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Bryan, I rode today and it was fast and good.

Hi Guys, Last time I rode was Friday and it was busy. I tested a new 4 x4 hole mount attachment for my new plate system. Worked real well.I had to put it on an old 197cm Burner as I had no boards with 4 hole patterns.All my boards have had some sort of plate system for the last 14years ,so no regular binding holes. Hope to ride with you guys soon.

So this is where Portlandia talks about Hood. Never looked at this before.

KIWI 13.cm on ctr across ,the row of outside t-nuts for brackets up and down at 3.cm on ctr. Hangl base plates are mounted by two sets of 3.cm t-nuts at 10.cm apart. As long as you have 3.cm on ctr for brackets you will be OK . This would allow you to even use my hardware.

Hey Seb thanks for the offer on gates and heads up on your dates in El Colorado .Will see how they work out. Best of luck at JW ,that's a big deal to be apart of that event. Being a KIWI myself I am sure you will have a great time with everyone in NZ.

Jack thanks for the thought and inquiry about my Olympic team and Plates, even if it was after someone mentioned Kildy HA!! HA !!. Looks like people think plates are cool now. That's great to see after driving the band wagon by myself for so long it's fun to have company.. Just a little up-date. We are going to be testing all our new plates in Chile this summer so will be ready by next year to build on our World Cup success from last year and the 13 years before that. Klug thinks all the interest is great for the sport and is looking forward to offering access to all our new stash.

Nick,this is funny. I don't post here much, although I find I have a lot of information that would be informative to many, but I am just not prepared for where things end up going. A lot of people don't understand who Matti is and the part he and Louis played in alpine boards. I am not going to respond after this. Just found it fun to see you get some Sh----t. Black shorts rule!!!!

Thanks DiveBomber for making me look at my t-nuts on all my pairs of Physics. Yep over half of them had cracks in them . Thanks.

Hi Bobdea, It looks like some people including Bryan think I use Texalium for some quality other than cosmetics and I don't. I ended up using it as a top sheet because I liked the look . Texalium is actually very difficult to make look good , because the top sheet becomes part of your laminate. I am going to start introducing some plastic graphics and make my life a little easier. It looks like Jack first asked the question about Texalium . I first want to say thanks to Jack for giving me a pass on a comment I made to him. I am still trying to figure out how to act here. Hope this answer's the question .

Jack, You crack me up. I don't know why you make assumptions based on such limited info. and for all your analytical skills you miss so much. The board is three years old; it has a 13m- 16m side cut and has a decambered nose not as extreme as I make today but contact is back of effective edge . The board was made for Anton Pogue, but was way too stiff. The base board is Titanal with a carbon Tinkler Slider Plate. The reason the non-active tail edge looks straight is it has pressure from the highly cambered Snow Stix plate arm. I assure you the active edge is clean and curved. Not too many riders could even flex this beast; it's why the photo is so unique. The conditions are soft fresh groom. Tinks.

Sean, I agree with what you have said. I have seen Thorndike win races by extreme manipulation and reshaping at gates that if he had not the ability he would not have made the gate and not have won. I also agree with Snowman and his understanding from his time on the hill and feel. It is good for riders to hear this talked about; it is a big part of the feel one has for a turn. Tinks.

IF[/b] you wanted to increase the camber of the board, this could be accentuated as well with snowstix attached to the front of the forward HFP and the back of the rear HFP. It is similar to a ski binding tyrolia had a few years ago that allowed you to tension the ski at the waist to increase or decrease camber. A totally tuneable system. later, Dave R. Hi Fin , Looks like you have a fun project going on; or maybe I should say, a Happy Fun Plate project going on. This thread on external suspension systems as you can imagine is something I have played with a lot. In 1991 my external suspension system, SnowStix was the first system to be marketed to the Ski and Snowboard industry. The article that was in the SkiTech Magazine, September 1992 was entitled “SnowStix Delivers External Suspension’’. Since that time all the major ski manufactures have all followed and made some sort of external system. I mention this fact so people know that there was a time when I was the only one talking about suspension and being told damping vibrations and deflections could all be done within the ski or board. The first product I made for racers back in ‘91 pre-4x4, was custom hand cast urethane cants for the Cross M race team. They went under the old Fritch toe and heel mounts. Then later some guys had me make some for the Old Catek Rino Bindings, instead of stacking all the washers with the little rubber on them, all this still pre-4x4. Fin, I love what you are doing bringing everyone along for your project and it is great to not hear any one say there is no need and that boards can do it all. Fin, HFP + SS; the ultimate interactive Super Suspension System. I see some possible attachment points. It sure would be easier than the Snow Stix adapter plate I made last year for the Hangl and Vist Plates. I will attach the photos so you can see how it looks. I will also try to get the photos out of an e-mail Jasey sent me of the Kessler he mounted Snow Stix on. They mount off of the binding plate . I would love to have you send him a HFP + SS all built in and ready to go . His results have been good. The only thing was the binding mount if you could have a built in mount on the HFP that accepted Snow Stix that would be so cool. It would save me having to make a mount adapter. Would love to send you a new set of carbon SnowStix to play with. Think of the possibilities: camber adjustment, tip and tail torsion flex control, adjustable binding suspension , binding to binding torsion control. All done sleek and sophisticated. Would like not to make any more adapter plates for Hangl and Vist just have one nice system that receives Stix. I hope what I have said makes sense and that its taken positively. Still a little gun shy about saying things on BOL. Anyway would love to introduce people to full suspension on an American Plate system. And one suggestion to try on your adapter plate for other bindings, slot the two front anchor points and run p-tex under the interface. Having a hard time sizing the photos .I will send them later. Tinks.

I remember talking to Rebag not to long after Nagano about super G ,he wanted to have a course with high banked turns balls out tour.Only a few canadian takers. I would love to see it,maybe have it BX style run a few guys at once. I am sure it would be exciting to see. Tinks.

Shred you are right; it's about time. I am going to put something together so people interested can look and read about my history and new tech. Yes, I do not have a place riders can go and order except to contact me at my e-mail that is listed in my bomber profile. Shred, please feel free to e-mail anytime and I'll give you my phone number. It's easier for me to talk personally.For specs e-mail is great. Tinks

tb, I was hoping that this thread would die. It has really been something I would like to put aside. Lets leave the thread a lone and contact me off line, but only if I get some free engineering advise. Tinks.