Many don't know that Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been snowboarding for more than a decade. I guess his Option finally wore out 'cause last night he stopped by Top Of The World shop in Ottawa to pick up some new gear: A 162 Endeavour Clout with Union Bindings and a pair of Vans boots.
He bought a canadian board from his local shop. The only thing he could have made better is buying Now bindings to make it a bit more canadian. :smile:
Adding a Fullbag to his quiver wouldn't hurt either... :wink:
Pretty rad/aggressive setup so he's probably going to go hard on that thing.
That board has channel, so he must have purposedly picked the Unions, so he must like em already. And Vans. Hopefully he got the weed-print ones Can't get more core than Union + Vans. i wonder if he has a wide-ass stance too that would be the ultimate in PM awesomeness.
He's a really good athlete. He won a charity boxing match a few years ago. He can really box. They were and are a very athletic and out-door family.
His brother Michel died in an avalanche in 1998. This is from wikipedia:
Trudeau was working at Red Mountain Resort and living in Rossland, British Columbia for a year when he took a backcountry skiing trip with some friends in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. He died as the result of an avalanche on November 13, 1998; he was 23 years old. He was swept into Kokanee Lake and unable to reach the shore. His companions were unable to effect a rescue, and Trudeau drowned.[6] An extensive search was launched, but his body has never been found.[7][8] The lake's high altitude and limited days of open waters each year prevented divers from completing the search.[9][10][11] The Trudeau family called off the recovery and later created a chalet nearby as a memorial to their youngest son.
No. He fought Patrick Brazeau an ex-military Conservative Aboriginal Senator from Quebec. The weird part is that Brazeau was later arrested for drugs, domestic violence, and fraud. So it was like good vs evil. It couldn't have worked out better for Trudeau, it really began his rise to power.
One guy became Prime Minister, the other....disgraced and facing jail time. Life is kinda funny.
"...making his own selections. And from that point, Dionne and Hackett just placed the custom order on his behalf since a few of the more unique items weren’t in stock at the store...."
Welcome to buying sports equipment in Ontario! What you want won't be in any local stores, and you can't order it online cuz the brand can't ship outside of the USA to protect their Canadian dealers who don't keep stock of anything desirable.
I wonder what he paid for the setup - probably over $1000.
"...making his own selections. And from that point, Dionne and Hackett just placed the custom order on his behalf since a few of the more unique items weren’t in stock at the store...."
Welcome to buying sports equipment in Ontario! What you want won't be in any local stores, and you can't order it online cuz the brand can't ship outside of the USA to protect their Canadian dealers who don't keep stock of anything desirable.
I wonder what he paid for the setup - probably over $1000.
That's the case for everything in Canada. Except, once you live outside of the bubble of Ontario, for just about every product that isn't snowboarding related - it's even worse. It's gotten significantly better since I was a kid, but for decades almost everything of any kind had to be ordered from Ontario, four to six weeks delivery.
The flip side is that you can get stuff shipped to somewhere just over the line and bring it back across. Or order it from somewhere out here and get a taste of what consumers west of the shield live with
I dream of a better world where both the United States and Canada have their elections decided along "new" Party lines: The Channel Party vs. the 4-hole disk party
Everyone I know that rides alot has had issues with the channels. Burton has been good about replacing the boards but the dame channel pushes the base or topsheet off of the board when they are hitting big jumps, rails or flexing them out really hard. I have seen at least 6 boards do this. My son has a parkitech that he used in the park on large jumps and it did it after about 50 days.
Yikes. Maybe if the channel itself was a bit more flexible this wouldnt happen. Anyways... I've never seen it happen and sure as hell wont happen to me cause there's no way I'm doing big jumps on these janky knees
Everyone I know that rides alot has had issues with the channels. Burton has been good about replacing the boards but the dame channel pushes the base or topsheet off of the board when they are hitting big jumps, rails or flexing them out really hard. I have seen at least 6 boards do this. My son has a parkitech that he used in the park on large jumps and it did it after about 50 days.
How do you find the El Hefes? I am considering picking up a pair because my Now Drives don't allow for a positive back foot angle (no rotation, pre-rotated 10 degrees duck), and I want to rock a +27/+6 on my charging/carving deck. Would you recommend them? I haven't ridden a Ride binding since my old Preston Horseshoes.
Also, in relation to the OP, I think it's great that Trudeau is rocking Canadian(ish) gear, but I would be more stoked if he was riding something pressed in Canada by Canadian hands.
I love them. I have three pairs. Chose them initially because I wanted to go back to canting and they offered three different angle options back in 2013 (just two now). The other major and essential selling factor for me was the unlimited micro adjustement of the stance/setback (slotted 2x4 mini-disk) with independant adjustement of boot centering (done via the heelcup and footbed). Liked them so much that I then got the 2014 and 2015 models with the carbon hi-backs. The only thing I had problems with are the anklestraps, which I switched on all three pairs for various old Burtons I had around and liked. Not a problem for me as I have always been used to playing around with binding parts to find the perfect feel and setup for me. They are responsive without feeling harsh, and offer a lot of adjustability. Hi-back rotation lacks a little bit of micro-adjustment compared to Burtons and others, but since I put it at max on the front foot and leave it stock on the back one that was not a biggie for me.
I also have a pair of 2016 Now Drives that I use on my bigger boards. I only rode them a few times, up to now. I run them with the exact same angles you do and I don't feel the need to rotate the hi-backs, front or rear. I just set the forward lean on the 2nd notch for the front foot and the 3rd one for the rear and I am good. I do have a pressure point with the front foot ankle strap, but I probably just need to play with it a little more.
blowout & breakage by the inserts is not a rare occurance on boards being put through the abuse, especially rails and such, pretty good on Burton to offer a 3yr warranty on channel failure.
Yeah, being used to Ride's bindings when I got the Bow Drives it was precisely because of the metal plate. Sooo much response from the Ride chassis. So I have the Capo and Drive on my stiffer/bigger boards, then plastic on the softer morr playful ones.
Here's a cool little article about the Prime Minister snowboarding in Whistler a couple weeks ago. He looks like a very cool guy. He was buying caesars for people in the bar!!!
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