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That was one of the main reasons I went to the straps. The other reason was when I got caught on a cliff band and had to try and release without bending over which would have thrown my center of balance over the point of no return. And now I'm just a lazy, proud monkey seeing all the other snowboarders stare as I step into the intecs.

I used to get the clips from REI, but they changed brands. The jaws of the clips measure 15/16". The 1" clips from REI are too big. It takes a 5/8" webbing that I do get from REI. For a tall guy 6'6" of webbing would be more than enough if you wanted to run through your pants and jacket. It's easy, 2nd nature at this time. It take about 5 minutes to adjust for the proper height.

Still riding in the walk mode and it feels like bedroom slippers but way more control. Uninjured and still hitting the bumps hard. Come join me at Big Sky.

I tried the hip release, but every time I rocketed into the lift line I couldn't find the strap. I never have to look for it, because it's always in my hand under my mitts. This has worked out perfectly for me. Now I'm always waiting for my skiing buds to get their poles on and I can peddle off the lift lines ahead of them. Powder pig.

Looking for a powder specific board that I can still use for my bumpy playground. Anyone ridden these?

Best of luck to you. Thanks for getting this up and running once again.

Hey Russ, I've had good luck with going to http://www.searchcraigslist.org/ and typing in what I wanted. Picked up 2 sets of boots and a couple of boards that way and had them shipped. No problems so far.

It's the same buckle that you use for a chest strap on a back pack. Im away surfing now so I Haven't access. I used to get them at REI, but they changed vendors. When I get back, I'll post.

If I saw you, I'd wave back-twice in this situation-once to eject and once to acknowledged a much better carver and just to say Aloha!

The climber in me would always listen. The same system has been in place for 10+ years and never failed. The nylon is already double backed and is quite difficult to thread through with that webbing, and much more difficult than any of my climbing harnesses. I prefer the nylon biners because or risk to damage to hands in a fall, and they only have to hold maybe 20 lbs, and cold transfer/heat loss are also a factor. The Derlin buckles are under the same stress. If one wanted to make a failsafe system, metal would be OK. Thanks for the input.

Just posted this in another section, but thought it might be useful here. I've been using this system for the past 10+ years. No more bending down to release bindings at lift and am able to release anywhere on the hill, even in very awkward positions. First decided this was a good idea when I had to try and release at a cliff face with very poor positioning. Hope this helps. This is my quick release system for intecs. Derlin quick release buckles that will fit into Intec handles, 8' of 5/8" webbing (REI), and a Nylon Double Biner. Threaded through my pants, up through jacket sleeve and and into mittens. Long enough webbing to reach approximately the bottom of the palm of my hand when my arm is fully extended, but short enough to activate Intec release when holding the Biner and fully extending my arm. Yes it is more difficult to release when the binding is loaded upwards, but pulling and doing a little hop should release it when hanging upside down.

Just posted this in another section, but thought it might be useful here. I've been using this system for the past 10+ years. No more bending down to release bindings at lift and am able to release anywhere on the hill, even in very awkward positions. First decided this was a good idea when I had to try and release at a cliff face with very poor positioning. Hope this helps. This is my quick release system for intecs. Derlin quick release buckles that will fit into Intec handles, 8' of 5/8" webbing (REI), and a Nylon Double Biner. Threaded through my pants, up through jacket sleeve and and into mittens. Long enough webbing to reach approximately the bottom of the palm of my hand when my arm is not fully extended, but short enough to activate Intec release when holding the Biner and fully extending my arm. Yes it is more difficult to release when the binding is loaded upwards, but pulling and doing a little hop should release it when hanging upside down.

This is my quick release system for intecs. Derlin quick release buckles that will fit into Intec handles, 8' of 5/8" webbing (REI), and a Nylon Double Biner. Threaded through my pants, up through jacket sleeve and and into mittens. Long enough webbing to reach approximately the bottom of the palm of my hand when my arm is not fully extended, but short enough to activate Intec release when holding the Biner and fully extending my arm. Yes it is more difficult to release when the binding is loaded upwards, but pulling and doing a little hop should release it when hanging upside down.

