Jack M
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19 hours ago, ShortcutToMoncton said:
Interesting, this is likely a new topic so as to not distract from this beautiful, confusingly-used board.
I’ve always centred the boot over the middle of the binding, then angle bindings until perpendicular over the edges. But in almost no case will I get directly over both toe/heel, so I typically adjust the bindings slightly toe/heel (along with stance angle) to centre the boot over the board edges.
But my boots are always centred on the binding. It sounds like everyone else uses the slots for adjusting stance width, but the binding is always placed on the middle of the board and you offset the boot on the binding to get perpendicular over the edges?
Centering the boot on the binding and centering the binding on the board is a good practice, but not the only way. Then both your feet are aligned and levering the board on the same axis. Due to the hourglass figure of the board, this usually results in your front foot toe and rear foot heel being inside the edge of the board - "underhang". You can compensate for this by moving the front foot toe and heel blocks forward, and the rear foot toe and heel blocks rearward. This way you can really geek out and zero in on a stance that minimizes both binding angle and underhang.
John Gilmour of Madd Snowboards stamps his name on this as "Gilmour Bias" but he didn't invent it. Maybe he was the first to describe it online. You can search that term here and see his thread about it. I've tried it (before reading about it) and I'm not sure it amounts to a hill of beans for my riding. YMMV
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Don't take this the wrong way but I can tell from your binding angles that you never used this board the way it was meant to be ridden. These boards are for carving. That means letting the sidecut of the board slice clean lines in the snow with no steering or skidding. Not just going fast. If you have any interest in getting into this kind of riding, you've got one of the best boards for it. Give it another go?
Here's an example of what I mean. Pardon the questionable soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC7HWs3kPjs&t=12s
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16 hours ago, ShortcutToMoncton said:
I mean let me pick some nits here, the soundtrack is brutal
That is putting it nicely. As long as we're nitpicking, the hands/arms are rather deliberate, like he knows he's putting on a clinic for the camera. Which is fine, it's a good example of not being lazy.
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48 minutes ago, softbootsurfer said:
Personally, I believe this is a perfect demonstration of both Technique and Terrain Reading...
If you know of a Better one, please post it here...Thank You
Agreed. That is the standard. I mean I can name several other exemplary riders, members (and moderators) here, but this video is an easy choice.
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ZipFit and Intuition have liners with tongues.
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18 hours ago, Pat Donnelly said:
Oh yeah, Edwin Coratti is a great rider.
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Yeah but what's the radius?
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6 hours ago, bzqa said:
I was just looking up this guy to see if he still teaches and found this: "PARK CITY, Utah — A tragic hit-and-run accident at the Canyons side of Park City Mountain (PCM) on Wednesday, February 28, has left local resident and beloved snowboard instructor Martin Drayton with multiple spine fractures, sidelining him for the remainder of the winter season." Wishing him a speedy and full recovery...
Yes, very sad, an outstanding veteran instructor. Fortunately I believe he should recover.
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I suspect nobody is truly carving beyond 70 degrees.
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11 hours ago, NateW said:
It might be interesting to model how much the board stiffness affects carve radius, but my guess is that it makes very little difference
I intended the Winterstick Squaretail Plus 170 to replace my Kessler 168. I spec'd the sidecut at 9-12-11m, based on Kessler's published "sidecut range" of 8-12m. The first 170 was too soft for me and turned much tighter. At least as tight as my F2 WC163 (radius 9.8m) at the time if not tighter. It held a great edge thanks to extra torsional reinforcement, but it was redundant with the 163 which was not the desired outcome. I sold it and had another 170 made stiffer and I tweaked the sidecut a little and it was a success.
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15 minutes ago, Corey said:
The most important question is: How long is a rope?
Very important. The calculation of turn radius = sidecut radius times cosine of edge angle is just an approximation. Cosine of 90 degrees is 0. I think it describes the "projection" of the sidecut onto a flat surface. But because the length of the snowboard does not change, and because it sinks into the snow some amount, and because of flex, it's not that simple. I believe the actual radius is slightly tighter. My maths aren't up to the task.
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A lot of the same material is covered in the tech articles, but I know video is better, and he does a great job.
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Nevermind the softboots...
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Haha, we get powder sometimes.
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2 hours ago, big mario said:
inbounds avys
Like this one:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ZvPKBBpPWJypuRSe/?mibextid=WC7FNe
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13 hours ago, Carvin' Marvin said:
Finally got on a decent softboot board a few weeks ago. The 176 Tanker is awesome. I liked it so much I bought it!
Nice riding! I'm getting an optical illusion in the first scene - looks like you're going uphill!
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Unreal David! Glad you are on the mend and that it wasn't worse. Thanks for the reminder!
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Looks like it replaces the Spectra. I was thinking it was taking aim at the Jones Freecarver but with a whopping 26.5cm maximum waist width it seems more like a Hovercraft. I like the idea of deleting tail length and adding it to the nose. No loss of effective edge, better powder performance.
From i-carve's FB page:
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I've had Palau liners and as far as I can tell they are the same darn thing as Intuition. If you can get Palau easily then you're all set.
Intuition makes moldable liners for all kinds of boots. Ski, snowboard hard/soft, cross country, etc. I haven't looked into Palau's catalog.
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Centering boots on bindings
in Carving Central
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Here.
https://forums.alpinesnowboarder.com/topic/40762-gilmour-bias/?do=findComment&comment=415270