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Things are getting serious for the shred. Monday we dropped in to Stevens Pass to get the gear checked out and tweak/adjust. Im old school about gear, I dont give two shakes what a binding diagnostic is, or what my stance means numerically…which means for brand new gear, its takes 2 or 3 runs to get the perfect angle, flex and reaction to and from my gear. The Custom X this year is a beast, absolutely lightning fast, mega responsive and like its predecessors, unstoppable. Im excited to drop big turns in the backcountry and I think its the ultimate setup for the AK trip. I have the CO2 EST bindings mounted this year and initially I wasnt impressed…initially being defined as pre-ride. Turns out I made the perfect board/binding pairing again, as these two compliment each others’ almost sinister response time. The binding mount plate is on the outside frame of the binding itself this year, something that bothered me until I rode it. Its a snap to adjust and it allows you to feel the board under your feet all the more, for a deck as monstrous as this one, that means alot. This board turns on less than a dime, it feels you before you do almost. My second run of the season I paced two skiers for half a mile, playing with my edges, and watching them try to smoke me out just off of Skyline. These guys were hauling ass and doubly so as I would check an edge to produce that grim noise that only a big edge can make on snow in relatively high speeds; the interesting thing about this story is this though: I decided to smoke these guys, there was alot of gas left in the board and I knew these two wouldnt let me pass them if they could help it so what better way to test the dynamic of all the new gear? It seemed like before I even floored it and had the board flat-lined downhill I was already there and these two guys were not even halfway down yet. I was totally taken aback by not just the evil speed, but how smooth it handled a chewed up groom, and just destroyed everything in its path. A trail of smoldering rubble in its black wake, taking whatever it wanted on its way down. I get to ride alot of good decks with all the trimmings; this is easily one of the best ones yet! This coming from the guy who has a 2k8 Vapor on his wall as art. Get this board, dominate the mountain.
So heres’ the plan: Thursday night up at the Lower Lot I am having a Thanksgiving Bonfire/Boozeup as the first Mayoral Session of the 2k10 Season. Once anchor is dropped, Im not moving til Sunday morning. I have a super secret mega-guest coming up to join the fray, he will be in his own rig and this is his first trip like this to date. Come up and say hi, bring a log for the fire and some ’shine for our mugs. No night-ski til Dec. 11, which means fires’ by 5 nightly.
This is your Call to Arms, Henchmen. I expect to see you there. Dont forget: super secret guest. You will know him if you motorhome around these parts, he is mega.