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  2. top sheet removal

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I have an old K2 Trucker with topsheet delamination.  I hope to mount a panorama photo on this and use it as a wall hanging.  It would be nice if I could remove the topsheet as it would provide a better base for the photo.  I don't know much about materials, but I'm suspecting that the topsheet is some sort of vinyl.  Where it is loose from the board, it's fairly stiff.  I ran a hairdryer over it, and it softenend (it would be possible to epoxy down in this state), but didn't seem to give up its grip on the board much.

    Here's a shot of the main delamination: post-355-0-41192200-1419885243_thumb.jpg

    Here's a panorama I put on a Burton Air 6.1: post-355-0-62535300-1419885328_thumb.jpg

  3. SES/ECES-- Whatcha demo? Howd 'it ride? Will you buy one?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I started out demoing the Donek plate. It really did smooth out the carving, but I'm not sure I like the added weight and lift.

    I rode the Donek "backward" VSR (tighter at back end). I enjoyed figuring out how to ride this, and once that was accomplished, it worked fine for me. Did anyone else give this a try?

    My own Coiler 170 VSR T met an untimely demise, and my only other board at the mountain was the Madd 158. This proved to be a problem when I found myself on Polar Bear the morning after the dump. Trying to keep the nose up on that took a lot out of me. This led me to try the Coiler 171 VSR T AM. That handled the fresh really well for me and also was similar enough to my defunct board that I came to terms with Bruce so that I could take it home Friday afternoon.

    The Donek Rev slalom was a fun ride too.

    I know I rode some other boards but my old-timers disease has made me forget already.

  4. ECES Who's coming! Lets get this party Strarted!!!

    in 2014 ECES

    Posted

    1. Shred Gruumer (aka: Ralphie) - Arrive Sunday 26th Depart Friday Mar 2nd

    2. Helmut Karvlowv (aka: Mr. Asswipé) -Arrive Sunday 26th Depart Friday Mar 2nd

    3. Fishrising (Ben - Tall One) - Arrive afternoon of Wednesday Feb 29 Depart evening of Friday Mar 2nd

    4. CaRtharsis - Arrive Sunday 26th Depart Friday Mar 2nd

    5. Jack Michaud - Arrive Wednesday night, Depart Friday night or Saturday morning

    6. Geoff Vincelette - Sun-Sat

    7. Alex Juhasz - Sun - Sun

    8. Steph Juhasz - Sun - Sun

    9. Glenn Chapman Wed-Fri

    10. Michael Mercurio - Sun-Fri (hope my legs hold out!)

    11. Powdahbonz-Derek-arrive Tuesday night, leaving Friday evening

    12. jp1 - Sun-Sat/Sun

    13 Surf Quebec with Dan, Redia and Claude, arrive on Sunday depart Fraiday afternoon

    14. Mark Brown - Sun-Fri

    15. *Ace*, Christopher Chabot - Monday + Thursday + Friday(tentative)

    16. loupa5 - Mon-Fri

    17. Scott Johnson - Wed-Fri

    18. Tabatha Mon-Friday

    19. Dingbat! Wed-Fri

    20. Queequeg Sat-Sat

    21. CMC, Wednesday or Thursday

    22. jburrill, Wed-Fri.

    23. Lili Mon - Fri

    24. Ian M Sun(pm)-Fri Woo hooooo!

    25. Hilux and Co. Sun-Fri/Sat Woo hoo too!

    26. Dan Lambert (Sun-Fri)

    27. Real Lafontaine (Sun-Fri)

    28. Claude Fagnon (Sun-Fri)

    29. SnowRider (Thurs-Fri)

    30. George Saon (Tue-Wed)

    31. Pat Moore - Thursday dinner and Friday Race

    32. Paulk (aka: The deer hunter) All week.

    33. Mellow Yellow (Sun-Fri)

    34. Khanh Vu (ktv) (Sun-Fri)

    35. Gleb Budilovsky (Thursday-Friday)

    36. Clebner Wed-Fri

    37. Upnorth70 Wed-Fri

    38. Chad Kirchner Thurs-Fri

    39. 5 Pa. Planktons; Mike T. wed - sat

    40. Marc P. wed - sat

    41. Chris T. tues - sat

    42. Tony M. (Tony Sono Bone') tues - sat

    43. James N. (Salad) tues - sat

    44. CT Carver aka Brian Barrett Sun-Thursday

    45. Jtslalom (Mark)

    46. Cafercr (Joe)

    47. John

    48. Dave

    49. shaggy Mon-Thurs (am)

    50. Glenn (Glenn) Wed.-Sat./Sun

    51. Todd Brown Sun-Sun

    52. Vanessa Brown Sun-Sun

    53. cafercr35 Thurs-Fri +3 below

    54. Jt slalom Thurs-Fri

    55. Dave Thurs-Fri

    56. JohnnyLo Thurs-Fri

    57. Erik J arrive late Sun-Wed, maybe Thurs & Fri AM

    58. Jonny - Tuesday only :^(

    59: Kevin S - Sun-Tues.

