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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.
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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.
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1 hour ago, lowrider said:
Covid has derailed this post and has had a profound effect on peoples desire to voice their opinion. Here's mine since animals caused covid we must get rid of all animals. Also since my post title has now proved to be a total lie just let the tread drift .
3 hours ago, BlueB said:Can we move the vegeterian posts into a separate thread? It's an interesting topic that I'd like to comment, but we derailed this thread...
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.
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21 hours ago, pow4ever said:
outward cant on the back foot seems like a good idea.
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.
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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
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On 12/24/2020 at 8:09 PM, Bobby Buggs said:
I'm on the mend, heading south tomorrow to rehab my lungs in some warmer air. I'm so looking forward to seeing you guys on the hill. 9 days in bed with a 102 fever can change your perspective a bit. The thought of spending the day ripping with you guys seems like a dream. Keep me in the loop.
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.
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3 hours ago, Colozeus said:
Nothing beats the model 3 performance in acceleration and the steering is precise without the floaty dead spot that the b.8's were known for. It handles well and corners extremely well. With tesla you are paying for the tech, and not the fit and finish. Audi is millennia ahead of tesla in terms of fit and finish and quality of materials. And i do miss the Audi interior. I had to decline my first delivery attempt because it had paint chips, a dent and severe panel alignment issues. The second time around paint was flawless but i did still have to take it back a few times to have the doors adjusted. Of course, unlike a lot of tesla prospective owners, i did my research and knew to expect all of these things. Besides that i have had zero issues with the car. Once audi catches up, i might switch back. #firstworldproblems
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.
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On 11/20/2020 at 6:41 AM, Corey said:
I'm really curious how an actual cotton or medical masks will work with condensation, freezing, and goggles on cold days. Neck buffs work but studies have shown they are effectively useless at filtering droplets. i.e. They'll satisfy the rules of wearing a 'mask' but don't actually help.
Maybe a benefit for us in colder areas is that those droplets will freeze and fall to the ground faster?
I fell in love with simple cotton bandanas; think of a wild west bank robber, but with goggles closing the top. Sadly, this 100% does not meet the function or intent of a Covid mask as very little air goes through the fabric. Air goes out the bottom and sides if you drape it over the top of your jacket.
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.
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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.
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No, I mean get a word of mouth guarantee on any used board, and only buy from members of this chat (room board).
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2 hours ago, FTA2R said:
Ha, I just started a new thread....I haven't purchased a board in years, so I'd really appreciate recs from you guys who are likely much more in the know. I already have 1 board displayed, wife definitely won't be a fan of another one. I may look to sell.
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.
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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.
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On 12/15/2020 at 3:48 PM, AdamTrn said:
Hello forum,
I wasn't sure where to ask, so excuse me, if I asked on the wrong subforum.
I just bought the UPZ RC12 with the SKI/DIN adapter and I'm having problems installing the heel part.
The holes for the screws seem very small and I don't want to break the boot on the first day, that's why I'm asking here.
Are you supposed to just screw in the screws to make bigger holes?
Thanks in advanceYou 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?
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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I will read an author again or not, 50 shades of grey, not, game of thrones, not, for example.
Tolkien big time, Harry Potter is intricate and better every time, love Debora Harkness a discovery of witches series to die for, yes, dune, any Michener, Catch22, Clavell
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Yes, get the bombers, they are bombproof, the F2's are lightweight, racers inspect them every run, they are faster because they weigh less, but, as you mention, for you, weight isn't involved, get the bombers, if in the future you find that you need more cant or lift and have got your riding under control, a set of F2's would work great (they can be manipulated into almost any configuration concerning lift and cant), in the meantime, for safety's sake, get some bombers.
No other binding will be as safe as bombers for you, they are all various versions of F2's or an even weaker binding, Burtons.
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I don't agree that skateboarding drew people away from hardbooting, hardbooters like the torque, always will, it's addicting, and let's face it, Burton did go big on alpine, then stepped away, IMHO, I bought a new factory prime and took one run on it a few years after taking up alpine riding, the first turn, front edge, the nose buried itself into the ground and I springboarded 15', made it to the bottom, sold that POS, and... have nothing good to say about Burton Alpine bindings, well, I would recommend not using them, I did find the adjustable cant devices that went under the bindings useful except for their short life.
