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BlueB

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BlueB last won the day on November 6 2023

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  • Location
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Cypress Mountain, BC
  • Occupation?
    Designer
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Out of controll...
  • Current Boots Used?
    K2 Mindbender, Dalbello CarveX
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Carve: Snowpro Race, ~55/50, toe/heel lift;
    Freeride, pow, teach: CarveRS/Proflex 45/30, Burton Carrier 24/3
    Plate system: Plan-B (only occasionally)

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  1. I didn't see a single turn where the edge was changed down the fall line. With symetrical turns, it is impossible to not travel across the fall line, when making a turn. Of course, the board can come to perpendicular to fall line, or to stay short of that, or even travel a bit uphill, but it would always cross the fall line. For clarity, let's exclude the kind of line where your general direction of travel is diagonal to the slope.
  2. Looks like cross-through to me. Some get closer to cross-over, some to cross-under, as the terrain and tempo dictates. And yes, board rebound should be used in high level riding. Your last sentence, I don't quite understand... Actually more like, last paragraph.
  3. ^ Trenches have been taken already, so I have to settle for smoking the skiers in the mogul runs. Other than that, I have large Cypress stickers on each side of my helmet.
  4. Poor girl, you'll make her learn on those 2 runs Wonderful runs for an accomplished carver, though! Exhibition is probably my favorite. I'd so much rather be at Peaks, or Cypress right now, than siting in Europe...
  5. Plus Nidecker themselves. Also, is Tomahawk still functional? Apex?
  6. Thanks. Ha, amazing how black makes it look wider than the Cult. The sidewall code gives: titanal, length, model, year, original owner's initials, flex index with nose decamber.
  7. How wide is the BXFR? Looks a fair bit wider then the Cult. Any idea of the SCR?
  8. 1) Make sure the bottom contact surface of the bail is at least 0°, but preferably slightly past that, in relation to the contact surface of the toe block. Snow on the sole can change that angle. 2) Check thst the toe block is attached firmly to the boot, without movement. 3) check that the heel sits firmly planted to the binding, not just riding on the bail groove. Have you even ridden the Race Ti this year, or just the Carve RS? Maybe set them both, at home, with one boot each, to see if there's any difference, how they sit?
  9. Club. It's a completely different entity. You are welcome
  10. I use K2 Mindbenders, with home made springs. It took a while to dile them in, but very happy with them now. They fit my wide foot way better than narrow Backlands. However, they are 4 buckle boots.
  11. Yes, there are few nice runs at Grouse. Best solution: Your daughter is under 10, right? Put her into Cypress Ski Club. For the mileage she'll get, it would be a lot cheaper than lessons and she'll become a lot better skier. She'll train at least twice per week, Thursday 5:30-8 and Saturday or/and Sunay 9-2. She'll make lots of friends, too. There are two paths, Race and All-mointain. I recommend she starts with race, for strong foundation. She can always switch later, if inclined. There's a club at Grouse too, but you won't have such a big carving community there. Not to mention that freeride terrain is enormously bigger at Cypress... when we all have the snow.
  12. I'm glad the sacrifice to Ullr has worked.
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