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my board corner:
Got the Pure Boarding "Butterfly" covered in stickers to obscure the original profane name on the topsheet for kid-friendly instruction and coaching. Sorry @BlueB, I made it even uglier.
Trying some inward canting at lower angles on my wide K2 board to see if that allows me to ride lower angles comfortably.
Still in love with my Prior WCRM. -
Looking to be a much better start than last season!
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I'll be getting a bunch of early days in whenever Cypress gets me the staff pass, which I imagine is after the on-snow training session on the 27th. I need those days to go through my usual boot fitting ritual for the T700s, which have new liners and a punch.
Still waiting on a slot from Alpine Pro out in Whistler to get my .951s fitted with some ZipFits. Really hard to find anyone else willing to do substantial shell work on these, given the unforgiving plastic.I'm also looking for a pair of m28 ski boots.
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Level Super Pipe gloves arrived in the mail (on sale for ~$50 USD). Some impressions:
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the glove can be a pain in the ass to take on and off. Both the liner and the shell's inner fabric have a tendency to bunch up in the fingers.
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very warm; good for me since I get cold hands, but probably excessive for most people.
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there's a lot of stitching on this glove between the various materials. This seems like the first thing to fail. The materials themselves seem fairly tough, though.
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the wrist protection seems mediocre. Good at preventing forward wrist movement, but only inhibits backwards movement. Probably enough for me, though.
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there's padding on the palm and lower thumb for shock absorption, which I think is nice for the rare scenario where I brace a fall with my hands.
- it looks like a motorcycle glove...
These aren't worth it at full price, and I doubt these are going to last the season for me. I really like the solution @SunSurfer cooked up.
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the glove can be a pain in the ass to take on and off. Both the liner and the shell's inner fabric have a tendency to bunch up in the fingers.
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@BlueB weren't you looking for a pair of these?
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I use a very similar type of glove for work during the coldest days of winter. Neither PU or nitrile dipped gloves are abrasion resistant by our standards, so if you're dragging your hand on icy corduroy, you're going to slowly eat through the waterproof portion of the glove. They're better if you're gripping something.
OTOH, this style of work/climbing glove tends to be cheap, so if you're content with getting a couple pairs, they'll still work well for carving and keep anyone's hands very warm and completely dry. I've seen ski patrol rocking coated gloves like these for rainy days.
I'm waiting for some level super pipe gloves I got off ebay at a significant discount. I'm not very optimistic about the durability, just decided to opt for some wrist protection after @BlueB personally demonstrated how to fracture a hand in three places during a heel side eurocarve. -
Manning is getting its first snow of the season!
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Climate change and global average temperature increases also bring some unusual weather patterns to the northern half of this continent, where the projections aren't simply "less snow" (recalling the Newfoundland snowstorm in 2020). Warming also brings higher total moisture content in the planet's atmosphere and leads to more intense and frequent precipitation, meaning mountains that already rest well below freezing for most of the ski season may be seeing more snow.
Furthermore, arctic outflow events could be more frequent in our future due to the human impact on the planet's climate, which also complicates the picture and contributes to more extreme weather, rather than simply "warmer".
The mountains that are really suffering from climate change are in regions where a couple degrees of warming means the difference between a brutally wet winter and an incredibly snowy one. The future for resorts that aren't already dealing with brutal freeze/thaw cycles is completely different.
Of course, volatility is the big unknown for a lot of North America, as we're not entirely sure what long term impacts climate change has on certain weather systems. Increased precipitation doesn't mean much for us if none of it ends up hitting our favorite ski resorts.
It's not all doom and gloom for everyone, we just might have to move to where the snow ends up instead.
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I have a rough schedule done. The only guaranteed day I will have off is Monday, so it will be pretty difficult to work in extra training at Cypress until spring, unless it's on Tuesday morning.
Going to be a very busy season; minimum of 100 days on the snow. Finally got my truck back after 3 weeks of serious suspension work and waiting for parts, it's ready for the worst of winter now.
Will be spending a good amount of days actually living up at Manning. I need to train my quads, or they're going to be killing me at the start of this winter... -
Sunday is our club training day, so that doesn't work for me unless it's late in the season. I will have no regular job this winter, so it's actually my weekdays that will be relatively free.
I'm inclined towards the edge card since Whistler is just not economical for me unless I'm splitting gas with someone. My truck hogs fuel and being all the way out in Abbotsford doesn't help. -
@BlueB do you plan on doing a bunch of Whistler trips this season? I'm weighing whether to get the epic pass or edge card, since it looks like I'm getting a staff pass at Cypress and Manning.
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@BlueB Got the job at Cypress. Just doing evenings on Tuesdays, but I'm also going to be taking full advantage of the staff training. One more "sith lord" for your staff carving sessions...
Just holding out on accepting the offer until I know what the Manning Snow School wants from me, since having three instructor/coaching jobs is sure to generate scheduling woes. Should be resolved after the interview tomorrow.
I'm a little worried about the weather though, with it being excessively warm and dry. Manning could end up having a late start if the trend of low precipitation continues; since they have no snow-making. -
30 minutes ago, BlueB said:
Finally, Kessler cougth up with Coiler and Donek... You can't smoke the competition without flame graphics!
