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Good Speed Board?
Can anyone help? I am looking for a good board for Slalom & Giant Slalom
events (USASA). I am not interested in a hard boot set-up. Soft boot only! What's a good stable & speedy board for this that turns on a dime? Any suggestions? I only weigh 100lbs. I am mostly a park rider so this is new to me. Thanks! |
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Good Speed Board?
Can anyone help? I am looking for a good board for Slalom & Giant Slalom
events (USASA). I am not interested in a hard boot set-up. Soft boot only! What's a good stable & speedy board for this that turns on a dime? Any suggestions? I only weigh 100lbs. I am mostly a park rider so this is new to me. Thanks! I'm curious - why are you not interested in a hard boot setup? That's generally the weapon of choice for SL and GS. Mike T |
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Good Speed Board?
I guess that it's because I can't afford it. I have three freestyle boards
now. I just want to throw my LeBlancs on this board and have at it to see where I stand, before commmitting to a hard boot set-up. I ended up in a fairly decent standing last year using my EVO freestyle board. I Qualified to go to Nationals in Boardercross (Wildcards in S & GS) but did not attend nationals. I want to rip faster this year so I can Qualify in all events so I can go to Nationals this year. The kids my age, 13, do not have an atvantage with the hardboot-board setup. I beat them on my freestyle board which is too soft. So any suggestions on a great! speedy board? Thanks! "Mike T" wrote in message ... Can anyone help? I am looking for a good board for Slalom & Giant Slalom events (USASA). I am not interested in a hard boot set-up. Soft boot only! What's a good stable & speedy board for this that turns on a dime? Any suggestions? I only weigh 100lbs. I am mostly a park rider so this is new to me. Thanks! I'm curious - why are you not interested in a hard boot setup? That's generally the weapon of choice for SL and GS. Mike T |
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Good Speed Board?
"skibum" wrote:
Can anyone help? I am looking for a good board for Slalom & Giant Slalom events (USASA). I am not interested in a hard boot set-up. Soft boot only! What's a good stable & speedy board for this that turns on a dime? Any suggestions? I only weigh 100lbs. I am mostly a park rider so this is new to me. Thanks! Well if you won't get a raceboard with hardboots, I would recommend looking for a Boardercross board. Putting soft boot bindings on a raceboard probably won't work, as the boards are too small for them. Anyway, in my opinion there's no better way than getting a raceboard with hardboots, you will definitly be faster with that in S and GS. Han Solo |
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Good Speed Board?
I guess that it's because I can't afford it. I have three freestyle
boards now. -snip- I don't know much in the way of what works well for 100 pounders, at least not with soft boots. What freestyle (please note sizes) are you riding, and which one works best for you in races? We might have some suggestions but need to know what size you're comfortable on now. Also what size are your feet? You might ask over at www.bomberonline.com as well. There are several folks over there who coach, and some of them might have some ideas. Mike T |
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Good Speed Board?
Thanks Mike, I rode a 151 Never Summer EVO for all of my Alpine races and
BoarderX. It was Ok but has a little to much "pop" for BoarderX, and is to (maybe) wide and not fast or stable enough for Alpine racing . My other freestyle boards are a 148 Option and a 141 Ride. These are way to light for racing. What is a good Boarder X board? Palmer? Burton, Volkl? My feet are a size 91/2 or 10 mens. I am 5ft. 4 inches tall. What are the model names? Thanks alot! "Mike T" wrote in message ... I guess that it's because I can't afford it. I have three freestyle boards now. -snip- I don't know much in the way of what works well for 100 pounders, at least not with soft boots. What freestyle (please note sizes) are you riding, and which one works best for you in races? We might have some suggestions but need to know what size you're comfortable on now. Also what size are your feet? You might ask over at www.bomberonline.com as well. There are several folks over there who coach, and some of them might have some ideas. Mike T |
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Good Speed Board?
