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18 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said:
Everything is gone, sorry.
No stress
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still available??
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still available?
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are the boots still available ?
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you sell the tws ones ? looking for anything from 1994 1995-2000
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Bola moved his shop
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4 hours ago, SunSurfer said:
@Speed cat I'm not convinced by your defence of your dogmatic statement that
"If you cant flex your boot then how can you expect to create power on the board.... You cant.... "
I accept you can ride fast and have done lots of racing. That's not the point at issue here. Nevin's setup and success directly contradicts your statement.
Mike said it best... Everyone like it different and do what works for you.
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14 hours ago, SunSurfer said:
So you'd also go for rubber crowbars? (reductio ad absurdum)
Contrast your approach with that of the current Olympic male PGS champion. Nevin Galmarini uses locked position boots front and rear, yet provides the same rationale as you.
Nevin is also riding Deeluxe boots.. Those boots are noodles compared to NW. This is the reason he needs them locked down super tight.
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On 11/21/2018 at 1:52 PM, Algunderfoot said:
Just arrived, from the Uber Talented Mark Miller, with a little conceptual help from a handful of thirst riders, is this gorgeously long lean and mean thirst 9 SW Groomer Trasher. 195 overall, 17 wide, meet "May Day"!
OMG
that looks sick
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On 11/24/2018 at 10:54 AM, 1xsculler said:
Neil makes valid points. I am a relative novice and am still trying to get everything figured out. I have work to do to get down and dirty on my carve but I am confident I have my equipment figured out for now, at least.
I went through numerous shells and messed around with my liners a lot to finally settle on new UPZ RC8 shells, size 28, which are correct for my 28.2 cm feet and Deeluxe 131 liners on which I had to do surgery in the big toe area to finally get great comfort. There was no way to heat-thin the toe area of the liner enough to make room for my very normal sized big toes.
When I first tried Zipfits I thought I had found the perfect liners, i.e. lots of toe room, supposedly moldable while you use them, very well made of durable material, but they made the outsides of my lower legs very sore right at the tops of the liners and I concluded they would be excellent for skiing, where you want lateral stiffness for edge control, but not suitable for hardboot carving for me.
Did you have the classic liners ?
Lateral stiffness should be coming from your shells not really your liner ... I would say 80/20
I tried all the liners when I was visiting Sven and classic was the best IMO
On 11/25/2018 at 3:18 AM, ThePeonsChamp said:@slapos keep us updated on how the 951 with zip fits is working. I am trying to get a pair of .951 but I can't get anyone to message me back about them. I guess they are prioritizing racers? I would be in the D shell and my feet are right at 28.5. If anyone has any recommendations I am all ears. My upz are beating up my shins.
SI carver is the best place that I know of... Ivan is a great guy and sick service
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On 11/23/2018 at 2:44 PM, 1xsculler said:
I found that Zipfits are pretty ridgid laterally and good for skiing but not great for hardboot snowboarding. You do get good heel hold down and lots of toe room but the outsides and insides of my lower legs became very sore and bruised. I think they defeat the purpose of flexing in hard boots. Just my $0.02 and worthless.
I would be curious to see your setup. It could be because your twisting and because the liners are there to help your fighting against them... Could be a set up issue not boots..
Crazy part about that is when I first got my hands on NW boots in 2008 I hated them and tried to sell them to Vic Wild who was on my team... Little did I know the stock liners were so bad the experience was horrifying. When I switched to ZIP life changed and I never looked back since.
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On 11/23/2018 at 10:57 PM, slapos said:
I will give them a try anyway. I like stiff and supporting boots so it should be fine.
Thanks for your 0.02
They are not stiff.... They are the perfect balance... Think about it... You can have a really stiff boot paired with a super unsupported liner and the boots are still stiff. Northwave boots are not that stiff. The offer very nice forward flex and you need a liner that works together with your shell.... I actually hate stiff boots and liners.. If you cant flex your boot then how can you expect to create power on the board.... You cant....
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3 hours ago, Jack M said:
@Speed cat is a collector, maybe he will be interested. This setup would be useful for a transitional year for a young racer making the jump from softboots. i.e. USASA, NASTAR, etc.
Already have 4 lol I need the RED ones
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Slapos,
I have been riding this setup since 2008. With ZipFit you don't really need to heat mold anything... The cork in the liner just molds to your foot and the rest is focussed on making fast turns.
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1 hour ago, BlueB said:
We are hoping for a limited opening at Cypress, this weekend.
Snow is really good here now, however we did have a rough start with all the warm weather.
Have a good season
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34 minutes ago, daveo said:
My 8 year old red Arc'teryx shell must be made by aliens, then. My experience with FA has been poor at best.
Sorry to hear about your experience. What year was your gear and what did you have ?
On a side note regarding the color red, I would encourage some research as this attribute with red is very common across every industry. Those jackets were actually made at the old ARC factory so its possible they did not have the aliens working that day
Here is some science facts behind it.
Dyes and pigments work by absorbing certain wavelengths of light and reflecting or transmitting the rest. When a dye molecule absorbs a photon, an electron is excited to a higher energy state. Most of the time (neglecting fluorescence), the molecule de-excites by giving off heat and returns to the ground state intact. However, because the excited state is a high energy state, it has the potential to undergo a chemical reaction, breaking a covalent bond or otherwise irreversibly reacting with another molecule. This changes the electronic structure of the molecule which changes its absorption properties: e.g. many dyes that absorb visible light have large systems of conjugated double bonds and if these are broken, the absorbance can shift to much shorter wavelengths. How likely this kind of destructive chemistry is depends on the nature of the dye. ( our new materials are custom made in Japan so they do perform better then the past material which came from Korea )
Even with cars, red paint can often degrade faster because it absorbs higher energy (shorter wavelength) light. The more energy that is available, the more likely it is that reactions will occur.
30 minutes ago, BlueB said:Same with my 3 year old Columbia, as bright as on the day one, but not very waterproof any more. Then I've got a much older Sunice, that lost a bit of intensity...
Is that you Freddy?
You guys start the season yet ?
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On 4/13/2018 at 3:51 PM, BlueB said:
I don't buy very expensive stuff, period. Rip it, patch it, when beyond repair, throw away... But I can offer my 0.02 CAD on FA:
CASI had them as official uniforms for several years. They get horrible discoloration in the sun/UV and probably washing. All the red jackets turned into some weird shade of pink. Also, most of the evaluators complain about pockets not being enough, in size and number.
Any red jacket suffers from this reaction. Red is actually the worst color when it comes to fading regardless of the color fast recipe.
The 2015 FA design CASI jackets were a custom design. The red jackets you see are exactly what they wanted and requested at the time.
Plate's effect on board?
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Looking sexy AF in that jacket