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@OB I ski on my feet mostly but I quit using gloves in 1986 when I skied with a guy from Clemson who did not where gloves so I gave it a try. Calusus build quickly and I work with my hands so they are pretty tough. I don't go run 3 sets a day either.....

Size Large 12D with 46 (euro) liner. The Intuition Liners are XL 11,12

Figured someone here might want these: Quantum/Reflex shell. The silver liner is Quantum slightly different than Reflex but might just be the color and logo. Comes with original liner, Fluid Motion/Intuition Splash liner, and Intuition low cut liner on Ski-it-again UNUSED never been in the water for 150.00 delivered. They are a size large Boot says 12 D Liners say 46 (euro) http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&category=Bindings&postid=25359

There was a handle made by ARS back in 2000 (acquired by HO?) that was triangle like that. It was my favorite handle as I don't use gloves. I could loop the turn with 2 fingers like there was VELCRO...but I loaned it out one day a summer when I was not skiing much and never saw it again. I would not use the handle above with hard ends as I really like my skis the way they look with out to many scars and the new composite skis are so subject to failing if the composite structure is damaged by such an item. My.02$

Plates: I found a .125 7000 series aluminum front plate is really nice. It adds only a little stiffness in a small area that helps with an added blast of acceleration. I am currently using a .125 7000 aluminum back plate also but it took some time to get used to. I was running a .90 Wiley fits all plate but it buckled under the pressure and the rear Silvretta 500 would not release. I am work with a new machine shop on my titanium sk8 mounts and hope to make both front and back G10 and 7000 series aluminum plates. Would love to do .100 6-4 titanium but the $$$ per plate would be around $500+ before machining, stainless would be nice to try also. The properties of the different metals is wild. The titanium works like a shock absorber allowing flex but hates to be distorted so its spring back return is lightning fast where as 7000 aluminum will flex and return as the ski does, stainless is not forgiving and is just plain stiff so it would be fun to have some elite skiers test them all but would bet the titanium to be the choice when all was said and done...

I found a .125 7000 series aluminum front plate is really nice. It adds only a little stiffness in a small area that helps with an added blast of acceleration. I am currently using a .125 7000 aluminum back plate also but it took some time to get used to. I was running a .90 Wiley fits all plate but it buckled under the pressure and the rear Silvretta 500 would not release. I am work with a new machine shop on my titanium sk8 mounts and hope to make both front and back G10 and 7000 series aluminum plates. Would love to do .100 6-4 titanium but the $$$ per plate would be around $500+ before machining, stainless would be nice to try also. The properties of the different metals is wild. The titanium works like a shock absorber allowing flex but hates to be distorted so its spring back return is lightning fast where as 7000 aluminum will flex and return as the ski does, stainless is not forgiving and is just plain stiff so it would be fun to have some elite skiers test them all but would bet the titanium to be the choice when all was said and done...

@dstone124 The boots I make for slalom or trick are sport specific and only similar in looks to the sk8 boots. In talking with a few "elite" skiers they want next to nothing between the bottom of the foot and the foot bed. In the custom you have only a thin synthetic suede (similar to what your ski gloves are made of) laminated to the composite shell. So, there is no slip no give and they are of your anatomy so no need to tighten them until your foot goes numb. I barely tighten the front boot and ratchet the top strap just tight enough to give a "stopping point" where it begins to puts pressure on the front of the ski. The heat moldable liners "pack out" leaving hard and soft spots which do not transfer into the ski as a custom does. One of the great thing about the custom is that there is no liner, slip on, slip off, no soggy liner and direct connection to the bottom of the boot. In the production world, if I get brought on by a major manufacturer, I would like to come up with an "off the shelf boot" and "customs". Customs are the key though as everyone has a little pronation or supination (knock need or bow leg) to their anatomy. I have never seen an ankle that is at a 90 to the ski "straight up and down" like a hard shell and if you look at your feet standing is slalom position you will see where this comes in to play. Thanks for you input. Everything is much appreciated and taken into consideration. Great input is what makes great products or great products better.....

middle liner looks smaller but it is just sitting back some. lower cuff....

@davemac the pic was of the right ff I already sold. I was going to cut down the left to make a back boot. It is a large. NEVER USED....

@TUP Quantum and Reflex use the same shell. The liner is slightly different but might just be the color and logo. I have a LFF Quantum with original liner, Fluid Motion Splash liner, and Splash low cut liner on Ski-it-again UNUSED never been in the water for 150.00 delivered. That is below the cost of the new boot and factory liner... http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&category=Bindings&postid=25359

@gator1 @Horton @MattP We/BOS should at least do a poll or something so we can get some kind of numbers crunched of who got hurt, what happened, and on what so there is a base line for work to help ballers reduce the chance of injury. I study them all and some bindings on the market are just plain wrong when it comes to safety and reducing the chance of injury. Input please.

