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I've been snowboarding for 13 years and vary between around 35 and 80 days a year. I bought a set of these shocks for myself and my riding buddy with great reservations about their potential to live up to Palmer's claims. I have never had one piece of equipment make such a huge difference in my riding. The Palmer propaganda is true: heel side turns are now like toe side turns and toe side turns are damn near chest-dragging fun. They soak up chatter, and you feel like your edges are locked into the snow even at high speed turning through piles of crud and ruts. They give you more snap, more control and make riding more fun. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking up a pair. If you don't, sell plasma until you can.

If you've got big feet you know how hard it is to find a board wide enough in order to prevent toe-drag! Then, once you got the super-wide board you realize that it's a real pain in the butt to make edge-to-edge transitions. Well, I got the PLS supers and found that not only can I slightly reduce the width of the boards I ride (now I'm in the 25cm range instead of 26cm+), but they also allow more leverage for edge transitions since your feet are further from the ground (or fulcrum point for that matter). They take a little getting used to though (because it's harder to really "feel" the board), so take it easy after you first dial these puppies in.