Deuxdiesel
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Used just a few times- too small for my boots. $125 plus shipping.
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It is too bad there are not any soft bindings specifically made for carving at high angles. A highback that actually wrapped around the boot top with a 3rd strap would be ideal, but it's a pretty small market. Even on my 27 wide Coiler and Ride, I have to go with 40+ angles for my boats, which leads to all sorts of funkiness.
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I wear a Buff around my neck and just pull it up over my nose and mouth when I am in the lift line. On the chair I am only with my (vaccinated) family, so it stays down. I have to wear a mask 7 hours a day around my students, so any relief outdoors is appreciated.
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I would love to see a boarder and Danny McCaskill on a real fat bike do it in winter conditions.
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PM sent.
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I had been teaching snowboarding (on my Burton Cruiser!) and skiing for a couple of years, and it was a pain to switch boots back and forth, so I found an old pair of Lange ski boots and some SnoPro binding to put on my board.
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2 hours ago, west carven said:
howdy Deuxdiesel
Gerry Lopez would never say he is better than... and he is Mr. Pipeline to you...
I get what you are saying, and I was being churlish (mostly), but to watch what those guys are doing makes me wonder- If it's really "soul surfing", why is it a contest?
BTW, I was a terrible surfer but a pretty good windsurfer, so Gerry Lopez is well known.
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I have not tried the Tracer, but I do have a Concept 161 and and Area 157 (actually my wife's)- both really nice boards, but the Area is too soft for me at 170lbs, and the Concept does well on soft, groomed snow. When you hear freestyle riders describe these boards, you would swear they were talking about 6 foot long 2x8's or something.
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I must be missing something here. Are they supposed to ride like that on purpose? If so, I am totally stoked to know that I ride better than Fletch, Muchado and Lopez, at least on snow. Now if they were on Snurfers, I could understand it a bit more.
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Does anybody remember the ski/snowboard competition back in the 90's called "trench wars" or something like that? It was run on a waterski style course with buoys (half balls) placed at different widths and you got more points for rounding the outer buoy than the inner ones. Racers could go on both snowboards and skis for the "skimeister" award. I remember watching Mark Fawcett race in Vermont and always thought that would be the future of alpine racing, but obviously it did not take off.
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Awesome job! Congrats and much respect for representing us older coots. Is it just the video or was the course really slow?
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Drifting may not be skidding, but it is not carving either. Remove the gates from that image and it would look pretty rough compared to the graceful arcs you see at an expression session. Not that Karl isn't killing it time-wise, and is obviously exceptionally skilled, but the goal is to get there first, not prettiest. In the mid weighting 3 video, the radius of the two turns is different as is the amount of the center of mass the rider puts inside the turn. Both show great skill and similar technique, but not apples to apples.
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I don't know about the future of "alpine", but the future of carving for me was just revealed after my first day on my new Coiler BX hammerhead 160x27. With Flow bindings and some stiffer boots, I was able to lay out turns as quick and precise as any I have ever done on race boards and hard boots, plus it was much easier to just cruise and skid around on when riding with slower riders. I spent years teaching people to carve with hard boots and race boards, plus more than a decade evaluating instructors (who used hard boots and race boards) mainly because free ride/freestyle boards from the late 90's-early 2000's were pretty terrible at carving on anything but hero snow. I went through a whole bunch of supposedly "stiff" free ride boards over the past 15 years as a patroller (simply because patrolling on an alpine set-up is not very practical) and they were all weak. Hard boots are still fun, and all the plate and sub-plate systems are fascinating to me, but as mentioned in this thread and others, race boards and race techniques are designed to get past the gates as fast as possible. Fully rounded across the fall line layed out zero skid turns are not practical in a race.
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Even at 1,000 EU that's still 1,100 USD. 1,500 EU would be over 1,600 USD. Ouch.
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An "engineered ski area" is my favorite term for these built-up hills. There used to be an actual landfill hill in SE MI called Riverview Highlands, and they struggled to keep snow on the hill even in good snow years because of the rising heat from the decomposition process.
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Any idea what the waist width is?
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Is there a published (by F2) upper weight limit on these bindings?
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On 11/21/2019 at 10:46 PM, FrankNBeans said:
The few Volkl Renn Tiger listed in the for sale a-while back would fit in the 'vintage for sale' category. But wait, the 3D sidecut was variable and the were made with titanal?
...planned obsolescence...
I have one of these with Bomber B1's on it, and it does not need anything to be fantastic, other than a younger, more fit rider.
There are some limits to ancient equipment though....
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I patrolled for almost 20 years at a local area that later became part of the Vail conglomerate. After that we were highly discouraged from curtailing reckless behavior on the hill because it might turn away customers.
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I still have my RT 168 GS as well. Don't be surprised how much softer the Concept is than the Volkl. I'm not sure how it will ride with plates, but i would like to hear your experiences with it. Right now these are available at a pretty good discount online.
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If it is for use on a heel piece, for sure use something like Super Lube (silicone based, not petroleum).
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Permatex anti-seize does the same thing. It prevents galvanic corrosion between dissimilar metals (aluminium and stainless steel).
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Never used, black tongues. Sized for 25-27.5 shells. Shipping extra.
Elan 157, 163, 171 Alpine boards- Price Drop
in Vintage For Sale
Posted · Edited by Deuxdiesel
price drop
Speedball 157x19, very good condition, needs a tune. $50 plus shipping.
Ballistic 163x19, very good condition, needs a tune. $100 plus shipping.
Ballistic 171x18.5, hardly ridden, needs a tune. $125
plus shipping.