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MikeC

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  1. 12 hours ago, erazz said:

    I am officially freaked out.

    On both boards my stance is..... you guessed it: 20.5".

     

    What is this magic number?  What does it mean?!?

     

     

    Oh yeah, setup: 65/60 on a 19"  waist board.    Regular (as it should be mario) with 3 deg up front and 6 in the back.  Works so far but open to modifications.

    I too ride a 20.5 stance.  I am only 6' tall but have a very long inseam length.

     

     

    Coiler NSR 180, Boiler plate, F2 Ti's.  Same board for every condition and I do no change riding style on conditions.

  2. The answer really depends on the context... Are you lackadaisically carving down the hill, dropping a hand here or there?  Or are you racing but without any gates or timer?  

     

    I use my hands and arms as inertia to control exit and entry into turns.  Nice thing is that my hands are connected via my arms to my shoulders.  One goes the rest follows.

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  3. This board was built and delivered to me early March 2017.  Built for 165lb rider not including gear, and tweaked slightly to run with a plate.  14-17m sidecut.  20.X waist.  It is reeeally smooth.  Handles chop great, kills it on groomers.  I had the pleasure of riding this board on some of the gnarliest ice-cord I've ever seen, and it did great.  I have had fun riding leisurely as well as railing the hell out of it.  10/10 condition.  Worst mark on the board is that black streak by the serial #.  2* side and .75* base.  

    Bindings bought at same time, large F2 Race Ti's.

    Boiler plate is a UPM model, 5mm.  Works flawlessly.  Some light boot scuffs on top.  Hardware is in great shape. Bought used off Bomber in early 2015.

     

    $750 in person.  This setup has less than five days on it. 

     

     

     

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  4. What is that plate made of?  UHMW?  Even with that taper those tips will be very stiff.  The shape itself adds to the resistance of motion (triangle). While I personally would try radius-ing the tips, I'll let you make that call.

     

    Have you contacted Kessler about it?

  5. If you ride slalom like I do then sometimes your transition from toe to heel happens in the air and not the snow, nose lands first and the rest of the edge follows.  naturally the front foot is weighted much more.  This is a massive bending moment at the end of the plate.

     

    You are forcing the board to bend tighter than it can effectively bend due to the hard corner of the plate. Elastic deformation to plastic.

     

    Radius the end of the plate and I bet your problems end.  This is why I'm leary of plates without a bill and bumper of some sort.  So much is expected of the materials at that one point and the boards just can't take it.

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