Remember, Donek has stepped away from alpine for the most part, less than 20% of its sales are alpine related.
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Austria has lifted the strict quarantine on three ski resorts in Tyrol which were coronavirus hotspots.
The three include Ischgl, known as the "Ibiza of the Alps", where hundreds of tourists from across Europe are believed to have become infected.
The resorts of St Anton am Arlberg, Sölden and the Paznaun valley - which surrounds Ischgl - have been sealed off since the middle of March.
They will now be subject to the same lockdown rules as the rest of Austria.
Earlier this month, Austria's public health agency said that Ischgl was the source of the country's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases, infecting more than 800 Austrians and up to twice as many people abroad, particularly in Germany and Scandinavian countries.
Foreign skiers took the coronavirus home with them.
Seems there ARE two types of people, those that are concerned about the wellbeing of others and those that aren't.
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4 hours ago, Tddragon said:
Will size 25 upz boots fit?
Here's a picture of a 27.5 boot, I would say yes.
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Dancers are trained and evaluated in some regards on how well they spin or rotate in various elements on each side.
The same usually holds true for the footwork in figure skating (sequences often require footwork turns to rotate in both directions as a measure of difficulty/mastery, e.g. twizzles, counters, rockers, three turns, mohawks, choctaws.)
For jumps and spins, right handed figure skaters rotate counter clockwise while left handed skaters rotate clockwise. This is because your dominant arm is stronger and is capable of generating much more power than the other.
Allyson Way, former dancer and rehearsal director for the Cullberg Ballet
Answered Jan 5, 2016 · Author has 1.1k answers and 734.3k answer views
In ballet classes all moves are trained on both sides, so theoretically one should be able to perform all moves to the left and right sides equally well, with the same applying to turns in either direction. In reality however, most dancers will have favorite sides...one leg will be preferred for taking off for jumps, one better side for direction for turning, one side with easier and higher leg extensions. I suppose it has a relation to your dominant hand or foot (which may not necessarily be on the same side) and/or flexibility. But I have noticed more male dancers trained in Russia perform their big manèges (consecutive turns in a big circle) and preferring anti-clockwise. The body is never completely symmetrical in structure, which may explain why certain moves would become more comfortable on one side despite equal training.
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1 hour ago, Kurt Swanson said:
Although I'm a fairly cautious person, I realize when I do take risks they are calculated risks. But those risks typically affect only me. Due to the pandemic, I'm of the mindset now that my choices can have disastrous effects on others as well. Yes I'm an "8" talking to a "2".
My wife now says she will postpone her trip to Colorado until early May. Still probably way too soon...
In a day or two if she were to fly she'd be quarantined in place "on" her dime, why risk it, I don't speed anywhere, why risk having a conversation with a police officer that you're going to lose, why possibly contact someone unknowingly and either spread or catch a pandemic virus, no age bracket is safe and not helping to stop the spread is actually soon going to be a criminal act, for example, Vt now warns twice if non family members gather in groups outdoors, then a 500$ fine, they closed outdoor basketball courts, that's Vermont, much less a populated state like Michigan.
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And this, that worked for China, they tested, tracked down all interactions with infected people, got all the infected people out of their homes, (they found out early that home care infected others in the family), and kept testing, and removing, and still, go anywhere, an infrared temp is taken entering buildings, leaving buildings, entering public transport, etc, and it's kept 1.5 trillion people away from what's looming on this continent.
They infrared test, and if hot, blood test and if necessary, Cat scan, there is hope.
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Just updating the prices and narrowing the for sale items.
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Looks like both regular F2's are sold so if anybody is interested I will make the pair of titanal F2's non titanal and sell them for 115$ shipped in the US.
Looking at my gear, the titanflex can't be converted quite, the thin toe and heel covers that protect the tnuts from scratching the board are missing, and the circular plates are the heavy duty ones, doable but the thin pads would need to be sourced, and they are medium.
Gravity Theory..
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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.