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RiotSupercarver
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Topics: 7 / Replies: 39
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RE: Sliding axle isolation plates - what softbooters need to know

Fascinating stuff. Designing the spring stabiliser so that the point at which it starts bending the rods varies gives another way of tuning the overal...

1 week ago
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RE: Sliding axle isolation plates - what softbooters need to know

Been using the Translate function in my Firefox browser to view the ALC site. When the board flexes into an arc below the plate, the chord distance ...

1 week ago
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RE: Sliding axle isolation plates - what softbooters need to know

@spar_snb_snb Presumably you have the 4x4 mount for your Boiler Plate? That is quite tricky to use. Its interaxle distance will be pretty short compar...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Sliding axle isolation plates - what softbooters need to know

@spar_snb Thanks for the clarification and info. That certainly looks like a Bomber Boiler plate, just in a custom variant I wasn't aware had been mad...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Sliding axle isolation plates - what softbooters need to know

@spar_snb Your second plate that you call a Boiler, is not a Bomber Boiler plate (a design and product by Finn Doyle from the USA). Not sure exactly w...

1 month ago
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RE: Heel risers?

If there's people out there with a CAD program and a 3D printer then the potential for personalised lift/cant combos is waiting.

6 months ago
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RE: Recommendations for this "Wiggle Carve" style?

Tracks don't lie. The goal is to leave a clean narrow carve track when doing cross under carves. From the snow spray and hip motion I'm seeing in your...

7 months ago
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RE: Finally got someone to film my riding

@slaybells Re: hand/upper limb protection options. I built my own hand armour after breaking the index finger of my dominant hand in 2013. Based aro...

1 year ago
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RE: Effects of a carver’s body mass?

A key part of much of the softboot carving you'll see is stances mostly across the board ( angles less than 45 deg even if posi/posi) but the pelvis a...

1 year ago
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RE: Sliding axle isolation plates - what softbooters need to know

@rocketman69 The F2 cants and lifts are of fixed amounts, 4 degrees of lift, and 3 degrees of lateral tilt.The F2 kit only has one lift in it, typi...

1 year ago
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RE: Sidecut Radius

@board-doctor Look at pages 16-17 for a brief discussion and pictures that illustrate the interaction of sidecut and flex in producing the steer...

1 year ago
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RE: Sidecut Radius

@board-doctor Not really like a boat's wake. That changes depending both on whether the hull is a displacement or planing design, and the speed. I w...

1 year ago
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RE: Reflections on The Secrets of Snowboard Carving Part I

@board-doctor The Lars video you linked was judged to be really good analysis by some very experienced hardboot carvers on Alpinesnowboarder.com Forum...

1 year ago
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RE: Reflections on The Secrets of Snowboard Carving Part I

I know this is a ski carving instruction video but it has a great process for teaching how to carve.

1 year ago
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RE: Reflections on The Secrets of Snowboard Carving Part I

Intentional practice on a Green (beginner/Easy) trail is essential because a carved turn produces minimal braking. The student rapidly builds speed un...

1 year ago
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