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Return of the legend...thanks coming back!
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The thing is do you want to go racing or carving...for carving I had the problem when I want to go deep into my knees that the boot was blowing ...which means it gets wider in the ankle area which let the heel slip upwards....with no bending of the knees and bending your hip in a 90 degree ankle ...race style....the boot works excellent without any doubts.....second thing is which liner it will come with...thats the biggest question mark! A proper well fitting liner takes a while until its really working! UPZ for example was delivering a crappy liner which was really a disaster for the first 3 year...now its excellent! If somebody has problems with his shin...its 99% that the boot is too big!
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Steve Retsky took pics and one other guy filmed.... can you send me their email adresses to get in contact with them.....
frank@virus-snowsports.com
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startet November 1983 glacier in Sölden....I think it was burton performer with military boots....
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its always starts where it ends... you never let other brands join your event in Zinal to compare ther products against yours.... I know why... your famous Swoard will turn into a kids wooden toy against the most other brands products... your buddys P&J started that war... making your faults try to turn in mine.....
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Huhuhu how new....!?
Availlable since 5 years from Virus Xtremecarver titanium.....
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New toy just had rollout at Soelden / glacier in Austria last weekend! Sweeeeeeet[ATTACH]35914[/ATTACH]Hungry for Aspen SES now!
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Frank (owner of Virus) just might be a little biased. ;) His boards are awesome though, and he has a wide selection of styles of boards.
Corey, why do you think I could be biased;)..... just checked the dates for SES and already booked flight and hotel then I saw that post and thought a little bit of spice in the soup will help!
Looking forward to see you and the rest of the Aspen gang!
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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!!
If you want to buy the best buy a Virus, if you ask why its the best!? It is!
Come to Europe, check the conditions here and look which board works best for carving in any condition.... Ice, slush, fresh groomed.....
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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!!
If you want to buy the best buy a Virus, if you ask why its the best!? It is!
Come to Europe, check the conditions here and look which board works best for carving in any condition.... Ice, slush, fresh groomed.....
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The secrets around the Northwave point 950 but are still a big thing in the racers scene!
I stored mine.... which I never loved!!! I prefered always the Burton Furnace to the Northwave!
I now use Virus UPZ boots and I´m very happy the last few years!
Let me know what you think about that boot!
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VIRUS contact..... still the same adress: frank@virus-snowsports.com
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Basalt has almost the same abilities like a normal E-glass fiber!
It was used by the Russians and should replace the much mor expensive carbon fiber by the look! To make cheaper boards look more worthy!
We tried out that new super fiber about ten years ago! No difference!
Marketing crap! ( my personal opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Nice vid from Zinal
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Nice vid from Zinal
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I stopped water skiing years ago because I hated what 2 cycle motors left behind, but I gotta tell 'ya that thing would be a blast in the water.
Take the straps off and noboard it.
BTW did Kildy make it?:lol:
What's it's nick name... Clavicle Slayer?
And guess who got it for 60 Euros!!!!!
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Now I am a bit confused
... I thought Asyms were the way to go?By the way, there are lots of info on the radii of the Kessler boards on the net. The radii of the production models are even in the catalog this year (2011). No problem there ...
Wintergold, you are absolutely right,the Asyms are still my favourite baby and we sell more and more!
Yes Hans Joerg has the sidecuts in his catalog and as you surely know these boards are produced by Head Ski factory!
The real ones are little bit different I think and there is definately no information for the public or you still believe in Santa Claus
If racers ask for symetrical boards we make them! We are a custom factory and open for all wishes and dreams!
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what are the comparable sidecut radii?
Like all others, sidecut depth is 18 mm .....calculate!
I think Hans Joerg K. won´t send his infos to anybody ....
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We have also the SL shapes ready to go in length 163 and 156 flex custom made to riders weight.
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my foot size is 11. also, upz boots come with pretty poor liners. best to replace them.
sorry, but the new UPZ liner is by far the best I have ever seen. I replaced my foam Strolz liner last year for the standart UPZ liner and its by far the best fitting and most comfortable I have ever had!
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When you refer to "different edge and sidecut" do you mean the scr is not the same for each side or just set back with reference to toeside, heel side (leading edge trails on heel side). Is asym plate hardware to follow? This one is going to be a real headache!!!!
