LeeW
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On 4/9/2017 at 9:54 AM, lowrider said:
Still riding on one but resort to two when tired or conditions don't allow me to ride one. What bindings are you using with your UPZ 's ?
Used to be Rossi bindings... but this time, I have look. I like 'em.
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I was calculating the last time I hardbooted - it was 2006 with some gal from Texas and some cool local guy. I cannot place their names at the moment.
since then, I've been skiing pretty much exclusively tho I use UPZ hardboots for skiing.
i wonder if I'm alone for this?
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Last I spoke to Fin when we had a much older bomberline forum before the last one (i consider this the 3rd version), it is difficult to retrieve those old posts. So this addresses the mods - will there ever be those old posts made available from late 90's/early 2000s posts?
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Ah, mine was named "the Pimp." -_-
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A bit of a late comer, but I sure am bloody surprised to see two names I have not seen/heard in a long time: Marc Cirigliano and CMC. Wow. What a nice revival.
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Bloody hell. I nearly misread this as Carver's Almanac. -_-
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Ah, good to see this Madd 158 being revived from the dead.
I had an opportunity to borrow Fin's original Madd 158. I can't describe how insanely fast it is as well as being acutely aware of how fragile they are. So I rode it real carefully.
So, pray tell... are you telling me that Jack bought the board from Fin, Bryan? If so, gawrsh, I'm so jelly.
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Well, this was Coach Will Garrow's old stomp ground.
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Meh. I miss this option I had back then... though it must be the time limit I was able to delete my post(s).
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I don't know about you, but this was my first exposure to hardbooting via video medium.
Enjoy this goldie oldie show
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I hope you're still in the 'hood of CO. There's a demo going on out in Copper today (too late) and tomorrow (you got chance). So that's your best bet to try out those boards.
I'll pass for now since I've gone on over to skiing from my racing career on hardboot boarding.
PS I do have 1993 (I think) PJ board... so you ain't the only one. :)
EDIT: Apparently its a 1991 model. omg. I was a senior in HS. -_- I forgot I once drooled and oogle at those Burton catalogs during the yesteryears.
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Ok, thanks to old videos thread as well as history of racing (this was a jackpot - any chance to pin it?0...
I've decided to google up Cross M and Masterpool. I've been a long time fan of Cross M and I regret not giving it a shot to race with that team a decade ago.
Nevertheless... the result I came up with is Mark Fawcett's homepage as well as... a motocross place.
Considering I was a former alpine hardboot racer as well as Hare Scramble motorcycling... I hope to acquire enough funds to head out to Masterpool's MX place. I was surprised to find it real closeby to my old stomp ground via Texas.
So I wonder if -ANY- one of you were a former Cross M racer or/and have tried out that MX training via Masterpool.
PS I mentioned Eberhard because she was my childhood crush growing up and she's real FAST for her time, for real.
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Oh my goodness. This is jackpot and I'm gonna have to revisit this post. Yeah, two days ago I was watching old video via this forum and saw Tara Eberhard. I had a teenager crush on her and I was even more elated to learnt she married Jerry Masterpool years later. Imagine how delighted I was to see those names popping here as well as Cross M. Are they still active these days? Seems those elite race clubs are far and few these days. I miss training with Coach Will Garrow and Coach Sean MacCarron.
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I wish you ladies and gentlemen a very happy thanksgiving
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Hell yeah.
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What setup is he on then?
It's been years since I last saw him when I trained for him. Uhm, I can try find out by getting a hold of him somehow. Or maybe bring him here.
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Coach Will Garrow is the only one I know of who uses ski boots (Rossi) with his alpine board. And he's really good to make the ski boots -work- with the alpine racing scene. Yep, I've seen it with me own eyeballs.
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RC10s are softer and easier to get into/out of than RTRs, and their stiffness is less affected by temperature. I think RSVs are stiffer than RTRs, but I haven't been able to make a fair comparison as the RSVs had what I think is a more flexible liner.
You learn a way to twist your foot while pulling the shell tongue sideways and the liner tongue forwards... not as critical with the RC10s. They spoil all the fun.
