Member Bodynazi

Sorry – should have asked this question earlier..

Any thoughts about a 181 vs. 171? I’ve never ridden a 180 (have an Arbor a-frame 171 area board). 6’5 #215 with 28 AT boots.

Would 10cm make the board turn that much slower for trees/rocks/narrow slots?

Would 10cm make that much of a better floating board?

Thinking I’d be fine w/ the 171 as…[Read more]

Taylor – thanks for the feedback. I’m looking for a do-everything board – and now leaning toward the 270 171 Storm. Riding different types before buying is likely not going to happen – but would of course be great.

firstlight – holy quiver of splitboards Batman! Do you work at a shop or have a connection in the industry? (I hope :)) 5 pr of…[Read more]

super info – thanks much everyone.

Mr. Phantom – email sent – thanks for reaching out.

Awesome guys – thanks for that info (and apologies for not finding it here).

I’m definitely going to look into that setup on a new board.

Copy on the Storm being easier – I think I’d prefer ‘easy’ vs ‘muscling’ 🙂

thanks again

Thanks for the link

I looked high and low for a SD153 and this is the only place in the country that I found it in stock – and it was on sale a little.

Sweet

BN

6″4″ 210 and I have a ’71 gun & love it. Mtn plate bindings w/ Scarpa Matrix boots.

Just got back from a week long trip near Kimberly BC Canada – hut trip – got helicoptered in – boarded for 7 days & got flown out (averaged close to 5K/day elevation). Working on getting the photos together and getting some pics up here….

I have a Ceres 38 that I love for for ice./rock climb approaches – after I modifed it to not rely on the lid for part of the support of the pack. Regarding that for BC riding, I was not impressed w/ it. It does not carry a board very well – you need to McGuyver a strap at the top of the pack to keep the board tight against the pack. Also, 2800…[Read more]

I’m w/ Bighorn. Chalk up another response for leaving your dogs at home. I’m a huge animal lover & thus so, vegitarian, but I’m way not into having them in the backcountry & don’t go w/ folks who want to bring dogs.

thanks for the link Zach. I can see that style making sense on groomers, but I’m still missing something @ the whole carving deal in the BC (at least anything other than casual wide open runs). Running steep couloirs where you have to make v. fast & precise turns doesn’t seem condusive to v. steep angles & ‘carving’. Again, obviously I’m less…[Read more]

I first set up the ’71 gun w/ 45/35 angles – and it was crazy different than my ‘in bounds’ set up of 15/0. I did an area day to see if I could get used to the steeper angles. I didn’t. I got thrashed like a red-headed step child on bump runs and I was not confident ripping it up in the trees.

Some of the BC runs I do require that I make…[Read more]

I have a ‘gun 71 and am 6’4″ 210-15 (depeding upon how much I’m lifting) and love the board. My ‘in bounds’ board is an A-Frame 170 which I also love. I’m sure a longer board would float in pow better, but never having ridden one, the 170/71 boards work fine. I’ve ridden the ‘gun in all conditions including 2″ of fresh w/ no problems.

I have…[Read more]

Thanks for the beta folks. I picked up a pr. of Scarpa Matrix last night. Snug, comfy, and pretty light compared to other models of AT boots. Pretty charged to try them out. Now I have to worry @ gouging the new board w/ early season conditions.

praying for snow in CO.

thanks for the beta guys – I need to get to Bentgate & REI and try on their AT boots. I do plan on kicking the angles steeper over my ‘typical’ board stance. I have backcountry boarded in my ice cilmbing boots (Scarpa Alpahs and Solomen Super Mt Guide 9s) but that was w/ strap-in bindings – and control on crud or hard pack is lacking at best w/…[Read more]