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Can't.....get....past....the cord!

@b0ardski figured you would just mount it with front and rear footpads and Onetrack that bad boy!

Understood, but the vast majority of grown up kids (or not!) that are on this forum dont appear to have any racing heritage. Dont get me wrong, I' m not disputing running gates is a great way to teach kids/adults to carve. Just not sure it converts to substantiallly expanding the alpine gene pool

@scottishsurfer I would have thought a solid toe side while wearing a kilt would generate enough attention!

Current poll seems to say otherwise Jack?

Glad you had So much Fun Barry!

Apologies gents. I actually just gave Mark all my details (stance, angles, boot size, binding type, weight, etc, etc), told him "SF 162 WARP " and let him have at it. Turned out to be 20.7 wide for my M29 landpackers at 55/50. The serial number is long enough to be continued and appears to contain some measurements (like .300 whatever that means). Believe scr averages around 10.44, but no idea what the actual L & R (asym) sidecuts are. Turny. ---------- EDIT: Mark gave me some more info: 1. SCR: there is a surprising difference between the L & R scr that is not apparent under foot. Thirst voodoo. 2. Numbers are his flex index. Can be accurately translated across different board models. ---------- Oh and due to some obscure board alchemy, the inserts are not the same depth, so you get a spec sheet to tell you max allowable length for screws below the binding base and which insert is the shallowest. Stock TD3 worked just fine.

10 days on my SF now and can confirm the hype is real. If there is a more capable short board out there I'd like to know what it is. Tip it up high and you will disappear up your own trench. Flatten it off a little and it makes stable, big turns that would make much longer boards proud. Really easy to take from a carve to slide to carve; very useful in jerry rich enviroments. Edge grip is great. In longer turns sometimes it feels like some extra effective edge would be of benefit, but seriously people, it's a 162. Perhaps the biggest revelation is how versatile this thing is. It's a true alpine board in every sense, but you can ride it like an AM. In fact, I would go as far to say it encourages you to release your inner waay gnarrllly duuude. Shortcuts thru trees to next groomer & bumps just too easy. The only downside is the real risk of a putting a core shot on your new carving stick. Underfoot it's damp, but not quiet, if that makes sense. In comparison, I would call my beloved Nirvana quiet and damp. Both are really easy to ride all day, but maybe the metal Nirvana would leave you slightly fresher at last chair, at the expense of some tactile (and hoodlum) enjoyment along the way. The sidecut is smooooth - with some vsr's I sometimes got the feeling the different radii were fighting each other. Not so here. Riding is all about staying centered and angulating, with very minor fore/aft weighting to further shape the turn. Not sure it would suit the sort of aggressive rider that really likes to actively load the nose/tail and force the different scrs and board shape to work to their advantage - they might find it a bit too refined. Think Aston Martin v Lambo. Then again, it does everything else so well I would not be at all surprised that it can do that too. Build quality is superb and the inclusion of the board cover, scraper and freight a professional & welcome touch. Mark spoke to me for 45min to make sure he understood what I wanted, and he delivered 110%. He mentioned he can still recognize all his customers by their boards and I believe that. So, like the Queen of England says "We are amused". And that is what snow sliding is supposed to be all about. Thanks @BLOODTYPEZX10R. I will be in touch re that CC+ or PCjv. Or maybe an 8R....... Also a quick thanks to the others who have previously posted in this thread - really helped me. Quench the Trench my Thirsty friends!

I had one say "Nice board! But now I'm not the biggest freak on the mountain." I think he was being genuine...

Note to self: don't get stuck outside Sasquatch at the first turn!

Some great shots, but this one made me grin. @Corey might have some competetion for happiest carver of the year.

I hope someone threw a rope ladder down!

Got to be close to a penny per turn plus a ride in a Prinroth. Life is good indeed @bigwavedave!! You will need to manage your time carefully if you are laying cord at Spirit in the evening and then slicing it into neat arcs a few hours later. Like a zen sand garden: BEFORE ENLIGHTENMENT GROOM SNOW, CARVE SNOW. AFTER ENLIGHTENMENT GROOM SNOW, CARVE SNOW.

Interesting to see how the skier code seems to be really well obeyed there - is it as good as it seems @b.free? Think I saw maybe one head check in the entire clip and the only 'incident' was carvers.

$6 tickets AND great snow - deal of this century. Should work out at a few cents per turn @bigwavedave - enjoy!!

@dhamann I run hardboots for day-to-day carving, but I've found these to be quite a bit burlier than the diodes they replaced, and certainly have no reason to think they are any more likely to fail than any other binding that uses a plastic disc to connect with a board. Given scottish surfers extensive history in pushing bindings into failure, I would imagine he is better placed than most to make an educated observation on the bindings being up to task he requires?

The vast majority what @scottishsurfer has written reflects my experience with the Prime CI's, although I have had no issues with ratchets. They are solid. Couple of additional points that may be of interest to some: 1. There is no adjustment to allow highback rotation. To be fair, I don't know of a binding on the market that will allow highbacks to be rotated enough for high angles anyway (I run +30/21). 2. I doubt you could fit a boot much larger than my sz11 DriverX without significant toe overhang of the footbed. This will be more of a problem if you decide to convert them for splitting, as you have to trim the footbed to install the tour pins. 3. I like to run the toe strap around my toe, rather than on top. In this position, the lower part of the strap is not snug against the boot and I have had it snag and pop the toe strap off. Could just be the interface with the specific brand of boot. 4. I have yet to try mine, but there is a factory option to add a quick-release "third strap" (flex lock) to provide some additional lateral support which some might find useful. Strap releases when angle rachet is opened.

I just dont understand why Shred needs 4 Skwals?

Reworded the question. If if the goal is to set the heel & toe over the edge, then if the boot is easily centered in the binding, it just becomes a simple function of angles, boot size and board width. Are larger sized UPZ as difficult to make heel & toe equidistant to edge?

So, after all this, some one school me the utility of the underslung heel?

Where do I sign up?!

And ours @lonbordin, and ours !!

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