Neuffy

Hm...I just took regular headphones with a volume adjuster thingie partway on the ridiculously long cord (it's...around 10 feet long), put the headphones around the helmet (used goggle holder, telephone(black) wire) with the earpieces outside of the holes in the earflaps. At full volume, it's great. And since the sound is directional, it doesn't bother others/much. I only use it while I'm alone on a lift or actually on a run, not inside though.

I NEED one of those (photo_ispo_tandem_big.jpg).... I think I just might try to make one if I can come up with a boot solution for non-boarders... One question though...what weight differential might be required? Hm..wonder if 40-50 lbs would be enough rear>front...eh..be funny any way you did it, heh.

hm...$25k US/$35k CND...little bit pricey, but then again so are Corvettes/Porsches etc. And this still cheaper, and looks better to me... Now...just to figure out how to attach two snowboards to that thing for transport.... I want. Too bad I'm not rich.

1. A skier is in a better body position in relation to the fall line (hips shoulders facing down hill) allowing for more efficient movements. hm...more efficient...debatable. But it's true that if you have low angles, looking over the front shoulder is difficult...even with higher angles, it's still harder than with skis: easier to get hit from behind. 2. Snowboarders have to make larger movements to achieve the same performance a skier can make with more refined movements. No. 3. A skier can make the same size and shape turn as a snowboarder with more options regarding speed control = a skier can go slower or faster than the snowboarder with the same turn shape and size. As far as I can tell, this is slightly true, due to a skier's ability to have their skis at different angles. However, a boarder can also modify their speed while still following the same turn shape and size. Just harder. 4. these differences are hightened and accentuated in the moguls = snowboarders have a harder time riding moguls than skiers. Actually, I'm pretty sure moguls are harder for boarders because we can't separate our feet and ride one up, one down...there's a lot of inherent stability in two skis far apart...perpendicular balance is more of an issue boarding. 5. there are lines more favorable to skiers...and more of them to carve them out leaving boarders to adapt to bumps more favorable to skiers. Hell no...boarders do more damage, heh. Except on race courses, boarders can (at least, good boarders) modify pretty much anything a skier can do to snow. Boards are just better at imparting force. 6. what does everyone think? let the debate begin. Hm...can't figure out how to answer this one now. Edit: Actually, last season I got sworn at a fair bit...a few times for pushing people away, and off my board in lift lines, a few times for carving _through_ someone's kicker (I wanted to do a carved jump off of it...they should have made it stronger...), and a few times for going back and forth on the hill, rather than straight down it.

hm...I do actually miss it....but...not so much as I'd've expected. Ouch. Bring out the rock board...

So the general consensus is that an all-mountain board, for example, a Coiler 177AM (21.5cm waist) would be most appropriate? This board would have a sidecut radius of 11.5m and a stiffness index of around 7.9? According to Neil, me with boots only 0.5 bigger, I should be able to get nearly the same angles. Well, thanks for the advice...

Banff is almost halfway up Alberta, reasonably close to the B.C. boarder. I was going to get a Swoard, actually....but ... no more 175s :( I'd like to start my angles at around 47-52, somewhere in there...but around 55 degrees should be fine as well. I really don't want 60+ though...

Well, I'm going to be buying a new board, and I'm just wondering about any advice I could get about which boards would be most suited for my riding preferences... I don't really want to go for extreme angles, but I wear a size 28 boot, so I want a fairly wide board. I'm thinking a Burton Speed 168 may be the best option, due to its 22.5 cm waist width...and they're fairly cheap now... Also, I'm just now switching to alpine this year, but intend on boarding over a hundred days this winter (moving to Banff for four months, heh). With softboots, I've been riding with angles about 33-38, just to be able to not heel/toe out. But I've found that I can't carve any harder at all with my old Salomon Classic 163...it just slips. It was my first new snowboard... Even so, when I'm at Marmot or Lake Louise, it's been very, very rare for me to see anybody making deeper trenches than me. So, any advice?

Eww... mov/asx/wmv...yucky. Use some DivX variant...say, XviD. Much better picture quality for the file size. Also, one file is compatible with both mac and PC. Edit in uncompressed, then when you have the finished video, (if you want it to be digital...), convert to XviD. Much better quality... And if the footage is originally interlaced, please, please de-interlace it first...

ya, the Poot was something of a giveaway. ya, Baka's the most correct. heh. I'd say that, within a given style of riding, on the same type of snow, speed determines length and weight determines stiffness. But only within one style of riding and one type of snow.

nononono....nothing's .wrong. with a long board... Hell, I'd love to try a 240cm board sometime....nice long, straight and steep cruiser...maybe 20m sidecut...maybe 25m...*Neuffy dreams - but it just wouldn't be versatile enough. From what I've heard, the Madd 170s are good for quite a range of technique and weights... Anyone who flat-out rejects a board due to length (unless it's something like >350 cm or <100cm well, shouldn't. I'm 186 cm, and this last season rode boards from 154cm to 163 cm, and can tell that I want at least 10 cm more from the 163...but a stiffer board would compensate for length (possibly) as would design. I think. lol...someone just answer all the questions and stop the thinking... The Madd 170s have an 10.5 sidecut, don't they? That's a pretty medium sidecut. Of course, it all comes down to what you want to do. If you want to go faster, a longer board almost always helps in stability. But I've heard the Madd 158s sorta break that rule...

