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Not that odd, carving in softboots still counts, right? Started riding in the late 80's having crossed over from 20+ years of skiing, had no interest in freestyle / skate-style tricks when I started, was just trying to make the board do the same sort of turns as a carved ski.

I went from step-ins back to standard for the mechanical simplicity. I know I’ll still be able to ride these things 10 or 20 years from now. How many threads lately looking for Intec or TD3 parts?

The F2 manual says you need at least 5mm of thread, and while that doesn't look like much, if they say so it must be enough. I've also measured when using the short screws with no lift or cant for the maximum (so that it won't extend past the t-nut and dent the board), and the max looks like 11mm. In the second attachment I have 5mm of thread showing; it really looks short, but I've got 15 days or more with this setup with no issues (at least 120,000 ft of vertical).

The Mountain Shop in PDX is an Intuition dealer; they carry some stock, and can order what they don't carry if you know the size and model you want. The upside to going through them (besides saving the shipping costs on the liner from BC) is that they'll provide heat molding service as part of the sale, while charging you the same price for the liner as is listed on the Intuition web site. The downside is that it's quicker if you order direct from Intuition, but then I think the Mtn Store charges $40 if you bring in a liner you purchased elsewhere to get fitted. They fit my Intuition liners into my UPZs as part of the sale (took about 6 or 7 days longer than ordering direct), and they did a second molding for a few minor tweaks free of charge about a week after the first session.

I think Dan / UPZboots.com is located less than 15 minutes north of the Canada/US border, and his US orders actually ship out of a warehouse located in the US. I think he mentioned this at one point during some correspondence we had last year, his US orders don't have to clear the border since he keeps stock already located inside the US.

I have the Pro Tongue 26 medium volume liner in a mp26 RC-10, and find that when it comes time to put them on or take them off, if I loosen the laces as much as possible and then pull the tongue up and forward they turn into what may be the easiest boots on and off. Also, once the boots are open like this, I pull the boot on using the loops on the cuff and tongue, rather than stuffing my foot into the boot. Easy as pie, and I have a really wide forefoot.

Third time this year up at Mt Hood Meadows, I swear if I have this conversation a fourth time I’m going to lose it: them: Is that a ski board? me: it’s called an alpine snowboard, or sometimes a carving board. them: No. That’s a ski board! At that point I just smile and leave; never argue with an idiot, people watching won’t be able to tell who’s who.

Thanks for the offer. I'll be up on Tuesday with another rider, would be great if we ran into each other. I'm in a burgundy/red jacket, blue pants with black knees, grey helmet, come up and say hi if you see me.

Received the board today, shipped very quickly (shipped on Friday from eastern Canada and arrived in Oregon on Thursday, crazy fast considering it's across the Canada/US border), packaged really well and arrived safely. This is the second thing I've bought from this seller, I won't hesitate to buy from him again. Thank you, @Québec man!

Thanks for the warning. Guess I’m using the terminology wrong, “back seated” vs “loading the tail”. Feel like one is weighting ever so slightly back of centre, and the other is like being dragged across a field with one foot caught in a stirrup.

I'm expecting to receive in a couple of days a custom Kessler 162 that I bought on the BOL classifieds last week with the identical nose, waist, and tail widths as st_lupo's (he and I compared the geometry of our respective boards in a PM earlier), so I'm assuming that the SCR will be similar if not identical. With that big a hook, I'm going to guess that the back seat isn't to be avoided at all costs, but a place to be visited with caution and respect until this board and I are on much better speaking terms. Once I (eventually) get to that place, it will be interesting (and possibly amusing to any spectators) to see what happens if/when I intentionally load up the tail just before the transition. I'll try this with plenty of open space and no solid objects in front of me... I'm also fully prepared to have the same first day as st_lupo, and will try to restrain myself from throwing the board out the window on the drive home. An interesting thing I've noted is that the widths are almost identical down to the mm to an SG FullCarve/Race 163, but the SG has an average sidecut listed at 11.8, and Kessler told the seller of my new board that the "theoretical average" was 11.46. Between these custom Kesslers and the SG, the SG is 1mm longer, the nose is at the same at 260, the SG waist is 3mm wider (203 vs 200), and the SG tail is 240 vs 239. I wonder what it would be like to ride the SG 163 and these Kesslers back to back, would they be really similar or more like cousins?

