Neil Gendzwill
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2 hours ago, crackaddict said:
that Jones Freecarver 9000 160 with 134ee and 9.4m sidecut is still an "all-mountain" from my perspective
The video from Jones supports that idea. There isn't much footage of them carving, instead they're doing jump turns down a 50 degree face and riding bumps. I bought my Flagship for that sort of riding and it works pretty well. If I get a softboot carver it should be more focused.
Also they talk about overpowering the 6m sidecut on the 6000 with too much speed, but don't talk about how anyone with any carving skill should be able to turn a 9m sidecut pretty damn tight. It's not going to "run away on you" unless you let it.
I think Jeremy Jones knows this stuff perfectly well but we are not his target audience.
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Saw the Freecarver in the shop. It’s quite a bit stiffer than my Flagship and has a chunky waist, at least the 160 9000 I checked out. I think it’s 28 cm. So I’m thinking about it.
13 hours ago, ShortcutToMoncton said:Damn that 157W looks sweet, 10m too…
Yeah but only a 26.4 cm waist.
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Guess I’m a dinosaur with my 19.5” stance, about 1” shorter than recommended by Jack’s formula. I ride with the standard F2 lift under the rear heel, never felt the need for toe lift.
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3 hours ago, Jack M said:
Haha, Spring doesn't happen there? It's much less of an issue with my Mountain Slopes' Vibram soles than it was with Fintec's aluminum/plastic. In fact I can't recall being bothered by it at all. It really bugged me with Fintecs.
I don't usually get out in spring but even when I do I don't have an issue. But yeah, I've heard enough about the Fintecs to know I don't want them. I've always just used the stock Intec heels for Raichle/Deeluxe.
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33 minutes ago, Jack M said:
Except around 32F/0C when they clog with ice.
That’s your fault for riding somewhere that warm
Somehow never a problem for me.
Seriously if I get a buildup I can clear it pretty easy by scraping on the receiver. Same problem with conventional bindings, isn’t it? Just a little more forgiving but eventually you have to clean your boot sole.
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If you come from a soft boot background you may be leery of step ins but the Intec system works perfectly.
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On 9/14/2023 at 11:04 AM, Keenan said:
Switch carving heel side is easier than switch toe side.
I can only do easy glides on edge on a green run, so baby carving switch. I don’t practice it much. So I can’t speak to the difficulty of carving with strong inputs either direction. However I find heelside turns harder for the simple fact that you can’t see. At least on my toes I can see where I’m going.
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On 10/1/2023 at 6:19 PM, ShortcutToMoncton said:
What did you order?
Details TBD but it will be a Contra soft boot carver.
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Got my name in with Bruce but his reduced schedule is already pretty full. Decided I’d like to get one more from him before he hangs it up for good.
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If you’re thinking about Apex you may as well do Big White or Sun Peaks, they are only a bit further.
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18 hours ago, Mike Kildevaeld said:
Please never give up, that is the first rule, then believe in your power inside, not the doctors. I will share a link to a new crazy healing it is unreal stuff. I have been doing this for a few weeks now once a week, the first day I did this my left shoulder that I screwed up two years ago which I could not even touch my back with that arm was like it never happened. This stuff heals many people from cancer and all types of stuff people write in all the time read stories, it is very new I will guarantee you have one within 1 hour from where you live. They are popping up everywhere, they are not allowed to charge more than $60 per hour. I do 2-hour session once a week. Then please get back on the snow!!!
The last thing this guy needs is some snake oil crap.
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So sorry to hear this, Ladia. You have been a fighter all the way through this. Here’s hoping this surgery has helped you beat this thing.
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The Commissioner is up to 12 m radius depending on length.
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13 hours ago, Jack M said:
Personally, for serious carving, I won’t be getting anything less than microbrew builds like the “kitchen sink” construction from Winterstick going forward. I think constructions like these don’t make sense for mass market boards. That said, the Ride Commissioner is pretty exotic, but it’s not a carving focused shape.
Amplid is doing some pretty complicated stuff with their Centrifugal line. I thought the Commissioner was Ride’s carver, it’s essentially the new Timeless.
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Not sure if anyone has a lot of comparison experience but what is the general opinion on custom decks from our favourite suppliers vs carving focused boards from the mainstream? It seems like the big companies have access to a lot of tech the little guys don’t. Is one of Bruce’s or Sean’s boards going to outperform something from Capita or Jones? Or maybe the mid sized companies like Korua or Amplid are making stuff we’d like?
To be clear I’m talking about softboot decks with either a pure carving focus like the Jones Freecarver or more general purpose ones that are thought to be good carvers like the Capita Megadeath. TBH the Megadeath looks pretty damn cool with the super lightweight carbon construction and Fawcett had some pretty glowing comments on YouTube. OTOH thinking of getting a Contra before Bruce hangs it up.
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Bradass is bending the shit out of that Tanker!
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2 hours ago, svr2 said:
I have been on snow this month on two www.rad-air.com Tanker prototypes (red is the 181 and green is the 201). Production 201 will be black and silver but just wanted to share that this new shape and camber profile is something special
What is the new camber profile?
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From the picture it looks like one of the trucks is mounted backwards, or are the front and rear different designs?
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36 minutes ago, philw said:
I also have a little ringbolt, which I use to replace one of the rear binding's bolts with when I'm riding at a resort. If you don't have that, someone can nick that £1,000 board by simply unscrewing your £200 bindings from it, with any snowboard tool.
They can take it more easily with a pair of cable cutters and in less time. Locking your board is all about making it a less easy target. Plenty of other boards they can just pick up from the rack.
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18 minutes ago, philw said:
Doesn't solve the bending-over thing, although I would possibly argue that stretching to do that is a good exercise
Stretching does **** all if you've had a hip replacement or if you're dealing with an arthritic hip. You've got the range of motion you've got. In fact my surgeon advised me to stop stretching as I was just making the problem worse. I had a misguided physio who had me doing all kinds of stretching, nothing was improving ROM.
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4 hours ago, Aracan said:
2. Step-in plate bindings (which basically means Intec these days) are extremely stiff laterally, as the heels are held by retractable lateral pins.
I'm running the F2 Titanflex, and as I said before my 224s are pretty soft. I can drive my back knee into my front leg Kelly-style if I want. But yes, still not too surfy.
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I don't think any hard boot is going to give a surfy feel. I run old Raichle 224s, they are pretty soft for hard boots and there is just no comparison to my Ions which are supposed to be a reasonably stiff soft boot. When I'm on the Ions I have way more freedom of movement and ability to react to changing conditions underfoot, but the power I can put to the board is considerably lower.
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14 minutes ago, Jack M said:
A plug for the hardboots - the release for Intec step-in bindings is a cable that runs up the inside of the boot and has a handle at the top of the boot cuff. The release for Burton Step-Ons is all the way down by your heel. Significantly more bending over there. Some people tie a leash to the Intec handle and run it up their pant leg so they don't have to bend over at all.
That’s solvable, in fact Alex is here because of a conversation we had in the comments section of my video showing how I extended that lever.
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I don’t feel any heel lift in mine. I think people who say that haven’t stepped all the way in. There are two ratchet points there for safety I believe. The looser one is meant to make sure you are engaged even if there is snow underfoot.
Softboot carvers: mainstream vs custom
in Carving Central
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Jeremy Jones claims that unless you're putting in 100+ days a year you've got no business being on the Ultra Flagship.