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metjeep

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  • Location
    Littleton, CO
  • Home Mountain/Resort?
    Winter Park
  • Occupation?
    Engineer
  • Current Boards in your Quiver
    Neidecker GS 183 and Volkl Renn Tiger 178
  • Current Boots Used?
    Head
  • Current bindings and set-up?
    Phioka (sp?)

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  1. Thanks Thor. Back in the saddle with a release from the chiropractor (NOT due to boarding). MOPOET and I will be up for the day. Looking forward to it. Saw Bola the other day and I hope that someone can guard the tent while we take a couple runs with him! Always a pleasure to catch up with other carvers!!!
  2. ... not this weekend, but sometime before closing. Will keep an eye out for carving activity!
  3. Saturday was GREAT, something like 2' of new snow the previous week, nicely packed, hero snow. Sunday got warm and mushy and overall heavy. Can't complain. Great season!!! Time to wax the boards and put them into storage. Starting around mid July, MOPOET178 will be moping around counting the days until next season opens...
  4. ... I've been following him for several years now, and I still don't know how he does it. Probably has to do with a 35 year age difference...
  5. Lots of fun, and good to meet several folks we have only run into on the web. (I think mopoet's couple of runs on the Virus may have answered the question he posted earlier... NICE boards!!!)
  6. I will be there on Sat. MOPOET got himself a job and it will just kill him not to go riding with Dr. Bola, so my bet is he will try to make the Sat AM session and drop out at 1:00 or so.
  7. ... might try just shifting both bindings towards the heel side a bit. Not necessarilly suggesting this as a long term solution, but something that might help give you the feel for better heel side turns (although likely at the expense of the toe side turns). Also, too much forward lean on the boots when they are across the board can sometimes mess up the heel side turns (gets the board too steep too quick and your weight can't get down low enough so you just skid or chatter out or the board tries to toss you over). Also, putting your board on and just standing around and hopping a bit on a carpeted floor can tell you quite a bit. Should be able to get in something approximating your general riding stance, close your eyes, hop 8-10 times (not a lot, just get the whole board off of the floor), open your eyes and still be REAL close to the same place you started. Any sideways shifting or rotation is a fairly good indication that your set-up could be off and that you are fighting something that could be adjusted better. The sideways shifting seems to be generally due to not having your weight (in a natural stance) centered on the long axis of the board, and the rotation seems to have to do with the angles of your feet/hips and how things twist as you absorb the impact. Pretty much want to take it in the knees and hip joints without rotating the hips and throwing things off. Might need to change the front binding angle, back binding angle, or the difference in the angles, you will just have to experiment a bit. All of this should be also be comfortable, if you are straining anything or working hard to keep the board in line, something is likely out of adjustment. Final thought is to take the adjustment tools with you so you can put the bindings back the way you had time in case any of this makes things worse!
  8. ... and looking forward to the next round. Definately the largest group of carvers we have seen at WP.
  9. Hope to start early on Sunday. Bottom of Zephyr around 8:30-8:45.
  10. metjeep

    skwal

    Fin- We just measured our Skwal. Width is 4.5" (`11.43 cm) where the bindings would be. Metjeep
  11. metjeep

    skwal

    ... we will need a set too...
  12. Older one, bright orange. Has to be drilled to mount the bindings, which I have not found yet. Anyone have any suggestions on what bindings to try? Thanks!
  13. 2 more up there this weekend. We will be looking for others. Likely around the bottom of Zephyr around 9:00. Will keep an eye out for others!
  14. Will give this a try. Doing the research before drilling the board is kind of a new concept for me... :)
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