Member Mr_Orange

Looks like they got that at Lowe’s too. Thanks!

Sounds good. This way my epoxy is almost used as bondo.

Is this the spar urethane you guys are talking about?:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Minwax-Helmsman-Gloss-Water-based-Spar-Urethane-Varnish-Actual-Net-Contents-32-fl-oz/999914383

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Minwax-Pro-Series-32-fl-oz-Satin-Water-based-Varnish/999918584

Any difference between the…[Read more]

I just put on the 2 coast of epoxy and did one pass of sanding with 120 grit.

I ran into an issue somewhat related to my initial concern.

Because i added in graphite powder, the epoxy i used is black.

Therefore, after some quick passes (about 10) of sanding, i can easily see that some areas of the black epoxy have been fully sanded away…[Read more]

Thanks for the tip. I already ordered all my epoxy a month ago.

Did a little more research into it and it seems like wood does absorb some of the epoxy.

I think i’m going to just do some very minimal sanding (0.5 mm) off each wall first and then put on the epoxy. This should put me back right where i was. The cross bars seem to have about 4mm…[Read more]

Thanks for the info.

Ya, i actually screwed up on 2 holes on the rear. I think im going to have to plug them up with some short set screws to bring back some rigidity and close off the ends with epoxy.

Oh and by the way, this is the epoxy protocol i’m following. Did some reading on these forums and this one seems like a pretty thorough process:

Same pair of zip fits 3rd year in a row. La Sportiva siderals. Ride every weekend. I ride the park on these things. Season pass. No packout. Still feels the same as day 1 everytime . I tried intuitions the year before i got these. Zip fits are way better. If you have skinny heels and never want to deal with heel lift again, this is it.

They are…[Read more]

They seem to have only posted those numbers for that first year. Guess they thought it would be too confusing to interpret. Plus this isn’t primarily a groomer board.

One of the thing’s i’ve been tyring this year is freecarving with stance angles at (+36f/+27r) on a few of my boards. Look up RAMA freecarve on youtube. The Furberg 160 (17/18…[Read more]

For that nose extender you must’ve had to cut away at the existing nose a bit first.

The nose on my board is already scooped up quite a bit. if you put an extender right on it, it would be pointing too much upwards.

I’m looking for a nimble tree riding board. Might have to try something narrower on that.

I always wondered if those full reverse cambered boards can even turn at all on hardpack? I’d always though you’d had to unstrap and walk once you reach hardpack. If i can at least make it back to the groomed lift areas, i’d be interested in getting one of those.

Is riding hardpack on those things just not ideal or is it actually a challenging…[Read more]

What angle do you run on your back foot? that’s a narrow board width relative to your boot size. Are you soft or hard boots?

Do you have boot out issues with deep carves or steeps?

I was looking into this board called the donek nomad and considered downsizing my board width by 1 cm. 245mm waist (usual is 255).

Was worried about boot out…[Read more]

Been using phantoms with Siderals in bounds for the last 3 years. I actually don’t splitboard at all. Considered getting into it a few years back but didn’t get around to it.

The toe lever coming off thing is real. Happened several times. Especially if you knuckle a jump landing.

I ended up fixing the issue by drilling 2 holes through the…[Read more]

There’s more discussion about Furberg’s effective edge here: http://splitboard.com/talk/topic/reverse-sidecuttaper/

It seems like the furberg effective edge is supposed to be shorter than a typical board of the same width.

I actually ended up ordering the 160 freeride. After measuring more accurately, my current board (capita thunderstick157)…[Read more]

By the way, i noticed there were no effective edge measurements posted on the Furberg site.

Im guessing that’s because the reverse sidecut makes it more vague as to where the effective edge begins/ends…?

Am i wrong about this?

Thanks!

Would’ve liked to get the longer effective edge of a 168 but can’t compromise on the waist width.

Just measured my current board, its 271mm width under midpoint of the the rear binding.