Call me jack Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 So i noticed this today when i got off the chair lift; that kick a** looking little stomp pad i have, never really gets used. i ride mostly one footed when i get off the chair, as it's easier for me to turn. how ever, if i'm traveling long distances, with one binding in, i'll put my other for down, as long as i'm going straight. so what do you do? and if you'd like, explain a little bit behind it... BTW i would consider this to be one of the finer points of alpine snowboarding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinpa Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 heck ya, I use it!!! and now that it's gone, I really miss it! the sticky goo left from it just doesn't cut it.... everytime I am getting off the chair lift, I think about it, but every afternoon when it's time to head home, I never feel like bringing the board home to attempt to restick it back on. Oh well, guess I have to live with my laziness then. And I usually don't teach on that board, but it is apreciated, as well, when trying to help beginners get up the rope tow! Hmmm, guess I also use it while chasing them around the beginner hill too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I'll often have the rear foot real close to the front, almost hanging there, not really on the board. Sometimes I'm on the stomp pad. The board I ride almost every day didn't have a stomp pad and it was fine, but now and then I'd stick my foot down where a stomp pad might sit and slip off. That deck now has a stomp pad, which comes in handy from time to time. I also like a stomp pad for clearing snow off the bottom of my boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Don't really use it as a stomp-pad, but it's essential as a scraper for a Catek/intec setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie00 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 never had a stomp pad with my deeluxe boots, they have softer rubber toes and heel. Now with my UPZ boots they have hard plastic toes and heel and it makes everythin super slippery so I considering one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spil Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I don't have a stomp pad, but do occasionally put my foot where one would be. I normally just hold my foot up next to my front foot and/or drag it in the snow. I did find a Dakine spikey stomp pad on the ground at the top of a chairlift over Christmas, though. I might put it on one of my boards, but the bottom has no glue/adhesive on it. Anyone know what I can use to mount it on a board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Do I use it for getting off the chair? No. Do I use it for getting the Cascade Concrete off my boots before clipping in? Most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energyrail Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 never had one. never used one. peel them off if a used board has one. I like the cleaner look better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me jack Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I don't have a stomp pad, but do occasionally put my foot where one would be. I normally just hold my foot up next to my front foot and/or drag it in the snow. I did find a Dakine spikey stomp pad on the ground at the top of a chairlift over Christmas, though. I might put it on one of my boards, but the bottom has no glue/adhesive on it. Anyone know what I can use to mount it on a board? hot glue gun? basic epoxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Do I use it for getting off the chair? No. Do I use it for getting the Cascade Concrete off my boots before clipping in? Most of the time. What he said. Don't much need them to get around one footed, but real handy to clean sticky snow off the bottom of your boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Haven't used one since I started carrying more than one board in a bag. Just tuck my back foot into the front and slowly carve off the lift. You forgot to add the 4th category, Never use one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Never, not at all. Not a single one of my boards has a stomp pad. To kick the snow off of my heel, I use my bindings. I get serious ice and need to kick hard to get it off. I don't think any stomp pads would put up to the kick I need to give it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me jack Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 You forgot to add the 4th category, Never use one. i believe that would fall under the second category "No, never" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photodad2001 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 When I was teaching my daughter to snowboard I wouldn't even strap my back foot in. I was always having to hike back up the hill and would ride the whole run one footed. One time when I didn't have my daughter I challenged myself to see how difficult of a run I could do top to bottom with my back foot out. I've done every run at my local hill that way and the greens and a couple blues I did pretty fast. Even rode fakie one footed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaple Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Ohh yes, without it, I'd end up in a pile getting off every lift. Tend to hang either my heel or toe off the edge, kind of dig in like a paddle to steer in the direction i want to head once off the lift, then hope for the best...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 More you use T-bars, more you like them:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateW Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I don't have a stomp pad, but I've been meaning to change that. For years. If I need my rear foot to stay in one place, such as for a rope tow, I put it on the binding, duck stance. Getting off the lift, I usually put my rear foot next to my front foot. When I do get around to it, I'll probably put on two stomp pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Dakine "Spike" stomp pad. Best stomp pad I have found. Buy them by the dozen. They make perfect sense to me. I like a good looking board as well as the next guy. However, a quick kick and I can step in on the go. So, quickly clearing the snow off SI heals and safe exiting from the chair make it a no brainer. One avoided fall is worth years of stomp pad ownership. New riders, get one, use it, then decide. Vanity nor peer pressure should not be the basis of your decision making. Every year this topic comes up. Perhaps it is time to make it a "Spikey" post? oops , I mean a "Sticky" post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pushee Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Oops, I voted "No, Never", because most of my boards don't have a stomp pad. Then I remembered that one board does, so I probably use the pad a few times each year. Normally, I just slide my rear foot back and and brace it against the rear binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me jack Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 When I was teaching my daughter to snowboard I wouldn't even strap my back foot in. I was always having to hike back up the hill and would ride the whole run one footed. One time when I didn't have my daughter I challenged myself to see how difficult of a run I could do top to bottom with my back foot out. I've done every run at my local hill that way and the greens and a couple blues I did pretty fast. Even rode fakie one footed. see thats what made me notice i don't use it; i had to go a crossed a flat area, and just never put my boot back in once i got to the hill again... just kept my rear leg floating it lala land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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