[8.9 EARTHQUAKE hits Japan and few large one earlier.]

famliy was in tokyo at time and seems to be alright. most of what they knew is now gone though.

[Helping a new hardbooter?]

posted the first one in the wrong fourm.

So i got together a hardboot set up and was hoping maybe someone could meet up with me at Chestnut MTN in north IL and spend a day with a young new carver on Sunday March 13. 9am

[8.9 EARTHQUAKE hits Japan and few large one earlier.]

Im still trying to get a hold of my family over in japan.

[Molding the liner]

well i did what i could. AND WOOOOOOW! It feels 1000 times better on my feet!

[Molding the liner]

i feel stupid i couldnt find that

Thanks

[Molding the liner]

I got my first set of hard boots in a couple days ago, Oxygen Kryptons. They feel good except for a few areas.

On my left foot, my pinky toes feels like its a little cramped, and on my right theres a pressure point on my heel.

So is there anyway to mold these at home? The closest ski shop is just hard to get to.

[results of surveys]

im 16, so could i be part of that (more kids) thing?

will be my first SES next year!

[Out of line?]

yield to people downhill of you: so skier gets in trouble?

skier punched the dude!

[Oxygen Kryptons 27.5 $125]

first in line!

[Wtb Hardboots M28]

i need a pair of m28 hardboots to go with my burton race plates

thanks

[Raichle AF700 Mondo 28.5]

2nd in line

[Deeluxe size 28.0 Mondo]

i failed to notice, but he is in line of head of me.

[Deeluxe size 28.0 Mondo]

will take these boots and sent an email

[Butt Carving!!!]

every time i slid out on ice, i go right into the trees

[WTB: hardboots m29.5]

i need some stiffer boots for mondo 29.5 or us11

thanks

[WTB: plate bindings]

Im searching for a pair burton plates, td1's, td2's, or a nice plate binding with 3D disk only, in the range or ~$180.

Think in advance

[Burton step-ins]

are the burton step-ins stiff enough to race, and can i trust that the binding wont release on me?

thx

[softboot lift and cant]

so the unicant mounts to the deck, then the bindings mount to the cant?

[softboot lift and cant]

so i need both lift and cant for my softboot set-up as the binding arnt doing enough, so what can i do/make to help?

[topsheet repair]

thx for all the great help guys

im not going to color it, just as long as it stop from future chipping in those areas

[topsheet repair]

so i was hit by straight-liner today at the hill:freak3:. but the board took a few chips.

this would be my first snowboard repair and im not really sure what to do.

i really dont care if it doesnt look perfect, just need to something to stop the chipping.

thanks for all of the help

[Edge angle help?]

thx. thats all i need

[Edge angle help?]

i emailed burton for edge angles and this is what i got (burton speed 160)

"2 degree side and 1 degree base."

but my tool is "Side-edge 88 and 89 degrees; base edge 0.5 and 1 degrees"

can i still do the edge?

[Missing the gates?]

when i was racing, i would finish the turn right after the gate and begin the next turn about half way to the next gate

if you skid into the turns, wont you lose all your speed? and the speed you are losing from skid, how do you get it back so fast?

[Missing the gates?]

I started running some GS courses today, and im over shooting some of the gates. The first 3 gates are fine but the instant i hit the 4th-5th gate, i cant carve through it and i totally lose it. It almost feels at if im entering the turn to fast.

Im totally lost and would love all the help i can get.

Thanks