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  1. Review of the UPZ AT8

    in Hardboot Reviews

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    1 hour ago, patmoore said:

    I suspect switching to a softer tongue will bring about the desired flex.

    I have a pair of  lightly used anthracite soft tongues from my XC12's that are the size you need if you want to try. Send me a PM if your interested

  5. THIRST 8R WARP

    in Alpine Board Reviews

    Posted

    On 6/6/2023 at 7:27 PM, Kneel said:

    Best board ever. 💖  Rumor has it while balancing on a barstool at No Name, Mark fell and hit his head, knocking him unconscious. When he came to, he'd had a vision of the WARP shape which makes time travel...er uh the 8RW possible. 👍

    Great Scott!

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  6. Hard boots on a twin tip?

    in All Mountain Hardbooting

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    21 hours ago, kibber said:

    what BlueB said 👆🏼

    not All “hardboots” are the same. My “softboots” the last 3 years have been Deeluxe325’s (a shell size big) w intuition luxury liners (thick high volume) and softest bts spring kit. F2 RS Bindings.

    Donek Hazelwood 175 twin tip (directional) w early rise front, 24cm waist, 45/40 angles. May sound “long” but the effective edge and camber is low, it wiggles just fine!

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    @Kibber your slashr looks awesome! Not to threadjack but please give us specs

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  7. Hard boots on a twin tip?

    in All Mountain Hardbooting

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    47 minutes ago, BlueB said:

    Angles have very little to do with the rider's height

    I agree. You read too deep in my sentence. I was adding extra info to that. Since he's about the same height I was giving him my set up minus boot size and board width. I figured he knew that. I forgot to mention my pow boards do have titan flex and RS. Maybe that's enough to make a difference?? Would it seriously ruin or make for a weird riding day on the mountain on TD3's verses F2"s? Not likely. I wouldn't recommend RS for hard carving with a plastic base. Seems too weak of a base plate especially if your a bigger or aggressive guy. I guess I'm a mutant and like a more solid connection to my board in all conditions. Each his own. FWIW

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  10. Hard boots on a twin tip?

    in All Mountain Hardbooting

    Posted · Edited by snowburn

    I ride my XC12's on my powder boards and love them. I wouldn't worry about softer bindings. Boots are flexy enough. At your height 20 1/2 inch stance is a starting point. I ride at 40 deg posi posi with at least front inward canting should do. You could add inward canting to rear or adjust boot cuff inward towards nose if you think you need. Toe lift front and flat on rear. XC's don't have walk mode so front boots at full upright, rear forward to your liking. I thought the XC's are too flexy so I added orange spring and swapped to the black tongues. Now there perfect. 

  11. Boot advice needed

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    On 3/12/2024 at 1:46 PM, TimW said:

    I have the xc12 and I like them,  but would have been perfectly happy with a bit more stiffness as well. I am not heavy(180lbs) but carve hard.

    I have both XC12 and RC12. I was 180lbs, now I'm 170lbs. The XC's are definitely super flexy like the YT video shows. so I've been using the XC's for my powder boards. I just recently swapped out the stock XC tongues for the black ones (MFI 110) and swapped out the soft blue springs to the stiff orange ones and its way better. I also upgraded my RC's with the Silver tongues (MFI 130) and added the free flex spring box kit with the medium Silver springs for hard charging carving. I had no complaints with the stock RC12's, I thought they were perfect but decided to make them stiffer as a comparison. I'll find out how I like the RC's tomorrow.

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  12. Accidental Binding Release

    in Carving Central

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    1 hour ago, kibber said:

    I only use RS on my powder ‘board.

    Same here only on my pow board. 

    I would also check toe bail to heal receiver for proper distance. The pins on boots should be towards the back of the holes. Just tight enough for the pins to slide but not tight enough to hang up/bind and not fully engage

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  19. Thirst 22CC+ Softboot Carver

    in Alpine Board Reviews

    Posted

    I'm the proud new owner of Dave's CC board thanks @bigwavedave. I fell in love with this board as well but on day one. Mounted with hard boots it was ripping the whole mountain from 12-15" of pow to groomers.

    On 2/15/2024 at 10:33 PM, Pigbrogg said:

    Beautiful board! I'm still waiting for Mark to build one for me.🥲

    Hopefully you get yours before the season ends! If I had only one board this would be it!

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  23. Who's Got Cord?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, kibber said:

    If goofy, bring your thirst quiver!!

    Sorry. I ride regular. I'll PM you with my itinerary 

     

    47 minutes ago, kibber said:

    snow has been decent all season, and very good now after last weeks hit.

    Looks like more on the way this week! 

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