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  2. Help with New Board Selection - Donek, Kessler, Prior, or Sigi

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Hi there Gentlemen and Swamp Donkeys,

    I'm looking for a new snowboard setup for this year and beyond (I have a tendency to try and buy right and hang on to good gear) and I would love some input from those experienced with the above brands. Experience level, I would say I am very good to expert not because I'm special, but because I've been doing it for a long time although less in the past several years. I have been riding an ancient Burton Factory Prime SE 185 so it is long past a major gear overhaul. I was pretty sure I was going with Kessler until talking with the wonderful Michelle from Bomber who suggested that perhaps they would not be the ideal choice for freecarving. I know I want something long (185 at least) as I am 6'5" tall and 215lbs- and a metal core. My style tends to be a strong fluid mixture of smaller to medium gs arcs. My home mountain is Mt. Bachelor. I am very fit, so I don't need a lazy carver, but that said I don't want something that you can't take your eye off for a second. This will also be used for one purpose and that is carving on piste. I have other rides for other conditions/all mountain.

    Price is not as critical as finding the right setup for me and where and how I ride and I would so greatly appreciate any feedback you can give me!

    Thank You!!

    I might suggest this guy from the good ole Northwest Whistler Factory..

    http://www.priorsnow.com/gear/boards/flc

    it probaly suits your one purpose desire - hence the name "Fall Line Carver"

    I have ridden it and it loves the Piste stuff..

    CYA in Bend possibly this season..

  3. Golf Board

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    Too much $$$ at $3500 - plus my courses even on just a lite rain day -- those little tires would sink and I 'd constantly getting it unstuck... there is a reason why the power carts have wide tires.

    Played 100+ rounds so far this year... I think I'd be hard on the batteries..

  8. Coiler Nirvana Balance vs Prior 4WD

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Sandman.. here is how an old experienced guy would do it.

    Buy the Prior 4X4 -- and take your savings and take your wife out to a nice dinner with the savings. THEN, in about 3-5 months you buy the Nirvana and which will piss her off but the reward for you is you get 2 boards, which you need , and you only piss her off once.

    My 2 cents.

  9. WTH - Run over for a second time this year!

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Does not seems to matter what you wear.

    I was hit this year at Whistler -- I was stopped off to the side half way down -- Blue run - very wide A guy hits me outa nowhere, he said Sorry -- I did not see you. I was all Black -- very Visable. Sun was out.

    a few years ago my GF was hit - she was stopped to adjust her boots -- off to the side -- a guy hits her at full speed cuz he was out of control and could not stop. She was mainly Black with various trim colors too.

    Seems best place to be if it is sunny out is in the middle.

  11. How old are you

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    here is a poll. not a enough to make a judgement on hardboots population though really.

    Nope but how did you find this 8 year old post?

    I was 58 when I answered the first time and now I am almost knocking on the door of 70 yr old

  20. Heard it in the Lift Line 2012/13

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    And your response should be "aren't you a little young to be so closed-minded?"

    could be a good response but the he was not young as in teenage. it was a family of three from good ole California - mom, dad and a 10-12 yr old daughter. Dad is the one who asked the "too old question", I told him I did not start boarding till I was 50. He then said -- "well, crap - maybe I should try it!:-)", I replied " yep, you might like it"

  23. Older British Car trouble

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    ELECTRICAL THEORY BY JOSEPH LUCAS

    Positive ground depends on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of negetive ions by retention of visible spectral manifestation know as "smoke".

    Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. We know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of an electrical circuit, it stops working. This can be verified rpeatedly through empirical testing.

    For example, if one places a copper bar across the terminals of a battery, prodigious quantities of smoke are liberated and the battery shortly ceases to function. In addition, if one observes smoke escaping from an electrical component such as a Lucas voltage regulator, it will also be observed that the component no longer functions. The logic is elementary and inescapable!

    The function of the wiring harness is to conduct the smoke from one device to another. When the wiring springs a leak and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works afterward.

    Starter motors were considered unsuitable for British motorcycles for some time largely because they consumed large quantities of smoke, requiring very unsightly large wires.

    It has been reported that Lucas electrical components are possibly more prone to electrical leakage than their Bosch, Japanese or American counterparts. Experts point out that this is because Lucas is British, and all things British leak. British engines leak oil, British shock absorbers, hydraulic forks and disk brake systems leak fluid, British tires leak air and British Intelligence leaks national defense secrets.

    Therefore, it follows that British electrical systems must leak smoke. Once again, the logic is clear and inescapable.

    In conclusion, the basic concept of transmission of electrical energy in the form of smoke provides a logical explanation of the mysteries of electrical components especially British units manufactured by Joseph Lucas, Ltd.

    And remember: “A gentleman does not motor about after dark.”

    Joseph Lucas “The Prince of Darkness”

    1842-1903

    A few Lucas quips:

    The Lucas motto: “Get home before dark.”

    Lucas is the patent holder for the short circuit.

    Lucas - Inventor of the first intermittent wiper.

    Lucas - Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.

    The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF. The other three

    switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.

    The Original Anti-Theft Device - Lucas Electrics.

    If Lucas made guns, wars would not start

    Back in the ‘70s, Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which did not suck.

    Q: Why do the British drink warm beer? A: Because Lucas makes their refrigerators.

    This has been referred to as the smoke theory when the smoke comes out its finished, cooked or done for.

  25. MJ's AWESOME Foody Thread!

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    I thought Clinton stealthily signed away the 5th, one new years eve (good timing eh?) Re NDAA= national defence authorisation act where US citizens can be held indefinitely even though they may not have committed a crime but are merely suspected of...this seems to me to be a sneaky way of taking away ones rights?

    Perhaps someone knows different?

    Yes back to food...I'm eating the cake..:lurk:

    You are close.. Clinton did take a away a few rights... but it was Hillary who took the rights away and the person who lost the rights was Bill himself.. poses the question is Bill now a gelding?

    eating pumkin bread - freash outa the oven - it is only 300 feet of elvation here so it rose quite nicely.

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