Wednesday, April 18, 2007

f*cked it up again.

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Published by palidon11: 9:13 AM Updated On: 5/2/2007 at 6:11 PM

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

new background! needs tweaking yet, but ehh, i will prolly forget about it.. comments and suggestions are appreciated

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Published by palidon11: 4:38 PM

Thursday, November 02, 2006

i love my shocker mugshot.. since i've put it up all the random friend requests have stopped. go shocker.

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Published by palidon11: 10:17 AM Updated On: 1/8/2007 at 11:11 AM

Monday, October 30, 2006

..with my bow. also, notice the snow on the ground?

i saw him again this morning and these pics dont show how big he really is..

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Published by palidon11: 4:39 PM Updated On: 10/31/2006 at 9:23 AM

Friday, September 01, 2006

i made a forum, check it out, armbell.com/palidon112, its guarunteed to be a good time. that is, if i can get people to join and post. so, with that said, join and post! lol, i think im going to be spamming a bit..haha.


i am an incredibly lazy human being, i didnt even reply to all yous who wished me a happy b-day! i suck at life.

i got the apple working!


my b-day present..the priciest b-day gift i've gotten from my parents to date..

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Published by palidon11: 5:58 PM Updated On: 10/4/2006 at 12:52 PM

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

ok, when i got home tonight i went over by my computer and i saw my snowboard on the radiator, the HOT radiator. i FRIEKED OUT! thank god it didnt burn...all the wax melted out of it tho so i gotta scrape it and wax it again prolly. my dad put it there. he said it was on there about an hour. i dont know how it didnt burn...



i rented booots today. they were shi*tty burton boots. they werent comfy at all. but they kick ass compared to my hikin boots. took some getin used to tho, cant use ankles for control. and no pressure points! snobwoard boots are wierd tho, they are just wierd feeling, takes time to get used to.

core beyotches!

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Published by palidon11: 10:17 PM Updated On: 3/3/2006 at 10:18 PM

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

i finally figured out why i kept catchin my heel edge. the past few times ive ridden by boots keep getting worse heel lift, and instead of lifting my board up my heel is just lifting up in my boots. i had to have cought my heel edge like 15-20 times yesterday, it usually doesnt happen at all. i need actual snowboard boots, i gto some hiking boots. really nice for hiking, but not for boardin. my sis is stuck with some shi*tty lands end boots too. i did really bad yesterday too, it just wanst my day, i think part of ti was my boots.

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Published by palidon11: 11:10 AM

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

yes, today was a great day in the progression of my skillz. i didnt do pipe much....not much for jumps, the 20 foot table top was really really easy to overshoot on. but yeah, i did great on the rails, i finally completed the up-flat-down, finally! its kinda tilted to the side so when u get onto the flat your just slide off, but i finaly  made it...i made a couple nice boardslides on the small rainbow rail and the small flat down. i made the double c-boxes, thats a fun feature! u gotta have enough speed but its alotta fun once u get the feel of it down. i got to the end of the 40 footer on top of the spine. i made the big rainbow rail today for my first time, pretty excited about that one, and the big flat down, made it on my second try ever. so yeah, im pretty excited.

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Published by palidon11: 7:24 PM

Monday, February 13, 2006

im pretty stoked, im goin boardin tomorrow and tyrol (FINALLY) got their pipe made. i cant wait to try ridin pipe, hopefully i can start gettin some airs and grabs by the end of the day. ill probably start ridin it early (when they open) so that i have a frech pipe cz i bet it gets really fuked up later in the day after ppl ride it.

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Published by palidon11: 2:32 PM

Friday, January 13, 2006

Subject: how to wax ur frigging board... ok so heres the deal. ima gonna post this so everyone will stop postin stuff about how to hot wax your board, i just wanna help out here.

so lets get started, what u need..

hot wax, i would suggest swix, get what suits your conditions, there is diff kinds of wax for different situations.

an iron, this u can get at goodwill for $3 or you can pay $70 for one. the $3 will work if u are just starting. make sure the one you have doesnt have a teflon coating on it, it will leave bits of black crap on your base.

a scraper, get one that is plastic. metal scrapers are for base repair. get one thet is rectangular thats about 4 inches by 2 inches. make sure it is somewhat rigid, it will help you scrape your base evenly. scraping evenly is a major key to good scraping.

a scouring pad, to help even out the wax after scraping.

a small, fine wire brush, im not sure what it does, lol

base cleaner...clean your board

How-to

CLEAN*** if u notice any dirt on your base, clean it, annd if u dont notice any dirt on it, clean it anyway.
i would buy some base cleaner. i have the dakine base cleaner and it works pretty nicely. i would have a rag for t cleaner, than have one thats damp with water, wipe with cleaner, then wipe with water. because sometimes the cleaner lifts it off the base, but once it dries its still on there, so wipe a small spot then wipe with water. you use less base cleaner that way too

first find a good position for your board, i usually prop mine against my bed. but you can buy a vise, but i find propping it on my bed works.

now set your iron to a relatively low temperature, you can set it higher, but i find that having it lower helps me distribute the wax more evenly. drip the wax on the board, i usually space the drips about 1.5 inches from each other. i like using more wax than i need because its easier to spread around.

now spread the wax...i turn my iron to as high as i can have it, but not too high that the wax starts to smoke. try to get every spot, dont let spots stay un-waxed. dont keep your iron for too long in one spot. i did that to my old board and i notices i burned the p-tex. i took it outside and when i put snow on it, the snow really stuck to that spot...so...dont burn your p-tex.

let it cool for about 20 minutes.

what i do before i scrape my base is i get the wax off the edges of my board, use the little grove on your scraper. im not sure how it would affect if u didnt, but im sure after a run it would come right off, but i scrape it anyway.

now, take your scraper, use it the wide way, and scrape from tip to tail. you can pull or push, it doesnt matter as long as you are going from tip to tail. when you scrape make sure u are using a decent amount of pressure, but not so much that you scrape some p-tex out of your base.

now, again, scrape with the narrow edge of your scraper, i find using the wide, then using the narrow edge really makes scraping eisier. take is much off as possible, you are taking excess wax off your board, so get as much off as you can. i hear horror stories of people taking hours to scrape their board, but if u you use enough pressure it shouldnt take more then 30 minutes the first time. it usually takes me 10 minutes to scrape. now, as i said, take as much off as possible. though it doesnt have to be perfect because when your ride next riding will take the excess off.*** you can scrape too much, so once very little wax is coming as your scrape stop

now, lightly go over your base with the wire brush, it needs to be a very fine brush though, otherwise it will scratch your board. try to make smooth straight strokes with it. this is optional, u dont have to do it, but i hear it helps you go faster. but not sure, it is completely optinal. if im wrong im sure someone will correct me.

now lightly go over your board with a scothbrite pad, it will smooth your wax job out. wipe from tip to tail...lightly.

this should be about it. im gonna save this in word....and whenever someone posts a waxing question im gonna reply to them with this. plus my buddy needs help waxing her board for the first time, she has never waxed it! she has sent it in, but she has only done that a couple of times. you should wax your board regularly, not doing so can damage your base, and it really affects the performance of your board. it really helps!

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Published by palidon11: 7:55 PM

Friday, January 06, 2006

well, tyrol made a 45 foot jump and my goal for tuesday is to hit it without killing myself. i didnt last time because conditions were bad, and i was just gettin used to my new board. its no big deal for alotta u i bet because uve been boardin alot longer than me, but this is my first year...

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Published by palidon11: 1:57 PM