If I can see them and they're less than a city block away, I'm out of my comfort zone.

http://www.mercola.com/infographics/what-is-peak-fitness.htm

I have to say that I was pretty much over it by March (which was a pretty horrible month), and then the snows came once again. Up until the new snows, conditions were icy and chunky which is absolutely not conducive to any sense of form or flow. I manage to keep my interest up by staying off the groomed slope and working the off piste. There's always room for improvement and honing skills for changing conditions (glades, trees, bumps), and trying to keep up with the better skiers. I understand the desire to carve the groomers, but I would have my fill within a couple of hours. Life on the slopes became much more interesting (in my opinion of course) when I have been exploring everything off the groom. I'm about to turn 68, and every year has seen an improvement in speed, skills, and in pleasure. I like the challenge of the whole mountain experience even when I find myself taking a fall, and even more so when I don't have to look behind me to see if I'm about to get creamed by a high speed idiot screaming down the grooms. Sometimes life is most rewarding when challenging yourself with new experiences - and that may well be on or off piste. INTERVAL TRAINING AND MITOCHONDRIA By Andy Coghlan HIIT it! We’re often told that exercise is the best medicine, and it now seems that regular high intensity interval training (HIIT), in particular, is great for reversing the declining ability of our cells to generate energy. HIIT involves short bursts of very intense activity, interspersed with recovery periods of lower-intensity exercise. Sreekumaran Nair at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and his colleagues assigned groups of people aged between 18 and 30 and between 65 and 80 to three months of interval training, weight training or a combination of the two. Muscle biopsies were taken before and afterwards to measure the impact of these regimes on their cells. Read more: Just a few hours’ exercise a week makes your heart grow bigger Interval training boosted the ability of the mitochondria within cells to generate energy by 69 per cent in older volunteers, and by 49 per cent in the younger group. Mitochondrial activity declines with age, which may aggravate fatigue and reduce the size and ability of muscles to burn excess blood sugar – a risk factor for diabetes. But this decline was halted and even reversed in the older interval-training group. “After three months of interval training, everything converged towards what we saw in young people,” says Nair. Interval trainers also saw surges in lung, heart and circulation health. The amount of oxygen they could inhale and consume at full tilt rose by 28 per cent in the younger group and by 17 per cent in the older group. There was no corresponding change among weight trainers, although combination training boosted oxygen consumption by 21 per cent among older exercisers.

Been riding F2 Challenge comps for years. Hundreds of days, and never had a release that wasn't my fault. Failure to clear heal of snow and only 1 side clicking in has been the culprit.

Looking for the Burton Coil 156. Trying to get some folks to try hardboots without sticking them on a race board.

Just popped in for a quick check and saw this. Deb and I both hope that you are recovering quickly. Really sorry to hear that.

Fortunately or Unfortunately boarding off piste has a very small audience, depending on the run.

I use 2 boards, almost exclusively, both Burton. These boards are 20 and 16 years old. Coil year 1996 for soft day off piste bump and glade runs. Ultraprime year 2000 for harder days on icier bump days and when there's no new snow. Both have had more than their share of rocks and have probably only been waxed once a year. Board 45 to 70 days a year and they just seem to get better. Don't know if this is normal, but they sure are fun. I have backups for both boards and I figure they'll last me till my days are done. I am, however thinking about having Sean build a off-piste powder board based on the Coil, but have to have it perform the same same way except for better float, a little earlier rise, with the same waist/camber/flex (still working on that). I'm too set in my ways to have to learn new tricks, especially if everything seems to be working,

There are several different thicknesses of moldable liners. The thinnest ones I've found have been in soft snowboard boots that I've found in play it again sports. Raichle boots have been the best for a thin liner. I have a solid 9 1/2 foot and am using a 26.5 shell. The thicker liners did not work, the thinner ones did. When molding I use 4 socks that have been cut off at the ball of the foot, and then duct tape those 4 "footies" to my snowboard sock and mold it. Also I don't use foots beds. When molding, I do a dry run and to get the sequence down and then do the mold. I also load the front of my foot, keep the heel stationary and wiggle the toes making sure that I don't rock back and forth. Be more than happy to walk you through any questions you have, just PM me.

Have 2 pair of Burton 3 straps. Used 1 season.

Just caught this while I've decided to sit out Big Sky till they get more snow and more runs open. Never seen as many torpedoes coming down the hill at one time. That must be how Colorado resorts rack up the emergency room visits.