Thanks Mike, I rode a 151 Never Summer EVO for all of my Alpine races and
BoarderX. It was Ok but has a little to much "pop" for BoarderX, and is to (maybe) wide and not fast or stable enough for Alpine racing . My other freestyle boards are a 148 Option and a 141 Ride. These are way to light for racing. What is a good Boarder X board? Palmer? Burton, Volkl? My feet are a size 91/2 or 10 mens. I am 5ft. 4 inches tall. What are the model names? Thanks alot! As far as I know Burton doesn't make any Boarder X boards. I've never ridden a Palmer so I can't tell you much about them. Voelkl makes the Downhell, not sure if there's anything in your size. F2 makes the Eliminator, again not sure what's in your size. You might look at the Donek Incline, in the 150. My wife is heavier than you are but two inches shorter and she rides the 150. It's very, very stable. It would probably be a tad stiff at 100 pounds but it would still be useful at 120-130 pounds. (My wife is in that range, and if she did BX, it would be on her 150) Or maybe something like a shorter Salomon Forecast. You have full size feet, and a body that's still got some growing to do, which is going to severely limit your selection. Most of the faster boards that are appropriate for your foot size will be too stiff to turn hard. They might work for GS but not SL or BX. Most of the fast boards with the right flex - if they exist at all - will be too narrow. If you go to hard boots, you might, believe it or not, find a better selection.... and it would all be discontinued stuiff like Burton FP, that could be had cheap if you know where to look. (If you ever do decide to go that route, go to www.bomberonline.com's classifieds, put up a WANTED ad, and I'm sure boards will start popping out of the woodwork) Don't forget, one you get to the next age group most of the others will have separate boards for SL, GS and BX. |
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"skibum" wrote in message ...
Thanks Mike, I rode a 151 Never Summer EVO for all of my Alpine races and BoarderX. It was Ok but has a little to much "pop" for BoarderX, and is to (maybe) wide and not fast or stable enough for Alpine racing . My other freestyle boards are a 148 Option and a 141 Ride. These are way to light for racing. What is a good Boarder X board? Palmer? Burton, Volkl? My feet are a size 91/2 or 10 mens. I am 5ft. 4 inches tall. What are the model names? Thanks alot! Yea, a Neversummer Evo is *definitely* not a good BX board. I have a Evo 155 and like it, but it gets squirrely on me just blasting down to the park. I have a Donek Incline 155 which is much more stable and has great hold and and good turning capability. It is also pretty light, good in the air as well (although much stiffer so harder for rail tricks... but not as important in BX). As I've done many times before, I warn that the Incline is a bit narrow... I have size 8 feet (5'8' 147 lbs) and I get boot drag at lower angles (sub-30), I got a pair of Palmer Powerlinks Riser plates and that problem was solved. Alternatively you can get their Wide board, which is narrow for a Wide board - they actually have a Sasquatch which is their ultrawide board for 11+ riders. I bet Palmer and Volkl boards are good at BX, but have never ridden them myself. Mike's suggestion of Salomon is good too... I spent many happy years on riding a Salomon 450 (two boards). I don't understand the new naming system they have... although I did ride the Definition - good stable board, very stiff and amazing edgehold, probably good for BX as well, but it's just a little unwieldy are lower speeds. Realize that Mike T and I talk a lot... he was the one who convinced me to go from a Salomon to a Donek. I find the Incline a better alround performer compared to the Salomons... but the Definition was great for blasting down steep slopes at high speed... very good for landing jumps and blasting through crud (something the Evo is noticeably weaker at)... but was very stiff making it hard to make last minute approach adjustments and was actually hard to spin and grab and stuff. Incline has a bit less high speed edge hold, but was very good at slow speeds, light to swing around, easier to ollie, etc... |
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Good Speed Board?
I don't understand
the new naming system they have... although I did ride the Definition - good stable board, very stiff and amazing edgehold, probably good for BX as well, but it's just a little unwieldy are lower speeds. Forecast is essentially the renamed 450, or at least it was the first year! Another Salomon choice might be the Fastback, which is marketed as an off-piste board but when I rode it several years ago it was actually pretty carvy. I don't know if that comes in your size though, they tend to come in bigger sizes from what I can remember. |
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Good Speed Board?
Thanks Mike & Arvin for the info. My Mom let me bid on a Salomon Definition
on e-bay. I heard from other people that this was a great board. Hope I win it! Thanks again "Mike T" wrote in message ... I don't understand the new naming system they have... although I did ride the Definition - good stable board, very stiff and amazing edgehold, probably good for BX as well, but it's just a little unwieldy are lower speeds. Forecast is essentially the renamed 450, or at least it was the first year! Another Salomon choice might be the Fastback, which is marketed as an off-piste board but when I rode it several years ago it was actually pretty carvy. I don't know if that comes in your size though, they tend to come in bigger sizes from what I can remember. |
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