[Irony.....]

the spirit of Damian Sanders is strong with these boys.

[skier get low in carve video. worth your time.]

yes it is the end of the season and this is a skier in the video, but you have to appreciate how low he gets in the carve.  I can do without the latter half foo-foo.stuff but just check out the euro ski area in the background.  stunning!

 

[Carving on regular snowboards]

soft boot carving...plus a little tricky

 

https://www.facebook.com/onboardmag/videos/931012766934276/

[Clicking in on the lift]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAcl_W4NY8z/

 

I guess if this guy can pull that off, unloading should be a breeze.

[Clicking in on the lift]

I'll take a different stance here.

 

Been riding since 1988 and I used to clip in every chair ride till about 8 years ago.  I never felt like I was doing anything awkward or dangerous but my pre 2000 soft bindings have a big difference that makes it super easy. 

 

Modern bindings have the female end of the foot strap and the male end on binding body itself. 

way back when it was reversed. The male end of the strap was on the strap over the foot and the female end was on the binding body.  This allows you to pull the binding into the foot and still wrap it around to push it into the female end on the binding body.

  

I have a few old bindings left that I save for those days where I ride and need to get on chairs with bad exits.  We have one exit with a steep exit and hard 120 degree turn at the bottom.  Usually very icy.   Sure there are plenty of guys that can pull that off with one foot but I am too old to try that.  The slim chance of falling off is not enough to negate the definite knee damage on my 50yo knees.

 

getting my hardboot setup soon.  will be interesting to see how exits are on hardboots.

[Heat mold boot fitter in western Washington?]

Sorry if this is a covered post already but I am looking for a good outfit to heat mold my new deeluxe 225 hard boot.

It has been recommended for a pro service should do it instead of gambling it on my own. i live in western washington and a friend on mine suggested either; pro ski service in issaquah, sturtevante and some guy named Jim Mates.

Do any of you guys know of a good boot fitter and hopefully with some snowboard hard boot experience?

In western Washington

Thanks in advance

Gene

[why binding "lift" in mounting?]

thanks everyone for the help!

[why binding "lift" in mounting?]

.  Again, it all comes down to personal preference, but starting with 3*/3* is a happy place to start for most people.

 

 

I assume that means try a 3 degree cant and 3 degree lift?  or a 3 degree front binding toe lift and 3 degree back binding heal lift?

 

thanks

gene

[why binding "lift" in mounting?]

I appologize in advance if there is already a thread on this topic.

[why binding "lift" in mounting?]

long time softboot boarder trying out hardboots.

 

I have a question about the mounting of the binding.  I get the cant the binding inwards but why would someone want to lift the toe or heal upwards?  regards to TD3 bindings.

 

seems like one would want a flat foot to board with the cant inwards.

 

thanks

gene