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by Fin
Wednesday 2 November 2011, 19:11
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Plates... Naked truth :-) PART 2 (season 2011-2012)
Replies: 42
Views: 31784

Re: Plates... Naked truth :-)

Good stuff and good conversation. -----Fin, it's interesting to see that you are experiencing things similar to what we (the Swoard team) experienced in 2003 when we introduced our wide board Extremecarver Gen1 (while the market was focusing on narrow boards). We could not give our board to the peop...
by Fin
Wednesday 26 October 2011, 2:32
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Plates... Naked truth :-) PART 2 (season 2011-2012)
Replies: 42
Views: 31784

Re: Plates... Naked truth :-)

Excellent discussion on plates. Would like to join in but feel obligated to make a statement of full disclosure: I own and run Bomber Industries. I make and sell plates (Bomber "Boiler Plate") and thus am admittedly bias towards their use and function. But I am also an engineer and a user, so please...
by Fin
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 2:18
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: NEWBIE ALERT!!! Spring stiffness recommendations
Replies: 28
Views: 20670

Re: NEWBIE ALERT!!! Spring stiffness recommendations

We all certainly hope that Bomber Industries did in fact get a new batch of HSP boots Yes, we did. Or rather they are on the way. So that is why you see the update on the Head boots. leeeho730, Actually the new lower assembly (dubbed "BP Cants, BP Center Disk, etc") is a totally new assembly. It is...
by Fin
Thursday 13 October 2011, 19:14
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: NEWBIE ALERT!!! Spring stiffness recommendations
Replies: 28
Views: 20670

Re: NEWBIE ALERT!!! Spring stiffness recommendations

Ah, that does make more sense on talking about the Cant Disk and no the Base Plate. However, I would still not suggest maching down any part of the binding at this point. We have thousands of carvers out there running the standard system with no issues. I would suggest running the system as it is, t...
by Fin
Thursday 13 October 2011, 1:48
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: NEWBIE ALERT!!! Spring stiffness recommendations
Replies: 28
Views: 20670

Re: NEWBIE ALERT!!! Spring stiffness recommendations

Vizsyn, Just thought I would chime in and answer a few of your questions: I would like some recommendations/advice in regard to spring rates/stiffness recommendations Spring selection is a tough one until you try a set and then you can better move around from there. Couple of things to remember: do ...
by Fin
Wednesday 7 November 2007, 2:36
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: BTS-kit
Replies: 16
Views: 11033

What I use

Erik, Of course my official disclaimer is that we are all different and it just depends on what you want. We have huge, heavy guys who love the yellow (soft) and we have super light weight guys on the reds (hard). I would say style is more the determining factor. That said I run the yellow on the to...
by Fin
Saturday 18 September 2004, 3:48
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Zinal ECS '05: Who's coming? Write your name down!
Replies: 90
Views: 65901

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