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Hagen

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  1. I also had a great time (despite the fact that I again couldn't ride all 4 days, have to break that curse next year). Thanks to Mike, Bonny, Bruce, RJ and everyone else who made OES a great event. Special thanks also to Sean for his donation to the raffle - can't wait to ride that axxess... :D

    See you all next year,

    Hagen.

  2. I was hoping to demo boards to replace my good old Burton Speed (168 with the 21.5 waist). I planned on giving the Cult.69 and the Speed.73 a try.

    After I heard that the cult was on the soft side, I decided to not try. So I only demoed the speed.73.

    ...and what a nice board that is! After a run or two to get used to it (I don't switch boards much) I really started to like it. It feels more stable than the Burton and was holding a carve really well.

    It's a little bit narrower than the Burton (19.4 vs. 21.5 waist) and has a bigger side cut as well (13m vs 10.25m). The SG is also a little bit stiffer than the Burton.

    I thought I had found the perfect board for myself in the Burton. But the SG works much better for me.

    ...so it drove home with me.

    I'm just glad that I didn't try any of the metal boards. Buying one of those probably would have put me into the dog house... :smashfrea

    Hagen.

  3. Hagen, if your RennTiger is a 163 I might be interested - mind if I test drive it?

    My Coiler PR 188 Superboard will be available for testing drives if it hasn't sold by then.

    My wife *may* be selling her Coiler WFC 165, she hasn't decided yet.

    Hi Mike,

    finally remebered to check the size of the Renntiger - it's a 158...

    Hagen.

  4. ...as if I did need more reasons to come to Oregon! :biggthump

    Now I really can't wait...

    And Mike, sorry I forgot to check the size of that board. It got a little crazy at work, I'm now in Mexico for a few days. Should be back home end of this week and will try to remember to check on the size of that board.

    Hagen.

  5. Not sure I'm getting anything under 170, but will check.

    if there is a cult that is longer than 169 then I would actually prefer that. But from the SG website it looks like all the freecarving boards are shorter than 170...

    Hagen.

  6. only if you actually use Auto white balance...which is a great way to completely screw up color photos....snow can often look good using the fluorescent WB setting

    ...right, but at the same time that's what probably over 90% of the people who take pictures use. :rolleyes:

    I myself are usually to lazy to mess with WB - if I know that I might run into problems then I just shoot raw and fix it in Photoshop.

  7. camera geekism....Yes all camera light meters are calibrated to 18% gray...which also closely matches Caucasian skin tone. As for the Blue it's not so much the sky as it is the CCD/chips reaction to ultraviolet light that is amplified in snow conditions and high altitudes. under normal conditions UV isn't normally an issue but it becomes an issue at higher altitudes and in F/22 conditions

    ...ins't the blue tint also because of the white balance getting confused with lots of white?

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