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Hey, thanks for all the tips. Everything sounds like it goes together - arms, knees, waiste, really getting into it more. I'm itching to get out and put it to the test.
BTW, that racing pic is really bad-a$$. Racing pics (and EC pics) don't usually do it for me... but he's got that east coast banging style going. Good juxtaposition against my pics to show the point.
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SHould've mentioned that Pico is on the same ticket...
Pike! Pike! Pike!
That's a bombing run if there ever was one... decent pitch, dead straight groomer top to bottom, maybe 80ft wide. And it's the lift line, no less. :D
Pico's an awesome bet when bigK is crowded.
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I do the pacesetting on skis and then switch to my GS board to "run against myself".
Who wins?
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Since you know how you ride, does that sound accurate?
I confess... that sounds fairly accurate. I'd like to blame some of that on my rear foot... My boots (SB324) are already at the farthest lean setting, and I have some additional rear heel lift (snowpro bindings w/shims). Yet even in that upright pose, I'm putting good pressure on the rear boot cuff - and I really have to mash it to get down low and/or to shift my weight forward more. This may be normal though, and I am just not used to the forces involved.
It sounds like a consensus opinion though. I'll try to focus more on feeding the board through the turn, it will cause me to be more dynamically engaged.
I know those pics were small, so here's another clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9XQjSj1ms
:rolleyes: Willywit posted that in another thread. Sure looks fun.
WB, thanks for the great offer. I just bought TD2 bindings (for fun... not to fix my riding) Let me play with them a little and wait for a little snow to cover the hardpack. I have a Sugarbush pass, but would certainly travel south if we could work something out. I will pm you.
Thanks for the feedback.
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If the steeps aren't your thing, then snowdon is a good bet. Usually a little less crowded (slower lifts) and groomed blues. The run with the towbar/poma(?) is usually a little less crowded due to traffic flow if they aren't race training. Chute - under the lift is cool, not too steep, but narrower - good test of quick turns.
The glades/canyon lift services some good blues too. I almost never went to bear after they made it into Mt. Xgames... but it has a couple really nice ways down if you can get there before it fills with packs of skidding, baggy pants clad projectiles.
Ramshead has beginners all over the place, and some extended flats in spots. Snowshed even moreso. Definitely worth a try though.
Superstar and bittersweet are really good, but crowded trails... (bittersweet bumps up quick). Needles eye is another big and wide groomer.
My biggest grip (second biggest... behind crowds) is that there are so many cross trails that you are always stopping to avoid t-boning people (or being boned yourself). Gondola usually has the longest lines... esp. wknds.
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Goo Gone (citrus) does a good job cleaning off the adhesive once you get pad itself off.
As far as getting the pad itself off, a hairdrier level of heat would probably allow you to carefully pry it off without damaging the board.
I had those little individual metal star's as my stomp pad... they looked so cool, until I just noticed that there's only 1 left :(
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There's like 3 great technique/coaching threads active right now, and I think I'm getting a lot out of them. I love good analogies - and they're flying all over the place. I was looking for a little clarification of some terms - and maybe a tip or two on my own form if people are still in the mood.
'breaking at the hip' - is like leaning over to pick something up (bad)... vs. leaning from side to side at the hip like doing the bump, which is articulating (good). Is that right?
Also curious about 'driving with the ankles' or 'ankle flexion'. Does this refer to pressuring the boot cuff towards the inside of the turn, or is it exactly the opposite.... using your own muscles & ankles to drive the board up on edge - actually reducing the pressure on the inside cuff - like you have to with softies?
My problem is that I can't tighten up my carves to even ride the steeper narrower east coast blues. I can carve nice clean arcs in decent snow, but they are too large radius - using the whole trail and gathering too much speed. I'm riding a Donek FCII 171 (11.2m) 60/60 angles. I'm 6'4" w/36" inseam.
So besides looking like a penguin trying to fly, does anything jump out?
Much Thanks.
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Funny... I've been wading through old posts trying to decide on Catek or TD's and was reading about people doing the opposite swap to improve the toeside clearance of the TDs. You might be able to find someone to trade parts with.
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I'm thinking about trying Intuition liners in my Malamutes, and the only two comments my forum searches revealed were "less stiff" and "more stiff".
My malamutes are packing out and the inner laces are shredded, so I tried my shin padding (skinny legs) and booster straps from my hardboots in them. GREAT IDEA and big improvement. Got me thinking of stuffing some *real* formable liners in them to deal with an ankle hotspot.
I've molded thermoflex liners in my HB's and am well aware that they are another universe of moldability vs. the 'moldable' liners that come in the Malamutes.
So has anyone done this with their malamutes or any other similar stiff softie? What type of liner did you get - Intuition Comp, powerwrap, alpine? The Deeluxe ones seem too high... but maybe not. More comfy and at least as stiff as OEM?
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Anyone have any experience with the "SkiVisions" Razor Skiver tool that Tognar sells? I don't need race perfect structure, but am more concerned with leveling out the base to clean up my rock-riddled base side edges. I'm a big fan of doing stuff myself, and an equally big fan of being cheap - so if this got me most of what I wanted out of a stone grind, I'd be pleased.
It looks sensible, but I wasn't sure how you handle when the blade is hitting the edges. Maybe you have to switch back and forth with an edge file and this tool... kind of like a stone grind tech putting a base bevel on before running it through.
I was going to give Tognar a call and ask, but still wanted to know if anyone's tried it.
