[Alternative to Palau 141 liners for Deeluxe?]

[BOL withdrawl/Dubai]

Valle Nevado and one-skid hovering heli drop off.  Pretty sketch; they don't do that even in Valdez.

[BOL withdrawl/Dubai]

Go to Valle Nevado, Las Lenas or Bariloche.  Ride all day, party all night, hang out with Eurotrash, drink pisco sours, heliski with questionable pilots.  You will definitely not be disappointed. 

[Alternative to Palau 141 liners for Deeluxe?]

6 hours ago, Beckmann AG said:

Your situation (as described) is usually associated with a shell that's too large, or a poor contour match for the foot.

Possibly both. Becomes more apparent in springtime.

More often than not, the user assumes the liner has 'packed out' from use, when in fact they bought the wrong boot.

Changing the liner or re-molding will address the symptom, but not the underlying problem.

I'm beginning to suspect you're right on the contour match.  I rode Raichle 325's for 15 years with the stock liner which had huge knobs above the ankle to keep my ankle in place.  Switching to the Palau liner is worse that the old stock liners.  I've got a pair of UPZ in the mail now to try that fit.  Thanks for the input.

[2016-2017 New Board Porn (new purchases)]

On ‎4‎/‎24‎/‎2017 at 0:28 PM, workshop7 said:

I just received this today.  It is built with the design and performance philosophy of the MK but in a 172cm length.  SCR is 11 and the waist is 19.

The tail of that board looks like you'll generate a lot of energy at the end of the carve, especially if you tail weight a lot.  Airborne edge changes... looks like a lot of fun.  I have Bruce building me something somewhat similar now- at 171x22  10/12/11.

[Alternative to Palau 141 liners for Deeluxe?]

I'm looking for suggestions for an alternative liner to the Palau 141 for Deeluxe boots.  I'm finding that after riding for a couple of hours the liner gets hot, soft, and packs out considerably, making the fit very loose and producing heel lift even with the buckles on the tightest setting.  The liners feel great until they get hot, but after that they're way too loose.  Any suggestions for a liner that doesn't have the same issue but also allows the boot to flex freely?  Thanks!

[Carve Company Speed TC bail bindings SOLD]

Carve Company Speed TC bail bindings purchased this season, used two days.  Like new condition.  Color is natural/black.  7 degree cant, both white (soft) and black (hard) baseplate rubber mounting gaskets, and an extra 4x4 (Burton) disc included.  Same as the old Burton Race Plates and Ibex bail bindings, but with thicker 5mm bails.  Light with good lateral flex. $175

[What is your inspirational video?]

On 4/3/2017 at 10:17 AM, bigwavedave said:

Mid 1990's, Pure Cave, Aspen. You can learn a lot watching these guys. Non-aggressive fluid style, with power, and grace, completing turns and mixing it up. Feels a lot more relaxed compared some of the current videos, taking the time to complete some turns. 50 minutes long, two old video tapes converted to digital, so some loss of image quality. 

 

Ha.  I probably watched those videos a hundred times back in the day, then in the late '90's I made the pilgrimage to Buttermilk.  After a run one day, a guy approached me in the lift line with a camera- turned out to be Cliff Ahumada.  We rode the lift up, chatted, and he asked me if he could film me making some turns on my skinny Mistral.  The footage ended up in "Carve On", Cliff's third carving film.  I was pretty honored to have the guy whose boarding I'd tried to emulate for years ask to film me.

[For Sale- Deeluxe Track 325 T Boots]

I'm interested and in San Francisco.  Let me know if they're still available.