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  1. AT ski boots for plates?

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    On 2/12/2020 at 3:27 PM, dudedude said:

    4. I’ve used this with both a Dupraz and an Osin 3800, the boots worked brilliantly as a soft boot replacement on both powder and groom. I end up with less overhang as well, which is a nice bonus. 

    Oh! Interesting! What softboots were you using on those boards and in what size? And what were your binding angles for both (softboot and with the Backland)?

  4. short & fat

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    On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 11:32 AM, John Gilmour said:

    and MiG... how do I twist your arm to finally get a pavement carving brudda onto snow in Aspen with me?

    If I manage to loose a 150lbs, you won't have to twist my arm! Right now, I am having a hard time completing a run on a very small hill without my back and knees suffering. Haaa! Haa! Ha!

  8. Soft board stiffness

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    On ‎11‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 10:12 AM, Neil Gendzwill said:

    I need it to carve well if I have to but I also want to be able to move it around in the trees.

    Both of these will cover your needs and have a stiffer flex than most boards of their type. Designed and made in Canada.

    Fullbag Blunt Diamond:

    https://fullbag.com/collections/snowsurfs/products/blunt-diamond-156-l

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5RamTdpLBh/?igshid=5nu992plweqi

    Fullbag Supernaut:

    https://fullbag.com/collections/snowsurfs/products/supernaut

     

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  10. Internal dialogue while riding

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    Ok! Let's go!!!

    Carve... carve... carve.... carve...

    Let's hit that bank on the right side! Yeeaaah!!!

    Carve... carve... carve... carve... carve...

    Oooh! Untracked pow patch on the left!!! Slaaaaash!!!

    Back to the groom!!!

    Carve... carve... carve... carve... carve... carve...

    This is waaaaay too much fun!!!

    Oh! Roller coming up! Pop it!!!

    Carve... carve... carve... carve... carve... carve...

    Man! The conditions are awesome!!!

    Flatter section coming up. Let's do it switch!

    Carve... carve... carve... carve...

    180 back to forward!

    Let's stop and watch Steph and Benny go by.

    Man! My buddies have style!!! Follow them!!!

    Etc... etc... etc...

     

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  15. Pavement Carving

    in Summer Carving

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    A little run on one of my Fullbag longboards, specificaly tuned for carving. We filmed this at sunset, late last fall, after an afternoon of slalom skateboard practice. First experiment filming with an iPhone on a gimbal. It was cold, sub zero celcius, thus the winter jacket and snowboard helmet. I will try to add more little clips of pavement carving on skateboards in this thread, once in a while.

     

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  19. Updated: Carving megastore store in Kanda

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    Posted · Edited by Mig

    10 minutes ago, slapos said:

    I think there was special pockets on. the tongue for the RAF insert. 

    its a cool concept, however I remember them biting into my foot, so that's why I was not so keen on them. 

     

    cheers

    Lukasz

    Yes, there was pockets at the top and bottom of the tongue to put the RAF in. Never had the biting problem you had with them in all my years using (which is since they came out, actually). They just stiffened the boot without any discomfort for me. Even now, I put them directly on my liner inside the shell and only feel a little extra pressure on toeside turns near the beginning of my toes. But not enough to ruin my day and could be easily fixed my reshaping/shortening them.

  20. Staying dry on a raining carving day.

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    1 hour ago, b0ardski said:

    $30 PVC rain pants, I prefer florescent yellow so they can find you in the fog

    Get the matching coat for extra steeze points

    Rocked those cheap yellow suits a few times in the 80s on pouring days. 

    1 minute ago, BlueB said:

    Ofshore sailing gear. 

    My riding buddy used a Mustang suit every single day during a few winters in the late 80s.

  21. Updated: Carving megastore store in Kanda

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    8 hours ago, slapos said:

    this looks like the Burton RAF kind of insert for Driver X, that they had some time ago.

    I would assume that this powerwing is only for softies?

    I didnt like the RAF inserts, but these look more solid though.

     

    Different then what the RAF where initially designed for as they were made to fit over the tongue shell. From what I remember reading on the website, the japanese ones are designed to fit between the liner and boot shell, and they work with soft and hard snowboard boots, and ski boots.

    5 hours ago, daveo said:

    I think I had those on my drivers about 10 years ago. I used them but can't remember much about them.

    They were still included with the Driver X up until a 3 or 4 years ago. I absolutly love them and they make a big difference for the boot flex. I wish they would have produced them in different flexes to fine tune the boots. I still use them in the newer Driver X boots, but now put them Inside the shell between the liner and the internal ankle lacing.

  24. Your Snowboarding Heritage?

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    Although I started skiing first (late 60s), skateboarding (1975) was my direct and major influence and what got me into snowboarding (1979). And even if I have never surfed (except for a bit of wakesurfing in the 2000s), surfing has always been a VERY big influence on both my snowboarding and skateboarding. I was buying a lot of surf mags back then because surfstyle skateboarding and snowboarding was, and still is, what I was (am) into. 

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