Different sidecuts radii on front and backside!
For freecarving I ride the board without plate, for me its more fun to feel the livelyness of the board!
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I think a lot of people were working on it at the same time. I built my first asym alpine board in 1991 It holds up the wall in my basement.
I made an earlier asym for softboots though. Can't remember what happened to it. It might be in the shed with all the others. maybe I should do a little video on how Donek started and some of those early boards. Man, what a way to hijack a thread. I've got too many things to do.
I did the first in 1987/1988 season it was the VIRUS X, the first model we built a small series! We also sold it as DURET F 40 for my friends who did the Duret distribution in Germany!
Sean, may be you have been the first in the US, no problem!
I think it doesn´t matter who was the first!
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Sometimes i have a difficult time sorting out sarcasm from frankness. Are you thinking asym is back or never left ??? Is Jack M still a daisey if he tries a prototype plate ??? just asking.
Hi lowrider after discussions with few coaches Asym makes sense in the gates and the results we got from comparing Asyms with the common Worldcup boards, speaks for his own. Problem is to get the athletes trying one, because they are hooked on their brands in mind mostly!
( that`s it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there comes the name " Hammerhead" from!
)And if a board from a manufacturer wins, its the board so the athlete needs exactly this and is not looking for may be something different ( I don´t want to say better, because it depends on the riding style)!
But if we want to have a progression of our sport, sometimes somebody has to go different ways, like we did it about 20 years ago when I built the first fully asymetrical board on the market.
How do we call it!? Back to future?
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Hi Frank. Maybe you can correct me but it looks like your plate is a similar design as the Vist plate?
Hi Jack, we also used a black plastic material and alloy for some parts, is it a VIST!? Kessler Plate is also made from this! . The mounting system and the resulting performance is totally different.
Billy Bordy and Dave Tille tried it......ask them if it worked or not.
And yes since 3 Years we are playing with 3 D Asymetrical boards. Which means different edge lenth, different sidecut and different flex from frontside to backside. Unfortunatly our Worldcup rider Markus Ebner broke his ankle 3 month before Olympics....bad luck for him and me!
It´s my favourite freecarving board at the moment and a lots of riders which have tried it get a lot of fun on the slopes!
... I thought Asyms were the way to go?
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Horizon Snowboards
in Carving Central
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You don´t know Horizon Snowboards.....ist the world famous Markus Müller from Switzerland.....since 20 years Building very high end boards!
But cool down...also don´t know him and since 34 years in buisiness! And I guess no Picture in his Gallery is from him!
Markus Müller was born in a carpenter family in Switzerland. When he started learning woodworking at an age of 17 from his father, he exhibited extraordinary talent in craftsmanship, and after years of hands-on experience he mastered all the carpentry skills, which laid the foundation for him to become a snowboard maker later.
When snowboarding hits Europe in the 1980s, just like many others, Markus was deeply fascinated by the sport. Instead of continuing his career as a carpenter like his father did, he pioneered to build his own snowboard. At that time snowboard making was not as mature and many boards were literally not usable. When making his own board, Markus realized the board should have different stiffness at different locations to ride more stably and turn more smoothly. He experimented various thickness along the board initially and later with different wood combinations. Steadily, his snowboard find popularity among his friends and local snowboarders. In 1997, Markus established Horizon Snowboards.
Over the years, Horizon has successfully become recognized in the snowboard making industry. Driven by a passion for the sport and a thirst to innovate, Horizon fuses the talent of top engineers and athletes with cutting edge technologies, premium materials, and Swiss precision. The result is a wide range of snowboard products developed to suit the individual needs of anyone from the seasoned professional, to the weekend warrior, to someone just getting their feet on the mountain.
Until today Horizon boards are still handmade in a small Swiss workshop. Horizon believes the best board comes from the most experience hands, and so when you get the board it has 20 years of board making experience in it. On the other hand, Horizon relies in word of mouth more than marketing and campaign. This has benefited Horizon to focus more on researching, testing, sourcing new materials, and lowering costs. And the acceptance of our satisfying customers is the motivation for us to continue our Business.