kusanagi
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Hi, probably I hit a rock and now there is a crack/crevice on the edge in the middle of the board( not at the nose nor the tail). But arent edges supposed to be ductile, so that even if I hit a rock, the edge should protrude out instead of cracking?
sth like this
http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/forum/file.php?1,file=1236,filename=Ski_damage_005.jpg,download=1
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My boots(deeluxe) have BOA lacing for the foot part and Quick pull system for the shinbone part.
The quick pull lace is wearing out, what can i do to reinforce it?
and what if the quick-pull lace or the BOA system cable broke, then i will need to send them to the manufacturer?
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Hi, probably I hit a rock and now there is a crack/crevice on the edge. But arent edges supposed to be ductile, so that even if I hit a rock, the edge should protrude out instead of cracking?
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Nope, no other adjustments. I don't really have any problems with my arches or anything, but I find the footbed holds my heel better in the boot, prevents heel lift and just gives a better fit generally.
I think if you don't get a good fit with an off the shelf footbed, then it's time to get something more bespoke moulded to your foot. I guess if you have flat feet it might be better to get a custom footbed?
My superfeet have lasted a LONG time, 5 or 6 seasons, 2 different pairs of boots, at least 300 odd days!
my feet do have arches when there isnt any pressure on them e.g. when i lift them up; but when i stand up the arches collapse. I have tried the green insoles for 15min in sb boots and I did not feel any pain nor pressure points, so i guess they do fit me?
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should i put the insoles in the liner and heat mold them together in an oven?
*deeluxe vicious boots
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and they are cork footbeds? how long does a pair of them last in general?
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Yeah just the standard green ones trimmed to fit inside my boot liner.
apart from reducing the size of the insoles, any other customization?
do they help fix pronation?
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Superfeet insoles (but I don't have flat feet).
Superfeet insoles (but I don't have flat feet).
Same here. The difference in support that a footbed gives over the standard manufacturer's insole is significant.
the green one? do you guys make any adjustments on it, e.g. making the arch shallower, to match the shape of your feet?
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for those who have flat feet, what kind of footbeds/insoles do you use?
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So even for the Burton ION/driverx, SLx, Imperial sized US7 i could feel heel lift.
How about the Salomon Synopse or the Deeluxe Vicious both sized US 6.5?
and boots of both the brands salomon and burton could not be heat molded?
and apart from Jimbocho are there big winter sports shop streets in the Tokyo area?
or like big flea markets in which they sell last yr's stuff?
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will the liquid react with the anti-fog coating?
And, there is some dust on the inner lens, how should I clean it?
Wipe it with a microfiber cloth? But that means dragging the coarse dust particles on the surface of the lens hence screwing it up......
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For instance you get out of a cable car or a gondola, the snow in a blizzard melts on your relatively-warm outer lens and re-freezes instantaneously, leaving a layer of frozen ice crystals on it and blocks your vision.
Another scenario would be on a chairlift. It is sleeting at the valley and the watery ice crystals deposit on to the outer lens. At the summit the temperature is below freezing and the sleet freezes and sticks firmly on the lens.
What would you do in such occasion?
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marriage with a local would be the only way to get it??
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Go Native, what makes you able to stay in Japan for longer than the visa period??
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so stellar dendrites is a kind of wet snow? why doesnt it form slush?
Not sure where you get that idea from?
As you can see on the following graph some dendrites can form at relatively mild temps close to freezing but the bulk of the dendrites that fall at Niseko are formed at temps between about -15 and -22 and a high supersaturation value. Under these conditions you often get the fernlike stellar dendrites forming and they are anything but wet! It's very light, flufffy and dry.
So it is supersaturated wet winds yet dry fluffy powder
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so stellar dendrites is a kind of wet snow? why doesnt it form slush?
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I am 70kg yet my feet are just size 7.5 and I have a pair of burton invaders.
the boots fit well in the size S cartel bindings.
However, the L size cartel ones are recommended for the cheetah board with 257mm waist radius .
would an s size binding have a detrimental effect on the performance?