Self quote: Go for the big board! Bigger = better :P Rule of thumb: If your board is within 7.5% of your height in either direction, it's all good (for alpine). For freestyle, if it's around 80% of your height, all good. Freeride: 85-90% of height. Take these rules with a ... cup of salt, wouldya? In reality, I think it has a lot more to do with the specific board flex, riding style, predicted terrain, etc.

ya, I've got a board or two...My old Kemper "kevlar reinforced" board would do perfectly. I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work. But if I really kill a board, fine by me...unless it happens to be the Swoard I intend on getting Anybody know what the viscosity of R901 is?

hmmm...on second thought, even if it ends up not being suitable for snowboards, I know that at least I can find a use for it just as a lubricant for my tech stuff. Just make sure it's tested first on an old board...I know I want to test it on my old ~2000 Salomon Classic 163...No harm possible there. There may or may not be a problem with base absorption: higher viscosity Krytox means bigger molecules. I don't know if they'd be big enough to prevent proper absorption or not.

I see you've bid. So nobody else overbid! :P hm..it IS an oil, not a grease, thankfully. this is Krytox 1514, slightly different than the Krytox R901 used in Zardoz....lessee....operating range -57/177 degrees celcius while R901 (zardoz notwax) operates down to -71 degrees celcius... I'd hazard a guess that 901 has a relative viscosity of 901 compared to 1514's viscosity of 1514. So 1514 is more viscous. It should be, as it's classed for vacuum applications. It'll probably end up being slightly less efficient at very low temperatures, but may last longer. I'm assuming no one wants to use it below ~-50 C?

damn it all...they don't ship to Canada. As I plan to snowboard 120 days straight next year, this would be a godsend...I'd buy it, right now, if I could. hm...If anybody wants to divy it up 50/50 or something, and there isn't any problem getting it from you to me here in Canda, I'm game...really. (Assuming no one here thinks that this may be a different grade of Krytox unsuitable for snowboarding...Krytox comes in 10-60 grades..(# of CH2 groups in middle I think). --- Compared to Zardoz @ $20 CND/$15.99 USD per 15g=0.0401884 lb $131 CND/$100 USD / 4 lb Puck at a time: $500.00CND/$382.00USD / lb Bulk:====== : $32.75CND/$25.00USD / lb well, damn! :D ps. someone please correct me if I'm wrong...

Doesn't everywhere charge an arm or two for food? In Banff for a two day-one night trip with friends, some of them spent over $150 just on food, while I spend $10 for 4L of pop, 1kg of chips, a sausage and buns. You really, really have to bring your own food...

hm...I'd get one...if they were about 4-5 cm wider at the waist... For those that enjoy narrow waisted board, Madds seem to be a really, really great option...but I (1) don't want to commit to such a narrow board without at least riding it several runs, and (2) don't think that it would be suitable for what I want to do. Oh well...

I just got my Susukas, size 29. According to the shell size fit, (bottom shell 29-30.5, upper shell 28-30.5) I can get two fingers in without much of a problem, but cannot get three in. Are these too big? Do thermoflex liners (size 29) end up being smaller after being molded (sole length)? As is, they are, indeed, comfortable, unmolded. And they appear to be the correct size. Even if they weren't moldable (which from what I gather is a truly wonderful thing), they'd be acceptable for comfort (or, at least, I think they would be, according to how they fit my foot). So if they're comfortable before molding, is it that they shrink and indeed I need the size 28s? So if they're the right size they should feel uncomfortable? If they will shrink during molding, enough so that ones that are the correct size now become too small? Any advice/help would be appreciated. Thanks.

helps to push the front of the board into the snow, changing edges?

If I ever manage to find sand dunes..(not that I ever expect to...I'm in freaking Alberta, Canada...we have no sand) I'd want to use my old "Kevlar Reinforced" Kemper board...it was sooooo horrible...but at least it had metal edges...my dad actually tried boarding a few times long ago on a board without metal edges...I think it's still in my garage...

Hm...one of my by-10-years-from-now plans is to make a motorbike.... I fully intend to have integrated metal slide plates...no paint there, I'm gonna be rubbing it all off...I'm thinking post-apocalyptic, sort of Special by Garbage music video fighters reminiscent. I wonder...what are the fines for intentionally sliding in parking lots? :p More of a tied-in design, with protected legs and torso, and a hell of a lot of good padding...I want to come out of a crash with a small-medium car winning. Hehe. I'd probably aim for about 300-400 kg for the total weight, and select an engine based more on noise level than power...as long as I have enough for general driving, it's all good.

*Neuffy runs to photoshop.... Even a moderate carver will produce overlapping tracks, sorta like this, but with curves: up ------------------------- . . . . . . . ----------------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . down It's pretty damn hard not to produce overlapping carve lines IMO.

Damn, but you're a tiny thing (and with quite big feet for height...)! Then again, one of my best friends is 5'10" and he weighs five pounds less than you...I'm three inches taller than him, weigh 170lbs, and consider myself overly thin. Go for the big board! Bigger = better :P Rule of thumb: If your board is within 7.5% of your height in either direction, it's all good (for alpine). For freestyle, if it's around 80% of your height, all good. Freeride: 85-90% of height. Take these rules with a ... cup of salt, wouldya?

I noticed it, but failed to address it: I doubt that the Big3 pass or the shuttle passes will be reduced in price. Of course, I'll be looking. I'm pretty sure those prices are pretty fixed. Thanks for the reminder, though.