Chris

Do you have a good pair of footbeds in the boots? I have found, as have others, that proper support for your foot will shorten it's length in the boot.

The board was used on one BC trip and a couple of resort days. Base is mint, topsheet has minor scuffs. Comes with skins and all hardware for mounting bindings. Black topsheet. $600US I'll post pictures tomorrow if anyone is interested. Also some Bomber splitboard bindings for sale. $100US. Edit: shipping from N6J 2K2 --paypal preferred.

Michelle. Bomber used to sell that binding and might have some parts around still

Wish I had the hills to ride it on.... http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270082793814&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:CA:1

Take a look at the Wide, or maybe the Sasquatch. definitely would be good ridden either way. You'd have to ride shallow angles with plates tho' The Incline might be too narrow for your softies at a 23.5 waist...

to say for sure. It's been over a year since I had the Gfit liners in a boot, but my impression at the time was that the boot felt much more supportive with the Intuition liner. Part of that may be that greater volume of the Intuitions. The other reason may be that locked down feeling you get from the wrap around cuff as you mentioned. It's not a huge investment really. Why not try them out, and if they don't work as well as you want, get the Intuitions. It's what I ended up doing.

than the Intuitions. So, maybe a stiffer boot overall?

I had them in my Garmont G-Ride boots. They are thermo-formable but not as good as Intuition or Deeluxe IMO. I molded them and found they didn't really form to my foot very well. They didn't really seem to swell up much either (maybe I didn't heat them up enough?) and my foot felt loose in the boot. I swapped them out for Intuitions and was very happy that I did. Mind you this was for BC skiing/touring. I don't know how you would like them for carving since they have that tongue instead of a wrap fit. Unless you really get them really dialed, I could see you getting a lot of discomfort on the front of your shin.

If you're going to be 50 miles from home it's nice to have the ease of fixing a flat by just sticking in a new tube. If you are thinking of racing seriously, tubulars are good. They are more trouble to mount but when glued properly, a flat at high speed in a pack will not cause you as much grief; when a clincher blows, it is often instantly, and rolling the tire off the rim in a corner is a possiblility. Tubulars tend to leak only from the puncture instead of all around the rim so you may get some time to stop safely. You can ride the flat to a stop most times because the glue holds the tire in place. Personally, I ride clinchers on the road, but use tubbies on the track. A half decent pair let you run pressures of 150-170lbs. which makes you pretty much float on the track surface. You're never far from home, so flats aren't so much of a problem and getting down off the banking with some rubber under you instead of just a metal rim is nice.

Al, had to chime in here uninvited. :D I've been riding Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL's for a few years now. About 1500 g for the pair. Spin up fast, fairly aero (but don't suck in a cross wind), and near bomb-proof. I regularly jump RR tracks with em, and in three years and 15000 K they have never needed truing. They cost a bit, but mount them with some Continental GP Attack/Force tires and some light tubes and you'll have a nice ride. Mine are spinning on a Litespeed Tuscany, with a Dura Ace 10 group which almost lets me survive this f'ing snowless winter we are having in the East. cheers

I'll show you mine. Sorry, everybody, not an ass shot :( Did this to my arm riding trees last year. Funny thing is it never hurt--just looked amazing. Okay, put up your best shots.... http://i17.tinypic.com/42tk30z.jpg

Women are nice that way too

for those of you who haven't done it....yet, here's a great video of Jasey Jay putting a little too much energy into the front end. I spent a six weeks in an air cast for going too hard, too early in the season. My advice-- warm up to it, hopefully we'll all have a long winter of riding. http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=43epugj cheers everyone, have a great holiday Chris

I put some on my 123's and they fit fine. I did have to drill out the holes so the t-nuts would take the bolt tho'. do a search on 125's and see what others say. Chris

for the US distributer. I think I have email at work with pricing. I'll check tomorrow and post the pdf file if I still have it. Otherwise make contact thru' their site. They were slow to respond, due to moving offices but when they did contact me they seemed eager to make a sale.

How about a carbon full face helmet by these guys? http://www.sweet.no/helmets_trooper_fullface.htm Make sure you're sitting down when you check the prices.

hardpack granular........ or this? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-928879558236330974&q=snowboard+racing

suggested weight for an RT 158SL? I also have a young guy who wants to get off his freestyle board and give alpine a try. I figure he'd have no problem at 140lb.....but dad might have to snow test it too and he's 170lb. also still looking for M28 boots for the large footed kid--any cheap ones out there?

I'm looking for some used boots. Raichle 413's or 423's would be good. My son wants to try hardboots :D , but I'm not sure he's really ready to leave the jib world so I don't want to break the bank at this point.

:lol: the "ride feel" of most Burtons I've ever ridden

Imagine taking hold of your collar bone and pulling it out of the spot where it attaches to your shoulder Some one correct me here but I think the injury actually happens when you shoulder takes an impact which drives it away from your clavicle (collar bone)

if you're thinking of playing baseball. You will probably find the AC separation gives you problems in that case. I got myself a grade 3/4 separation from an endo on my bike (if only I'd tucked and rolled) and after countless hours of rehab I rarely notice it--except when I try to throw a baseball. Doctor told me to leave the separation alone unless I was going to play ball for a living, or spend a lot of time in a sundress with little shoulder straps In those cases, they can cut a little of the end of the bone off, screw it back down where it belongs, and re-attach some of the ligaments. Three months later they cut you open again and take out the screw. Then rehab. Of course, as always, your mileage may vary. I just found a good tailor :D

My wife used to work in the wardrobe of a regional theatre. To get rid of the horrible stench in costumes which could not be washed or dry cleaned, they would spray the prime stink zones with with vodka which would end the problem without disturbing the dye jobs on a lot of the fabrics. A terrible waste of good vodka in my opinion. Probably better to just drink the vodka so the smell doesn't bother you. ;)

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www.bombertele.com to see some of the meanest tele bindings on the planet. There's a guy locally who can rip blue ice on those things. They are a great backcountry tool if you can ride 'em well, and when you get to the bottom, put on your skins and head back up--the free heel makes climbing pretty easy.