The R&D department at Kessler is clearly starving the design team of funding. I don't think we need more corny flame graphics...
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20 hours ago, BlueB said:
I actually switched to touring boots, after breaking my favorite hard boots, last year. I rode them mostly in the walk mode. I'll make some kind of springs for this season, mostly to stiffen the backward flex.
It's bizarre to me that you can carve so well despite having that ""hard"" boot setup hinge to what looked like a 110 degree angle. Or maybe that aids your EC technique?
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Anyone with wide feet remove the toe buckle on their hardboots?
I'm working on some remaining fitting issues for my .951s and will need a significant punch across the entire fifth metatarsal on both feet, meaning the toe buckle needs to be uninstalled and its mounting point will likely be too deformed to re-mount after punching. The shell size is otherwise perfect for a low-volume fit.
On my Deeluxe T700s, which is a boot I still love, I have never actually used the toe buckle. Doing it up pushes the fit over the edge and the pain quickly sets in after a run or two... and I never felt I needed the buckle in my forefoot since it is so wide.
I plan on trying both boots with removed toe buckles this winter. One thing I noticed about the .951s is that the tongue is pressed against the shell upon buckling the toe, so leaving it unbuckled could mean letting some snow inside the boot. Any suggestions or concerns?
Also, I have found myself giving up on the .951 stock liners. They are extremely uncomfortable and the seams on the top of the liner cause bizarre pressure points I've never had before. I'm replacing them with Intuition's FX Race. -
Pre-season carving, with @BlueB towing me and @Cousin of Beagle's camera work. The ocean was cold, but the dead water was really nice!
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@BlueB hope you don't mind me starting a thread this season!
We were up at Manning this last weekend, doing prep work for the upcoming season. Construction, painting, and planning the club's programs. Camped on a ski run, and enjoyed escaping to some cooler weather.
Excited to be coaching, this winter is going to be a very busy one for me. I did not expect to get such an incredible opportunity to coach alpine snowboarding for my first season as an instructor. The people here are great!-
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F2 Race Titanium bindings are a very popular binding, so if you find hard-booting isn't for you, the bindings tend to be very easy to sell.
There are also a couple Australian carvers here, perhaps you can get lucky and find someone with some gear you can demo, or at least some better purchasing advice.-
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8 hours ago, BlueB said:
Good find and cool graphics! Never seen that one before.
If it's a WCR (before metal) it would be 11m. If it's a WCRM it's 12m. Only the metaltop WCRMs, like mine, were 11m.
Ah. It's a marked WCRM that has been sitting in storage for years, with only 6 days of use on it. The design is identical to my 177, aside from topsheet construction differences.
I'm debating on whether to keep the board or not. It might be nice to have a backup since I love my 177 so much. -
Picked up a pristine WCRM for a bargain locally, this one at 174cm (compared to my beloved 177cm WCRM on the right). Sidecut seems to be 11m.
Interested to see if it rides considerably differently than the 177cm 2022 model @ 13m radius. I picked this up primarily for the bindings, but these boards are incredible freecarving sticks. Not sure if I'm holding onto it or not.
@BlueB if I recall correctly, this is the exact size of the WCRM you rode to death (minus the metal topsheet)! -
@Ladia I'm interested to see what you think of the 157N Spectre. Seems like a good all-mountain hardboot stick.
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Blackcomb, one last time. I bought up the 180cm Donek Incline, expecting slop, but the snow actually held together better than I expected. My carving was a lot better today, too.
@roch used some unnamed prototype board from OES. He rode off a cat track into a tree, no injuries thankfully...
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Boot fitter just did a small-ish punch on my right boot at the bunion instead of the entire metatarsal, alleviated the immediate crushing but did not provide enough space overall. I will need it punched under the toe buckle which could pose some issues re-mounting it afterwards... and also on the left foot as well.
I added footbeds for the first time in a while, which actually helped the fit in the rear foot. On my left it caused a bunch of pain, and had to be removed on the snow immediately. My rear foot also had a small heel lift installed in the shell, but I might remove that later.
I did attempt to ride with the boot, holy hell are the yellow springs soft. Coming from locked T700s, the flex is insane. The .951s also have a very tight and supportive cuff. Fit around the instep is phenomenal.Could only do two runs before switching back to the 700Ts. I need to adjust to using footbeds in my usual footwear and inline skates before using them in my snowboard boots, and the .951s feel terrible without footbeds. I also need to adjust to using springs... I installed the BTS kit on my 700Ts so we'll see how that goes too.
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Price halved to 100CAD. Need to make some space.
What's Everybody's Arsenal Looking Like This Winter?
in Carving Central
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I've since moved it to around +15/+35. I was running +30/+45 with only inward canting at the rear last season, with the stance significantly narrowed. I was pretty much always flexing the binding inwards to maintain knee alignment whenever I previously attempted lower angles.
I accomplished the canting by mounting the weird Burton plates under it in an unusual position; it also gives me toe lift in the front and heel lift in the rear.
This is just an experiment to see if I can get a setup with lower angles working for beginner lessons, since +43/+57 on the bastard makes for awkward falling leaf demos.