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This fella wanted it all! And, he got it!
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Sugarloaf is epic, the groom should be hero for the next couple days but it’s deeeeep in the woods.
also, come demo a board at winterstick!
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7 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said:
Didn't try a heelside I note...
I also noticed this
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On 2/6/2023 at 2:19 PM, Sheedapistawl said:
Thank you !
wound up with a Coiler BXFR and a Soul 165XT - both are amazing but still learning how to get the most out of them!
I have a BXFR in 275 wide…. It’s exceptional!
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On 4/17/2022 at 10:08 PM, Sheedapistawl said:
Hello folks!
I am new to the forum and quite lost.
I am by no means a beginner, been riding for 6 years, spend about 20-30 days on mountain - mostly US north east (VT) but some trips out west.
I currently ride a Korua Dart 160, which was a game changer for my carving. I am 170-180lbs weight range, 6 ft tall and US 10.5 boot. I had no idea that I was just booting out on my 26cm boards. The dart 160 was a revelation at 28cm waist, for +27/+12 - but still at very deep carves back heelside would boot-out sometimes, I think I can probably avoid this with some fine tuning and maybe going more positive. My main challenge with the Dart was that I could easily overpower it, a bit too much weight on the nose and it would toss me over the handlebars.This led me to finding out about Japanese/korean softboot carvers like this guy - this style of riding is all I ever really want to do on a board, its what I dream of most nights in the summer
but I am really struggling to find a suitable first dedicated softboot carver that doesn't break the bank - I have searched these forums as well, please humor me with some directional/guidance on some/any of the below!
I presume I need: stiff, hammerhead board, long effective edge north of 120cm, SCR in the 10-14m range, stiff tortionally and stiff length wise, camber and ideally some early rise in the nose to be a bit forgiving.I would prefer not to use riser plates - I have Rome Targa 2018 and Union Force 2017 bindings, both fairly responsive the Targas are quite stiff. Ride insano 10.5 boots.
(1) what new boards that wont break the bank would be good for me?
Ones I have found:
SG Soul 159XT vs 164XT?
This Nobile could it work?
I'm not sure if "BX" board = a good softboot carving board? are there others like this?
OES FR ? but in what size and construction? I heard they dont spring a lot during turns - this looks damn near perfect otherwise
I checked Alloy AZX1/DO, and boy I wish they made it in wide they are damn near perfect. Hoping there are some sales or something, even open to demos or older stock...going custom Donek may be the answer later on but hoping to not make an expensive mistake on my first dedicated real carving board.(2) Construction: I have no idea what carbon, kevlar (OES), Titanal do in a board - any suggestions as to whether I should /should not look for?
(3) Bonus hail mary question: if you have something that may fit the bill that is getting less love recently and would like to find another caring home for it, please hit me up! (I'm based in NYC area)
Hey man, come over and see us at winterstick we are on hill at sugarloaf! Lots of demo boards. We can build you anything you want or you can just buy off the rack! Surprisingly, the swallowtail rips turns better than most boards intended for hardpack… go figure!
other vendor’s boards that come to mind, SG soul titan, coiler BXFR, if you want a surfy carver a rad air tanker. The larger dupraz boards. Oxess makes a softy carver, Kessler has a few amazing options as well!
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The nice thing about working at a factory is I get to use them but not necessarily buy them!
the mullet and swally have been my frequent flyers-
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On 12/13/2022 at 4:46 PM, svr2 said:
@bobdeathanks for the effort from what Rob Lu and your entire crew there have been doing.
I am totally stoked for both my TB183 and my carbon construction Prototype 191
Ha! And that’s the super secret one I was talking about!
Sandy, build one 27-275 wide I’d love to do some on hill quality control on one! Hahaha. Bet Jack would too.-
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On 12/14/2022 at 2:01 PM, slopestar said:
No Production of Alloy Boards this year. Maybe none next year either...Might move production out of Tunisia and do it in House in Korea. I will need to supplement with something of the "coveted" variety. Bring something for me to nationals...please! Big Boi Softy BX carver- blended 13-15m avg? at 26.5waist.
There are a couple on the rack here at winterstick…..
One of those will absolutely work for you!
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On 10/31/2022 at 2:34 PM, Jack M said:
Hey Lee! They'll have to pry my hardboots from my cold, dead hands. Err, feet.
