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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Thank you - I feel educated, and ready to take to the slopes!
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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nose and tail presses- pretty basic freestyle trick, made even simpler by a reverse camber (or rockered) board, especially a soft one.
butter - another ground trick, an edge to edge transition from regular to switch riding. Looks pretty cool when dialled, and fairly functional too if you're running out of piste. Boards which are pressy/buttery tend to be either flat rocker or reverse camber, and usually quite soft to make the above- and advanced versions of the above easier. They are typically slow boards which don't make great boards from dropping down pistes- the ride can be a bit 'squirrelly'. Think Topper- dead downwind in a F6 on the sea... suddenly all that flex they are so famed for stops 'absorbing inaccurate steering' as an amazing beach boat should and becomes a f*cking liability that'll see you in the pss!
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maxibuddah ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Mar 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1760 |
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Thank god for that, I thought you were giving d-ones away there. Well if any of the other larger people need another one I have one too that that could purchase (not swap unless there is something good on offer) |
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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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I used to learn Judo, so I know what you mean - but super pressy/buttery?
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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all sports have it- try learning Martial Arts, it has a deeply traditional approach to language and cultural customs.
FWIW - there are two principals technologies for mounting bindings on a snowboard (excluding split boards and alpine boards which are very specialised). The industry standard is the 4 hole mount- it's been standardised to make things easier for consumers, promotes competition etc. The there's the new Burton tech (EST) which has been around about 5 years now and is beginning to be licensed to other board manufacturers. Standardisation is great.... now take a look a the chain plates and clevice pins around your dinghy park... wtf is that all about? Edited by kneewrecker - 10 Oct 14 at 11:03am |
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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And people think sailing is made less accessible with mumbo jumbo - at least we have the excuse of history! |
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KeithF ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
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Yes there was. Rich wanted a D-1 and I needed something to sail short term. It hasn't quite worked out that way for me, however, as the depressed nature of the Phantom market has encouraged a couple of larger Laser sailors at the club to defect. |
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Keith - Finn GBR63
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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Hi Steve,
It's a Burton Hate 157 (2013/14 limited release edition) and a Burton Superhero 156 (NUG reduced, 2013/14) The Superhero is a lovely all-mountain freestyle board- highly recommended; the Hate is too soft and for park rats... avoid, unless of course you want something super pressy / buttery for a dome/jib park. Both are Channel Set EST binding systems, so unless you've got, or want to get, Burton ESTs, they're not massively compatible with other standard 4 hole bindings out there, and conversion plates suck imho. Let me know if you want piccies.... Jimbo
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Stevie_GTI ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 21 Oct 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 134 |
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without going too far off topic, which boards have you got?
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rodney ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Feb 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 915 |
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I didn't know that it was possible for Contender sailors to be lawyers? |
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Rodney Cobb
Suntouched Sailboats Limited http://www.suntouched.co.uk [EMAIL=rodney@suntouched.co.uk">rodney@suntouched.co.uk |
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