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I think tree monsters could be formed on all types of trees, so it makes no difference whether they are conifers or birches.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/primer/primer.htm4
The water is said to be supercooled, meaning simply that it is cooled below the freezing point. As the clouds gets colder, however, the droplets do start to freeze. This begins happening around -10 C (14 F), but it's a gradual process and the droplets don't all freeze at once.
It is usually below -10C at Niseko so the water droplets in the Siberian wind automatically freeze into dendrites. Contrarily, the temperature at Zao is just above -10C so water droplets dont freeze. Instead they freeze and deposit instantaneously when it hits an object, that would be conifers. Correct me if I am wrong.
I just found out that Kutchan receives an annual snowfall of around 12meters, which makes it able to beat Valdez. And It has a population of ~15000, more than that of Valdez (~4000) .
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Even after the cold Siberian air passes through the Sea of Japan and gets saturated with water they barely rise above the freezing point(supersaturated)? Is that right as it seldom rains even on the low lying cities like Otaru and Kutchan. Am I right?
Why dont the conifers in Niseko form tree monsters (juhyo) as big as those found in Zao? And why the snow found in Zao isnt as powdrous as those in Niseko? Because its warmer at Zao?
Would strong winds inhibit the growth of fernlike crystals??
So based on such fact the snow found in western coast of Sakhalin island would be more or less the same as those found in Niseko? But I hv never heard of any ski resorts there
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Sapporo would be the snowiest city with a population of more than 1 million. No other major city even comes close.
I doubt very much that Niseko has anywhere near the driest snow though. Resorts just in central Hokkaido would have drier snow and resorts like in Utah and other arid regions of the US would definitely have drier.
It might not have the lowest water content but it does have a great combination of quantity and quality that few other resorts worldwide can match. The quality is more to do with the predominant type of snowflake that falls in Niseko rather than it being some extroadinarily dry snow. Due to the combination of altitude (low) and average temperature (cold but not really cold), Niseko predominantly gets flakes called fernlike stellar dendrites. These types of flakes (pictured below) are the ultimate flakes for producing blower powder. Because of their shape there's a very large surface area and as the flakes fall the fernlike fronds interlock with other flakes. That's why in Niseko you often get what appear to be huge flakes of snow coming down. They are actually conglomerates of smaller flakes all interlocked together. So if there isn't too much wind to deform the flakes this sort of snow settles very lightly with huge amounts of space and air within the fresh snow layer. This is what makes it so incredibly light and fluffy, the blower powder that Niseko is famous for. All hail the fernlike stella dendrite!!
I also believe this is why Niseko has what can only be described as an amazingly stable snowpack. Few other similarly snowy regions in the world have so few avalanches as the Niseko region (maybe few others are so flat?
). I believe it's because the interlocking flakes help to hold it all together.wow, impressive! What type of snow would be found in Utah and the lofty Alps?
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So the snowiest metropolis (1million+ population)on Earth would be Sapporo with an annual snowfall of approximately 600cm? No any other city in Europe or in North America has such high amount of snowfall?
And the best powder(lowest water content?) in the world would be at Niseko?
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I am gonna buy a fish or a cheetah for riding powder. Should I get stiff/responsive bindings, e.g. the Diode, or softer ones, e.g. the malavita, for them? Or sth in between like the Cartel?
I enjoy more speed and stability, and I am somewhere between an intermediate and an advanced.
and i need the EST bindings instead of the ReFlex ones, rite?
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Sorry, most of December, January and mid-February is cloudy and snowy during daylight hours.
A lens appropriate to those conditions is advised.
for instance which ones ar ethe best?
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Most of December, January and up to mid-February.
Close to clear / clear lenses great for night skiing.
how bout daytime?
Crack on board edge: manufacturing failure?(photo)
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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i'm sure that this is not a joint, as it hadn't been there until a week ago.
I do have two other "cracks", which i know they are joints, on each side at the tail tip.