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hmmm, maybe you could just flip the saltwater rig upside down, bolt up some TD3s and ride it as is - a swiss army board!

I like your thinking but suspect the foil would need to be mighty large!

+1 on PowMow, but it would be close to double the travel time for justk from PC - makes for a real early start.

Eric it sounds like I need to hunt down a 17-ish tanker too! :)

Not sure I'd classify it as 'not all that great' (anywhere that racks 500in is pretty good in my book) but I get that it can be a bit stop-start & hard to get a flow. And the nazi resort is next door.....

IMO Solitude will be the least crowded and grooming is pretty good; anything off Eagle is fun and there is a bit of a carving crew there. You can usually get 4-5 clean runs in if you hit first chair. On the downside, they hosted the FIS BX race there last year and the course really squeezed the space up, so it will pay to investigate if that will be on again this year..... I might have been more forgiving if they opened the course up to regular punters one the racing was done - some of the berms were awesome :) Brighton much busier, but running off Great Western can be good mid-week (and there is always the night session). The Bird is ok too, but the drive up LCC can be a real hassle.

Dan I've often thought a board that was soft longitudinally (i.e front to back) but with good torsional stiffness would be ideal for exactly the circumstances you describe. Not sure if that is actually possible from a manufacturing standpoint, but I would be interested to know.

Thanks Eric - I have not seen Mig in action (cue a google session) but sounds like you think his boards should be burly enough for us more "genetically robust" folk :) and great value to boot. I've always wanted a Swallowtail; could be time to bite the bullet and damn the torpedoes.....

Hey Mig what is the weight range for the 171 H/head?

Hey Geofff BTS kit arrived safely today thanks..Appreciate the quick post. Cheers

Oh dear - you have just guaranteed an epic Oct opening and miserable late season - you are going to have to burn a board to placate Ullr!! :)

Thanks Phil. Actually went & checked out a Fish. Stance is set waaaaay back - with my front foot centred over reference mark I was on the very back end of the rear channel. And it’s VERY flexy. Without actually riding it, what Mig said about them folding up seemed entirely possible. And I forgot Burton channel too. So, all in all, no good for a hockey playing Sasquatch! The NS Swift looked/felt a lot more bomb proof and I would be keen to give one of them a run.

Clearly finding a used set of these is like finding rocking horse excrement..... got some Palmers from klam

Pm'd re Palmer plates

PM'd

Crocs changed supplier for raw material to a rare Asian species of rubber alligator - may explain the new fit?!

Time to break out the rock board ! Looks to still be a bit more Brown pub than Blue, but its a start. I bet they'd give a few jars of Speights to have the coverage Timberline still have (those photos are amazing!)

+1 to lifting the toes; its usually the first thing I forget (in the looong list). I used to dive into turns, but as my carving speeds got up to sllghtly more than snail pace, I found it really hard to transition my weight from front to rear effectively, so I made a conscious decision to try and stay more centered. Now you are telling me I've be brainwashed Eric - noooooo!! those pesky AASI infiltrators must have spiked my brewski!!

Eric you touched on a good point with the positioning of the binding in regard to the edge - I run my front binder on the inside holes to move it a little toward the heelside and find this gives me a little better leverage. Agree with SVR regarding the need to consider the board press too - each shape will ride a little differently and some really respond well to a change of stance. I deal with it a little differently than Sandy,rather than changing hghiback angles, I re-center my stance (either fwd or back) until I'm happy with the feel of initial bite (if that makes sense).

Thanks Mig, good info. Will do some sniffing on the interwebs and check it out. Cheers

Corey that link you shared to Tognar (http://www.tognar.com/d-i-y-database) had some really interesting stuff thanks. Never heard of micro-grooving an edge; learn something new every day!

Hey Phil Burton say the upper weight of their Phish161 is 88kg(195lb) - I run a fair bit over that at 105(230). Any feedback on how they handle a bit of extra beef in deeper pow?

Bump. Still looking to buy & will pay post. Have a rat through your gear box! Cheers

I like it - the larger the stain, the more carnage involved! I'm guessing brown would be the most appropriate color. Any industrial chemists got a formula for an eco-friendly product?

This is far too practical & cheap to be marketed in the shark tank of mega buck carving. Sure, it's a good solution, but I'm suggesting it needs some extra flair; how about a 12 gauge shotgun primer in each intec heel with a mercury switch trigger that detonates once you become inverted in the tree well/avy/frontside tomahawk?! Extra bonus would be the blast alerting the patrollers they have a rescue/yard sale to deal with. Need to figure out a safety for the boot dryer tho' - help me out people.....