Member Scooby2

I’d see if you get a boot to feel good with wide feet before buying anything else.

the different thing about these Trab toe pieces is that they have a lot more tension in unlocked mode so, as I understand, you are supposed to be able to tour with them in the unlocked position “most of the time” without just walking out of them. My presumption is that if you took a small ride on ascent you might not shred a knee as compared to…[Read more]

I think the design issue is boot mfgs try to design a boot that won’t become too soft too quickly. The sides and stiff back spine of the outer boot and liner contribute to forward lean resistance when laced up snug. You could easily cut a wedge into the back of a boot like an intuition pro tour liner has and stitch and glue some neoprene or…[Read more]

Hey mtnsurfr,

It is true that there are few regularly manufactured boards for heavier riders who want a fast stable board for riding resorts. So you probably wont find anything different for $500ish. The Rossignol XV might be the most affordable mass produced board that has a nose that might not flutter and fold in the wind, but I’m only…[Read more]

Ha, yeah, I’m not sure motorsports ever gave up on the 80s

Hmm, are snowmobile boots flexy enough, never tried on a pair. not entirely cheap. They don’t have the agro forward lean at least.

https://www.revzilla.com/snow/fxr-x-cross-pro-speed-boots

https://www.cabelas.ca/product/77681/fxr-x-cross-boot-ii

looks like the Spark adapters would work, maybe the Trabs are 30 x 27 and the Spark plate has a 30 x 26.5mm pattern among all the patterns it takes. nice, that’ll be way easier than drill tapping and cutting. I’d probably be off a half mm in every direction anyway, lol.

Hey Snurfer,
I haven’t put them on yet. For my current board that I’m still in love with, I was just going to make an adapter to voile pattern out of some aluminum stock that I have. It is all paulownia wood so screws are not the best idea. Next board, if I finish one for myself this winter, will just have some dense wood in the binding area…[Read more]

SOLD, thank you Powder Rider

Got it. when you start it up it should show what firmware or software version it ti running. If you are a few versions behind it can be updated. If you want to update it you can mail it to their nearest service place.

Hey TLN,
I don’t think you need to worry about a new modern beacon becoming less functional over time. When you meet up to tour with someone or find someone locally to run beacon drills with, you will be assured that it is functional. (I once trained beacon basics to friends in the sand in Hawaii when I lived there for a short bit.) You test…[Read more]

Hey lernr, one access to perhaps my favorite line in the Wasatch requires about 500 vertical feet of low to mid 40 degrees where the ridgeline has twists and puts you into the face essentially. (If you hike right on the (rounded) ridge, a slide would put you into timber in a fatal way and/or over cliffs in an also fatal way.) If I like the…[Read more]

I have a front foot angle way beyond 30 degrees ruling out a phantom set up, so for my hard boot adventures I picked up a set of the Splitboard powers from France. 275 grams, well designed and beautifully machined/finished. Price was upper 300s.

Splitboard Hardboot SPX 275 binding

I dig the Spark stuff, have a new pair of arc…[Read more]

Two of my buddies have an Amplid in their quivers. I think most would agree it is the more snappy and least damp and the lightest.

Like Snurfer I am also a bit of an outlier, but it might give you context over 6-10cm more. I’m 6’1″, 185-195, size 11, ride pretty fast and always take a 187 x 27.5 but I go on “good to perfect” days in the Wasatch generally. It is too much for a sticky warm pow day in late spring and in the brush.

I ride resorts now with kids sometimes so…[Read more]

You can see that they are using one of the existing molds for one of their all plastic carving boots for the lower part of this boot. It would be interesting to see what the weight of the lower would be if they used grilamid or pebax. I suspect it would still be pretty heavy since the super light AT boots are so thin and really engineered to…[Read more]

I second the suggestion for high traction skins like Voile, Climbing skin direct, G3 high Traction etc. for starting out. Your skinning form wont be perfect and form will suffer as you build endurance (i.e. you’ll get happily trashed every tour 🙂

The other one of my 2 cents is that I’d pay no mind to whether a camber or rocker camber board…[Read more]

Ahhh, I might integrate some Voile strappage, good idea, easy to implement.