"Your Mom Says" wrote in message
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I have been riding for years and never really thought the board mattered all
that much. I know some boards are lighter than others and obviously that
matters but I guess I thought that was it. I always rode on pretty stiff
boards because that is what ended up in my possession from friends, or sales,
or garbage cans. But I was up riding in NH last weekend and tried a
softer/springier board and it was like a while diff world. It is like getting
in a supercharged mini after driving an old rusty cutlas for too long. It was
awesome. You can jump higher off the tail with no hit necessary. You can run
from tip to tail when you hit a flat part (I learned it wasnt me who sucked at
this, it was my board). So, I had a shorter softer board which I have never
used yet...found it in the garbage last year, long story. But I cant wait to
go up this weekend and try it out. Once, you go soft, youll never go back.

How does it do at speed? On ice? Hard carves?