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  3. Please Consider a Donation if You Sell

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  5. Softboot Carving worth watching

    in Carving Central

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    2 hours ago, MittenCarver1911 said:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CnWca8rIlQ9/

     

    The video that got me into soft boot carving ! 🙂 

    I like when he goes heelside to toeside with a near 360 in between, rotating uphill.  That's cool.  A flatland alley-oop.  However I have a big pet peeve with falling leaf.  Making 3 "turns" in a row on the same edge is not snowboarding IMO.  It's just a glorified version of what little kids do when they think they're snowboarding but really not yet. 

  6. Brushie's last Trout

    in The Lodge

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    4 hours ago, Deuxdiesel said:

    I remember a Summer trampoline event back in the early 90's where Brushie showed up.  Lots of young kids waiting to take their turn on the tramp and get an autograph, Brushie cuts in front, does a few spins and grabs, gets in his car and roars off without really acknowledging his fans.  Cool, bro.....

    OMG I went to one of those in Boston!  Brushie seemed shy but nice.  I didn't want to bother him for an autograph.  I don't recall if he snubbed us or not.

  7. Painful soft boots-help required

    in Carving Central

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    Definitely make sure you are in the right size, and then add Intuition liners and upgraded or custom footbeds.  Have the liners molded with the footbeds inside, and toe caps to create wiggle room and warmth for your toes.  You can have this done at a competent shop or you can DIY.  If the shop wants to only heat the inside of the liner, or does not do toe caps, they are not competent.

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  14. BTS for UPZ Boots???

    in Carving Central

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    I also think the stiffer tongues are the way to go.  Simple, cheaper, easy installation.  They add some lateral stiffness too, which I thought was needed.  UPZs already have a spring system you can adjust, may as well make use of the one you already paid for.

    Another benefit of stiffer tongues is riding in walk mode becomes an option when conditions call for it.  I'd be afraid of breaking my ankles or rupturing an Achilles with the standard black tongues in walk mode.

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  15. Brushie's last Trout

    in The Lodge

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    1 hour ago, ShortcutToMoncton said:

    I kind of feel Brushie was never really considered one of the great snowboarders

    I don't know.  He was Burton's first bad boy, so that's something.  He was very good at halfpipe.  Must have been for him to get what, 3 signature boards from Burton?

    19 minutes ago, Neil Gendzwill said:

    Terje is still hugely respected, I think you can safely add him to the list.

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  16. Brushie's last Trout

    in The Lodge

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    40 minutes ago, st_lupo said:

    Alpinesnowboarder.com and you leave Peter Bauer off the list…

    🤣

    Ha!  I thought of P&J but I don't think they have mass appeal across all of snowboarding.  Of course I loved watching them in the Burton movies but I wonder if they were a turnoff for most.

    Maybe we need an Alpine HOF here...

    Also thought of Terje but he became such a recluse and anti-competitor so quickly as far as I know.  But I stopped watching snowboard movies after Scream of Consciousness, I don't know if he was in a lot of films doing incredible stuff and progressing the sport.

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    2024 MCC Canceled

    in Carving Central

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    Unbelievable bummer.  Having organized carving sessions I can tell you that it's like planning a wedding and takes about 9 months of your life to pull it off.  What a huge disappointment for Dave and Kristin to see it all go down the drain.  Major appreciation to them for going to the effort to bring carvers together and supporting their local mountain.

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  18. Brushie's last Trout

    in The Lodge

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    $6400.  Not bad for ol' Jeff.  I'm surprised it went for such a round number.  Whenever I snipe I add some random dollars and cents just for good measure.

    I wonder what the exit strategy is for these collectors.  I suppose if money is truly no object for them, they can just hold indefinitely.  But if a collector wants eventual return on investment, they're going to have to time their sales precisely.  A snowboard is not a classic car.  This is not like parking 6 figures in a mint 70s Porsche 911.  Eventually the people who know or care who Jeff Brushie is will either die or lose interest.

    Also makes me wonder which pro snowboarders or other snowboarding celebrities have achieved perpetual celebrity status within fans of the sport.  Off the top of my head I'd guess:

    Jake Burton Carpenter
    Tom Sims
    Craig Kelly
    Terry Kidwell
    Shaun Palmer
    Shaun White

  19. Beware of straightlining skiers

    in Carving Central

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    10 hours ago, philw said:

    What you guys are arguing about is precisely covered by the FIS rules. It's apparently easier to argue in ignorance than to look up the rules themselves.

    If the US truly has a different rule set (!), then why not get in touch with the NSAA and put the case that they should follow the rest of the world?

    I think we can all be considerate and polite riders without rule books, but the fact is that the folk who bang on about rules seem like those with least knowledge of the actual rules. 

    Uhh, yes I have read both sets of rules, Phil. FIS rules do not apply here, Phil. Nor do I want them to as they are leaning towards an unreasonable bias against carving. 

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  22. Titanal snowboard

    in Carving Central

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    10 hours ago, Ster said:

    Regarding variable sidecut radius, is it better to have a big difference or a small one ?

    10m-12m (2m) or 10m-11m (only 1m)

    It depends.  If the radii are blended or part of a more complex curve, you can have an even bigger difference.  However I've had boards where the two or three radii were just butted together end to end and that's not as good.  The "sweet spot" of the board gets smaller and if you're not right on it the different segments of the board do not cooperate.

    It also depends on how you want the board to perform.

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