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fumbimo

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fumbimo last won the day on March 17 2023

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  • Location
    Toronto
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Mt St Louis Moonstone
  • Occupation?
    Software Consultant
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Coiler Contra 170 (hardboot)
    Coiler Contra 165 (Softboot)
    Korua shapes Transition finder plus
    Korua Shapes Pocket Rocket (with edges)
    Rossignol Sashimi 160
  • Current Boots Used?
    Ride Insano
    Mountain Slope .951
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Flux CV
    Now o-drive
    36/27 angles on softboot 53-55cm stance
    Kessler Race bindings 57.5/52.5 with toe and heel lift
  • Snowboarding since
    2007
  • Hardbooting since
    2022

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  1. These are very responsive, not the most but they're pretty damn good. The straps are the most comfortable I've ever felt and this binding is by far the most damp ride I've ever felt. I really really like these bindings. I think the ankle strap is maybe a little soft. The bataleon infinity straps are a good upgrade for these. The only real issue I see with these bindings is the flip cams to adjust the strap length. If you have any toe drag at all the snow can catch them and pop it open. I resorted to drilling out the rivet on them and flipping the tabs around so they don't catch.
  2. is soul actually making ride-able snowboards now? I know some of there previous boards were a deathtrap to ride. especially that notorious pocket rocket.
  3. I went through the hassle of buying some Medium stiffness with wings inserts from japan last year. They are seriously awesome, i loved riding with them. I just grabbed a set or hard stiffness to try out.
  4. I've owned tons of production softboot carvers and really the vast majority of them just aren't on par with a custom board. Currently my main softboot carver is a coiler contra. It is noticeably more stable and damp than any production board. but also a lot heftier. 27cm waist, 165 length, and 12m sidecut. If all you want to do is carve, i would 100% say getting a custom board like a coiler is worth it. But its definitely less versatile of a board than a production board. That being said there really are some gems out there. Korua shapes bullet-train is an absolutely phenomenal carver. I'd put it up there with the best of them. Nidecker blade, amplid pentaquark are a couple others. these are all boards i'd be incredibly happy to own and daily drive. They carve incredibly well and are a blast to ride, and you don't feel restricted from hitting the occasional sidehit and goofing around. I think the biggest drawback with most production boards labeled as carving boards is the smaller sidecut radius. The korua bullet train is the best i've gotten to experience at 9.8m.
  5. high backs rotated to line up with the heel edge, about 3/6 forward lean on them. it's just enough that its lined up well with my boots
  6. Thanks! I loved Minecraft as a kid and did the same. I still binge it once a year or so.
  7. First proper softboot carver Coiler contra, 165cm x 27.5cm waist, 12m sidecut
  8. 36/27 degrees, 56 cm width. I've messed with my angles a lot and I think you're right in that more splay helps but it seems to do so only on my toeside. Even running really shallow angles like 9degrees on the back foot I end up doing similar on my heelside.
  9. I'm looking for some advice for my heel side turns. I tend to straighten my front leg to maintain edge angle on the snow, without doing this I always feel like I'm not going to be able to hold my edge well and either skid my turns or tip over. But this seems to be causing my hips to be sitting above my front foot and my back knee to cave in. I'm not sure how to address this and I think this is the cause for some back knee pain I've been having so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
  10. I found the thread you're talking about but it didn't seem specific to music while riding. plus it was started in 2018, maybe some people have new stuff to chime in with. Also about the sony WM4, thats super neat that they can stop playing music when you start talking. i just got some new jabra ear buds, wish i knew about this feature on the sony's a week ago haha
  11. Stumbled upon a post from a couple years ago regarding the benefits of listening to music while carving. Got me wondering for those of you that do like to jam out while riding, what do you listen to? Lets see some playlists or music recommendations!
  12. I feel like i struggled with this exact thing earlier this season, what worked for me was just focusing on what he talked about in the 2nd/3rd video. the basic carving. i went back to the bunny hill and tried to link turns without any sort of unweighting in my turns, no angulation. trying to maintain that posture as static as possible. It did wonders for me. i did it with my hands on my hips so i could confirm i was maintaining the rotation. also i just focused on keeping my pelvis rotated and didn't pay as much attention to my torso at that point. Im noticing you're starting the turns with some forward hip rotation but you unwind your hips and finish the turn as if you're riding duck almost. it's very foreign feeling at first but to maintain the hip rotation throughout the turn it kinda feels like you're constantly trying to rotate more and more throughout the turn. Another thing that might help is where you're pointing your head. it looks like on your heelside you stay looking relatively down the fall line. i try to force my head to face and look where i want to be going, more across the hill. it helps everything align the right way.
  13. I haven't been able to solve heel lift in my .951's and i'm not sure where to go from here. im in a c shell, stock liner. I've been trying variations of adhesive foam j-bars on the liner but as I've started to wear it in I'm now at the point where im maxing out the ankle buckle and still having some heel slop. I'm no where near maxing out any of the other buckles, i usually have the toe buckle on the 2nd notch. I've already had the toe box widened on both boots. I'm open to the idea of new liners but i don't really know where to start with this. also concerned higher volume liners will be too cramped in the toe box area.
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