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Hey Bob, we missed you on Tuesday!

Awesome! I couldn't agree more -- we're very adaptable -- worth switching up gear and settings to remain adaptable riders too For me too riding 30* took some getting used to... even on softboots I usually ride 45/15. But it didn't take too long to get adjusted, just like you wrote. Cheers, Tom

I got a chance to try it yesterday, looking for ways to optimize getting through flats in the backcountry. While I was practicing split skiing, I also clicked into the tech toes when the board was in one piece. Without the downhill bindings it was kind of a disaster -- too much flex on the planks, and I was afraid of breaking the board hooks. Could be fun skiing that way on a powder day, the video has my first 10 turns that way and I'm looking down way too much. I don't see much future in the split-monoski. Tom.

I'm fairly new to splitboard hardboots, but I keep them buckled the same throughout the day. I feel like I have plenty of stride just by putting them into walk mode (i.e. lever up), and don't want to risk any rubbing and blisters by undoing buckles. Phantom Slippers HD. Loving being back on hardboots!

A few months ago Pat pointed out that while my board edges were sharp, the angle wasn't consistent. I had a tool to hold the diamond stones but it took backing out two flathead screws to change the stones, and so I often delicately freehanded. But after Pat's comment I bought a simple Toko edge tuner. Much easier to swap the stones... but still a bit too much work when working on my family's skis. Three swaps for four edges, too much messing around. I designed very simple holders for the stones, set to 88 degrees. Stones fit in and are pressure-held, but a few drops of superglue wouldn't hurt. 5% infill, printed in PLA, takes under 2 hours to print one of these. I printed enough to have one holder per stone, edge tuning was never faster! In case anyone would find these useful, here's a link to my design and STL files: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/eeTz3ipCUQy-ski-edge-diamond-stone-guide-v3 Cheers, Tom.

Like snowsurfer62 wrote, 30-deg is the max angle. I use the Plum SOKs and Phantom Slipper HDs on my splitboard setup, and love it. It's so light and fast. Yesterday was the first time I mounted the kit on a solid board (Plum sells a disk that fits 4x4 insert pattern). I wished I could get 45-deg on front foot... and my rear foot angle was too low so I kept washing out a bit on heelside turns. I'll play with it next time I go up to the resort. Not to highjack the thread, but has anyone tried to ride a splitboard like a monoboard? The bindings and HBs are narrow enough that I think it'd work. Could be fun on a powder day Tom.

Prior WCR (trad, not metal), 161cm, 9.8m radius, 19.5cm waist. Original owner, ridden by my wife (140lb in gear) so plenty of flex left in it. Topsheet has a bunch of scratches, consistent with regular use, no abuse. Bottom is pretty good, a few minor scratches. $150 + shipping SOLD

Resurrecting an older topic... but I'm excited because I just printed a set of plates for my soft bindings. Wish I could try them out today, but our local resort is closed due to high winds. Hopefully I'll get to try them soon. I'm new to 3D printing and this took a lot of learning. I traced the bottom of my bindings on paper, took a photo, drew splines in Inkscape, exported to Tinkercad, scaled to match real world dimensions. Printing in PLA was easy, but took me quite a while to calibrate live-Z to work with PETG. But it all came together, and at least so far the result looks good. I should have printed them 12mm high because of the limited sizes in metric bolts my hardware store has (printed shims instead). Used old bike tubes for the "elastomer" layer... A few other tweaks for V2, but after I put some hours on these. Ah, Rome bindings and a Stranda Shorty snowboard. The motivation was of course to be able to put it even more on edge, the board is really fun to ride. Tom.

Yeah, it was our second week with the board, lots of things to figure out. Going 20mph at most, behind a 21' Bayliner all-about type of boat. 60' line. This year we were able to get onto the second wake and get some "surfing", better yet if the boat was in a big turn. Your setup looks great!

Using a 1650 Naish Jet foil -- works great with winging. Using it behind the boat is mostly just for practice when there's no wind... This is a video from last year, with a 2000 foil, probably second week playing with foiling. It shows the boat wake we've got to work with This year we scored three windy days on that lake, it was great.

That's great! Love it Our boat doesn't generate enough of a wake, so we've been able to make it work sometimes, but it's very limited. You have a great setup!

SOLD!

My wife bought these a few years ago, but hardly used them. We don't need them anymore. Glad to send them to a new home, for the cost of shipping from zip code 81201. Cheers, Tom

Winter getting closer... I'm having a blast with this skateboard adapter. I've been working on learning how to gybe a foil board, and it's been fun practicing on a skateboard with the wing. The skateboard can turn so tight! Too bad my town has so little asphalt... I miss the big parking lots of South Padre

Not behind the boat, but this sure looks fun. Board not as angled as a carving snowboard, but I love the smoothness and how he makes it back up to the top of the swell on most turns. Then picks up the wave energy and keeps on keeping on....