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Check the sidecut on those BX boards, compare it to the sidecuts the EC guys recommend (12-13m). I don't see sidecut specs published on the Virus site though. (I have boards with 10m and 13m sidecuts and I find EC-type turns to be a lot more fun on the 13m board. It was a post from Patrice on the Bo...

If the course has flat turns, as SL and GS courses usually do, hard boots have a big advantage. Soft boots and wide boards are very very rarely seen on the podium. But if the course has banked turns, as BX course normally do, then hard boots do not seem to have much advantage. There was a big BX rac...

I assume you mean the Intec step-in system? They make the boot-binding interface a bit stiffer but I don't think the difference is very big. I use Intecs and can do toe-side ex. carves with no trouble at all. My heelsides need some work but I'm pretty sure that is a matter of my technique, not my bo...

All of those were freeride boards. I have not yet broken an alpine board... I learned what things I shouldn't do with boards that I like. :-D Also, I mistyped something above: the CustomCraft people knew WHY the board broke, not when. Of course they knew when, I called them up and told them... But t...

I broke two boards by abusing them - one by doing 180 turns with all of my weight on the nose, grabbing the tail, the other by putting too much weight on the tail when landing jumps. I broke three boards from Aggression / Volant (the company changed names after I broke the second one), because the b...

I bought a set of UPZ boots for this season, just put the Intec heels on them last night, and will be getting moldable liners for them next week (the only problem with the stock liners is that they are not moldable). I have not taken them for a ride yet, but will report back when I do. My impression...