hands, but i still get jazz hands every now and then. 

    In this second video my riding was kind of "meh". Had a two heelsides where i f'd up on timing. 

     

     

    Third video: Shot from behind, not sure what happened on that early heelside. Perhaps i ran into one of @big mario 's trenches? 😄

     

     

  3. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    2 hours ago, big mario said:

    Cannot help you there, though I could do the buddy pass thing again if you are so inclined.

    Johan, apparently I am really inept with my camera, the only time I hit the go button was when I was pulling it down, and  thought I was stopping it.  Sorry for that 2 seconds of lameness

    Small crew out today, starting with The Dude, Johann and myself. Jeff was out with Bob, and there was a pair of randoms that I had never seen before, nor did our trenches cross. After a quick warmup off of reload, Johann and I slid on over to 4, ditching Don in our pursuit of stupid steep. Scrub was groomed from tree island to lift line, and was consistent, firm, and fast. We once again hit the lovey lottery with some of the best conditions  I have ever experienced over there. After 4 fast A$$ kicking runs there, crowds where beggining to ramp up, and my legs were giving out.  We took the lift up again, hit telestar and the Indy 500 turn, dropped into the valley, and made our way over to 6 and Roulette, where we met up with late comer Odd Job. After another 6 or so there, I called it on my way back down to 1, I was just happy to ride as hard as I did today after fighting off a cold for the last few days

    Mario

    We stayed until 3ish. We lapped roulette a bit and ended with a few laps on 1.  And my nirvana, it turns out, is ****ing awesome without the sidewinders, in better conditions, and not being tired.  I think Saturday i was just tired due to lack of sleep and the conditions on Saturday were very caca. Odd job got some good video of me, i'll post it once it's uploaded to the tubes.

    Thanks for taking me over to scrub! that was amazing steepness, despite some random chunks. You were right, after scrub, roulette was cake. 

    Awesome riding with the lov crew, as always!

    I will be there tomorrow as well for half a day. Then heading back to boring flat Texas.

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  4. F2 Carbon Eliminator?

    in For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Colozeus

    I have an older carbon eliminator that has just a few days on the snow. I bought this board as my first hard boot board because i didn't know wtf i was doing. I never liked it. It's been sitting unused for a few years. The edges have a little bit of rust but nothing that can't be removed with a stone. If anyone is interested, let me know and i'll go dig it up and post the specs. 

  8. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    1 hour ago, JohnE said:

    Last year the slopes held up pretty well all through April. Didn't get into the melt/freeze cycle until very late in April. 

    Don't know if we will be so lucky this season. 

    i wll also be riding on Monday, April 1st. You and greg should plan on coming out that monday too!

  11. Critique my riding

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Beckmann AG said:

    Might work, might not. Should give you a little more Elvis Room on the toeside turn entry.

    (Hard bumper medial, soft bumper lateral).

    I would be concerned about the different stack heights this would result in. The SW uppers are higher than the standard uppers. (i think)

  12. I just might drop the hardboots.

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    14 hours ago, softbootsurfer said:

    I love my Burton Ion boots...then again I use 3 straps ...

    Skis also carve...it is not just Speed and Edge Hold...single edge is a feeling they cannot get

    i dunno, i maybe have 3 days on ski's. Every time i see an advanced skier carving some very nice and aggressive turns, i tell myself i want to do that. If i had more days on the snow i would probably split my days 50/50 hardboots then ski. carving fast on skis looks freaking amazing and fun. 

     

    14 hours ago, slopestar said:

    Yes. The boa guide tears out of the boot. My boa coilers pop open during just about every run. 

    Wow, you must be putting some serious loads on it. Makes sense. 

  14. I just might drop the hardboots.

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I broke the boa mechanism on my k2 maysis back when i was riding in softboots. BOA sent me a free replacement nob and associated hardware. It was easy to replace. Are you blowing out your boots in such a way that they simply can't be repaired? That sounds like total caca if you have to replace your boots every season. 

  15. Critique my riding

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Beckmann AG said:

    So the new edit drops when?

    Just for giggles, try a sidewinder on the back, and a standard on the front.

    i'll have to wait until the weekend after next. Still haven't decided if i'm going aspen or doing luv again. I was too focused on riding this time around to ask someone to film it. 

    Now that's an interesting suggestion.

  18. Yo Lci!!

    in Colorado

    Posted

    Monday was even better than Sunday. Awesome groom and conditions. Only did a half day since my legs were smoked from riding open to close the two days prior. Always a good time riding with the luv crew. I might be back, the weekend after next. It was certainly fun destroying the valley with @big mario and Aron(?). I even almost felt sorry for the n00bs that were tripping over our trenches....almost. 😛 

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  21. Critique my riding

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by Colozeus

    Alright folks,

          I just wanted to give a big thanks to all of you for the advice received. I'm at a very happy place now. Final changes that i'm sticking with are as follows:

    • 6/6 toe and heel lift
    • max inward cuff cant on both upz's, (around 1 degrees)
    • Back to 19" stance (18" stance felt too twitchy and awkward af. might event try 20 at some point)
    • first click of forward lean on both boots
    • slight inwards canting on rear binding. I think around 1-2 degrees. 
    • Black pads for the uppers on my sidewinders.

    Riding at loveland this weekend, i have finally achieved a balanced and centered stance, and i can easily do small carves on the flats now, where before it was a lot harder probably due to restricted biomechanics. My bullshit meter tells me that i'm at about 96% of the way there with my setup to perfection. The last 4% is boot fitting related since my intuitions are packing out during the day. And i think i'm going to eliminate the sidewinder aspect of my setup and go with standard uppers since I like a more instant response to inputs. 

    I'm also going to take @big mario's advice and stop asking for feedback. 🙂 

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  22. Metal Axcess compares to which board that Donek makes now??

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    3 hours ago, pow4ever said:

    What's the spec to your All Mountain board?

    Straight from Bruce's mouth:

     

    Ended up making a 170 x 19.8 x 148 effective

    17 cm nose with a wider pow outline (  up from 13.2 cm used on  Nirvana boards)

    5 cm setback ( Nirvana's have 3 to 3.5 cm) 

    Softboot biased flex which is seems to be best for true AM riding. 

     

    This board should be called the tired legs board. I rode it today on my last day of this trip at loveland. My legs were already smoked from two prior open to close days. I was still having a blast with this board due to its flex profile. I even worked up the courage to carve spillway and it handled it without issues. This board just loves to be tipped on edge, then it just goes on autopilot. 

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