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    jimw replied to the topic Hey look we have a fan club! AKA David Gottorff is a douche. in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    I haven’t been on this forum in like 4 years, and I came here just to say:

    OMG THAT THREAD BUMP JUST WON THE INTERNET!!!

    Insane.

    Oh, and reading back through this thread reminds me I still want to meet @karkis someday! Some funny shit… not to mention I seem to recall him sending the shit out of some crazy lines… 🙂

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    jimw replied to the topic Lightest Softboot Splitboard Set-up on the Planet!‏ in the forum Splitboards 3 years, 11 months ago

    Forgot to follow up on this. Here’s the Milligram 163 (with Spark pucks, T1 hardware, and heel locks):

    Here’s the Spliff, with the same hardware, only difference is the Mg has Karakoram Ultra Clips, Spliff has regular Voile clips:

    So, the Mg is about 1.5 lbs lighter. Their specs are here, they seem pretty…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic R.I.P. Noah in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 3 years, 11 months ago

    Liver cancer. Freaking sucks. There was a gofundme not too long ago to help raise funds for medical expenses. Same age as me. Man… I remember his parts in the TB movies. So freakin’ smooth, even on steep AK spines. Great interview/history in the videos here:
    Snowboarding Pioneer, Noah Salasnek Dead At Age 47

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    jimw replied to the topic Eastside conditions update in the forum California 3 years, 11 months ago

    TOWELIE!! Holy shit, he’s back! 🙂 Thanks for the the awesome update! Eastside is gonna be epic this spring. We gotta make some turns! See you at the Mo-mart.

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    jimw replied to the topic Lightest Softboot Splitboard Set-up on the Planet!‏ in the forum Splitboards 4 years ago

    I think it was more like 1.5 lbs lighter than the Spliff for just the board, and then another .25 lbs or so for the skins. So more like 1.75 lbs lighter total. I’ll check it again when I’m back home in a few days. Either way, it was definitely significantly, noticeably lighter. The Spliff is not actually that light considering how short it is.…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Lightest Softboot Splitboard Set-up on the Planet!‏ in the forum Splitboards 4 years, 1 month ago

    You made a lot of good points, many of which I agree with, but I just disagree with you conclusion at the end of the earlier post that a lightweight carbon board “will not make you noticeably faster”. As much as I didn’t want to admit it (because my motto has always been “fast and light is for pussies” :)), for me it absolutely does.

    As far as…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Lightest Softboot Splitboard Set-up on the Planet!‏ in the forum Splitboards 4 years, 1 month ago

    OK… I have never been accused of being a weight weenie :):

    My main concern has always been downhill performance. I wasn’t willing to sacrifice weight to gain a climbing advantage if there was any perceptible impact on my downhill fun quotient. And I don’t baby my board… and it gets abused a lot with late spring/early summer missions. So,…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Shasta or Lassen beta. in the forum California 4 years, 5 months ago

    Played out. 🙂

    Pic from a couple weeks ago, after the first big storm. Good coverage all the way to the car, super fat up high, just enough down low.

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    jimw started the topic Mt Hood, Cooper Spur/NE face, 7/6/2016 in the forum Trip Reports 4 years, 8 months ago

    Haven’t posted a TR over here in a while, doesn’t seem like there’s much traffic over here these days. Haven’t actually written up a real jimw-style TR in a while either… but I just did. Epic day on an epic line that’s been on my mind for years. .

    Couple pics:

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    jimw replied to the topic Reverse sidecut/taper in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 5 years ago

    Yeah, that’s confusing. Just use a different term than one that’s already well understood to mean something else FFS!!

    Anyway, about the Fish… never heard of one that had 40mm, but maybe they did. That is a shitload of taper. I had a Fish from one of the first years and it was 30mm. I split it and the very first run I took it on was this…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Fitwell Backcountry 295 for Afterburner M in the forum The Gear Room 5 years, 10 months ago

    Maybe, I guess I’d say try it with your stance and see. I just got that same board, and found that the split version measures narrowed than the specs in all width dimensions (nose/waist/tail) by a couple mm, so it’s probably right on the borderline. With that size boot every mm makes a difference.

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    jimw replied to the topic Fitwell Backcountry 295 for Afterburner M in the forum The Gear Room 5 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks for that info, I just thought about the heel cup after I posted that and was wondering if it was different. Anyway FWIW I’ve ridden with my 295 Fitwells in a size M Afterburner (and M heel cup) without the heel cup being positioned all the way back, and the boot seemed well centered on the baseplate. Also, the heel of the Fitwell is…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Fitwell Backcountry 295 for Afterburner M in the forum The Gear Room 5 years, 10 months ago

    The size M and L baseplates are the same length, only the width is different. The Fitwells aren’t super wide compared to most regular boots, so your M Afterburners should be fine. Dimensional specs here:
    http://sparkrandd.com/core/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/SMLBaseplateSizingAB.pdf

    You might need a wide board depending on your stance and the…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Rossignol splitboards in the forum Splitboards 5 years, 10 months ago

    Oh man, that’s funny… sorta. 🙂 You would think having Xavier’s pro model they would have a clue about this. I assumed it was just a manufacturing defect but maybe it was actually intentional?? Weird.

    Anyway, thanks for all the help working this out! I still need to send it back in, just spoke to someone there about that and will be sending…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Rossignol splitboards in the forum Splitboards 5 years, 10 months ago

    I just ran into the same issue! Ordered a 159 from mountaingear on insane closeout price, mounted up all the hardware and was like “wait a minute, something isn’t right here…” It would probably be OK with older bindings using the regular Voile climbing wires, but with the Tesla system bindings they require a precise position of the heel rest…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Rossignol splitboards in the forum Splitboards 5 years, 10 months ago

    I just ran into the same issue! Ordered a 159 from mountaingear on insane closeout price, mounted up all the hardware and was like “wait a minute, something isn’t right here…” It would probably be OK with anything except the Tesla system bindings, because those require a precise position of the heel rest to match up with the climbing wires…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Tioga and Sonora Passes in the forum California 5 years, 11 months ago

    Saddlebag Road is open! Just posted some info on TGR:
    http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/283577-Eastern-Sierra-BC-2014-15?p=4484669#post4484669

    Coverage is OK, but not great. Lots of chutes that normally go, don’t. Or they look way spicier than normal. Stuff up high is still transitional.

    120 is supposed to open all the way…[Read more]

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    jimw replied to the topic Rider down – news reports Liz Daley killed in avalanche in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 6 years, 6 months ago

    ^^^ well-done article.

    Here’s an interview with her on the Karakoram site:
    http://www.splitboardbindings.com/ambassadors/liz-daley/

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    jimw replied to the topic Rider down – news reports Liz Daley killed in avalanche in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 6 years, 6 months ago

    WTFing F?!? Got on sb.com for the first time in months to find this… Don’t know what to say. So terrible. 😥 Her TR’s were always so inspiring and it really seemed like she was living life. RIP.

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