BlueB

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?

Club. It's a completely different entity. You are welcome

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.

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.

I'm glad the sacrifice to Ullr has worked.

Actually, there are many. Dynastar 4807 comes to mind, immediately.

Try to find a used Nidecker Proto, black version, 167 or 163. It's the most versatile board I ever had. It's about 22.7 wide. The newer version, Spectre, is wider, 24+. I'm also very happy with Colier BXFR. Bruce can make it in any width you want. It carves better than Nidecker, but it's heavier and has less nose... If ordering from custom makers, always specify the softest possible for your weight, for true freeride.

Square your hips to where your toes are pointing and you won't need to torque your ankles much.

I mostly buy, or trade, used. I have only bought a handful of new boards: my very first LTD all-mountain twin tip, a Tanker 192 and few Dynastars on a close out. Of course, I had a pile of prototypes and test models, but I didn't have to pay for those...

Two sessions today, as usual. Mixed with skiers in am and snowboard carving in the pm. Groomers were pretty sweet in the am. It started snowing, a lot, in the pm. Winter's back. It was my last day of the season, by the looks of it. I have to fly to Europe on Thursday.

There's one particular cat track on our hill that I'm terrified of. I feel unsafe even when doing smallest turns on it. However, it's slightly too steep to do it without any speed checks.

It was one of my rare ski days, yesterday. Many comments from fellow instructors, but the best was from one girl: "is that really Boris on skis?! I expected you at least on a mono ski :)"

The while stuff is back - snowing like crazy all day, we needed it badly. It was probably a wrong day to boring the Virus skis, but I made them work. They eat up the groomers, but kinda suck on all the rest... We met a new buddy, @korc (?), on his BXFR with softies. Smooth carving with a bit of freestyle mixed in.

Super crappy conditions, refrozen chunky snow... Big group of very split abilities, but we made it work, somehow. Ethan ripping on that Kessler Ride. My BXFR solid as usual.

Whole day sessions, all carving. Morning mixed with skiers, pm with a single student. We did almost 3 hrs worth of "dolphin turns" I'm cooked. Ok snow, wet but not gooey. A bit of drizzle at the base at times, but snowing already 50m up the chair. BXFR.

Get as close to the edges as you can, the lowest angles you can tolerate. If you don't like very low angles, get narrower boards. I wouldn't ride TDs for pow/freeride, to stiff, tall and heavy. I like F2 Carve RS/Proflex, or Burton/Ibex bindings for that application.

Nice morning carving, with a crew of 4, of old the OG team! Good cord for few runs and not too many people (for a Saturday). Good lunch and chat afterwards... Tool: Colier VSR 165. Love it on not-too-steep terrain.

Ah, I had feeling something was missing, this season... silly me I thought it was snow.

Take care of yourself, better to take a day or 2 off...

It would be close to 20 years old. Bindings might be slightly newer. FC still exists, but it's a completely different board, both geometry and construction...

Evening session, mostly T33... Ethan scared me with a big whipeout on the last run, at Collins. We drove him home, just in case he had a concussion.

T33, part of Tomcat, Collins, Easy and Fork open today! The morning was actually very carvable. Got scraped/bumped up quite a bit by the pm. 2x 3hrs instructor sessions. BXFR.

Male, 5' 11", 32" About 20-3/4" on most setups, sometimes closer to 20-1/2" on narrower boards. Carve, EC, boards narrower than 22cm: Rear set to a tiny overhang, heel lift 5-6mm; Front tiny underhang or right at the edge, toe lift 2-3mm; Splay 5-10°. Freeride, Train instructors, boards wider than 22cm: Rear overhang, heel lift 2-6mm, sometimes inward cant; Front underhang, toe lift 2-3mm; Splay 10-20°. Teach beginners: Duck symerical or slightly directional; flat or inward cant on both; Splay 20-30°. K2 Mindbenders with home made springs, mostly. Sometimes Dalbello CarvX with BTS.

Snowing again at Cypress! Collins reopened today too. I spent the most of the day on Easy, introducing my buddy, Alex, to snowboard. My ancient Burton Drivers, that I was keeping as loaners, finally met their demise - the soles delaminated from the rest of the boot. My koa Arbor Munoz got out to play, after being nearly retired for almost 2 years.