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Might be a bit rusty on the alpine board since ive been playin in knee deep powder in the backountry but i'll be around

Youcould always buy heat moldable liners after the fact, very much worth the extra dollars. i'd go with the suzukas

The menicus shouldnt have torn if there wasn't rotaion involved,but you still could of bruised it.It sounds more like a grade 1/2 acl strain with you having trouble extending the leg. If it's already starting to feel better my bet is you didn't do anything serious but to be on the safe side dont push it. Docters opinion would be better but ive been sent out of the emergency misdiagnosed with torn/ dislocated / broken stuff before and told to"suck it up princess". In the end you know what your body feels like and what its telling you.

We have had a thin snowpack with very cold temps up until a few weeks ago. Must of gotten close to a 100 plus cm on top of fauceted snow with rising temps....lets just say its like walking on eggshells out there right now. I think everybody should have the basic understanding on whats going on in the snowpack to be responsible for yourself.At the very least you will know you can't predict it 100 percent, mother nature has a way of throwing curve balls. I was with the avy director at Big White when we had are inbound avy fatality last year and know that this is not just a job to them and how much ski patrollers work to try to keep it a safe enviroment.

I actually do like the snow stix concept,but i think trikerdads solution to what he wanted to do looks alot cleaner and is totally adjustable with a zipcut.......just cant adjust it back :o The cost factor might be another issue. My project cost about 20 dollars to do and could of been potentially free and me being the obsessive tinkerer that i am seems to factor in as well.

Nice work trikerdad!!!! Do you guys have an oven big enough to do sections that size or did you send it out to get it done??? My roommate works at the "competition" and they are getting an oven in a short time thats just big enough. Did you find that it stiffened up the front end or change anything else in the riding qualities other than recambering the board? SEJ Was reading up on the alloy content of stainless steel. 300 series steels are austenitic and and have low carbon content which inhibites carbide precipitation but are non heat treatable. Was using a 400 series stainless that sitting around in the shop. Trikerdad alloy sounds perfect. martensitic with a low carbon content.

SEJ This might help Rocketman New board this year i bought off of here so we will find out together. Pebu My four year old step daughter beat him to it fingerpainting with blue and yellow......somehow she got the patent on it.:p Hans Thanks again,will try again and quench it to limit the time in the range the carbon and chromiun combine. I can be such a geek when it come to this stuff:D

If it doesn't fit, make it fit:biggthump Yes we do modify at our own risk but if don't damage the structural integrity,then go for it. Working in a machine shop you'd be suprised how often your called upon to do that without the help of a team of engineers at your beck and call.

Your correct about the assumtionabout the spring and the bottem plate being a slip plate. Good eye. The other part you thought was foam is essentially another piece of lexan that locates the springs.The metal base plate sits on that so there is still a solid connection between the metal plate and the board. Once i get things dialed in ill machine up another and use aluminum there. Ive been running the same two boards for a few years now so i can be pretty objective on how it feels with and without First thing you notice is that your up higher and have more leverage on the board.my guess it wouldn't be any different than some of the thicker lexan plates people are running under their bindings to protect the board. Second,I still felt that there was just as solid connection to the board as before. The binding didn't feel like it was flexing. What else i did notice instantly was that in sections of runs that ive always had a hard time holding an edge it seemed easier.Whether it was truly working as designed and allowing the board to flex without the bindings hindering it or me progressing at carving,im hoping a bit of both:D

For the plastic used lexan was suggested quite a bit because of its toughness. You can usually find sheets in the bigger hardware stores. The problem i didn't quite overcome was bending the stainless parts on the ends to shape. They still retained thier elastic qualities,but lost lost some of its stainlessness for lack of a better word do to chromiun precipitation. Is there a metalurgist in the house???

here is a second pic

A thread last year discussing the cons of using certian plate systems on metal boards got the creative juices flowing. This is the more polished version of the prototype that i rode last year that gets rid of point contact and allows for a more natural flex. I was wondering who else has done some modifying or home projects?? would love to see pics as well.

Thanks phil,bomber rules lol.King,gave my mountain bike to my girlfriend so i have plans to throw a 34 tooth on the front and do some offroad with her so i left the suspension on. I did at one point have the rigid with bullhorns and a road cassette on it...... I do remember getting a few 160km rides in on it that way in preseason before switching to the roadbike, sweet ride

One of the reasons i kept the suspension on my bike is for the hydraulic brake. They,re great in messy weather.the down side is yahoos playing with them when your front wheel is off and locked up.Its only happened once but will really piss you off when it happens. I build my commuters from spare parts, but see a trend out there building with bikes with mechanicals/700c wheels and flat bars

Bikes are like boards,they perform better in certian conditions but still can have fun on then in terrain thats not ideal.The other option is to buy more bikes:o Here is my commuter that can pass as a half decent trail cruiser when i throw on a 34 tooth chainring and some knobbies.

My commute starts off following Mission creek in Kelowna where i pass spandex clad (women) joggers/cyclist until you hit the lake.Then commute past about four beachs that are very sceneic. Plus if there is a 25cm dump day and its slow we go boarding.I think i'll like my new job

I do know what you mean about wanting a bigger board. You always want something big in all that fluff, but will make the sacrifice to be able to manuver through the trees with a pack on. I weigh about 160 and ride a 166 voile since i only do day trips, but might have to think of something bigger because i plan to do some overnight trips at rogers pass next year. I'm sure if you talk to prior they might be able to do something for you and everybody seems to rave about neversummerbut if you have a little technical ability dont be afraid to split your own. Ive even seen guys put inside edges on thier boards and it worked out fine. think of it as a summer project .

splits rock!!!!

They were still getting a good amount of snowfall at bigwhite a couple of weeks ago but security beats you with sticks if they catch you on the runs at this time of the year. A friend of mine will be going to whistler next weekend to ride the top one day and do the bike park the day after.Must be nice;)

For the love of god he had to quit for six months:eek: Best time of the year to have it done. get strong for next year

not carving but this was a perfect day in the backcountry

I know for myself that when i started finishing going up the falline that i considered getting what you guys were talking about. It really started to come together this year ,especially with the bts system on the boots. I still have far to go considering from what i see in pics posted here.:)

Allee,there is really no word going around here as well. lol. There is so much construction goin on in town but you think i would of heard of a resort going in at the edge of town. Chute lake and gillard area famous in the freeride mountainbike scene with tons of trails and stunts put in. Since there is really never that much snow down here i always thought it was a bit of a pipe dream but you never know,some people have too much money in this town and don't know what to do with it.

I had a pretty good season this year.Never got one negetive comment on the setup and some actually knew the differece between an sl an gs board. All bets were off with the splitboard though,that just got people confused beyond belief:o

Crop?????,I can drool over that board/pic just the way it is. Have you had the chance to try it out,and what was the first impression or do you have to wait until next year??:(