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  3. 3 Strap Binding

    in Carving Central

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    I doubt it. As shown in your webpage here, poor detailed execution on your parts and assembly will not attract market, IMO. Cheap metal and rubber with cheap-ass bolts, washer, nuts without any detailing are for prototype. If you want to sell it, please look Here for fine craftsmanship

    I beg to differ. This is where it is at: What's this?

    However, it'd be interesting if it was three straps.

  4. Poll: Fresh Powder or Perfect Corduroy?

    in Carving Central

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    I'm kinda a late-comer, and I voted Cord. I used to be a powder head, and I have seen the "storm of the century" (Mt Baker 98-99 the year all records were broken) and experienced deep deep powder. It was enough to satisfy me to last a life time, really.

    So since then, I've got uh... "snobbish" when it comes to cord. :) Nothing like craving the cord truly solid (i.e. pencil thin carve lines) on my skis, alpine board and maybe my freeride boards. I have a strong preference of carving with my skis. :)

  9. Need a New Heating System

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    This may sound like a serious expense, but I do know a house built into the ground (or semi-buried into the ground) are very good at keeping it cool in summer and warm in the winter.

    Otherwise, a coolant-filled with heat running into the pipes around under the floor is a good way to keep the house warm. That's if your floor is wood and the spending money is the "sky's the limit."

  13. Trouble switching to UPZ's?

    in Carving Central

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    First off... the boot is super easy to take off IF you unlock the rear mechanism BEFORE trying to tear the boot off your foot. Easy peazy lemon squeezy.

    Hmm, I think this is something I've _NOT_ done ever since I got my first red UPZ boots back in 2004. I'm gonna try this method.

  18. 158 Madd original

    in Carving Central

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    Now, John Gilmour, I truly wish we MET! I'm quite certain we will one of these days. :)

    The Madd 158 is 8.8 M SCR

    I used to talk to Mike Olson all the time at SIA ..we would talk bout new tech for snowboards...and about how so much of what people thought was right about snowboarding was the exact opposite.. that you should try opposites. Sometimes you can turn a negative into a positive.

    We talked about new designs.. the main difference was in the material costs. I laughed so hard when he made his Carbon Fiber Bent metal binders... which was really his only foray I know into state of the art materials. (They all suffered catastrophic failure of a composite with multiple stress risers..they were like time bombs...lol... we laughed endlessly over it.) Great guy to work for.

    He would shoot dolalr bills out of leaf blowers to attract people.... the best was when Henry Hester (My Roe Racing Teammate- former Gordon and Smith racer) and the rest of the Mervin crew dressed up in 3 piece suits and got business furniture for the trade show instead of trying to be hip.. everyone snubbed them and walked right by thinking they were boring "suits selling insurance".

    Or the Year they all dressed as Elvis...

    You want the black and white Emma Peel. It was the sultry one..lol. If you find two... let me know as I know someone else who is looking for one.

    http://www.snowboardingforum.com/buy-sell-snowboard-equipment/18125-fs-lib-tech-emma-peel-model.html

  19. 158 Madd original

    in Carving Central

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    That reminds me.

    I specifically got the Emma Peel because of the sidecut radius of 8. And I really like the quick responsive of the carve and so forth. However, as for Madd 158, I believe it's in the range of 10.50 sidecut radius, and yet it rails real good. But I think it's more of the speed of correlations -- cuz I'm able to really crank with the Madd 158 during the railing to make pencil line turn marks, whilst with my Emma Peels, it's more of mellow carving free riding with a free spirit freestylin' as in fun ride!

    And yes I'm still not convinced about the Banana Technology. -sigh- Tho I've graduated to NAS (Narrow Ass Snowboards which is actually a pair of skis) by Lib Tech. :)

  20. 158 Madd original

    in Carving Central

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    The Emma Peel I carried those in my shop in 1991 with Diana Rigg on it. i think another had Victoria Jealouse on it too.

    I have the Victoria Jealouse. :) I got either 2 or 3 of the Emma Peels. No, I'm sure I have two. One of my Emma Peel that I personally made at the factory got stolen. :-/

    I've been looking for the one with the half of an anime face of a woman on the base. That's the one i want so badly. The one I got is the one with Victoria and another is the one with the hummingbird. I love the hummingbird version soooo much.

  21. 158 Madd original

    in Carving Central

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    Yeah, I had 2 if the last batch 58s that had the stiffness ratings stamped on the end of the board, still have one. They're great boards but the originals have faster bases and a diff flex patern. They seem to have unbelievable edge hold, they seem to hold an edge better than any other board i've tried when it's firm out there.

    Yes I have metal Coilers and a metal tomahawk (love em both) but everytime I ride that orig MADD my game seems to go up two notches. Ask anyone who owns one I bet they agree.

    It's my meager $0.02

    I don't own the original Madd 158 tho I have the batch from the last two or three batches ago. I love it so much. It even says "The Pimp." :)

    Anyways, seriously, I've ridden Fin's original Madd 158. omg. I can tell the difference real quick on the difference of the slickiness. The railing, they both are the same, imo. Tho I'm still on the look out for the original Madd 158, tho I think the chances are real nil as bad as it is for my looking out for the old Lib Tech Emma Peel (a particular graphic -- 1998 or so).

    Sh*t. Im gettin' too old.

  22. Trouble switching to UPZ's?

    in Carving Central

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    Hmm. I have the older version of UPZ boots -- the red ones. I love them so much that I actually ski with them ALL THE TIME.

    Uhm, a couple of insight that -might- be useful... when I switch to hardbooting from skiing, I leave the toe DIN on. And it does feel just -right- besides being extremely slippery with walking those around the place. It's lower. I'm able to lean forward on my Madd 158. With the hardboot toe Pads on, it feels too much of an "uppity." I like leaning foward as I charge down cranking some rails.

    NOW, I do not know if it would be the same with the RC-10.

    And

    YES, those tongue liners are a B---H to deal with when inserting my feet in. -sigh-

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