AcousticBoarder
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Sounds like a plan to me! Tuning party even?
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Was trying to revive SNES at June Mountain this year but the season got away from me.
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I hear the new TD4s are supposed to make you fly! And fit smaller boots....
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Was just thinking that, how much is from his wrist? I think you'd get different reading on different parts of the body, but the arms can move so independently that it might be very out of wack
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Sounds good!
Might also be up on Thursday the 21st!
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Planning on being there on Thursday 3/14. Anyone around?
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19 hours ago, SunSurfer said:
The video @AcousticBoarder referred to doesn't do quite what they say.
Yeah. I was trying to keep it simple but probably oversimplified it too much haha. There are lots of factors but the point I was trying to make is that while there should be an angle that doesn't require canting in either direction, it will be a little different for everyone, and not to follow anyone just blindly saying "set your stance at x and angles at y and lift/cant at z"
It's very personal and usually takes a while to perfect. Keep working on it until that magic formula is found, that's when the addiction truly starts
... Uh I mean because once it is, everything starts falling perfectly into place 
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4 minutes ago, jonny.a said:
I just need to spend time re-learning my stance and riding style. I probably have a LOT of bad habits to iron out (probably the downside to learning at a young age but not continuing with an instructor).
3. "Carpet ride" and play around with my stance until I'm comfortable and balanced
As someone coming from the same situation it takes time! I'm still unlearning some bad habits. Best breakthrough was comfortable boots and a comfortable stance, just wish I had done that sooner. Once your lower body relaxes, the rest follows suit.
For the playing with stance stuff... Only change ONE thing at a time. And change in small increments too. May even be beneficial to keep a log of what you change when, what the rest of your setup looks like, and of course your thoughts. I realized I went full circle once or twice trying to address another issue only after the fact. I was also only riding about 3 or 4 times a season so...
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Best duck footed stance carver I know? @Ryan Knapton
Hard carves regular and switch.
To each their own though. I am happy with my directional stance.
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Welcome! As you mentioned yourself, you have a couple different and atleast for now, seperate issues and or goals. As @pauleleven said, does anything hurt or feel uncomfortable? I am presuming so as it sounds like you are unable to achieve your second point of riding all day.
If it is your feet, take a look at your boots.. Have they been molded? Have you seen a boot fitter? Do you have a good footbeds? Preferably custom but don't know that you want to spend that money yet. Eventually take into consideration that boots last year's and years, most have 1 pair, and they are the direct interface to your body, directly affecting comfort. Doesn't it make sense to spend good money and time on them?
If it's your legs, take a look at your binding setup and boot canting. This one is very subjective, and often takes a long time to get just right. You should be able to be comfortable and completely relaxed just standing there watching TV for a while. @alpinegirl makes some great points here. Then see if it is still comfortable on snow. @SunSurferposted an in depth video that shows approximately around 60 degrees no side to side can't is needed on average. Notice the qualifiers? Everyone is different haha. If you are very technical minded and want to go down the rabbit hole, @Beckmann AGhas a guide http://beckmannag.com/hardboot-snowboarding which is amazing, but also might scare you away if you aren't ready for it....
Once you get there, it is 90% technique. Best advice is what @Corey mentioned. Get some video footage and post it for critique, otherwise we are shooting in the dark hoping to hit something. You might want to find what kind of riding you really want to do too. Probably a decent starting point is to YouTube riding with guys who can really really carve by Ryan knapton. There's a number of individuals in it with varying forms. Find out what appeals to you and keep that in mind as you ride (those riders are here too, if you ask you can probably find out who they are)
For riding all conditions, there's a lot of stuff out there. Don't get dragged into the "if I have this gear I can do this" mind set, because it really is 90% technique. That being said, boards are built to handle specific situations. I am not a board aficionado, so I'm not sure what you have, but you are going to eventually want a board built within the last 10 years, with metal, and preferably designed for all mountain riding, based only on what you posted. But seriously, focus on technique and advice given here for now unless you have money to burn and/or see a killer deal on the classifieds. You may find that that "perfect board" is something entirely different.
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Still in the market for one if anyone is offloading!
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I'd be willing to do the whole YouTube thing, I've got atleast some video editing experience, but my problem is I'm 2 or so hours away from mediocre snow, 4 from good/great. I don't ride often enough to do it and since I don't ride often enough, my skill level isn't there.
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I was dumb and scheduled myself a training to conduct on Saturday the 16th at work.. Ugh. So much for me taking that weekend off lol. I'm looking at a trip for the 14th and maybe 15th though, but maybe just to summit.
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If it's a "stock" scr, it's prob actually 10.5/12.7/12
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1 hour ago, David Kirk said:
I earn my living in product design and I've long had ideas of how to achieve these design aims and have been toying with working on some prototypes of just such a binding. My rough plan is to baseline the F2 in terms of stiffness and flex with the aim of designing a binding that would replicate that while allowing real fine tuning of lift and cant as well as being more durable....all without a weight penalty. It's a tall order for sure and will be a fun diversion from my normal bicycle design work. We'll see.
