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I have a pair of ultra rare Nidecker Race Carbon bindings, I would sell them if the price was right

keepTheSport wrote:Well Abrax, a very kind reply.

I did not realise that the hardbooters were a bit older(on average) [...]

Its hazy, but if I remember correctly, a poll on bomberonline found the average age of hardbooter in the US was 50 years old.

Welcome to the reality of buying hardboots... it might be impossible for you to the try them on before buying. All of the boots I bought were a shot in the dark. You have to measure your foot in centimeters and then decided what mondopoint (MP) boot to buy. But it's never that simple. For example, b...

I also want to give a big thank you to Abrax and the other PCS organizers. It was incredible meeting so many different people, and I dont only mean different riding style, equipment and alpine experience, but people from different backgrounds, different outlooks... plus the opportunity to test the n...

Then it is painted several times (here 10x) with clear varnish. Before the next layer of paint each previous is polished. That is why, the final product shines. Ps. Please correct me if I'm wrong That's exactly it, thank you mirek for clearing it up. Just a quick clarification, only three coats wer...

i dont understand one thing.... did you repainted the board with the red coluour or just a transparent one? and if you used the red, what about the "swoard" label? how didn't you cover it with the red colour? As you see in the pictures, we didnt repaint the board at all. Thats why I consider this a...

Hey starikashka, turns out three hours total. Including packaging

starikashka wrote:impressive, how many manhours were spent on that?

"Officially", about three hours. With drying time factored in, more like 50 hours. However, I dont know if this figure includes prep work.

Thank you everyone for the comments, I really appreciate them, however your admiration and awe should go to the wood/snowboard/ninja/paint master who's identity is still a secret, I think only Arnaud and some of the people who were at our PCS know who he is. When he is ready to reveal his identity, ...

The secret furniture maker demanded PERFECTION. It required some repainting. Polishing. Repainting. Polishing again. And finally, we had the finished product. Besides completely smoothing out the topsheet, there are probably 10 layers of gloss. We decided on a custom stripe on top of the board, of c...

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It was late 2011. I was posting on our polish snowboard forum. Suddenly there was shining light. A beacon of hope. One of the members said "I am a furniture maker and I have a Swoard". I immediately emailed him and asked if he could fix my Swoard. He said no problem. Not only that, he was refinishin...

This is a story of how an old ugly SWOARD turned into a young prince... or princess. Hmmm.. depends if you think your board is a boy or a girl. I guess I consider my snowboards to be guys. Anyway... I have a 1st generation Swoard 175m #00057. Supposedly the best of the best material-wise. Great boar...

Quite honestly I'd first learn on how to carve on an alpine board before literally diving into trying extremecarving. The technique used for extremecarving is very specific and in my opinion has a narrow field of usage. In addition, it may cause you to learn a number of bad habits as a beginner, suc...