kmartshopper Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm awaiting the arrival of my first set of boots, and plan to learn using the "biggest stiffest" board that I already own. It's a Salomon Precept 167. 9.3m sidecut, 1320mm edge, 312mm tip/tail 265mm waist (fatty!). It feels very stiff, holds a great edge, and is very fast and stable - at least when compared to normal boards you'd find in a typical shop :) . I have read that this is comparable to an earlier W5 or 550(FYI, but I don't know what they are.). I can carve it heel/toe pretty well with malimute softies - but I can't bust the real hardpack, and have trouble tightening the turn radius (it doesn't blow out... just keeps tracking the same arc - gimme room!) I'm 6'4" skinny-ass 175#. Love bumps, carving, and trees... well, except one tree in particular :( My ideal board will be all-mountain, so I'm wondering what limitations to expect from this board - as compared to a top notch AM board. Think that fatness would be problematic? ________ Vapir no2 vaporizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvCanada Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 265 mm to be used with hard boots? I've seen hard boots used in duck stance on a freeride board and the guy was ripping (in the bumps, didn't see him carve). I'd bet they'd work decently at 30/25 which is around what you'll be running to get 0 overhang and 0 underhang according to your foot size (6'4" i'm guesing large :) ) but better than malamutes? It sounds like the board is pretty solid (I used to carve on a Salomon as well) so hardboots will probably help the board to edge hard into the hardpack The only thing to do is to try it out; it's much better to have stiff boots and super stiff bindings on a soft board, than to have soft boots and soft bindings on a super stiff board :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmartshopper Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Yeah, I meant that I was waiting for some hardboots to get here, and I'll be using those. I was trying to be cheap and use this board with the hardboots - then get a more specific board after I get a feel for things. I do ride just that... 30/24 with the malamutes - although I do still get a little overhang with sz29. I was actually planning to go higher with the hardboots (425s w/just old snopro race bindings) - start maybe 45/40 to see how it feels. I'm wondering how the wider board would affect - versus maybe a donek axis - which seems to be similar radius and edge, but like 21.5cm (probably a handful stiffer too). ________ Vapir no2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Tokar Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 I wouldn't arbitrarily set your angles steeper just because you're on hardboots. When you set it up, make it so you get the toe/heel just to the edge (for max leverage) but not over. Sounds like you're going about things just right. Enjoy. MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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