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  1. Stance distance - hard boot - free carving - 2024

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    a) m

    b) 5’8”

    c) 32” ??

    d) 21” - centered on reference

    e) 66/69

    f) 1cm lift on front toe, otherwise flat and as close to the deck as possible, virus powerlocks.

    g) boots: UPZ RC-10 walk/ride replaced with permanent springs. lots of forward cuff on rear, none on front, black / medium springs, stiff grey tongues. fintecs.

    I’m rather bow-legged, so lots of outward cuff-canting on the boots (none on the bindings).

    Sorry about the imperial units—they’re what I’m familiar with.

    i have a pow deck that I ride with low angles but my stance is not at all sorted on that. I use the soft red tongues for that.

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  4. AFC 2024 Aspen 2/7-2/16

    in Colorado

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    Its looking likely that I will be in Aspen from Feb 9 - 18. I'm gonna buy a 7-day pass, so riding between the 10th and 17th. First time back in Aspen in a long time! Last year I did not ride at all, previous year just one week at Kirkwood. Not super confirmed, but I booked a place downtown. It would be a joy to see y'all while I'm there 🙂. I'm old now but I think I can still snowboard/whine about conditions with the best of 'em. 

    Comically: what a rude awakening it is to discover what Aspen lift tix cost at the counter! I was like "how bad could it be???". MY LORD. I lament my innocent youth, purchasing incredibly affordable Aspen lift tickets from bomber during SES! "Hey Kid! Try this—first ones free!"

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  5. Aspen grooming is dangerous.

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    26 minutes ago, b.free said:

    This picture of one black runs in Buttermilk, which oftenly closed for the public, i would not judge all 4 resorts by it. So far, after 10 years living in CO, i have never been bugging about Aspen mountains grooming conditions. Btw, big group of carvers are going back to Aspen this coming season in Feb. 7th - 16th!

    Thanks ! I was under suspicion that this is the way to look at this; I appreciate the confirmation. My plans are not totally solidified but I’ll likely be there when y’all are :D.

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  7. Aspen grooming is dangerous.

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    Is there any evidence of Aspen Ski Co correcting this unfortunate development in the grooming quality? I have been thinking about taking a week or two off to ride in Aspen this winter, but I'm not willing to pay Aspen prices if the trend suggests the grooming will look like this 😬. Say it ain't so!

    On 3/23/2023 at 12:35 PM, softbootsurfer said:

     

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  9. Shorty video for some pre-season stoke

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    1 hour ago, barryj said:

    I agree with Ladia!   Never seen zero traffic on Zachary! 

    Nice EC!   What board were you on?  Doesn't look like your 183 ?? 

    Haha — well, there was some waiting involved to get a clear shot. I won't go down if there are people around. Nonetheless: a sparsely populated day to be sure.

    That board is another 183 that I bought from Frank before last season, similar but slightly fancier "electron pro" version: 

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pD7wgI30b/

    I love it.

  11. Shorty video for some pre-season stoke

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    22 minutes ago, *Ace* said:

    I was literally just thinking about how you had that video guy at Highlands that year at SES and I wish I got footage with you. 

    That would have been awesome! (and you'd definitely be stealing the show!!) That guy was great — I wonder if he is still there? I'm thinking about seeing if I can take a month off this winter just to ride.

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    Shorty video for some pre-season stoke

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    A good buddy of mine took a bunch of flyby videos on a particularly good february morning last year and I only just now got to stitching it into a (very short) little video. A good freeze-thaw morning without a soul in sight. Kirkwood CA, mostly "upper" Zachary.

     

    Winters are getting shorter every year. Time to make the most of what's left.

     

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  14. Car nuts thread ?

    in The Lodge

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    On 12/26/2021 at 2:51 PM, Jack M said:

    Picked up this classic this spring… always loved them. The boy is using it for now.  1997.  It blows my mind that a car that was new the year after I graduated college is now a classic.

     

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    Duuuude!!! Love these! So rad! Functional, simple, effective, capable!! Also: yes. We are all classics now 😝!!

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  15. Season Passes? - What's Everybody Thinking Post 2021's Covid Mtn. Shutdowns/Restrictions?

    in The Lodge

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    I am not sure what I am doing this season. No passes for me tho. I have a week booked at kirkwood in february, thinkin' on MCC and possibly an aspen trip. New car not as good in snow with significantly less clearance, so MCC may be a no-go for me. Of the past several years I have been more of a "lets go here for a week" person than a "lets go on the weekends" person, so passes are less attractive, but where I can get deals on a week I will go for it (which sometimes means getting a pass). Last year I spent a week at montucky, a week in tahoe, and a week in oregon. This year lets see.

  16. Car nuts thread ?

    in The Lodge

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    I have so much to catch up on in this thread. I just bought a 2004 R32 with only 50k on the odometer. Bone stock ... for now. Gonna sell my forester on BAT as it has become a royal PITA to get past smog every two years here in CA. Too bad because It's a capable, and reiliable beast. That said, the new r32 is a lot of fun, though severely underpowered. Can't beat that exhaust note.

    On 5/22/2021 at 9:51 PM, RotorGoal said:

    So, this rolled in today. I've got my work cut out for me and it's going to be rather expensive, but with a bit of work I can make this thing look and run much nicer than in its current state! Manual swap, paint correction, interior plastics, and a new engine and we're in business!

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    I've never been a Mazda person but my god have I always loved these. The most beautiful body styling of any modern car ever, bar none. Gorgeous cars. Sexy!!!

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  20. Topsheet art?

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    On 3/27/2021 at 6:12 AM, hknz said:

    On the other hand, one good thing about "difficult to sell" is that no one will bother to steal your lovely board. Thief only target for those big names, Kessler, Oxess, SG, F2.

    It would be clever to order a board with custom topsheet graphics, and include a little statement near the bindings (since one tends to go through the bindings with a cable lock) to the effect of “Custom board and topsheet. Steal it, and you will be caught.” It may or may not work as a preventative defense, but if it is stolen it’ll still be easy to find by sending photos to pawnshops and searching ebay.

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  23. What Happened to Helmets? - An Observation

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    12 hours ago, TVR said:

    No laws or rules will prevent poor judgement....

    I don’t think anyone is arguing that laws and rules prevent poor judgement.

    Well designed laws and regulations can substantially assist our ability to remove those with poor judgement from the roads before their behavior precipitates needless harm, and I am very much in favor of that. 

    Preventing needless harm, and promoting the well being of the general population above an individual’s right to behave selfishly and harmfully is how we advance as a society. There is a worthwhile cost levied upon everyone’s freedom associated with that. In any functioning society: an individual’s freedom to do whatever they please doesn’t supersede the general populations right to live free from harm. This is why we have laws.

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  24. What Happened to Helmets? - An Observation

    in The Lodge

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    On 3/21/2021 at 6:18 PM, Spiny Norman said:

    There was an accident today close by. 17yo in a old 3/4 pickup was texting and rearended a guy in a new Kia Sportage. No skid marks on the road. Maybe he had insurance because he was under 18 but maybe not.

    Jesus does that suck. Texting and driving is a goddamn epidemic of the worst kind. It should be treated like a DUI, regardless of whether there was a fatality, or you were just caught doing it at a stop light. That is the only way to fix this; people are just entirely too selfish, screen-addicted, and overconfident. 

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