    60. Rob A. and Tom A./ wed,thur,fri

    61. Dave P (& Joan) Sun-Fri

  6. A Big Thank You To The Carving Community!

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Kinetics,

    What size are your Deluxe 225s, and what color are the tongues?

    I have some spare tongues (fit mondo 25-27.5 boots). I have 4 different sets of tongues (gray, yellow, red, and black or dark blue). I think I listed those by increasing stiffness. I generally use the reds for carving and sometimes back down to yellow or gray if I'm going in powder or off trail. I have never used the black/blue and would be willing to part with them.

    If you have the stock liners, a set of Thermo Flex would also add stiffness -look here:

    http://www.bomberonline.com/store/accessories/hpd_liner.cfm

  7. Sugarloaf

    in New England

    Posted

    doesnt that work stuff just suck?

    Not for me (retired). I need for all of you young carvers to keep on being employed and contributing to social security.

    Thanks for your continued contributions.

  9. Loon/WV Opening Days

    in New England

    Posted

    Granted, Sunday may be a mess, but Saturday doesn't get up to 50% pop until noon. You guys will be in the Bunyan by then anyway. I think precip for Saturday AM will be light and somewhat mixed.

    Call in sick and hit the hill tomoroow if you are worried about a little precip.

  10. Loon/WV Opening Days

    in New England

    Posted

    Rode yesterday and today. Soft groomed yesterday - got pushed up pretty easily, but hero snow until it got lumpy and I got worn out. Groomed firmer today and lasted pretty much all day.

    Met Rob Alexander both days. He was still carving up a storm on Picaroon after 2pm. Also found carver Dan and turned him over to Rob when I had to go up top to get ready for sweep.

    Snow should hold up well for the weekend.

  11. Loon/WV Opening Days

    in New England

    Posted

    Today in Plymouth: 3" snow plus some wintry mix and a bit of light rain. Current temp 33.

    Those guys at UPS can be such a tease. Wimps, don't they know it's important to deliver this while we have snow? Some tracking data on my Coiler:

    02/28/2011 3:09 P.M. Emergency conditions beyond UPS' control.

    02/25/2011 10:35 P.M. Emergency conditions beyond UPS' control.

    02/25/2011 2:21 P.M. Emergency conditions beyond UPS' control.

    02/25/2011 6:03 A.M. Out For Delivery

    ...

    Canada 02/22/2011 10:02 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

    Screw it, I'm going to Loon tomorrow anyway.

  14. Loon/WV Opening Days

    in New England

    Posted

    Hi, I did a couple of hours at loon this morning, loon had no rain, it was groomed and then 3" fell on the groomed, it was fun plow thru snow until it warmed and got a little choppy as it got a bit solid, I think as it cools off sometime? and is groomed that the snow can be saved to make good carving, I hope, plus I think more is on the way.

    Excellent today also. Even Gleb and I were able to carve a bit.

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  16. Roof Box questions

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    Gleb, I have a well used Yakima Rocketbox that I haven't used in a long time.

    It probably needs some refurb, but I would let it go cheap. Let me know if you are interested. If will be up around exit 25 some time, give me a shout.

    - Dave

  17. ECES Every Year?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I don't think I could manage an annual trip, and I'd be nervous about demoing new gear that often. I would probably want to buy and then feel bad that I couldn't afford it.

    Would demos really be possible that often? There are other sessions that the manufacturers are probably asked to support too.

  20. Need Vermont advice

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I've been at the ECES event at Stratton all week. It's pretty carve friendly and currently has a load of snow all over the mountain. If you are planning a visit in the near future, I'd rate this one pretty high.

    I have no experience with weekend crowds at Stratton, and expect that it would be much busier than what we have seen this week.

  21. Loon/WV Opening Days

    in New England

    Posted

    Is Loon gonna have it's $hit together by the 31st? We got a lot of rain at the loaf.

    A lot of rain hit Loon too. I wasn't there yesterday, but word is that several trails were bone-jarring.

    It was actually not bad today. Most trails were groomed. Some were groomed a couple of inches deep, some were very firm, and some had a little of both so you had to pay attention.

    Snowguns were cranking on Walking Boss top to bottom. Guns were also on Sunset and Upper Picked Rock. Guns were running at the very top of Angel Street - top 100 feet or so was fresh, the rest down to Cant Dog was ultra firm groomed, and then from there to the bottom was mostly nice deep groom. Ripsaw was closed today.

    Tomorrow should be better still.

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