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  1. Hmm, a straight glide test will be won by the heaviest, most coordinated rider, yet a race course will be won by the rider with the best eyesight, balance and strongest core, that also gets the most rebound.
  2. Pontification, ahh Was a skier, started on a set that, back then skis were measured by extending your arm, they went up to the end of your wrist, well, the 4th son got handed skis that were 4" above the fingers, and the hill was short but steep, has turned out lot's of olympic skiers and I hated it, took up hockey. Then I met my to be wife, a very successful ski racer, started skiing again, we joined adult leagues weekdays at vt, nh hills, I was always 249'th out of 250 racers, then she handed me Warren Witherell's book, how the racers ski, next race I broke the top 25, last time I raced, 98, I beat the pacesetter at Okemo, an honest 5 nastar (John Neal) I was a 4 handicap, next day I got on a feral horse I'd been conditioning 2 years, sucker was solid muscle, (he went to the bucking horse association where he became a champion, sob) that bucked and dislocated my right hip, as I was flying backwards my only thought was, I'm a snowboarder now, spent a year in softboots, melted two pair of boots, bought a set of burton somethings, had a blast, snowboards could carve small radius turns then, skis couldn't, got a 7 nastar on a snowboard, 2 years ago got a new hip, then got back on skis, this year am carving smaller turns than on a snowboard because the skis are snowboards, point being, in 98 skiing was boring, today, they're as much or more fun. Got a skateboard in 58-9 28" long, poly wheels and cushions, learned that I was correct foot forward, back to snowboarding, it was weird when on the 2'nd year I broke my left collarbone, then 5 days later on the board the first turn, the bone rubbed the skin, stopped, had to reevaluate, 2'nd turn was weirder, took 10 to get a rhythm, ahh, life and it's feelings.
  3. I'm of the opposite mindset, I feel that on toe sides the front foot is the power driver so I cant out to engage the edge faster and then achieve a higher edge angle, while I feel the rear foot is the power driver for the rea edge and adjusting it in or out to adjust balance, I leave my rear flat cantwise, love my rear edge.
  4. https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+in+canada&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS859US859&oq=covid+in+canada&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i433j0l3j69i60l3.5615j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  5. BB is correct, just continue here, this is another sinkhole thread but reviving it with an intelligent series of discussions about sustainable foods that are life giving not life taking would help this fight against covid disinformation.
  6. IMHO, outward cant on the back foot would lessen your ability to tip the board, while inward cant would increase your ability to edge the board, but I would first put outward cant on the front foot to increase edge angle, you will lose a little of the rear edge grip, but you get your front edge back, did you by chance recently start carrying a water bladder, the weight up top would take some adjustment to rebalance.
  7. Depends on your budget, if you get into UPZ's, your shells will be shorter, and you might keep your familiar stance, or forget about Gilmore bias (how's john doing usually he's around) center the boot to the edges, and or turn more forward, boot out isn't an option in the NE. Great profile picture
  8. I pray to the god's that you never moved away from where you're safely staying away from all other humans, that you have stayed alone in place until you get a negative test, that you don't infect others.
  9. Exactly, it's a sports car, it works great but has teething problems, how far away is the repair shop, here in NH it's hours, Maine it's hours, I want a 500 mile range, till then I'll go hybrid.
  10. Don't see an actual answer and having spent last tuesday using a medical mask I will. Medical masks are 95n, so safe both for incoming and outgoing, the moisture that accumulated going downhill evaporated going uphill, that was my concern, if it got to wet would it fall off, no, goggles only fogged slightly when going uphill breathing hard with my head back, fogging was easy to control, no fogging going downhill, Smith IOX, that was at 30ish degrees, at 5 degrees frozen moisture may be a problem, but, then it rained. The cotton and bandana and skier masks are useless, stay away from the fools in them.
  11. Picked this 18' up this fall, it's got winter wheels with studded nokians, an S90 T8, so, the ice (internal combustion engine) runs the front wheels with 318hp from a supercharged turbocharged 2.0 and 87hp from the electric motors on the rear wheels, it had 20,000 when I got it and was at 27.5mpg and had never been plugged in, after 4,000 miles it's at 43.5mpg and before the cold weather my 7 day average was 94.2mpg, it runs pure electric, hybrid or all wheel drive, and it's volvo's luxury edition (inscription) I was in a Rav4 hybrid but got rear ended, got this till I can get into a rav4 prime with the technology package, could get a tesla, don't want to deal with a car that is propriety, but, can't wait to turn in the Ecodiesel and whatever to get into an electric truck, Rivian, 1000hp, 10,000lb towing, 500 miles per charge, they do 180's in place.
  12. No, I mean get a word of mouth guarantee on any used board, and only buy from members of this chat (room board).
  13. Let's back up. The best board in the world won't work if your interface to it isn't spot on... your boots, boots consist of three parts, each equally important, err, the orthotic, the liner and the shell, actually the orthotic and liner are much more important than the shell, the shell only has to be not too long, not to short, the orthotic has to be spot on and the liner custom or heat molded, wasting all the energy in the boot because it spins or hurts won't make a board carve. Any burton board should be retired, bindings also, 8.5 radius is ok, look at the short boards from coiler or Donek, used is good, get a word of mouth guarantee, on this board it will assure you of success. 20 years ago intecs were accessible as well as parts, today, F2's are light and customizable intecs were heavy and customizable, take your choice.
  14. Googling "Loneliest sport on the planet" points toward boxing, boxing is about as lonely as Pavarotti singing to 100,000 people, he actually absorbs the energy of the crowd, as do boxers. Dog sledding the iditarod is far more lonely than alpine carving, as is long distance horse racing. I prefer to ride alone, no collisions, and groups always sit around most of the time socializing. It's impossible to get rid of bad habits if your group has them and it's easy to copy good carvers, just look at any jack or GeoffV picture when on edge.
  15. You took off the snowboard heel and you want to install the ski heel? If you take the sole piece out of the bottom of the shell, after removing the liner is there a T-nut? https://www.google.com/search?q=tnut&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS859US859&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiygP-5s-rtAhXmp1kKHeahBvsQ_AUoAXoECAUQAw&biw=1084&bih=633#imgrc=g5EyBQRkRx7z7M If there is, use the same screws holding the snowboard heel, if the ski heel holes are to small drill them out, you won't break the ski heels hand screwing them but you'll save a lot of energy drilling them.
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