[New member / Hooger Booger Grinder 168]

Originally posted by www.oldsnowboards.com

Are those the burgandy TD1s of Kurt's?? Those will be awesome on that board. Come to think of it , Kurt bought the bindings from me and I bought the Sims from him! Small world! Have fun on it! Bryan [/b]

No, not TD1s, I bought the Emery Quatro from Kurt. At the time I wanted cheep bindings just as an experiment for my Limited. They are ok, just I do not quite like the built in cant - toe/hill lift would work better with the ski boots... Sorted that out with the shims.

They have some sort of dumping material under, so probably will not damage the board.

Thanks for input Bryan!

Boris

[Soft setup, but nice!]

It's definitely spring. Less cold, less clothes :)

[boards for sofites]

I ride Limited All-Around 163.

Size: 30/25.5/30cm, SCR ~9m. On the stiff side for a "softy".

Nice all wood core.

Use to carve it on soft bindings, but now with plates. Les pain on the feet. With plates I sometimes overpower the nose on the heel side turn. I am 181cm / 82kg.

Boris

[New member / Hooger Booger Grinder 168]

Yeah, the stance looks a bit narrow, I forgot to post the numbers in the original post.

Here it is: outermost inserts 50cm, innermost inserts 36cm.

Funny enough, there are 4 pairs of inserts in the front, and 5 pairs at the back.

Another anomaly: the stance angle numbers printed around foot positions show 0 parallel to the longitudinal axis, and 90 perpendicular to the edge.

Boris

[What will you do when the snow is gone?]

A lot of outdoor things to do around Vancouver...

My picks:

Sailing, flyfishing, hiking or just walking with dogs

And then, if it gets to tough... Whistler/Blackomb glaciers are open trough summer ;)

Boris

[New member / Hooger Booger Grinder 168]

Hi everyone!

I am a very experienced skier, and was only occasional snowboarder (borrowing from friends on my European trips - always plates and ski boots) up till late 2003, when I moved to Vancouver. Then it was time to get my own gear. Unfortunately, I got convinced by the staff of various shops that no one rides hard boots any more, and that the gear is non existent (not too far from truth as it turned). Luckily, I picked a relatively long (163) and narrow (waist 25) Limited All-around, and some very stiff Burton soft boots. So it turned that I was more or less carving from the day one, applying my ski knowledge - flexing, cross over, cross under, etc. I started with angles 15/5, and gradually shifted to 35/25, and increased the forward lean on the rear high-back. This was before I discovered Bomber site.

It is indeed unbelievable watching all the side-slipping crowds around, not realizing the potential of their boards. Why it is like that - it's completely unclear to me...

I've been watching this forum for few months now. Even bought some cheap used bindings from one of the members (thanks Kurt), for my Limited, and shifted back to ski boots (angles 45/39).

Today I picked up a never used Hooger Booger Grinder from a local consignment shop! It was just collecting dust on the top shelf - still in factory plastic sock!

I measured it to:

Length 168 cm

Contact length ~ 143 cm

Tip 25.5 cm

Waist 20.8 cm

Tail 25.0 cm,

and calculated side cut radius to ~ 11.5 m

It does not have to stiff flex, and has quite a bit of upturned tail, so I suppose it would make a nice all-mountain carver... Looking forward to try it - but no snow left on Vancouver's north shore mountains, even Whistler is getting slushy :(

Does anyone know more about this type of board, like year of manufacture, how it rides, etc? Here's the picture.

Thanks, and keep up good work!

Boris

P.S. Anyone carving in Vancouver area, especially on Cypress Mountain? I would really like to ride with someone on the Dark Side next year :)