Scott Firestone Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Photos from Sunday at the Wasatch Trenchin' Convention are up, plus an extra *bonus* shot: http://www.alpinecarving.com/wtc06 If anyone would like full-resolution photos, let me know the photo number(s), and whether you want a raw .nef file (5MB), or full-res .jpg (1 MB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yard Sale Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks for all the great pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Great job with the photos as always Scott! I want my ice-pick back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jared Q Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Fin, Better remind those Hardbooter guys to bring your ice pick a couple of times. I hear that they forget things. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilledog Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Make that 2!!! ice picks. Hmmmm....Ransom... hmmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. sandman Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Dig it! Looks like a great time - great photos for sure!! Maybe it's just the angle, or am I seeing something different?- on Wednesday's pictures, there is the one of Bordy @ the tent w/ the Kessler ("Back at the demo tent, everyone talks shop. Bordy has his hands on a Kessler Titanal board, 2nd generation. The Kessler Titanal 3rd generation boards are out, but only the Swiss team has them") - It looks like the stance is way back on the board?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sic t 2 Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 You do nice web work Scott. Great layout and you always try to put things in context. Makes you feel like you are almost there. Just the way a web report should be. Sic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Sandman, good eye. the stance on the Kesslers are way back, at least at first glance. The nose porfiles are very different than from what else is out there currently, the board is actually set up in the center of the insert pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Billy, you need to give everyone the speech on the 2nd gen. Kesslers - everyone is asking about them...... The way I understand it, the nose is longer than other race boards, to help the board ride up, and out of ruts in a PGS course, and it also helps with damping. If you look closely, you can tell that the camber in the board starts quite a ways back from the start of the nose. Also, as Phil has mentioned, the inserts are set up much like other boards relative to the camber and sidecut of the Kessler. This is my best recollection of Billy's explanation of the nose profile on the Kesslers, of course I'm not Billy, so I'm sure I’m not completely correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 I'm afraid Billy has spoken too much already. Kesslers are the standard when it comes to world cup podiums. If you want the best race board currently available look no further. No questions asked Kessler=best race board out there (right now anyway.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Great pics guys. Love the PSA on Cateks. I like my OS2s but dread having to move them to another board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 are thoes boots indys or upz's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 are thoes boots indys or upz's? Indys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 The way I understand it, the nose is longer than other race boards, to help the board ride up, and out of ruts in a PGS course, and it also helps with damping. If you look closely, you can tell that the camber in the board starts quite a ways back from the start of the nose. Also, as Phil has mentioned, the inserts are set up much like other boards relative to the camber and sidecut of the Kessler. Seems like my Coiler PR188 shares some of those characteristics - especially the camber that starts a few inches from the start of the nose. I won't be racing that deck anytime soon, but man is it stable, and it certainly is quite comfy on non-ideal grooming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowjonny Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Scott- Great photos on Sunday--Kirsten and i really enjoyed riding with you for the first four days--sorry we missed Sunday and the Canyons. Great picture of Bordy explaining the universe to Fred at the tent. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilledog Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Great picture of Bordy explaining the universe to Fred at the tent That's me, Silly!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickie Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Kesslers are the standard when it comes to world cup podiums. If you want the best race board currently available look no further. No questions asked Kessler=best race board out there (right now anyway.). For some.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowjonny Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 That's me, Silly!!Dave No- not the one posted above -the one scott took w/ fred sitting in the chair with his back toward the camera. I'm certain you are the one that explained the universe to billy (he found it so cool he changed his lifestyle and grew his hair out) and now likes to repeat it alot to everybody else. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 One thing to add to the Catek PSA - Jeff is now selling the discs and plates separately, so rather then having to buy a 2nd set for $289, you can buy the disc ($69) and if you want the power plate (also $69) so you can just swap the top part of the binding - $138 for quick changes or $69 for a little less quick sure beats $289 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordy Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 What Kessler.... I hear they are good...... ;) (olympic year) Jeff. Fred and I where talking Pow boards so of course it looks deep there are few topics as important.... I forgot what Dave said about the universe something about.... Everything in the universe turns so should we.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowjonny Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 We should turn--Some Tille wisdom to live by for sure. I could tell whatever you where explaining to Fred was deep --he had to take it sitting down. Thanks to you and the hardbooter posse for putting on another outstanding event (Fin and Michelle also). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. sandman Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Billy, you need to give everyone the speech on the 2nd gen. Kesslers - everyone is asking about them......(pic removed for conservation of space) The way I understand it, the nose is longer than other race boards, to help the board ride up, and out of ruts in a PGS course, and it also helps with damping. If you look closely, you can tell that the camber in the board starts quite a ways back from the start of the nose. Also, as Phil has mentioned, the inserts are set up much like other boards relative to the camber and sidecut of the Kessler. This is my best recollection of Billy's explanation of the nose profile on the Kesslers, of course I'm not Billy, so I'm sure I’m not completely correct. Wicked-Sweet set up - no doubt Bordy knows how to push it to it's premium! It must take some getting used to as in the photo below it looks like he's almost in the back seat, yet it sounds like in this instance the board may be doing exactly what it's designed to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Naw, he is in the back seat, you can tell because his front foot is off the snow. Which is ok at the end of a turn, it just means your board is accelerating through the turn and creating energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. sandman Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Ya, guess so. But he's still rippin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfinsmiley Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I just had to add that sequence of Bordy to my screensaver, that`s an incredible transition. I aspire to become a backseat driver like that.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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