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I have ridden both. I have the step in sidewinders now with the hardest elastomers. The sidewinders are much stiffer. I am about 100kg of attitudinous lard.
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I think the only jump without a crash & burn landing is the one where he is tied to the bridge. I recognize some of the Treble Cone off piste there.
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Youth don't seem to have a problem laying out similar cash for skis and Boots and poles, so I am not sure that money is the issue. Money is always the first stated reason, but often not the real reason why things don't happen.
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The same thing I am always learning. Don't drop my head in on the toe side, don't break at the waist, and angulate....
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Oh there will be somebody somewhere in a garage who just can't help themselves.....
And eventually whatever it is will break out onto a racecourse somehow and the cycle will start again. Same as it ever was.
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If a competitor thinks he/she is a better athlete or technician than the others then all they need is the same gear as everyone else to give them a decent chance to win. If they assess their ability as at best equal then they may spend time & money searching for an equipment edge. It then has to be a reasonable advantage as there is an "opportunity cost" to finding/inventing and developing new gear and the technique that comes with it. This is what happened with metal - the schoch brothers dominating on their Kessler's and isolation plates with Benny Karl dominating.
What happened in the Vancouver PGS is why we see little innovation. After being almost unbeatable, Karl was ministered by an almost superhuman Jasey Jay Anderson on a catch-up copycat plate. Karl's advantage disappeared at the critical moment and he was edged by a better athlete on the day.
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Test fitting an intuition liner is not useful. The shape before they are moulded is not relevant. If you phone Intuition and talk to them they will be able to give you good advice on which liners to use.
When you first heat them and put your foot in during the fitting process they will feel impossibly small. After the moulding process when they have cooked they should still feel a little tight. Over the first five days or so of riding they will relax enough to be comfortable.
I prefer the liners with the thin, non-mouldable sole in conjunction with a footbed of higher density as this seems more stable under load.
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It's not toe or heel drag I fear, it's the sliding down the mountain on my face at eleventy seven miles per hour.
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Do heavier boots contribute to damping? What advantage do lighter boots give? Apart from convenience for flying
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Thankfully in NZ we ride above the tree line..... All the worst injuries are from driving the nose into soft snow. There are supposed to be eight knee ligaments, and I only have five left.
I have lost count of how many broken ribs. Also two concussions. Always from being hit from behind.
All spread over 25 seasons.
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3 hours ago, JRAZZ said:
That's exactly what I did and it turned my 700s from a stiff brick into something much more rideable. More comfortable too!
I think the liners (especially the wrap around type) add significantly to the stiffness. Using SB liners doesn't turn your boots to mush but you'll feel the difference.
I say that if you feel your boots are too stiff and you have softboot liners give it a try!
Isn't that what the BTS or similar is for?
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Hi Scott
Unfortunately I have just got back from qtown on Tuesday. I had a few days at Coronet & Cardrona but was very Flu affected throughout so a lesson would have been a waste of time. Alan Mackenzie (Sunsurfer) is usually around qtown at this time as there is a conference that he usually attends, although the last time I saw him he didn't seem to need much coaching! Flick him a PM and see if he is interested...
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My understanding is that the boot articulation should be roughly set in the centre of your range of motion. Then the bindings are adjusted for cant & lift so that in a "neutral" stance pressure in the cuffs and on the soles is evenly distributed so that on a flat surface at moderate speed the board wants to go straight. Fine tuning can then be done with boot cuff adjustment, necessary because binding cant and lift adjustments are usually in 3 degree increments or similar
If you do it all with the boots you are missing out on flex or extension that may be useful
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It looks like every spring morning at mt ruapehu, NZ.
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I find it hard to believe that it's not possible to salvage a viable business out of bomber. However I have seen banks & lawyers destroy value many times before in thus situation, usually by unrealistic pricing or debt levels. Surely at some point the price for remaing stock/tooling/i.p. must be at levels low enough. I have had the experience of watching a lawyer turn down realistic offers for a deceased friends business for two years only to sell it for a tiny fraction once the goodwill had disappeared leaving his widow almost destitute. Surely commonsense must prevail sometimes?
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Use a diamond cutting disc on a grinder. Yes there will be dust. Wear a mask & eye protection as usual
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I love it when you type "femoral bicondylar". I may have to lie down now.
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If I was going to investment cast some I would try for stainless
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24 minutes ago, BlueB said:
Why not have a variety of boards, use a tighter cut for a tighter course?
I have always wondered this. My conclusion is that the longer sidecut must be quicker overall in some way, such as when gliding, straightlining, drifting etc
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It could be down to binding adjustment. Somewhat counterintuitively I found myself with more weight on my front leg/foot with more lift on the front binding.
Alternatively, you are just in the back seat for other reasons more related to technique or your mental processes. I always find myself much more weight forward after a few days in a row.
I have found the best places to "feel" weight distribution, stance, and pressure on boot cuffs etc is on flat wide cat tracks, or very flat green slopes where turns if any are long and drawn out. I am a slow thinker. It's an age thing.
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The walk up to mueller hut from mt cook village looks short & easy on the map, but climbs from 750 m to 1800m. On the way you pass the sealy tarns. I would check in with the visitors centre in mt cook village where they will tell you if the walk is advisable or not. I have spent hours up there staring across the valley at the mt sefton face watching avalanches pouring down every 15-20 minutes. There is a story about a kea there that managed to lock a climber either in the hut or the toilet for a few days.....
AIL "Alpine Injured List"
in Carving Central
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I feel your pain. Mostly because I did exactly the same injury in September. Plus the Subscapularis and a comprehensively modified distal radius.
Things were going so well. Until they weren't. I don't really know what happened, but I took a bit of a bang to the head. Bye bye POC helmet. Also my front TD3 step in is broken, but I don't know if that happened before or during the incident. My phone said I was doing about 85kmh.
I am just grateful that it was my wrist and not my neck.