Jack M

ha! the cornerstone of my platform will be to outlaw smoking on chairlifts.

Catek Freerides. http://www.catek.com/FR2-soft-binding.htm

nothing on boot cuff adjustments, but here is some info on binding canting/lifting: http://www.bomberonline.com//articles/canting.cfm Also how tall are you and what is your inseam? With a size 26 boot, I'm thinking you probably can't dunk. In which case, a 20.5" stance might be a bit wide for you. You might try bringing it in to 19.5".

Welcome to the Coiler Owners Carving Klub!

those damn Canadians with their splitting heads!! Nice board Mark!

thought zylon was copper colored? specs?

The packets get held up at customs. wow, you guys must be on the backbone.

wireless airport extreme (n), at home... my wife's work provides the broadband because she has no office, and has to sync up to the main system periodically.

I did, until it came time to replace it. Then I read this and got an $89 Z1R.

my head is long front to back. I don't know if it's skinny side to side, but I love my Giro 9.9. I wouldn't even wear a helmet, but this one is so comfortable there's no excuse not to.

we are under attack.

yeah, the PM feature isn't turned on. so that would be "extraordinarily bad"....

Dude, I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday. I recall I liked what I rode (171FC1) a lot, and I didn't want to like it because I had just gotten a new other board. I'll stop there because any opinion I might have had in 2005 would be invalid now. I have a lot of confidence in Donek.

I rode a metal Donek prototype in 2005. When they hit production, they will have had many miles on them.

Never been in front of a radar gun. No way of knowing. Ever been in a boat with a speedometer? 35mph feels like about 60. Could be the same on a board, who knows. If they're regulating speed on black diamond runs, it's time to find a new mountain. Madd 158.

Madd BX, Donek Incline, Prior ATV, Coiler All-Mtn.

Your money would be better spent on a stock, non-olympic Donek 205. Or olympic if you have the dosh.

a Fenway Frank and a Yankee Dog? :D

naw, I was just trying to be funny. piece of sh!t.

1st, don't ever call that thing a snowboard. 2nd, notice that both front and back boards have their own sidecuts - that is, they both have a waist with wider tip and tail. So at some specific degree of pivot, those two sidecuts will line up and the board will carve.... creating the illusion that the inventor's idea actually works.... which it doesn't.

I have that vid, love it. From that blog: "So: Who invented what we know as “The 80ies”? Who was the first in pink and purple? Who was against any kind of establishment? Who was able to show the world that you actually can control a snowboard? And: Here comes the evidence for “20 years experience in boarddesign” … enjoy PB and friends carving it up at Whistler B.C., the capital of platebindings (in the 80ies!)." That video was shot in 1991 and appeared in the 1992 Burton catalog, so I'm not sure what the 80's references are about. 80's would have been Safaris. Phil: says you! :p

highside... ouch! get well soon!

I meant to say... he's still one of the smoothest riders out there. Although he's dropped his trademark arm-swing. Watching him in Snowrules and then Chill made me vow to learn how to carve.

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Just get some skis with 15m or shorter sidecut, and it's practically the same damn thing as what we do. Seriously. It's cake.