Ernie00

can't believe you went there on an alpine setup ! I was there last year on a stiff softboot setup and it was hard to generate speed to get a few good carves in. I'm sure most people there have no clue about carving setup.

Until the last day of the season. That was in May close to 70F (21C) of course the hardboots boards are waxed and stored at that time. Still some fun turns to be made.

I saw that as well earlier this week and was thinking the same, it looks like the first apline plates. I would think this will fade away pretty fast. They don't show the hardware. Imagine the added weight as it's pretty big vs an 19 cm waist race board and it did add quite a bit of weight. The lost of the ability to pedal "twist" the board. Seems like Terje isn't the hot commodity he used to be in the snowboard world. He is still a hell of a rider.

I did get my board a few weeks ago. Looks like they are trying to bring the ship back to normal operations. Looks good so far but I was told they had problems with their core supplier and had to start making cores themselves. If true it will definitaly change how their board ride.. for the best or worst I don't know I haven't tested mine yet.

If you like geeking into podcast here's a fun one. Episode 7 talks about hardboots. https://podbay.fm/p/the-mad-snowboard-scientist-podcast Lots of food for tought in there.

I'm in St-Adèle, Sommet Gabriel. Not great carving but it's home mountain so it's where I spend most of my time because the kids are training there. You learn all the fun lines to carve. Sommet Avila, the run called Express. It's always been the carving run for people around here, fun and a little sleep at the start then the thing opens up to be super wide. I like to go there weekday mornings. Same with St-Sauveur, weekday mornings is fun for carving. Mont-Blanc has a lot of hardbooter riding there was well. I don't go there too often. Tremblant on a good day is always fun, wider groomers to carve as well. Most places are pretty small around here. You gotta learn to carve what is available at the time you are at the mountain.

New decks made it here yesterday from Vaughan snowboards . Made here on the East coach in Canada. One full camber carving machine The Vault 163 x 26.5, I already have the W camber version of this board at home and it's a BEAST for carving, best board I ever owned. Can't wait to try the full camber to compare. Full maple sidewall Wildcard W camber. My shorter playfull board for the year. Different core and softer flex. 159 x 27.5 full maple sidewall. Both boards are build with amazing quality and precision. Art pieces

New board from Vaughan Snowboard is almost ready, I got an update today. Missing the logos, clear, binding holes and tune but it shouldn't too long before it makes it here.

I wouldn't debate keeping it juar hang on to it as a backup. Prior's future isn't clear at this point in time. Been bought by another group not too long ago but still radio silence from them. . Hard to get in touch with them, they owe me a board for more than a year and know a few peoples that are in the same boat.

I think things changed a lot with the passing of Chris Prior. It's like anything when I order a Coiler I order a board from Bruce, Donek it's Sean and Vaughan it's Dave and so on. If someone buys Coiler, the name will stay but it won't be Bruce and his passion. Looks like they want to turn things around and get back on the track. I'm rooting for them as we don't have too many alpine board builders. I don't think they are spending much RD in Alpine but they are still available. I am also hoping to get my board, been waiting for a long time. Someone I know dropped by the shop and they were working last week. The issue right now seems to be topsheets.

Some of you might have been in the same situation as me. I've been trying to get a hold of Prior for a board I was supposed to have build since last year and it was delayed and delayed. I finally got news today and they are under new ownership and have been going through restructuring this summer. I don't know much yet and they will be making an official annoucement soon about it. They got hit pretty hard at the end of last season with supply chain issues. I'm glad to see them moving forward. Ernie

Little digging around and it doesn't smell good right now. Long story short, I ordered my board in May 2021, board came in November but was build with the wrong Camber. Agreement was to give me the new board in Feb as I was in Whistler. Board was not ready and since then because of shortage in epoxy hardener and it was taking longer than expected to get it. Board was cut and waiting to be pressed. Late March they had a problem with the top sheet and had to order a new one from the artist. Since April it's radio silence. I have talked to a few people that are in a similar situation...

I'm in the Queue for next year as well. It's not hardboots but it carves amazing. I started talking to Dave last year and he build me a board for this past season. I've been on Coiler for 15+ years. I felt like I needed something different and needed a new best friend as Bruce is slowly building less and less boards. David Vaughan is a retired SBX and Alpine member from Team Canada. After a few phone calls and many e-mail we found what could work best for me. Starting over with someone else isn't easy. Bruce knew exactly the flex I liked and everything so it made ordering a board super easy. So I wasn't expecting the first board to be exactly dialed in to my specific taste and was fine with the process. So he build me this monster a 163.5 the model is called the Vault 27 waist, custom flex and maple sidewalls. You can buy it off the rack or he can customize it. https://vaughansnowboards.com/ He builds the boards in New Brunswick Canada but lives in the witner in Lake Tahoe area, he has stocks on both sides. He told me the board would take a few days to get used to it. Took me a few days to get used to it but this board is amazing. Certified badass carver on the icecoast. So I ordered another one for next year. Shorter 159, 27.5 wide, different core and a little more manuverable than the Vault in thight spots. Can't wait.

Hey, Hope everyone is doing well and getting their legs ready for next winter, starting tomorrow days will be getting shorter! I've been trying to get a hold of Prior snowboards for a while but can't get anyone. Anyone here knows if something is going on at Prior or know anyone working there? I know they usually close during summer time but we are still away from that date. Their last social media posts dates mid April. Thanks Ernie