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  7. Felony charges for former Bomber owners

    in The Lodge

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    On 5/9/2019 at 7:15 AM, FrankNBeans said:

    I few years back, I was one of 30+ people that sent their attorney to prison for swindling monies, fraud, blah,blah, blah. A Ponzi scheme with clients' monies  He swindled several million dollars and in his sentencing, the proverbial book was thrown at him: Decade+, decade+ consecutive and decade+ congruent. Nine months later, he was at a parole hearing.

    I told the parole board him being there was a mockery to the legal system.

    I'd be willing to buy several rounds of beers to hear a portion of this story. Free during this summer in Logan, Utah. Or Northern Utah. I'm not hard to find. 

    Mark

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  8. Burton to license Step-On system

    in The Lodge

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    I still use my Rossignol SIS on softer days. I know that a lot of people made fun of it (PSR and others 🙂 ) because it works basically like a screen door latch on the bottom of the boots instep area. Rossi sourced it from Emery and the boots and bindings have been used worldwide for rental shops. My boots are stiff for softies and have held up over the years. The biggest advantage is on pow days. I've learned to step-in on the fly getting off of the lift. C-YA!

    Mark

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  12. Neet TD2 pucks

    in Want to Buy

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    TD2 Center disks. 4 Hole. I need one pair. Not baseplates or elastomers. X= TD2 (2 x 4 hole)

    I hope that makes sense. I saw your listing; it's for a baseplate right? I need a center disk. Sorry, the wine I had for dinner is working on me now.

     

    Mark

  14. Pinched Tendon Causing Plantar Fasciitis?

    in The Lodge

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    When was your last x-ray by a podiatrist? Mine turned out to be a bone spur, they're quite popular these days, that had multiple calcified prongs. Had it removed this past January and it took a full 4 months recovery. Turns out, it was most likely from being the foot I used to push off when I skateboarded. Almost 40 years of foot-pushing. 

    Mark

  15. Ride the Edge

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by utahcarver

    This appears to be early Pure Carve crew members at Snowmass and Aspen. Ahumada, Cabell, Doyle, Munoz, Donnelly, and others tearing the heck-fire out of those areas. The boot of the day was Nordica SBH. One of the most comfortable boots you'll ever wear hard booting. 

    Mark

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  16. Pow!!! with No Bindings.....

    in Carving Central

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    My buddy Jeremy Jensen owns the company. I picked up a Barracuda earlier this year that I will use on local hills here in town. The story is that he started snowboarding by riding his older brothers Winterstick Roundtail without the early straps. Learned how to ride without any attachments. 

    (Dmitri) Milovich rides a Winterstick Swallowtail below.

    Mark

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  19. Downhill Snowboard Racing

    in Carving Central

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    4 hours ago, softbootsurfer said:

    Ugly...they had one here years ago and it was Ugly.. A Real WC Ski Downhill course would be Suicide...

    See, that's what I'm thinking, too. But, SBX and half-pipe can turn ugly, too. And the crowds and announcers seem OK with it. Reminds me of some auto racing fans. 

    Mark

     

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  20. Downhill Snowboard Racing

    in Carving Central

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    So, I'm watching the half-pipe mens finals with Ms. utahcarver when she asks, "When do they run the downhill race?". What do you mean downhill? You mean like the same course that the skiers race downhill on? "Yes, when do they run that race? Has Shaun White ever won that race?". I explained to her that in the Olympics there was no sanctioned course or medal for downhill snowboarding. "Why?".  I was dumbfounded for an answer. I did a quick search online and found the US Open in Vermont started as a downhill event exclusively. Fastest rider down the hill wins, right? From there, it seems to have turned it's focus on half-pipe and slalom. Eventually, dropping slalom and adding slopestyle and big air as it's only formats for "racing". Which begs the question:

    Are there any current downhill snowboard events across the globe? I'm guessing that SBX and banked slalom events might mildly qualify as downhill events. I'm not even going to ask about FIS sanctioning for downhill snowboarding. So, asking for the missus, why aren't there any downhill events for snowboarding? I tried to find anything in Europe. The first name that came up was Hannenkahm. Nothing. Only skiers. FIS. 

    I can remember boards from Sims, Burton, Gnu, Kemper, and others having triangles cut out of their shovels for racing years ago. Am I missing something? When did downhill racing go away? Personally, I am way past my prime of donning a race suit and running gates but, I still can point my board downhill and stay in the fall-line occasionally. Just long enough to scare me into reality. 

    Mark

  24. Base Repair Question

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by utahcarver

    2 hours ago, lowrider said:

    It's never going to look pretty again. Can't tell if that's wood showing if so epoxy to seal it from moisture and wax and ride. Ptex repair will be softer than original so the only real long term repair would be to have them cut out and replace with biscuit of actual ptex or total base replacement. interesting structure to the base does your board pull to the left when riding flat ?

    That's wood showing. 

    The board planes straight on the base. It has had one base grind. The p-tex along the edges of the board keeps drying out and turning chalky so I have to keep hitting it with Zardoz if I ride it on groomer days. Maybe I should just use it for deep days. Thanks for the advice and ideas guys!

    Mark

  25. Base Repair Question

    in Carving Central

    Posted · Edited by utahcarver
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    My beloved Rad-Air Tanker to a shot to the core at the end of last season. I put it aside and rode other boards for a while. Now, I'm looking at getting the base repaired properly. Any suggestions as to who to have do the repairs? I have a local shop who could do it. The price would be a bit more than I'd like to spend but I want it done right, as much as possible. Am I asking too much? 

    Thanks folks,

    Mark

    (If this post needs to be moved to off-topic I'm down with that)

     

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