Japanese Hige-G's Alpine homepage

[Fat Old Bastard]

Just something I found Googling Catek. This guy owns a Donek so he must be cool ! Some nice photos. :biggthump

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hige-g/yokonori/index.html

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hige-g/yokonori/gallary/frame.html

[RDY_2_Carve]

Best pic in the gallery?

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hige-g/yokonori/gallary/05asahikawa/burner4.jpg

[Pow]

the burners sure are popular there! :eek: strange... it looks like on the second board from the left, the front foot binding is standard, but the rear binding is step in:confused:

[Neil Gendzwill]

Why is that strange? Quite a few people do that.

[Kirk]

the burners sure are popular there! :eek: strange... it looks like on the second board from the left, the front foot binding is standard, but the rear binding is step in:confused:

Yeah, I've seen many do this.

[Dr D]

buy one set of each and outfit two boards. how often do you take your front foot out anyway? one less binding that might blow a heel on you.

[Kirk]

Yeah, but toe bails go out too.

Uh...I think we got off topic here :freak3:

Would LOVE to get my hands on one of those Hasco Burners though :biggthump

[jdgang]

Best pic in the gallery?

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hige-g/yokonori/gallary/05asahikawa/burner4.jpg


That first board has B bindings and is using 3 hole disks...How??

[Dave Pushee]

That first board has B bindings and is using 3 hole disks...How??

It looks like the bindings may be set up on cant plates. That board also looks to have a wider stance and front loaded.

[jdgang]

It looks like the bindings may be set up on cant plates. That board also looks to have a wider stance and front loaded.

dont have the round cant plates only the wedge kind...i am guessing they convert from 3 to 4 hole pattern

[Pow]

buy one set of each and outfit two boards. how often do you take your front foot out anyway? one less binding that might blow a heel on you.
now that i think about it, it does make a lot of sense. sorry for straying from the topic:o

[Derf]

It is the Burton adjustable cant that can be mounted on either 3 or 4 holes and you can mount 3 or 4 holes bindings on them.

[OffpisteHardboots]

What's interesting is the rear binding all seem to be at about the same place on the board (+/- a cm). But the front binding placement varies a bit a inch or two. One would think that the both bindings should move outward or inward depending on height or leg length. This is probably more related to riding style, some of which is more correct and some of which is less correct.

[Pow]

It may have to do with allowing more flex in the area around the split tail so as not to break it. If the bindings were mounted close to the split, it would make the area around the split much more rigid. Itd be better for the integrity of the tail to adjust the forward binding angle instead... just my theory, could be totally wrong:D

[ar(angel]

I'm speaking from personal experience :o .Trust me They "wheelie" like crazy and will spit you out into the trees toot-sweet. I have my board set-up more like the first one for that very reason. These boards "finish" turns differently than anything else I've ever ridden due to the split tail. Depending on how hard your driving out of the turn, they come around quickly at the end and have a "hook" effect. I rode a Oxygen LTD 2002 for a short stint a season or so ago and it had a similar feel due to the reverse taper. My Burners a 178, I don't ride it as aggressively as my Silberpfiel or Stealth, but it's still a blast to ride. I think I have a tendency to baby it because it took so long to find and I'm fearful of causing any damage to it. You can find them on ebay.de (where I found mine) you just have to keep looking and find someone who speaks english and is willing to ship to the states.

[Kirk]

Uh, just a thought: maybe the riders of the middle two boards have shorter "wheel-bases" (so to speak). These are Japanese riders and, for the most part, aren't known to have long legs. NOT trying to be critical, just an observation.

[ar(angel]

I'm 6'3" 190, so a wider stance is better suited to my size and riding "style" if you can call it that.... :o