Member Unruly Baker

Whoa, checking in after a long hiatus. Been in a self induced child rearing coma for 4 years. Suppose I should get out there and see all this snow this year. Looking good out there brosephs…

Nice write up! it’s good to hear others suffer similar slumps. For me, the winter of 12/13 is off to a sluggish start as well. But it’s mostly due to some new priorities, got married, had a kiddo, and work is busy. All good problems to have, but it is at the expense of days on the splitter.

While this season may not work out for me getting in…[Read more]

@idtmcp542 wrote:

Would love to consider Chimera as a new split, especially the Mace and Unicorn Chaser, however with size 13 boots, I need something wider than 256mm waist. Love to see a split-specific company, especially with the outstanding customer service, which is a big selling point for me, but make some wide models! Hopefully as the company…

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Yeah, bought the Sceptre without riding one, I was torn between the Mace and the Sceptre, but decided the Mace was too much like my NS Titan.

Alister stiffened up my first Sceptre a little, And he took the rebuild a little stiffer than that. I think I’ll really like it. I really liked the first one, but a little more stiffness will be…[Read more]

@aksltxlt wrote:

Fart!

Well played sir!

OK, again I have been sucked into this… can’t resist so here we go…

[sweetblog] I read these posts because I’m shortly going to be in the market for some new split gear, binders are on my list. I’m getting beyond frustrated because every time someone posts anything remotely negative about the Karakorum…[Read more]

Not just an IE problem, it’s been crashing on my iPad, iPhone and chrome on my work PC as well.

@BGnight wrote:

Sparks took 5x longer to dial in their bindings and they didn’t have to invent an interface (and they still are an inferior ride!) I trust the guys with the schooling, knowledge of material science, who gave up high paying jobs to pursue their passion, as well as being super ripping riders over anyone else out there to take us into…

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@wasatch surf wrote:

this shit hits close to home even when it’s someone you’ve only meet online and in passing on the skin track
it’s been said before at least for the intermountain west- it’s the year of the dragon, don’t wake it.

positive thoughts go out to his friends and family

^^^This x2.

As the old saying goes, there are old pilots and…[Read more]

Never mind….

I just sent a polite email basically asking them if they just went batshit. :scratch:

Then I pointed out that if they were serious about generating summer revenue they’d take the money they planned to spend on the roller coaster and pay some experts to build a mountain bike park in the Big Emma area. If they did it right it would be easy to beat…[Read more]

My turn I guess, sorry, a bit long winded… Thanks Wasatch Surf for starting this. Super interesting reading everyone’s stories.

1980 – started skiing at the age of 3. My family lived on the front range in CO (Greeley, or Greasy Greeley as I call it). My Dad worked construction in the mountains building all the fancy 2nd and 3rd and 4th and…[Read more]

@Snurfer wrote:

Slightly different take…
I agree with bits and pieces of what has already been said, but I’ve got to tell you if there were a practical way to put water, shovel, probe, extra layer, etc. on the board and off my back I would welcome a heavier setup under foot. The pack on my back is where I want to see weight dropped.
Personally s…

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See this:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9261&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Pay special attention to the post by Zak on page 2. The hardboot set-up will get you near the AT guys for the up’s. I have both set-ups (hardboot with Dynafit toes and Spark Fuses with LT pins and Driver X’s) and use them for different tours on different boards and mix and match throughout the…[Read more]

@Zee wrote:

Dreaded quality fade hits BD.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1776

“One of the problems facing China is that manufacturers continue to engage in a practice I call “quality fade.” This is the deliberate and secret habit of widening profit margins through a reduction in the quality of materials. Importers…

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@Stagger Lee wrote:

I just ordered a pair. I figured “what the hell”. I’ve spent 27 years abusing skate truck bushings with no real issues. I just replace them when they’re toasted. I’m guessing these bindings will be easier to service than a mountain bike but I could be wrong.

If anyone in SLC is curious and wants to have a look at them let me…

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Double post :disco:

@russman wrote:

Have you EVER tried to keep up with AT skiers on long, icy traverses? Dude….. They kick the CRAP out of us in those situations! And I assure you its not because they have a superior technique.

If gear is irrelevant, why don’t we all just use Ducktaped Surrels and go back to slider tracks?

The reason AT’ers clobber icy traverses…[Read more]

That’s pretty cool, but….
http://www.alta.com/pages/snowhistory.php

Plus 30″+ in the last 24….

I’m just sayin’…. I don’t think I’ll make it… :thumpsup:

UB

I was bouncing some ideas and sending CAD concepts to Will a while back before he proto’d the Sir Swivels.

But now that this came out:

http://www.bomberonline.com/store/bindings/td3_SW.cfm

It was basically exactly what I was going for. Now if Bomber would make a split specific version.

UB