bastered ugly twin child of a nosno, mbs, trampa, down hill freestyle kite board

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:17 pm

say hello to my creation, no name as of yet, open to suggestions.

started of like this:

then i threw it all together and made This

cause who needs to do physics home work when you can mess around with your boards!

more pics here if anyone is interested.

ugly as sin isnt it.

WSG7 · Post by **WSG7** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:24 pm

i think that is pretty cool actually

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:31 pm

Very nice, how heavy is it?

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:26 pm

relatively light, cause of the kite deck...other wise, two trispokes, brakes you know roughly.

to be honest its all really just an excuse for using regular bindings as i dont really like the rage and cant afford softs new and no one is selling second hand...

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:11 pm

I've gone back to normal bindings after using softs and snowboard bindings. I love my Scrub velcro and Trampa heels, they just work, don't see myself ever changing again.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:27 pm

what dont you like about the softs?

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:43 pm

I remember them being pretty darn good for downhill but I find my current set-up to be more convenient and lighter, so long as you wear rigid boots you don't lose any control. I might try my snowboard bindings again soon, but I have no complaints about my Scrub velcros in the mean time.

Ian@KentATB · Post by **Ian@KentATB** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:06 pm

You taken it for a test ride yet mate.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:28 pm

not yet, ill post up when i do. anything your interested in particularly? so far all i can say is the bindings feel 10X better than the rage (which i already new) BUT with the added width of the foot placement on the kite deck i get quite a lot of leverage too. to be honest i cant imagine it having any fault at all except the fact that set up as they are at the moment both my feel point outwards at about 15 degrees i think thats called duck stance.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:33 pm

Ian@KentATB wrote:You taken it for a test ride yet mate.

not yet, any thing you want to know particularly?
so far bindings have one big plus which is the comfort and leverage (cause of the wide foot placement on the kite deck giving loads of leverage) and issue which is as i have it set up now, you have to be riding duck footed :S sure i can sort out something though.

Ian@KentATB · Post by **Ian@KentATB** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:11 pm

Was just wondering how it handled. you should be able to adjust the stance to avoid the duck foot by drilling an extra hole in the deck to fit each binding post.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:29 pm

yeah, only on the inner side though....not on the outer. which might mean my foot is placed in a less appropriate place in order to get max leverage, will look into this a bit more over the week end or when i get a free second. by bindings post i assume you mean L bracket...?

leapb4ulook · Post by **leapb4ulook** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:39 am

It made me think you could do this the other way round too, and make a longer L bracket with three holes to take the straps from snowboard bindings without the weight of the footbed, and then that you could make long L brackets with two holes on the horizontal to fit MBS decks and so create a new and lightweight way of adding snowboard-type bindings to MBS and Trampa boards.

Ian@KentATB · Post by **Ian@KentATB** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:52 am

Yeah L bracket I mean.

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:12 am

leapb4ulook wrote:It made me think you could do this the other way round too, and make a longer L bracket with three holes to take the straps from snowboard bindings without the weight of the footbed, and then that you could make long L brackets with two holes on the horizontal to fit MBS decks and so create a new and lightweight way of adding snowboard-type bindings to MBS and Trampa boards.

I've been thinking about doing that, I've found some really nice snowboard straps that you can buy without the highback and footplate, I'll try and find the link. I have metal L plates I can use but making some out of basalt would be cooler, like these CF ones made by X-Shape. I've got some perspex as well, I could heat bend it, this will also heat treat the surface so I can laminate it with basalt to strengthen it a bit. Cheaper, lighter, and just as strong as the CF ones.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:51 am

leapb4ulook wrote:It made me think you could do this the other way round too, and make a longer L bracket with three holes to take the straps from snowboard bindings without the weight of the footbed, and then that you could make long L brackets with two holes on the horizontal to fit MBS decks and so create a new and lightweight way of adding snowboard-type bindings to MBS and Trampa boards.

could you scetch out what you mean?
why do snowboard bindings need 3 holes?...in the vertical im assuming?

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:09 am

just did a quick search and discovered snowboards have baseless bindings! is this what you meant? leap (roger right?)

http://www.evo.com/wakeboard-bindings/hyperlite-the-system.aspx

looks pretty good

Brennig · Post by **Brennig** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:38 am

I'm thinking of using mountain board heelstraps, so like nosno softs but a lot lighter. These were the ones I'm thinking of, a bit pricey but they look good.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:08 am

hmm interesting, so i could just take apart my rage bindings and use the straps and use heel straps on the back....basically make the elongated L braket myself......highly intriguing

leapb4ulook · Post by **leapb4ulook** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:57 am

Ben wrote:just did a quick search and discovered snowboards have baseless bindings! is this what you meant? leap (roger right?)

http://www.evo.com/wakeboard-bindings/hyperlite-the-system.aspx

looks pretty good

Yep, thats the kind of thing, just obviously made to fit the MBS binding bolt pattern.

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