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I went to Powder Mtn. this past saturday 24th. Bordy is right about the low base, but everything is riding really nice anyway. Plenty of nice lines. They did have the busses running on saturday at least. I don't know what saddleback is, but the ridge off Paradise (?) was passable with some sketchy spots. The groom was hero snow for easy softie carving. Supposed to warm up next week though.
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I noticed the increase at K too. I probably saw more carvers already than all last year. Any I saw were really doing well, and a couple guys gave me some pointers (my first venture with an actual carving board). If you saw one carver consistently (and painfully) blowing out his toesides, it was me! Started doing a little better on Monday when I could focus on riding instead of people.... until the snow started piling up and I traded for surfing softies again!
My biggest complaints about K are the crowds and the all too frequent crossing trails. Terrain and snow is good, but with all the crossing trails, it's hard to get a nice flow going.
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Originally posted by Bob Jenney
Pretty sure that's not Lincoln Gap and Geoff, we've not been over Lincoln on the motorcycles.
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So it?s likely that that is Roxbury Gap.
You might be right about that. It was definately one of those E-W roads in the vicinity of 100 & 7. Not paved, closed in winter, rough (for cars, not 4x4s) in spots. Followed a winding brook/river in the low spots. Think it was actually through a state forest. I could be mixing a bunch of nearby places up in my head too :rolleyes:
When you say lincoln gap is really steep, is it paved and winding in the really steep spots? If so, then I did ride that, and this is not a pic of it.
Anyway... so much fun to ride up there! Is that your GS is the pic? Love them, but my legs are too long and my wallet's too thin.
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Yeah, I'd definately be up for a group ride up North some time. Hoping to get my buddy to take up my board in his car, then ride up to Killington before they close.
About the S3... mine's actually a Lucifer Orange 97' (the 885cc EFI engine). I haven't listed it on ebay... was hoping someone at one of those cruise nights would be interested in it if I show up with a forsale sign. If not... I'll just keep riding it :D
Gregg
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Originally posted by Bob Jenney
App Gap VT. :D
More gaps... Lincoln Gap, VT (I think!)
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Althought I haven't stopped spending my weekends at killington...
This one's for sale, BTW :)
Keeping an 02' Triumph Tiger (no pics).
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Bottle Rocket is great - stars Owen and Luke Wilson prior to much fame. Follows that goofball genre, like Napolean dynamite. Royal tannenbaums is pretty good too.
Recently saw Sean of the Dead, and it was funny. Spoof on the zombies in Dawn of the dead (duh).
Gotta second someone's recommends for:
Station agent
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Harold and Maude
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Does this count? :D
First day out - this past weekend... room to improve?
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Ooops... sorry Miguel, I phrased my post poorly... I'll actually be at K Friday. I'll be with a couple softbooters, but may drift off because I'll be getting used to the alpine board and they'll probably want to do woods.
I typically do Pico on saturdays, because as you indicate, it's much less crowded. If you're up for the 3 days, you may consider fri=K, sat=Pico, sun=pickem'.
Either way, I'll keep an eye out... not many carvers at Killington. I doubt I've seen more than 10 all year. I've seen one woman, at the opposite end of the tall and lanky spectrum, carving up snowdon nicely a couple times. Other than that, just a few random riders.
Enjoy the weekend!
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Needles eye from panic button(?) (top of the needles eye quad)... big and wide intermediate to easy. Can pat yourself on the back as you gaze at your carves from the gondola ride up
Skyburst, under the sky peak quad would be a good intermediate+ run. I'm scared of Bear nowadays though... too many skidders coming up from behind.
Both places do tend to bump up later in the day though....
More importantly though, DO try Pico! Pico rules. Great carving. I could just run Pike (main upper run, under summit lift) all day long, top to bottom (advanced on upper section). It has the continuous slope and uninterupted runs that K really lacks.
I'll be there Friday, maybe saturday. Second wknd on hardboots... first day my first carving board (Donek FCII 171)! I'd be the SUPER LONG LEGGED SKINNY GOON with orange jacket, black pants, black Donek. Hope I see some of you there... enjoy.
p.s. I think Vin works at Out of Bounds (with Basin ski). Darkside is... uh... let's say... the least likely to carry alpine gear ;)
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Hmm... sounds like I'm just missing the shims... I did buy the bindings used. The canting shims are built in, but no heel/toe lift wedges.
I'll give Dan a call and see if he can help me out. I will probably try like 10mm of flat shims under the heel for the time being - should be roughly 3*... it doesn't seem to misalign things much, and the soft rubber heel/toe peices on the boots seem to eat up any gaps at that level. Going up to 6*, it starts to be a little more noticeable, and I'd probably want some sort of wedge to eat up the gaps.
Maybe I'll just hit my home-made shims with a belt sander for some taper.
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You probably already know, but just in case, the F series are short, but you pay the price via a non-removable liner.
After going through the process of sizing my first hardboots, it occurred to me that you might be able to remove the liner from a softboot, size them per the "2 finger" method, then put intuition liners. I bet you could get into a smaller softboot that way. I haven't tried this... just a theory.
Another thing to consider... I just replaced 100day-old malimutes and the new ones were WAY stiffer... they had broken down quite a bit over a couple seasons (I rode them every day out). My point? You may want to go stiff at first, cuz they'll break down with time anyway.
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Originally posted by Bobby Buggs
...I can tell the difference
More flexy? It doesn't pop out, does it?
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I'm actually a good softboot carver, and I've had some transition trouble. The rigid setup is very awkward to me. I'm getting better though, and it's certainly a blast, and is worth the effort. I love having both options and switching over after a few hours. I think I actually still carve better in softies, as long as the snow's not too crusty - but I'm sure that will change as I get more comfortable.
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