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Ink,
Is there a list of demo days? I checked the demo calendar and couldn't find this Loveland Day which I'd like to get to.
Cheers
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Is the Donek sold?
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I am interested if entoh doesn't end up getting it.
Do you know if Sean built the rev stiffer than stock for you?
Thanks
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Just noticed the Maine sticker on the SGs, you from back east? There seem to be a fair number of folks from Maine out here.
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Do you know the weight range the Donek was built for?
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Since you're in Dillon you may be able to try before you buy. Give Sean a call and see if you can arrange a demo.
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I work as a bootfitter and have learned a few tricks for dealing with specific areas in an Intuition heat mold style liner. As suggested above you can grind the liner itself, generally this works well so long as you maintain enough material to keep the liner from tearing. What I find works best is using a heated boot stretching press and working on the liner the same way you do a plastic shell. I generally like this method as it keeps the liner in better condition than grinding, the obvious draw back is it requires boot fitting tools.
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I would also offer another thought. Try the yellow E ring. There is a substantial difference in flex between the three rings and the red us the stiffest.
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Ha Angie, thats the thing with bearded men, since you can't see all our faces we're shiftier than we appear.
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The fact that you can't get them is the point. I'm curious about how they differ in feel and behavior. Theres a huge amount of tweeking and adjustment that you can do to boots if you have the tools and the time. Presumably folks on the WC are better riders than I so I'd like to know what they find better and see what can be added into another boot.
In the same vein next winter I'm hoping to take a race lasted ski boot and revamp it, give it a bit of asymmetric flex, chop the toe and heel lugs etc. I've always found snowboard boots to be excessively wide, expected since theres only a handful of molds in use.
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Hey all,
In a way the title says it all. I'm not looking to buy boots but I am an engineer who has worked in boot fitting and am curious. I've never seen a set of Northwaves in person but they look relatively similar to current UPZs. Anyone able to enlighten me as to the big differences? The reason I don't ask about Deelux is they seem to have established a more unique direction in their boot development.
Walker
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I used a pair of there for a few days last year. Admittedly they were not the fancy high end pair but simply put they were awful. Truly painful to use as a soft boot due to lack of support through the top of the cuff. Also very wide through the foot so not comforting to ski in. I never tried to use them on plates, they have a long sole length so you would need to run high angles. I would also be concerned I'd be able to lean right out of them on toe sides. I do have narrow feet but these offered little in the way of heel hold.
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Bye Michelle,
All the best with your next adventure.
It was great to finally meet after email and phone calls over the last 10 years.
Walker
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Full Tilts do have a fair bit of ramp angle. Another option you can use is to reduce the ramp angle of the boot board itself by grinding down the heel. If you don't have the tooling a shop should be able to do this quickly.
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Precision Ski in Frisco,Co may be worth asking
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I just did 9 months in a 8x16 trailer. Mine is a converted utility which is insulated to beat the band. Generally only needed heat below freezing if there was sunshine. Look into tiny house trailers. Many of them a built under 200 sqf and can be designed to be quite useful. I would suggest that you should spend a great deal of time identifying what you will actually want as its easy to set things up in the beginning, not so easy once its all together and you underway if you plan on traveling with it.
If you do a trailer get a diesel truck.
Cheers
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I would primarily be using these for snowboarding, mostly lift serve as I'm putting together a ski AT setup. Thats my main interest with their ski performance as I'd like to have fewer boots if possible.
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Hi,
I was wonder if anyone has some feed back on the RC-8's I especially wondering how they compare to an AT ski boot. I know UPZ doesn't suggest using them for skiing but I'm wondering if they would be sufficient for a touring boot. I'm also curious how they are for a powder boot. I'm trying to get a pow setup with plates for next winter and am considering these boots.
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I have been teaching skiing and snowboarding this winter and I have a theory from what I have seen about why you have your dominant leg in front. I think its not necessarily that it is your stronger leg but it is the leg with more finesse. It seems to me we use our front leg to perform the more difficult and sensitive tasks while our rear leg is predominantly functioning with more gross movements.
I noticed this with skiing a fair bit. Most people are able to lighten their inside foot easier turning one direction or the other. Generally its when they are lightening their inside foot. Which seemed odd initially because one would think it would be easier to balance solely on your dominant leg. What I'm guessing is that it is easier to catch yourself with your dominant leg lightened should you loose balance whereas we have less trust we can catch ourselves with our non-dominant leg.
Or that may all be gibberish
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I'd have to second Mt Abrams. You have to love a mountain where the trails are all named after Rockey and Bullwinkle.
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If you want an even better example look at Marcel Hirscher. There is a competing school for ski instruction/analysis called PMTS which very closely matches the actions we use while snowboarding.
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Hey Corey,
I do sympathize with your difficulty swapping bindings between boards etc, I have the same issue with my bindings
I do have an idea for you, too late unfortunately but oh well. When you have the bindings attached to the board the only part of the center disk which is contacting the cant disk is the top portion of teeth. I am able to raise up the center disk a bit before it hits the plate. The teeth on the center disk go the full depth of the disk. The lower portion of the teeth on the disk don't actually do anything. I would bet that if you simply filed off the teeth on the lower portion of the center disk you would be able to lift the center disk enough to allow the cant disk to rotate. AND you'd keep all the structural parts of the binding.
Walker
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Hey Steve,
Yeah The CanCan does have limited groomed/carving terrain. I worked there for a year and skied there for two. The best you will find is over on Condor which is all the way to the far right. There is also a bit off Saddleback, the lift up from the gondola, though it will get busy. There is also some when the snow is good on Iron Mountain, which is far to the right take Timberline to get there and save time though no mater what it takes a while to get there. If you ski it is a much better skiing mountain, in the two years I was there I only boarded a handful of days.
You're right as to the layout. Completely assbackwards. I also was rather fond of the claimed vertical for the mountain, Doesn't exist anywhere. The most you find is around 1000'.
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I used my stock liners for several years. I am hoping to replace them this season. As mentioned they are good initially, tight heel hold. After a few seasons they did pack out, they come with velcro pads which did help tighten them up in the toe for another season though there isn't a way to tighten the heels up again. They do have a neoprene toe which I think makes them somewhat cold. I'm hoping some moldable liners will make them like new. I'm curious as someone mentioned moldable liners may soften the boot up. Have others found this to be the case? Anyone get the next stiffer tongues to compensate?
Demo boards in aspen/snow Mass?
in Carving Central
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Thanks for the heads up Mario. Hopefully I can make it!