Member Taylor

Ha!

Yes, let’s hear it.

The Key boot looks sweet. I’d be stoked to read a real review.

Maybe, as in the olden days, this will compel a soft boot binding industry douche to weigh in and, without disclosing the conflict that he works for a soft boot binding company, he can douche rag on AT boots and split tech generally.

Nice to see your hard bottom, soft top idea come to fruition, Scooby. It looks elegant and functional.

Oh yes, this is rich–a blizzard of restraining orders. This thread deserves both articles be pasted in full.

Judge bans man from contact with others

By Erin McIntyre on Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Subhead
Rejected mayoral hopeful accused of vandalism, stalking

A judge granted a permanent restraining order barring a rejected mayoral candidate…[Read more]

So sweet – I think this boot marks an important point in the evolution of splitboarding equipment.

It looks fantastic–light, minimalist and engineered for the flex requirements of snowboarding. I too have been on Phantom for several years now, and because their culture of quality is second to none, I expect any product that they release to…[Read more]

Thanks for posting @raphael.

And, wow – that’s a big, clean break. I too wonder how many other boots have broken like that.

I used to be able to figure it out, then tried last week and failed.

2020 update: Addition of Phantom Link Levers: http://splitboard.com/talk/topic/scarpa-alien-with-phantom-link-lever/

Boots are holding up nicely after several years.

See also photos and write up here: http://splitboard.com/talk/topic/scarpa-alien-with-phantom-link-lever/

I would be very interested to see a photo of the break point, recognizing that posting photos on here is a bit difficult.

I like the look of these new Voiles too. Nice and simple.

Nice and simple. I like.

Mtnsurfr –

I second Scooby’s advice — spot on, as usual.

I’m your same height and weight. Very few production boards fit us. I’ve been dealing with this problem ever since I filled in in my mid-20s, 20 years ago, when I went back to riding freeriding boards after years on race boards.

Going custom is good advice. Instead of trying to fit…[Read more]

@earnyourturn This is incredible–the trip, and to have filmed it. Thanks for that.

A saint and a visionary for having stockpiled the Gen 1s.

Another outlier at 6’4″ and 225 lbs and a penchant for fast, larger radius turns. My resort quiver ranges from 162 to 195. My split quiver ranges from 173 – 190. Length is important, but there are many other factors that affect how a shape rides too.

As a very general rule, I won’t go below 170 or so, depending on the shape, because for the…[Read more]