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  1. BlueB
    Bad, bad binding bias! Maybe it made sense long ago, when boards were very skinny and stances narrow. However, it leads to overutilizing front foot on heel side turns and back foot on the toe side turns.
  2. BlueB
    I can ride anything from 0° to 30° splay. It depends on angles (board width) and cant/lift setup. Nowadays, my back hip/groin seems to be happiest at about 10°.
  3. BlueB
    It was a sunny Whistler day for me, with a bunch of ski trainers from Cypress. Toy of the day: Nirvana 180 Run of the day: Whistler peak t-bar
  4. BlueB
    I think you'll be able to upload/download on Lions, to get to Sky.
  5. BlueB
    I think they've just renamed the Ride. There's one for sale in the classifieds.
  6. BlueB
    Another drizzly evening at Cypress, but actually not too bad snow. It seems we had quite a lot of new snow, the previous night. Only 2 people showed up for the session, but it was a good one. BXFR.
  7. BlueB
    Drizzle all day... Sessions in the am and pm. Limited vis at the times. BXFR.
  8. BlueB
    ^ That's our own Crackaddict, from Revelstoke.
  9. BlueB
    Traitor!
  10. BlueB
    We just had a mini ice age over here.
  11. BlueB
    Fun laps with Patrick all morning. Big Nirvana performing like a champ. Around lunch I switched to Spectre, to get some bumps/trees. Yucky conditions of the Sky Chair. Run of the day: Windjammer. Cafeteria adventures: Good: pulled pork is back! Bad: I have slipped on the wet floor and fell on my elbow, dangerously tweeking the shoulder. I'm icing it as I'm writing this.
  12. BlueB
    We had a mix of carv/freerde instructor session, last night. Even 2 skiers started with us! We progressed from mild runs, angulatilon and early edge while carving concepts, to progress onto steep and bumpy stuff. Everyone had fun. Toy: Spectre 163
  13. BlueB
    Very nice snow, appart from couple of boobytraps. 2x 3hr sessions, am - skiers and snowboarders mixed, pm - boarders only, fun. I think that I caught a glimpse of Tony, on Horizon... I folded the nose on BXFR, which launched me into a front flip, bounced of my back back onto the base of the board... ninja... but not so much now, that all the bruises have cooled off.
  14. BlueB
    Merc convertibles are great. I have an old SLK as my summer toy, love it. The only thing I dislike is the early version of engine computer/chip. It kind of learns how you drive and tries to adjust the engine torque/acceleration to it. With the city driving at slower speed and lots of stopping, it becomes a granny car after a while. I do the factory reset every now and then, to keep it lively.
  15. BlueB
    Excellent carving snow, even for the evening conditions! Nice instructor session. BXFR. Getting to the mountain was an absolute mess, though. Had a mini bumper-bash on Hastings, then got stuck on 2nd narrows bridge...
  16. BlueB
    Snow is back to the local mountains! Some freshness in the am, combined with poor vis, turned into skier-compacted solid pack in the pm. Instructor training sessions whole day. Toys: Nidecker Spectre and Coiler BXFR.
  17. BlueB

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    BlueB replied to enams's topic in For Sale

    ATV is normally 23.5 wide, unless custom. Just saying...
  18. BlueB
    Any AT boots that fit you well and can have the walk/ski latch replaced with a spring system. You might need to be creative with home made springs, though.
  19. BlueB
    Uniform distance between flex test points doesn't cut it either, because on snow, you press all the way to the contact points.
  20. BlueB
    Heavy rain. Only Easy open. Didn't ride, pm private canceled. Left at lunchtime.
  21. BlueB
    Light rain in the am, better in the pm. I had a nice 3hr private in the pm. 3800 169, "duck" plates.
  22. BlueB
    Easy, Fork to Football Field, Panorama to Windjamer, are open. Limited width in some places. Very carvable snow, though. We had to many staff, they let me go early. BXFR
  23. BlueB
    We are down to 2 runs... Nice combined session, skiers/borders together, in the pm. Toy: BXFR
  24. BlueB
    Brown is normal for us, but the hill has ridiculously low quantity of snow.
  25. BlueB
    Why exposed Zylon? That stuff degrades quite badly in UV.
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