I am sure if you got it to prototypes and to the market you would have no shortage of people willing to test!
Another flaw I see with the TD3s as they stand is that they are not very friendly to small feet. I haven't had my hands on f2s to try them personally.
Good luck to you and your endeavors!
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Well if you are used to prices at mammoth, the ikon is a no brainer if you just go there 5 times. That's based on prices before they were part of ikon.
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First weekend in May potentially? I'd imagine June will still be open with the snow fall so far.
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Sounds good! Looks like we are both in Santa Clarita too so we could even meet up if ya like or carpool to summit!
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Sorry for going dark on this, my work exploded haha. Anyone have particular dates in mind? I just can't do around Easter. Maybe a couple weeks after? 3/15 to 17 is prob too quick of a turnaround haha.
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Generally snow is going to be worse at Mt high. If they do have good snow though, and it is open stick to to the east hill. Gold rush (I think is the trail name) is prob the best carving run in so Cal. But east hasn't been open until this season for 2 years, and a season before that for like 8 or so years in a row due to no snow...
West is going to be very crowded, and very geared towards the park rats. Bear mountain is also park heavy for that matter. Your best bet in big bear is to ride snow summit.
If you can make it, mammoth is great, and June just a dream come true.
Hit me up if you are going to summit, or plan a trip for mammoth/ June!
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I put lift and cant, but my cant is very minimal. I'm using TD3s, and the cant ring is only like 5 degrees off of the baseplate. I want to re evaluate though soon revisiting @Beckmann AG's guide and @SunSurfer's video. I did some early this season and found a good place, but I bet it could be better.
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On 2/20/2019 at 10:39 AM, Beckmann AG said:
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Room for improvement. The odds that your feet require neither medial or lateral posting at the forefoot fall somewhere between slim and none.
The average foot will usually require about .250+/- under the first met head. Based on some of your observations regarding what is and is not working, (along with your videos), you might need posting under the 5th met head.
You can reach a determination with a stack of business cards (or equivalent) and a reasonably level hard surface.
Shiny cards can squirt out sideways, so go with quality.
Stand on one footbed, with the other foot off the floor, in the least complicated manner possible. (Head level, eyes front). As you lift one foot, allow your navel to move laterally until it's more or less over the support foot.
Note which way your support foot rocks initially (will either rock to the medial side, or rock to the lateral side), then add small increments under that side of the foot until you notice the opposite tendency.
It's the first few seconds that matter.
When you have the right amount of posting in the right place, you should feel like you're more or less standing on the midline of your foot, possibly with slight, but even 'tick tock' to either side.
(As opposed to an asymmetric clench and release).
Quite often, when the target is hit, the upper body and extremities will suddenly relax.
When you think you have it figured out, rotate the footbed in 90 degree increments and verify that the floor is, in fact, level.
Then find something of equivalent thickness, tape it to the appropriate location, and abstract yourself to the snow.
So getting around to this now. My left (front) foot has a tendency to first go to the lateral/outside and then inside/medial. It is very close if not even.
My left (rear) foot has the opposite tendency, to first go to the medial then lateral. It is not always consistent though and may go lateral first. I feel there is a greater variation for this foot as well as to if it is slight and even back and forth or if it is an asymmetrical tension.
My left foot I could feel a shift with just 3 or 4 business cards to either side. I am possibly looking at 1 or 2 on the lateral side, but no more. Not really sure though as it feels pretty even as is.
My right I noticed the footbed is not flat underneath. Not sure what to make of that, but potentially why I feel so much variation here.
Follow up edits:
I've realized as I have been doing this my left foot has some discomfort now on the outside/ at the 5th met head. Presuming this means I would benefit from some more there.
Also the foot bed does flatten out when weight is on it.
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14 hours ago, fish said:
I often talk to folks in softies who say they like the look of carving in hardboots. I think some might try it if the gear was more accessible. Then again, maybe that’s naive. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever successfully convinced anyone to try riding their current board with a + + stance. People get attached to their stances and styles even when they don’t make a lot of sense.
I also think it is different for someone to say they are interested and go to a shop and rent a whole setup from a "knowledgeable person" for a day than it is for them to either a) mess with their gear which is comfortable and setup just the way they like that doesn't look the same anyway, or b) borrow gear that looks weird, expensive, and complicated from this random and usually strange, neon clad person they just met
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So you wanted to Carve
in Carving Central
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None really apply to me either. My older brother (by 10 years) introduced me to carving, and I either found gear though him or on the forums here. My biggest hurdles were I was too young to drive on my own as a young teenager so I rarely was able to ride (once or twice a season) , and once I was older my brother was no longer local and I couldn't find people to ride with. I learn best with someone there, doesn't matter how many videos I watch.
I guess the real local mountain is way too crowded to do anything with, and the next one isn't much better. Both have straight liners so you are likely to be hit too, so fear is a challenge too I guess.