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Maybe that's why I look like a Satyr in these when combined with FWD lean...

Yeah I heard UPZ has a narrow ankle/leg hence why I got it over the deeluxe. But I guess narrow is relative. Maybe I should of gone 2/1.5 sizes down but that just sounds like madness - eh but based on the reactions I've been getting at work, so is hardbooting. My issue with Mountain Slope is the price. $800 is well out of my budget. It's simply not an option. Looks like the game plan is to jury rig the FLO into working, and then getting a new liner. I'll report back what happens just incase someone else is having similar issues as me. This thread should probably be re-named.... Thanks for the help everyone!

Alright. I'll order one soon and try it out. Thanks.

Yeah, I stuck these tongue pads behind the tongue, and could still slip a finger down there w/o that much force. I'm 6' and 160lb on a heavy day, my shins/ankles are skinny.

@Beckmann AG Both shins. It seems once those FLO liners "formed" to my feet, it got bad. In all the rental ski boots at my work I get heel lift and shin movement; I'll visit the boot fitter and continue to play with my bindings. The boots are 26.5 and I'm a 27.5 Why the 6 degree cant disk?

I didnt have stock insoles in some boots I just got. So I just crammed my superfeet in a liner, took a picture of the inside of the boot and cut where it needed room based off the picture. Repeated as neccesary. To be honest, probably a tad foolhardy but it worked. Just do very, very small cuts each time. I agree with Daveo that customs would be ideal. Get those if you can. But personally, I am satisfied with superfeet, for what I'm paying. I really needed the arch support and they provided it

Read the guides linked, they helped a lot. Using boots and bindings made in the 21st century helped a lot, my joints no longer ache from bumps; before it was like driving a car w/o suspension. Anyways, these TD3s I got had 3° of cant. Using that on my rear foot helped tremendously, and it helps to keep my knee out. I'm unsure what to do with the other 3° cant plate on my front binding, so atm I thought it could act as a "toe lift", will fiddle with. No issues so far. Moving my bindings out a bit helped a lot too. Widening out the stance helped too, made the board less "boat-like", so I didn't have to huck myself around to do small turns. Now my issues are boot fitting(shin bang) related and getting a nice 50:50 toeside to heelside leverage, since my toeside leverage definitely feels stronger than heelside, UPZ heel is confusing since it goes in so much near where the heel bail latches. But I think I'll have figure that out as soon as this snow storm passes Thanks for the help everyone! It helped tremendously!

My bad. I was originally thinking it was a fitness issue.

Hey dont be giving non-snowboarder engineers any ideas now. I've released from my hardboots(toe drag) that was terrifying. Releasing? No thanks.

My coworkers all seem sort of scared of it. My skier coworkers find the setup rad, but the lack of release scares them. The snowboarders are more like "now that's a retro setup" or they're just straight up confused. They seem scared of the binding systems. It might be because our equipment is scary XD

It felt like I was re-learning how to snowboard. I also like racing down the hill doing big turns at high speeds and they're perfect for it.

Donek Freecarve 179cm Seattle area for $190. I bought the other board barely pictured since it came w/ TD3s https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/spo/d/seattle-donek-snowboard-freecarve179/6784465432.html

What do you mean by that? How well did these fit you? Where did it feel big/small? I got super skinny heels. Why are you selling them? I'm interested

"Are those ski boots?" - some guy "Nice bindings" - a liftie "Man I must not know much about snowboarding" - dude on chairlift I feel like I'll be hearing these a lot...

Not really, and if I do, it stems from something obvious like bad form when lifting. I have noticed when doing but kickers to warm up my left leg cant kick my butt anymore. Yet, I can touch my toes more easily than ever these days. And yeah, I noticed unless I'm bombing the hill and doing more slow, narrow(basically really drawing things out when changing edges back n forth) or just carving across the hill back and forth, I feel like I'm fighting myself to manipulate my board.

I'll provide some info now that I am home and have a protractor. The board is a Palmer Channel Titanium, a BX board. My bindings are burton race plates and boots are burton shadows. I am having some issues toying with the lean on the boots, it seems one has more flex than the other, specifically the front boot. I also did multiple measurements, looks like my angles were off from what I originally measured. I was running +45, +33. Besides preventing toe drag, should I keep angles much closer than I would with softboots? Thanks for the links, finding info about this is a bit harder than softboot info. Pics of setup provided.

I'm still trying to figure that out. I had them too low, and it caused toedrag and therefore I was releasing. So I went up to around 50ish degrees +/- 5 so theres no possible overhang. I'll watch that video and post the exact angles when I get home and have access to my protractor. Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm looking for a bit of help by those more experienced in alpine stances than I. I'm finding i get some pain on the sides of my knees when using forward stances, usually a day after riding. What could be going wrong? I usually night ski, so there'll be some bumps here and there. I usually just go right over them or skid around them, sometimes i can carve around them, if they're not super bad. I'm looking to get better at using hardboots, but issues like this will slow progression greatly. Any ideas/advice to prevent knee problems? I'm 22 so I want to keep my knees for awhile. I would like to avoid a brace/sleeve if possible. I'm thinking it's a muscle imbalance/flexibility issue. Any ideas?

I'm around your sons age and looked into a position like this at one point, so here's what I know. At my local resort, it seems they have instructures that are non-certified but require intermediate/advanced skill to the least, and then of course those who are already certified. When I spoke to one of the department heads at the ski school, he suggested I study the AASI material to improve my chances, asked if I have any experience teaching people, if I'm patient, and if I'm good with people. On the mountain's website they post all the available instructor positions on their website, and what they want, so that may be a good place to start. They told me you tend to start out teaching never-ever beginner riders, so something to keep in mind. Some cons my coworkers who work in my department but also/used to instruct told me that many never-ever riders aren't that interested in the sport, and that good hours can be trouble to get, so he may need to work in other departments for extra money. Hope this helped somehow!

@Keenan Know of anything running out of Stevens? I've been wanting to do this too, but White Pass is so far. And nice that you're racing, get a good helmet haha

Hey thanks for the insight! I was worried their age would be a liability, especially since I don't ride that soft, but I'd like to get a feel for things before spending more money. Knowing me I'd probably like it but I gotta be sure before I spend like $500.

Yeah, basically, if the disk fits: I can use it. Is what I was wondering. I was worried the disks for these hardboot bindings are special(even though they look the same)

Maybe I should of said any burton 4-hole, I just assumed it's proprietary like softboot bindings. Think a burton 4-hole would work? I have and can find a bunch. Or the disks meant for hardboots specialized for it? Thanks, that all helped a lot!

Hey guys after using the search function I couldn't really seem to find what I was looking for, so here it goes: I ran across a pair of burton shadows today, I've been hunting for a hardboot setup for a while. I already have a BX board I can use so all I need is bindings. Know which bindings are compatible with these boots? I read something about them not being compatible with Intec whatever that is? I saw some Burton race plate bindings on ebay, but it seems they're being sold with the three hole screw disks, could I just plop any ol' 4-hole one in there? Thanks.