Jack M

YYZ says 125°C. That’s 260°F. No need to go that high, IMO.

I've probably done at least 25 moldings this way. I’ve had several sets of liners that I molded multiple times. No issues.YMMV.

I was in uniform with my CVA group in the cut line. Ski instructor comes up behind us and says "hey look, hardboot boarders!" I said "haha, alpine snowboarders." Him: "no, hardboot boarders!" Me: "are you correcting me?"

"Full Carve" My custom arrived ready to ride with a thumbprint grind and edges beveled at 3 side, 0.5 base. Just add wax. Beefy ptex topsheet, not the stock textured topsheet. Build quality is tops. (Don't know/can't tell if the stock topsheet is ptex, it looks like Thirst's)

DIY. Preheat oven to 225°F for about 15 minutes then turn it off and put a liner in. Cook for 15 minutes, then quickly put it on, get it just right, and allow to cool for At least 15 minutes standing up. Put a phone book or something under your toe while standing. This is basically the same method as on yyzcanuck.com. BigWaveDave proved out what I always suspected about the rice method.

Places out west I've been, ranked in order for a family trip: Jackson Hole. The big one. Something for everyone. As extreme as you want to get. Has some good groomers, especially in the Casper area. Town of JH is fun, but a short drive. Snowbird. No carving, but incredible if your family are expert skiers/riders. No town. Aspen. If you can stay trailside at Ajax then great, otherwise stay at Snowmass. Buttermilk is nice if you want a large hill of green circles. Legendary town. Steamboat. Something for everyone, great carving, great town. Squaw Valley. Very little carving, but awesome otherwise. Terrain is up there with the best, but when I was there 22 years ago, there wasn't much of a town. Park City. Something for everyone, large resort, nice town, not as "pretty" as the others. At this time of year the odds are that the only accommodations available are on the Canyons side. This is where we stayed, although nice I would not do it again. The best stuff is on the PC side, and it takes a while to get there and back from the Canyons. I have been told I'd go nuts for the groomers at Sun Valley. It's on my list. Telluride is on my list too. If your family is more intermediate level at skiing/snowboarding, I would put Aspen and Steamboat at the top.

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What is your experience with them? They seem quite popular among the park regulars at our mtn. Edge is pulling out of one. Guess I'll cram it back in with some JB Weld. He had a pair of J's that he outgrew. He had a pair of Armada Edollo's, Henrik Harlaut's pro model, they lasted less than a season.

Great minds think alike, and, so do ours! It's a dream board, I plan on wearing mine out.

Ehh... not sure about that. I didn't sign anything, and I was not directed to read any waiver. I think expecting a pair of skis to last a full season is reasonable. If not then that was the last pair of $700 ON3Ps I am ever buying. Price limit will be $250 going forward. I think they should make park skis better. Like maybe with a metal plate on the bottom of the skis under the binding area.

Agreed, but that is the result of rider error. Intended use of the bike will not bend the frame. Intended use of these skis will break them sooner or later.

I understand, but the difference here is that the manufacturer endorses these activities with their marketing materials. Like if Honda voided your warranty for taking your motocross bike off-road. At a restaurant. I know, I would totally put this on him, and I would like to demand that he go halvsies on the next pair, but where his sister goes to CVA while we told him he could not, it's complicated. And the fact that I have 5 active snowboards doesn't help my case either. He has leverage.

Robbie Burns of USSRT, our new cover model. Photo by Miha Matavz. Click the pic for more.

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Good boot fitters with the capability to alter the shell can work wonders. Definitely go see one. If you go with an Intuition liner, it sounds like you'll want one of their "one finger" liners. I wish I had done that when I had my UPZs, instead I went with the Power Wrap and was unbuckling on every chair ride, even after shell punching. https://intuitionliners.com/choosing-a-liner-model/

Perhaps @Corran can weigh in.

My son is the exact opposite of me on snow - skier, loves the park, loves rails. It's getting expensive. Park skis are specifically marketed for use on rails. Go to any of their websites (ON3P, Armada, etc) and they glamorize rails and urban skiing in pictures and video. Their skis even come from the factory with the edges ROUNDED for easy sliding on rails. Of course, rails destroy skis, in less than a year. That is, the way they are currently made. Lookup their warranty info online - if you do rails, your skis are not warrantied. I know, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. But this doesn't sit right with me, where the skis are heavily marketed for this exact use. It would be like Cannondale saying if you take their mountain bikes off-road, you have no warranty. Right? I'm not a litigious person, but it seems like there is a court case here.

You are right that the code prohibits leaving the scene of an accident. If you suffered injury or loss, the other person is liable if they were at fault. In which case you should get their info, like a picture of their driver's license and their phone number. Someone hit my mom once, my dad ripped the guy's season pass off.

Mondopoint is just the length of your foot in centimeters. I'm guessing a boot for size 30 feet will be probably 32cm long at best. Off the top of my head I can't imagine 17 degrees doing much to overcome the 4.5cm difference in your example. I ride 30/15 on a 27.5cm waist board, with US size 10.5 Burton Driver X. I can still get toe drag at extreme edge angles. Most of the time it's good though. There is a reason @Ryan Knapton rides 31cm waist boards.

Now is the time to purchase the BTS. With the Deeluxe forward lean selector locked, it prevents the ankle hinge from hinging. So any flex comes from deforming the whole boot. Not a very elegant approach. In walk mode you're relying on the stiffness of the tongue and liner. I would say there is risk of hyper-flexing your ankle, especially if you get into a situation like chatter or oscillation.

That seems to be how they do business. If you place an order on their site they should respond to that. Unnerving, but it seems to work.

No. Less unsprung weight.

Glad to see more choices but I’m not sure what problem they are solving with CF. Grilamid .951s are already lightweight and stiff enough.

Rogla PGS: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/parallel-giant-slalom-fis-world-cup-rogla/

I would think overloading the tail would create a bend closer to the binding. Your bend is further towards the end of the board. You’re positive it didn’t come that way?