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  8. Timberline Spring Pass

    in Pacific North West

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    Spring pass in name only. It’s mid-20s, snowing and blowing here at T-line today. 

    Magic mile and Palmer are closed due to wind.  Conditions are pretty good down low, Flood is running today and tomorrow, then shut down for the rest of the year. 

    Forecast for Sunday looks good, clearing up and wind should die down. 

  10. Mt. Hood Meadows 2018 / 2019

    in Pacific North West

    Posted

    Shooting Star is open today and tomorrow, think that’s it for the season for the north side.  As long as you stay on the groom it’s not too bad, but Mercury and Apollo are seriously heavy mashed potatoes.  Discovery was actually pretty nice all morning, well groomed, decently fast, and empty.  Turned to glue after 11.

    Hood River Express is done for the season, not running today.

    Coverage is still good all over, Cascade and Vista not showing any bare spots that I saw. 

  12. Ohhhhh jeez, more new old hardboots

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    On 4/15/2019 at 4:16 PM, Emdee406 said:

    UPZ (the inside of the new boots is 4mm lower)

     

    On 4/15/2019 at 4:16 PM, Emdee406 said:

    most of the original North Wave players install a lift kant in front of the binding, so the new UPZ this year also released a 4mm lower heel.

    I know that this is quoted from a translation of the original page in Korean, but do they have an insider’s view on the 19/20 UPZs?  It would be awesome if UPZ decreased the boot ramp, especially if they did it by moving the heel towards the rear of the boot. 

    Anyone have any insight on this wholly unsubstantiated rumour?

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  14. Boot cuff over tightened, shin pains?

    in Carving Central

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    I found that with the high-density Intuition liners I don’t need to run the buckles as tight as I had in the past with boot liners that compressed more. And since I switched out the UPZ Shoxter for a Booster strap, I find I only need to tighten the upper buckle on the cuff just enough to close the cuff around my shin, without exerting any more pressure. 

    The key with the Booster strap is to have it go around the outside of the front of the liner, but inside the shell; it’s way more effective than running it on the outside of the shell.  You can dial in the responsiveness by how much you tighten up the strap, but even at its tightest it doesn’t compress that muscle on the lateral lower shin. 

    Booster straps might be the least expensive thing you can experiment with in this capital-intensive sport, but they might just be the biggest bang for buck. Pick a set up and see how loose (or less tight) you can run the cuff buckles. 

  15. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    Just noticed the section I posted earlier was for USSA, not USASA. 

    Are you sure that competitors are required to complete Safesport for USASA?  I checked their policy on the website:

    https://www.usasa.org/resources/safesport/safesport-code

    and all the verbiage is about “USASA staff member, plus all coaches, officials, judges, and volunteer members”. 

    The pages says:

    “As a condition of membership, all USASA members agree to abide by the SafeSport Code.”

    “Agreeing to abide by” could be interpreted as not necessarily having to register, just agree that it’s a good way to behave.

    And further down in the section pertaining to background checks it states that you have to have an “other than competitor” type of membership to register for the b/g check:

    “The process for screening is simple and generally takes about five minutes. But you must have a current, or in process, USASA coach, judge/official or club volunteer membership to register for the screening.”

    This whole mess may be the result of one individual incorrectly interpreting the policy too strictly. Have you tried challenging whomever you’re dealing with and pointing them to the published policy on their own organizations’s website?

  16. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    Looks like SafeSport is applied inconsistently across the different NGB’s for different sports under the USOC umbrella. 

    Whats really weird is the for skiing and snowboarding, it’s applied to athletes except masters (from https://77media.blob.core.windows.net/uscss/1518645671608.covered-individuals-by-ngb.pdf):

    U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association
    • Staff
    • Members holding a USSA coaching license
    • Members holding a USSA officials’ license
    • Licensed USSA athletes (non-masters)
    • Members at USSA clubs whom the club formally designates to be in a position of
    authority over athletes
    • USSA governance board members

    It is unfortunate that it’s required of athletes not in a position of authority over other athletes, and like you say, doesn’t actually prevent bad actors. And no one likes to be tarred with that particular brush in such broad strokes. 

    It’s a bad case of CYA all around, but no one wants to be the one who proposed relaxing an existing rule, and have that come up In a court case or civil suit 5 years later. 

  17. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    I’ve never seen a situation where all the competitors at an event had to complete the SafeSport, it’s intended for coaches and instructors (or was several years ago when I was involved in competitive archery).

    I had to complete this as a competitive archery instructor, but that’s a very different deal; some aspects of the instruction and coaching involved “hands on” adjustment of an athlete’s shoulders, elbows, arms, etc. Hip and lower torso alignment was always done by example, never directly. 

    IIRC, I think it was just a matter of clicking through some forms, affirming that you’ve read them, and agreeing to the conditions.

     

  19. Anyone have an extra pair of F2 Titanium M bindings?

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    From the F2 website for the Race Ti:

    SIZES
    S: 21,5 - 26,5
    M: 24,5 - 27,5
    L: 28,0 - 31,0

    so the small size should fit the 21.5 boots

    The simplest way to differentiate between S and M is to check the bolt holes on the toe or heel blocks: on the mediums, the bolt holes are closer to the outside (farther away from the center), and on the smalls they’re closer to the center. Sounds counter-intuitive, but later model year Race Ti small and large share the same parts, and the baseplate just has two sets of holes each for the toe and heel. 

    Last I saw, the mediums have a base plate with a single set of holes, and the toe/heel blocks have the holes offset to move the blocks more in towards the center. 

  22. Re-Sticking a Stomp Pad

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    Industrial strength Velcro. Works like a charm, you can pull the pad off to stack boards for shipping or if you ever need to get a board ground, pad never comes off unless you pull it off.

    VELCRO Brand - Industrial Strength | Indoor & Outdoor Use | Superior Holding Power on Smooth Surfaces | Size 4ft x 2in | Tape, White - Pack of 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006IC2U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_22pKCb6BG7A6B

    comes in black as well, a quick search in amazon should bring it up. 

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