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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!

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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....

Yes, we took an e-foil class as prep for wing foiling. It was fun -- I enjoyed figuring out the balance, the speed, etc. In the long run I think it'd lose the attraction though, and it's not completely silent. But it'd be a fun toy if you have spare funds. The really cool thing would be to learn how to pump them -- check out movies by "wake thief" on youtube. He jumps off his dock, pumps the foil board towards a passing boat, surfs their wake, and then pumps back! He's really impressive. Lots of good youtube videos about foil pumping on flatwater.

The foil (hydrofoil) is incredibly efficient, and presents almost no drag in the water. One of the challenges of riding behind the boat is to not outrun it... Thus the turns back and forth, trying to keep at least a semblance of line tension. I had a few rides where my son was turning the boat gently, at just the right speed, generating a foot-high wake. I serendipitously got near the top of it and ended up "surfing" it, like an endless wave, riding it just below the spine, dragging the rope behind me, for 20-25 seconds. What an incredible feeling. The board is very twitchy, lots of the steering movement means shifting the hips 2" one way or another... Super cool way to get about the lake.

This has been a fun way to while away a few days. Slalom skiing is more like carving, of course, but figuring out the balance of how to carve across the wake on a hydrofoil takes a lot of balance and timing. Good practice for carving on snow I think, in a cross-training kind of way. Unlike in some other types of sports, on a foil it needs to be initiated with the front foot -- like on snow -- otherwise the foil lifts and the turn is over And it's so sensitive to weight distribution... Anybody else messing with this? Tom.

I first installed it onto a Loaded Dervish board, and the drop-through was a bit of a hassle. And my bolts had seized -- some salt water splashed onto them a decade ago -- and some had to be cut off. But all said and done it wasn't much more than an hour. Taking off the wheel and kingpin made everything accessible to work on. I didn't get the rail adapter, curious how you like it. tom.

I bought one after reading your original post. Hadn't heard about it before. So far I'm loving it My setup isn't pumping specific, I have a Loaded Dervish 1 with RKP Gullwing trucks. I used to be able to pump it some, but not for very long distances. Putting on the Surfborne adapter made it so that I can pump for a lot further now. It's harder to drive the board with just the front foot as the board feels way looser, and the board is now 2" higher, but it feels good. In fact I liked this feeling so much that I bought another deck (Loaded Omakase stiffer deck better pumper) and might have to buy another adapter too -- my son refuses to give up the board when we go out. Thanks for your original question and making me aware of this!

Board and bindings sold, boots still available.

Hey Bill, I have these CarveCompany (same as Ibex) bindings for sale: PM me if you're interested... I'll split up my package. Thanks,

We still get lots of powder days, but I think that opensnow.com has spoiled it for the smaller resorts. I run into so many more people from far away on those days. They see the opensnow forecast of 8" 3-4 days in advance, make plans, and sleep in the parking lot to get first tracks. I think the "X is going to get 2" more than Y, let's make plans to go to X" happens too. The approach of monitoring weather reports and checking the snow report at 5am seems somewhat obsolete these days. That said, there's a lot of powder still to be ridden. We had a 7" dump last Friday, huge (comparing to usual) lines by 9am, but by 10am everybody was spread out and things were back to normal, with plenty of fresh in the trees... As long as the storms keep coming, there's still a lot of good riding...

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