That 14-9 hook on the tail sounds pretty wild; I remember in your "how does anyone survive an SL board" topic you mentioned you were getting launched, I wonder if it was from this hook? Now that you've had more time on this board, are you finding that this was happening when you were a bit behind the board and loading the tail?

I just might open a twitter account for the sole purpose of liking that. Holy shit that’s funny.

Hey! I resemble that remark, especially the occasional heel-side skid. But I'm working on it... I am having fun, but realize that this tendency will doom me to "forever intermediate" unless I make a deliberate effort to fix it. So I try to do a couple of laps on the greenest run the hill has to offer at the start of the day and focus solely on not skidding, and then spend my last 30 minutes in the same manner. Since a lot of my riding is at night and I tend to ride until closing, I usually have that slope all to myself at the end of the night, it's just too bad it's only 5 turns long. Deliberate practice like this is a grind if it's all you do, but I find if you do it at the start and end of the day and just have fun in the middle, you'll still reap the benefits.

PM sent.

A post of @Beckmann AG in the "Anyone want to buy Bomber" thread got me thinking: I know I would spend a significant portion of my boarding-related budget on instruction rather than gear, if only I could find some (at least semi-qualified) instruction. Using older gear more effectively is way more rewarding than repeating the same bad habits on a new piece of kit. I've had quite a bit of skiing instruction from ages 5 until my mid-20's, which has given me some context to self-critique my hardboot riding and hopefully catch bad habits as they develop before they get cemented into muscle memory, but an hour with someone who can break things down and suggest a few key things to work on is worth multiple seasons of riding by yourself. Hell, if I could even get someone to shoot vid of me from time to time I'd be way ahead of the game. Is there anyone in the PDX area who has some experience as an instructor who would be willing to do a few paid sessions a month at Meadows, mid-week nights from 6 to 9? Your experience wouldn't necessarily have to be as a snowboard instructor, some history as ski instructor would be OK if you're currently an active harbooter. It would ideally be at Meadows, as that's where I have a season's pass. I wonder about the efficacy of time spent with even a very talented rider with no formal instruction experience. I've found from my ski days that a lot of very good riders without some training in instruction can't articulate what another rider needs to do in order to progress. I've asked at the ski school at Meadows several times last year about this, but convinced that route is a dead end. A couple of the staff were like "I used to carve, it was awesome. Haven't done it in over 10 years..."

Sold!

Sold pending funds.

PM replied.

Something to consider about the SG FullCarve vs FullRace: I remember reading somewhere (but for the life of me can‘t find it again) that Sigi himself doesn’t freeride on the FullRace lineup, but only uses them for racing and training. Purely anecdotal, can’t substantiate it.

I find that when I use a wax wizard, I can generate a fair bit of force along the board as well as down into it. The rubber pads seem to provide enough friction so that the board doesn't slide. I can imagine with sawhorses that I'd be tipping the horses over if I wasn't careful, whereas the vises mount securely to a surface. I have a large stuffed chair that I used to use before I scored this wintersteiger vise, and it worked well when I threw a yoga mat over the arms, but it's in the living room and working in the shared space with the rest of the family unit was a bit disruptive. And it's hard to sneak hotel chairs out of the lobby, past security, and into the van.

If you're still looking, I've just listed one:

ps. the white mark in the upper-left of the top shot is not a scratch, it's a reflection of the label of the board sleeve behind the plate. (Black high-gloss surfaces are such a pain....) Here's another more high-rez shot of that same area.

For sale is a Bomber 4mm Lite Boiler Plate v2, purchased from Bomber in April of 2017. Has the 4x4 lowers, and includes all hardware and a wunderbar alignment tool. As much as I've liked riding this plate, I'd rather have the funds for another board I've got my eye on. $350 USD + shipping, Paypal and CONUS only please.