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 #16 Re: Stuck on snowboard choice Posted 12/02/2012 @ 20:26 |
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| #17 Re: Stuck on snowboard choice Posted 16/02/2012 @ 05:34 |
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Hey, if your going for a hybrid or rocker you can afford to go slightly smaller, one guy said ride a different camber before you buy and i couldnt agree more, i tried out every camber and only liked regular or flat, couldnt get on with rocker or hybrid at all.
I work in a board shop in Big White Ski Resort and of the boards we stock i would suggest you try :
* Never summer proto ct - stiffer than the evo and more flexible than the sl. (Hybrid)
* Bataleon Evil Twin - Read up on TBT, its not for everyone and takes a while to get used to but a very fun board. (camber with TBT)
* DC PBJ - Super flexy but great edge hold, didnt think much of the board until i took it out, so much fun. (flat/slight rocker)
* Nitro Subzero - Very fun board to ride, pretty flexible, good price point. (Hybrid)
Size wise if your going rocker or hybrid i think 153-155, camber 155-157 no bigger.
Hope this helps, Ali |
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| #18 Re: Stuck on snowboard choice Posted 16/02/2012 @ 10:44 |
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| In reply to post #17
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"Hey, if your going for a hybrid or rocker you can afford to go slightly smaller!"
Care to explain this? I thought it was proved to be 100%, grade A, bullshit.
A reverse/hybrid camber board will be a little better in powder due to the raised nose. This means that you theoretically get, for example, the float of a 160 camber board in a 156 rocker. In reality, you don't have to work quite so hard to keep the nose up and all you'll notice is slightly less rear leg burn in powder.
For general cruising and in the park, you should just get a board to suit your weight and what you want it for. The weight guides aren't set in stone, and length calculator tools are just a rough guide. Obviously if you're 90kg and you buy a board with an 80kg limit to use on rails, you're asking for trouble (and sore nuts), but for general all mountain use, even 5-10kg won't make much of a difference.
Alliioop, seeing as you're in Big White, you won't know that the Proto CT is £520 here (yes, despite the same board costing $530/£345 in the US). And as NS boards never get discounted, this is twice the cost of some of the others, which are in the sales at the moment. |
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| #19 Re: Stuck on snowboard choice Posted 18/02/2012 @ 11:33 |
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I'd stay away from the Artec Gabe Taylor. I bought one for this season and the tip started to snap on it's 17th day out.
It was right at the beginning of the season before the parks were built and there was not a lot jo jib - I was using it on piste.
Might have been that particular board had a fault but I don't think I'll ever find out as Artec cannot be bothered to even respond to me and Ellis Brigham/Snowboard Asylum said they though it looked from the photos like I had landed 'heavily' on it and gave the impression that it was my fault.
Hmmm - you would think a board that was 'designed to meet the all terrain freestyle demands Gabe Taylor puts on his board' would manage to get down a few pistes? |
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| #20 Re: Stuck on snowboard choice Posted 18/03/2012 @ 16:05 |
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| In reply to post #19
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Just got back from a week away in Italy riding the Nitro Blacklight Gullwing 157, what a fantastic bit of kit. It took a day to get used to it, especially it's flat handling, as to start with it felt very wobbly (like a skateboard with loose trucks!).
Turn initiation seemed hard to start with and low speed handling felt very unresponsive but again once I got used to it was fine.
Switch riding took a bit longer to get used to as I'm still a bit of a novice at that and it is quite a stiff directional twin.
It's fast! really fast!! Seemed easier on the legs too after a full day hooning around the mountain.
All in all I'm very pleased with it and it was money well spent  |
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