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Last seen: May 13, 2025
Topics: 11 / Replies: 332
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RE: Priorities for responsiveness

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Don't compromise. 😉 I use to want all the stiffness that I could get in a board, but now I don't ...

6 months ago
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RE: UP unweighting vs DOWN unweighting / Switzerland vs US 🙂

I came across the CASI reference guide (2018), and there's actually a lot of good stuff in it! I found this particularly interesting. Old-timers kn...

6 months ago
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RE: VICROY GLOVES

Not for knuckle draggers like you! 🤣 These actually have a slippery (plastic?) surface on the palm. The leather is on the inside: If t...

6 months ago
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RE: What went wrong in these J-Turns?

There's less angulation (shoulders aren't quite as level), putting your weight inside the turn with too much inclination on a relatively mild slope......

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RE: Options for the JJA C4 166

@vospegmx-at Maybe you're blessed with better snow and a longer season than we are. Big White is pretty rocky and we often open with a "white ribbon ...

6 months ago
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RE: Toeside turn mastery

I love those full extension toe-sides, but it does put my weight too far inside and sometimes it causes me to slide out. I need to work on stacking m...

6 months ago
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RE: Options for the JJA C4 166

This whole interview is great, but his bit on leveling up is 14 minutes in: I'm anxious, but I know that I'm not ready to hop on a C4 out of the gat...

6 months ago
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RE: Options for the JJA C4 166

@vospegmx-at Honestly it's not the sort of board that you want to take out before the New Year (at least here) in fear of land sharks. Moreover, even...

6 months ago
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RE: Knapton Twin carving

A few years ago I tore a tendon in my lead leg, which took a while to heal. Inspired by Knapton, I set up an old twin with a switch & duck stance...

6 months ago
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RE: Liquid vs hard wax

There's so much misinformation and folklore around waxing. That was a good video. I usually find Tommie's energy a bit much, but it made a half hour...

6 months ago
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RE: Korean and Japanese styles of carving?

Yeah, he seems to be in more of zen state of flow than a lot of those in high adrenaline videos. Some of his fundamentals are indeed similar to Jam...

6 months ago
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RE: Korean and Japanese styles of carving?

Yeah I read somewhere else that they generally have the hips over the rear boot and their chest over the front boot, so that their centre-of-mass is s...

6 months ago
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RE: Intuition Liners

I’ve used the HV pro-tour, but they’re a softer foam with an articulation/flex point. I found these at Mountain Equipment Co-oo in town and had them ...

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