This is kind of fun...
https://web.archive.org/web/19991127075420/http://www.bomberonline.com/
I'm a little sad we never found out who that guy was that would purportedly drink a bottle of Jack Daniels and then post diatribes about how lame hardbooting is. Could be The Angry Snowboarder guy. His username, if I remember correctly, was CK.
Who? Skeez?
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Well, IIRC the only reason the same plates we use didn’t get adopted in BX had to do with some old guy showing up with one and smoking everyone (palm?) so a couple other athletes bitched to FIS.
it makes a fair amount of sense! Just, the weight seems like a hard sell in that market.
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There have been maybe four boards that have come through that have made me envious.
one, is super secret, one is pictured above, one was a TB model that was big and beautiful and there was a mega wide BX board that I coveted.-
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Plates add mass as well, assuming that they do a half decent job of moving independently from the vibrations of the board that I would think would offer a mess of damping without deadening. Busting through crud is where that applies but otherwise I think Jack is correct, and, also, why I think the recent coilers with the contra sidecut work so well in specific applications the board is probably subjected to a lot less twisting. Resulting in more predictable edge hold on hard surfaces much like a plate. That’s just a theory though and it comes to riding wide boards over the last 20 years.
I hope this thing works well.
The thing is probably the stiffest board I’ve put through the dirty room so far.
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19 hours ago, 1xsculler said:
A thing of beauty!
Hey! I had to leave so Rob did the fine surface, structure, edge, dremel sidewalls and drill.
That thing was a pain to cut the sidewalls, that and an SL board that came through were next to impossible to completely decamber.-
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1 hour ago, Mr.E said:
I've not seen one in person, but from the few photos I'm guessing it's a wood core/ carbon wrap with a fixed rear and "slider" (shear) at the front. I'd be interested in trying one.
Yeah, and where it’s not paper thin aluminum it might last a season or more….
this is a big part of my interest, I like the idea of using a material that can actually flex(aluminum really is a poor choice in that configuration) -
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I like the price!
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33 minutes ago, BlueB said:
Actually, absolutely no one even gets to college level tennis, without proper coaching.
For real
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C’mon guys, when I’m the one saying don’t give someone shit you’re probably over the top.
we don’t know how MUCH he rides… eight years could be 20 days for example.
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On 6/8/2022 at 12:08 PM, Jack M said:
163. 162 is too short.
20.5cm waist, avg 10.5m radius, high camber. Titanal/Carbon/Rubber construction, extra torsional stiffness between the feet.
You gonna let me ride it?
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9 hours ago, Jack M said:
Winterstick Squaretail 163 this summer!
I spotted a 162 over there
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I have a coiler stubby. Built for 200 lb
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On 3/29/2022 at 1:16 PM, i8summer said:
I’m in the market for a new pair of binding for my Kessler xcarve 159 I’m looking at Flow Nx2 and Ride C10. Is there someone on this forum that had the chance to try both of them? Pros and cons ? I’m currently using Burton Cartel X and I find there’s a lot of flex in them.
You want the a10
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He’s golfing!!!
On 5/5/2022 at 1:06 PM, ShortcutToMoncton said:Yahoo.ca account works ok for me. We’re just starting to get decent weather up here so I suspect golf overhead might be jamming things up
Yes! This is a true statement! Let the guy have a rest!
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9 minutes ago, barryj said:
Yeah, and you would think it would be universal from the custom builders.....but Nobody puts anything close to a 1/2 on their boards unless you ask for it.
It seems Donek, Kessler, Oxess, Coiler all have their own specific edge specs they ship their boards from the "factory"....and there all different.
Most vendors boards get a belt grind and in some cases see a stone most ship at 90. I think Bruce brings them to a tune shop, Kessler, no idea, Donek not sure but both of mine had decent tunes. Winterstick does a really nice tune 1 and 2 I think, really nice stone grind, even take the time to de tune for you…
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5 hours ago, barryj said:
We call it racers edges......and especially useful on the Ice coast.
A 1 degree base and 2 degree edge angles. If you don't detune the nose you get really snappy response, especially with the board hooking up!
???? Yeah, I thought that was a given… thought it was yet another sidecut or something.
My Madd Tried to Kill Me
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T-nut it!
bindings had to be waaaay forward to work for me… too narrow too!
I don’t mean add a set to go more forward BTW just mean replace the coils in brass with steel.