I have a custom made liner so it wasn't the original stock liner. Thermo liner or something like that. It's been a LONG time since the last time I saw them out of the boots was when I was swapping out the DIN/hardboot sole as well as Michelle of Bomber molding it to my feet.
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While we are on that topic, how does the RC10 compare to the RSV boots? I still ahve those RSV boots from 10 years ago. Only severe drawback I have with those boots are they're extremely hard to get in and out. I'm accustomed to it.
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Hmm. Good thing I stuck with Mervin MFG for good number of years (even used to work for them). Burton... pretty much lost their charm with me personally. Only thing I liked was their softboots binding. Last one I have is a El Cartel but I have not ridden in years... been skiing mostly and thankfully, Mervin MFG DO make skis and they're primarily a snowboard company.
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Been there done that, but you gotta try to bury that relocation resentment ASAP or eats at you and you miss out on lots of cool stuff.
When I moved to Norway from Denver I was moaning all the time because the mountains were so small and the snow was crap, and beer was so expensive that you had to have a credit check before entering a bar. I pretty much convinced myself that I hated snowboarding and mountain biking and would just conveniently neglect to think about how I was now kayaking and wakeboarding, etc. After my wife and I had kids I put a lot of things on hold, but now that they are getting a bit older I've really started itching to get out. I've been riding the old mountain bike again and am loving it. The trails aren't nearly as good as CO, but it beats sitting on my butt. I still think the snow here is pretty poor (compared to CO), but last year I tried alpine snowboarding gear and had a complete blast, and it beats sitting on my butt.
I guess my point is:
*Don't let your move to Denver color the joy to be had from mountain sports just because you are now 20 miles from the foothills of the Rockies. Denver is pretty awesome.
*Don't force the good juju. If it comes back cool, if not try again later, in the mean-time find other good juju.
*Don't mope!!! Seriously, that isn't meant to be critical of you having to swallow your pride or anything, that is just based off of lessons I had to learn the hard way. Find something cool to do in Denver. Drag-race jalopies at Bandimere, start yet another Colorado microbrewery, learn to fly sailplanes (not as expensive as you would think, and south of Denver is great for that). You know lemons-->lemonade.
*Move to Golden instead? But I've heard that is a pretty hardcore enclave of gangster cowboys there! ;)
Best of luck!
Well, Denver beats the mountain life on many aspects. The only three things I miss the most from the mountains (not in order) are A) Fresh Air B) skiing daily and C) single trail for off-road motorcycling. I had to swallow my pride on this mantra doesn't jive anymore for me: "Do what you love and the money will follow." A long career in ski industry still brought me peanuts to the table and being with family... I need to bring food to the table to feed the family. That takes precedence over ski bum career. And yes, I do lots of fun stuff out here in Denver minus the ski life. And yes, I work in Golden. :) Thanks for chiming in, nevertheless.
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I plateau'd as an advanced intermediate (aka terminal intermediate) for a good long while, maybe 4-5 years, and gotta admit that I was losing the love. I got some coaching to get over the hump and now I'm all
alpine again. Lee, you obviously weren't stuck at intermediate, but if you start to feel that you're not learning/doing anything new, I could see how some of the spark could be lost. Gotta start working on backwards EC a la Casper Carver 
Now you're getting me tempted to try carving backwards.
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I'd say get yourself a nice 175-185 alpine deck and go surf those big luscious western groomers. Any 158 has very little purpose out there as far as I can tell.
I've been doing this since 1988 and it gets better every year.
Agreed. I had so much fun with Madd 170 as well as a couple of Donek custom 168 I test trailed via Team Copper ages ago. As for Rossignol 184, I'm not trying that board again since it broke my leg pretty good. 175 is kinda pushing it. And the 158 I have is a Madd so it's quite stable at high speed but a bit squirrely, I admit. Thanks for chiming in, nevertheless.
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Good morning. Since I see the post has been edited, I presume the Madd 170 has been sold?
Any "retirees" here?
in Carving Central
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Oh my, that's it! many thanks for helping me out. Its much appreciated. Ah, dunno if I'll come back... tho I still have Madd 158. :)