@montoya Active 7 years, 2 months agoActivityProfileFriends 0Groups 0ForumsMedia 0PersonalMentionsFavoritesFriendsGroups Show: — Everything —UpdatesrtMedia UpdatesFriendshipsNew GroupsGroup MembershipsGroup UpdatesTopicsRepliesPostsComments montoya replied to the topic Tesla/Magento system issues in the forum Spark R&D 7 years, 2 months agoMy mates in Japan has this very same problem last year, check out the thread that I started here about it:http://splitboard.com/talk/topic/malfunctionpins-falling-out-of-tesla-bindings/After reading your report, I’m a bit disappointed that this problem is still occurring. The press-fit design is not very robust from a structural standpoint and…[Read more] montoya replied to the topic Malfunction/Pins falling out of Tesla-bindings in the forum Bindings 8 years, 2 months agoandbrown, my friend had to bash in the pin pretty hard. Not sure how much it will continue to move as a result — not something he wants to find out, so he will probably switch back to his LT-pin system bindings for now.Their customer service is polite. But I have asked a bunch of questions about what caused this malfunction and how to prevent…[Read more] montoya replied to the topic Malfunction/Pins falling out of Tesla-bindings in the forum Bindings 8 years, 2 months agoJust an update for anyone following this thread, I was with the original friend who experienced the lost pin (right binding). Today we hiked 700 meters to the top of a chute here in Japan and when he transitioned from skin to ride mode, the inside pin on his left binding was protruding enough so that he couldn’t lock the toe-ramp down, like…[Read more] montoya replied to the topic Malfunction/Pins falling out of Tesla-bindings in the forum Bindings 8 years, 3 months agopow_hnd, Spark got back to me and said they would send some replacement baseplates for my friends here.My opinion is this is a low-probability / high-risk situation. You might be ok for half the season, but should the pin fall out, you could be in a very exposed situation. What are you going to do if you have a +5 hour exit that you were…[Read more] montoya replied to the topic splitboarding / Japan in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 14 years, 6 months agoschralptowner, if you are set on coming over, let me know. I could probably hook you up with the right people for lines and lodging, at least in the Nagano/Hakuba area.If your DVD is not region-limited, probably the best bet is to contact small local stores directly, send a few demos and see if they’re interested in carrying stock.hey, if…[Read more] montoya replied to the topic splitboarding / Japan in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 14 years, 6 months agoThat animal is called a “kamoshika” in Japanese. In English it’s called a Japanese serow, looks like a cross between goat and deer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_SerowWe see them from time to time during the winter as they don’t hibernate. Usually are pretty tame, but as a friend found out they can get pretty ornery if you happen to corner one. montoya replied to the topic splitboarding / Japan in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 14 years, 6 months agoSanFrantastico yeah, we should have lots of trip-reports this year. We finally decided to ditch Tokyo and move full-time to the mountains. Another goal is to take our photography to the next level and put together a photo-album of backcountry in Japan. There are some amazing areas here, if you’re willing to put in the time hiking in. Hokkaido gets…[Read more] montoya replied to the topic For those about to Rock – a tribute to sb.com TRs in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agothanks, we have been showing it to a lot of people here in Japan.the snow is starting to fall here. sooo stoked. montoya replied to the topic For those about to Rock – a tribute to sb.com TRs in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agobcrider, what software did you use to make this?? montoya replied to the topic For those about to Rock – a tribute to sb.com TRs in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agothanks man, nice to see shots of Japan in there… my wife was yelling “hey that ‘s me, that’s me!”. montoya replied to the topic Cascade stoke in the forum Trip Reports 16 years, 6 months agothat was a great video! keep it coming montoya replied to the topic Modifications (Voile): pucks, skins, skin tail clip in the forum DIY and Mods 16 years, 6 months agoJogi, Just wondering, what size did you use for the colltex rubber clamps on the end? There are a bunch listed here: http://www.colltex.com/en/produkte/spanner.html montoya replied to the topic strap binding characteristics: aluminum vs plastic in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agoI’ve thought about tossing the slider plate gasket also (to get a stiffer interface). bcrider, why do you think it is more important for stiff/metal bindings? montoya replied to the topic Lifelinksplit gets biglines pic o the day! in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agooh man, what I’d give to be in that photo right now. still waiting for the snowpack to build up in Japan.I just got a new camera (Panasonic DMC-FZ5), this season hope I can come up with some good shots like this. montoya replied to the topic Modifications (Voile): pucks, skins, skin tail clip in the forum DIY and Mods 16 years, 6 months agoJogi, very nice work. I’m interested in this modification also. How did you fasten the “colltex†montoya replied to the topic test: speed up the forum by junking search indexing in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agoby the way, I can’t access portions of the website, such as http://www.splitboard.com/reviews http://www.splitboard.com/shop etc.getting timed out when I try to ping http://www.splitboard.com montoya replied to the topic test: speed up the forum by junking search indexing in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agoyep, works nice and fast from my end. looks like the search-mod worked. montoya replied to the topic test: speed up the forum by junking search indexing in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agotesting from tokyo…. montoya replied to the topic Avy photos wanted in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 6 months agoLots of good photos at http://wa.slf.ch/index.php?id=278Beni Zweifel (zweifel@slf.ch) is the contact if you want to re-use the photos there. montoya replied to the topic Gear Score! in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 16 years, 7 months agook for those interested here’s a re-post of the Shimano-stuff:Shimano Snow Technologies. It looks like the Accublade is the new line coming out this year (whereas Rapidfire is a bit older): http://snowtec.shimano.co.jp/publish/content/snowtech/sic/jp/index.html;jsessionid=83f3ffb2-6aad-4b40-8079-a5bf46c51437Backcountry-oriented store in Tokyo…[Read more] Load More