2014 SN200 is at $69K w/o options also...........

@ALPJr sent it to my friend Pat Wentland he is looking for a boat up in MA

pix

or was that supposed to be free is goode blah haha.... anyhow they are nice. I will shoot some pix

@Sully I got a whole box of different buckles and straps from the top buckle maker in Italy. What are you looking for. (how many) some are right and left foot specific so rff or lff? They are nothing like the Goode though but free is better than goode anyday right? LOL

take wing off.

@E_T that has been discussed above by BraceMaker They are not good cast to make sporting goods because they can not capture the essence of the sport specific molding need to make a proper cast. It may be something to look into as they are getting better all the time. There is lots of comments but BraceMaker said it like this: Scanning/shape acquisition is one step in the process, you can also digitize a physical impression in several ways including mechanical - probe digitizers and via laser scan - scanning a homogenous surface such as a plaster cast is more accurate than a foot - also and I feel like this is the problem that the company you are mentioning has - if you have a foot and scan the surface you are not loading/controlling the surface. I'd imagine when you do your bivalve cast you reinforce areas of the impression and physically correct or align the footplate, perhaps using something like memory foam in a plastic bag for plantar contours, perhaps on top of a casting platform that duplicates the heel over toe height of the skate blade holders. And you likely take the impression with consideration to knee angles, and possibly you consider the nature of the sport in terms of how much time is spent skating flat vs. turning and the directionality of the ice rink. When you scan a physical foot all those alignments are very difficult to duplicate. If you have plaster you can load areas of the foot/leg that you plan on bearing forces, and you can provide loading on the plaster - deforming the soft tissues in a way that a scan does not.

@BraceMaker been there done that threw it all in the trash and started from scratch....WE need to be gainfully self employed making these.....

@BraceMaker you are DEAD ON EVERYTHING~!

@wish with customs they are the shape of the foot so you have to have the hoop adjustable that is why I designed the plates to accommodate right or left foot forward and completely adjustable to any foot. "ALL FEET ARE DIFFERENT": I've done thousands of cast and never seen the same foot 2x so that toe peice need to adjust to each individual foot. In stock boots your big toe does not go to the end of the boot but slightly to the side. When I put on a stock HS boot my pressure is not down the exact center but ever so slightly to the right (right foot forward). Reflex/Quantum hardshells are boot that were originally designed for entry level ice blades and rollers in the Nederlands where people skate on canals and paths that run along side them. They have a 10mm rise front to back. @MattP yes bondo or an epoxy putty will work wonders and also allow it up the sides a ways to hold in place (per KLP) I use the epoxy putty from POR15 it is a little stronger and gives you plenty of time to work with. I am not using it on my front set up this season but the red pair had putty front and back. I am using it to bump up my rear heal for better knee alignment and it helps center your weitht distribution/balance in the turn (per Schnitz via GOODE). This post is really getting me excited about making ski boots. This winter will be my last run at the Olympics I decided that last season and started scaling down the # of orders. I am getting really freed up for this winter and if we can get something going that would rock. I think AM,CP and company are still really interested as AM was training with KLP when he was on my boots and like what he saw transpire in Kris' skiing. @BraceMaker: there is a company out of the Nederlands that uses a laser scan to do their casts that then use plastic to build up a last somehow. May be the same thing. Major $$ and the casts are pathetic at best. They look like the foot but they have lots of RE-Work or returns with super poor fit. They give your money back if you don't like them and that is at least 30 may be 50% of the time per their distributors here in the states.

@BraceMaker my process the cast is smashed out, it will not come out when finished. I tried methods were you pull the foot out early but the boots never fit right. I do the Duplicasts (copy the cast) before making the boots for some skaters but they have to pay for that option. @ShaneH the offset is to get your foot and weight transfer down the middle of the ski. If you look at all the hardshells on the market most have your foot to the side but nobody realizes it.....Your big toe goes to one side or the other not down the middle of the foot.......

nullKLP's Frankenboot this is the "after" I will try to find the "before" pic @wish what is creepy about plaster feet, its not a foot morgue~!

Oh yeah I cast Russell's feet also and his son Ryan. I have the feet out there too....

@lpskier that was me. KLP skied a boot of mine for years...1999-2002?. I did 3 casts in WPB. Anna Gay, KLP and his wife. The green boot above was one I built for Anna Gay to trick on but her foot grew too fast. I have KLP and Leachman's feet in the garage still and Kris' original boot that did not fit anymore after he had corrective ankle surgery to fix a huge pronation issue. I had to develop the plate system that cost so much time and $$ that I kept the plates for myself. I axed the project until now. Russell Gay traded me some ropes and handles for the boot set up. No one else mentioned above care to spend anything for the cause... Just saying.....