snowboard talk/BS

Dry the board off good overnight, or use a hairdryer to dry out the shots if your in a hurry. Make sure you scrape off all the little bits of base hanging around the shots. Buy a $1 stick of ptex. Apply till the shots are "mounded" in with the ptex, usually takes 3-4 applications before this point letting each layer dry as you melt it in the shots. Take your waxing iron after the ptex is dry and smooth out the ptex using the tip of your iron. Use your wax scraper to scape off the ptex that has been spread out with the iron. Wipe excess ptex off your iron, and wax your board. Enjoy.

Ptex might come out after a few days, so reapply as needed, making sure you scrape the little ptex gobs remaining out of the shots before applying fresh Ptex.

Gotta pay to play, core shots are a pretty common thing for me and I have perfected taking care of them Today was a good powder day on Teton Pass FWIW.

 

Dammmnnnnnn that's real beat.

This ^

And Teton pass was sick when I was there in January. Extremely jealous of you.

 

Thanks for the input, I ended up buying a new board because I was going to be up there for the next 2 days. But will repair this board and ride it Early/Late season.

Here's my new NS SL 158

 

you are going to love it!

here's my 153 SL

 

The wife got her sweepstakes board today!

 

Yesss!!

Here's my sl-r in my tacoma...

 

thats a good question... ive been thinking about making a board but i have no idea where to start. im definitely making a long board this summer/ maybe spring break though!

 

Wouldn't be easy to do , but if someone knew what they were. Doing they could make something sweet.

 

very nice!!

 

yea not real practical..

 

that would be sick for sure! i feel like it would be a good investment for you...the hardest part i think would be fine tuning the designing and getting down the process of making it though

 

just saw your other post..

have you looked into materials? Its definitely a lot more work than building your own skateboard deck or surfboard.

I'd suggest taking a tour of a snowboard factory if you're really serious about making boards. If you can do it, more power to ya. I'd love to see any info about it that you've found.

 

thats pretty sick dude. you must have a big garage with all these big tools youve got! haha

 

haha i feel ya dude...i wish mine was bigger...when i buy a house my garage is probably gonna be bigger than the house itself! haha

 

well someone i was snowboarding with on my birthday. broke his wrist in 3 places friday night. broke both bones. growth plate. and he is fucked. his bone was even coming thru the skin. he is really fucked for baseball he is in 10th and LSU is already looking at him for a full baseball scholarship.

 

compound fractures suck!!

 

fairly common for a snowboarder to break wrists, for skiers its knee injuries.

 

yeah. he was hitting some jump and trying a trick and landed off to the side. Brock his new skull candy headphones.

 

skull candy is overrated now I find, yeah their good headphones but you can get them at Walmart now. I rembember when the only place I could buy them was the local board shop

 

yeah. boss are really over rated tho! $300 for a set. skull candy he had was $100. i know they have a good pair for like $80. i found their ear buds to be the best for the money tho.