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Well, wish I had more to offer but I barely noticed the difference. Which is not bad! I didn't want to soften up my boot. I wanted very little flex and still have very little flex. Conditions were very soft so that could have been a factor. I did notice a smoother toe turn and hold. The toe side was definitely more comfortable. I'm still having issues with heel side and the soft, rutty conditions did not help.

All set for tomorrow... Got tickets, got board, got springs. Need snow!

Loveland is closed for the season :( Going to A-Basin to check out the Donek End of Season BBQ party. (DEOSBBQP)

I was recommended reds (220 lbs) Just finished installing them. Will let you know how it goes :)

Just sayin...

Style and lift (depends on how fast you flap!)

Loveland or A-Basin? :)

Front... Peroneal Tendinosis... Or at least that's what he thinks.

Always! This time not only in the head There are kids reading! Or not. Are you trading places with sirurbanarea? Just checking. Nope. I'm being forced to take it easy. Went to the doc yesterday and mentioned my sore leg. He promptly gave me dire warning of surgeries and nerve damage. Apparently I've angered one of my tendons and it's throwing a tantrum. I'm not bed ridden but I should stay off the leg. I don't know if the season is over for me. Waiting for test results to know more.

I am pissed. Being in bed sucks!

Is he a weird dude just on his own or does he stand out in weirdness amongst our weird group? I would hope I give him a run for his money. I just hide the crazy better!

How do you get them to want to go? Mine hates the idea of going but every time they go they love it....

I have heard of you notion of summer and have rejected it!!! Fun fun fun. I need to take more days off! Met Hill on the Hill. Conquered Spillway and Richards. Proceeded to scare myself on Roulette and topped it off with a pow run or two off of Reload. Met the Russian connection, saw teach teaching and spotted an unknown hardbooter... LCI is growing! See you all on Sunday :)

Yay. I'm in tomorrow. See us there!

Awe some What I would call an east coast pow day. About 3-4" of dust on crust. I had fun, others complained (which means they had fun). Largish crew, 6-8 ppl depending on how you count (softboots, skis, and other weirdness). Next weekend is shaping up to be good as well. I am hopeful I'll be able to make it Wednesday. I have a meeting I need to move but if successful I would be up there!

Loveland, Mary Jane (Winter Park), and A-Basin all still good. A-Basin to stay open until June something.

Every quiver should have a RT in it...

Back on topic! Does she prefer camber or rocker?

It was a weird kind of day.... All powder days are good. This one was just a bit "gooder". Got a new favorite pow board. Need to recuperate for next week!

Muhahahahah!!! Methinks 4 or 5 MScale. Jeep loaded and me antsy.

Pow is coming...... (Hehehehhe)

It was the stupid stance or should I say it's the stance, stupid! All I had to do was lower the front toe lift from 5 degrees to 2 degrees. WOW!!! Apparently I CAN turn this thing. Cat track? No problem. Lay down in a carve? Well, this is work in progress but I can definitely see me getting there (others commented that conditions were weird today and hard to carve, but I digress). Point is I had an awesome day! It's not the board, the board is fun. It's not the boots, they are great for my weight. It was the toe lift. Looking back I think I had so much toe lift that my knee was over my heel. I tend to lean back on turns and this just made it worse. The turning point was rereading the book of B. Especially the instructions on how to setup the binding. There was a part there that I glossed over: I had the worst time getting off the lift. I couldn't skate! Kept on leaning back. Could not push from the toe side, only from the heel side like I was in a duck stance. Now I didn't pay attention to that because when I started snowboarding I was taught a duck stance, and the skating suffered consequently. I got better at skating only after moving to a forward stance. Fast forward to last week. I had set up my front binding and had noticed that standing bound in on my front foot felt weird, not stable. So out came the allen wrenches and voila! Nice stable stance. On the snow today the first thing I felt was how stable, comfortable, and easy skating was! Skate to the lift? No problemo. Ride off the lift? Sure! I was facing more straight and had complete control. Heck, this was easy! On this setup I can do a green run "one footed". And so on for riding downhill. My quads aren't burning, turning is easy and fun. It actually feels like a snowboard, imagine that! As a plus it was far more stable. I could go fast. This is fun!!! I am blown away by how such a small change makes such a huge difference. My board went from being almost unridable to great. Best part is that I got to enjoy the things I was looking for, the responsiveness and support of the boots. Sorry for the ramble but I am stoked! Can't wait for next week.

Are you kidding! This was like an east coast pow day! Actually I remember days like this in Killy. 1"-2" of heavy snow on rock hard ice. Ahhhh. Just like home. How the hell did I learn snowboarding there?!?! I had fun. Others complained :) Mario, hope you're feeling better. Odd Job, hope you didn't kill yourself on those extra runs. Will be there next week (now I seriously can't wait!)

Will bring my ice-pick. Compare to ice-coast tomorrow.

Whatta toy mean firm? Mario scale please!