Rubicon Peak -A Trip Report

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Yes , I agree with the sinking of the narrow tail of the Slingshots on climbing in steep soft snow , especially if breaking trail . Not as much of an...

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Here is a picture of me locked in for descent. You can get an idea of the stack height above the board and the way the telemark lever attached to a Line...

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One thing I have found is that the front toe piece does tend to loosen on heavy climbing , sidehilling etc. You have two screws that are supporting the...

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Yes 105mm,. It is real cool that you can put them on in front of your binding without getting out of the binding . I strapped them on as I began to...

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You will notice that my son's long skis float right on top of the snow and ride much higher and faster then my Rockered Condors which on these moderately...

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Here are some short videos of us descending in the moderately angled soft slushy snow.
First me on my Rockered Condors


And...

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Here are some pics.

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Yesterday my son and I did a great backcountry trip up a classic peak in Tahoe called Rubicon Peak . Neither of us had done this peak before. My son planned...

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Yes HDPE plastic. I've used it before for other projects and it seems to hold drilled binding screws well....

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Remounted Dynafit toe piece on longer plastic block allowing easy adjustment and tightening of M8 screws into receiver in Receptor binding.
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Here are pics of the improvements

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Hi Bert , Out on a long tour today on the binding and there are some additional improvements I am working on , There is a lot of twisting motion on the...

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Here is a shopping list and links for the Receptor touring modification . All easily purchased and used with your Receptor binding and skiboard with no...

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Here is a report testing the binding in the backcountry :
https://forums.skiboardsonline.com/f.../skiboarding/b...

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Here is a photo of heel elevator installed.

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The heel elevator that comes bundled with the Voile spring tension cable for 30 dollars( 60 dollars for the pair you will need) and the 58 mm climbing...

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One of the cool things about using the Receptor as a basis for touring modifications is that you preserve the wonderful flex of the RVL8 boards. Nowhere...

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Here is a picture of me touring on the binding today

20210105_104240 by Jack Jue Jr, on Flickr
Ok , let's talk design and how this...

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Ok out testing the binding today at the resort and side country . Uphill and downhill the binding is fantastic . Uphill you are going on a free pivot...

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Here is my latest backcountry modification of the Receptor binding. More info to come.

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