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Bataleon snowboard
hello my name is lorenzo, from italy. i would ask u if someone know
something or tried any Bataleon snowboard. As i can understand, most of u are from USA, but not often u talk about Burton, that is, for what i know, the leader of snowboard market. i would ask u about a freestile binding; i have Burton c60, too hard for freestile, and i would buy the Mission. what do u think about it? can u tell me some other models? thanks! |
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Tai-Pan wrote: hello my name is lorenzo, from italy. i would ask u if someone know something or tried any Bataleon snowboard. As i can understand, most of u are from USA, but not often u talk about Burton, that is, for what i know, the leader of snowboard market. i would ask u about a freestile binding; i have Burton c60, too hard for freestile, and i would buy the Mission. what do u think about it? can u tell me some other models? thanks! Hi Lorenzo. I have heard of Bataleon snowboards and their triple bases, but have not been able to try them out and I've only read a few reviews on them. Their website (http://www.bataleon.com/site/technol...ase_technology) is very nice and very clearly explains the motivations and principles behind their designs (I wish all snowboard website were this nice). So I don't think they are pure hype, I think they honestly tried to engineer a new board design that automatically solves what they see as the most common problems people have when riding snowboards (where other companies have to do a lot of testing, experimentation, and finally trial and error to find a flex/sidecut shape that works). I think their design has some advantages (definitely less likely to catch your edge) and disadvantages (it is automatically going to be slower edge to edge, what they call "smoother") but it isn't going to replace normal snowboard design. One concern is maintenance of the board, you cannot stone-grind these boards without modifying the machine, which I think very few shops will be willing to do for a single board. Of course, most people never get their boards bases stone ground. Just be careful because I have the feeling that if it's done wrong it will destroy your Bataleon board. If you are mostly doing butters, rails, and spins all day, then the Bataleon board sounds like the thing to get. If you are doing freeriding, it would definitely not be my first choice. Since you are in Europe, I would recommend checking out (http://www.rad-air.com/) as well. They are a well-known Swiss brand that's really hard to get out in the US as well and if I was in Europe, that would be the brand I want to try out the most myself. The C60 binding is a very stiff binding to be sure, although I have a hard time believing that Burton would ever make a binding that's bad for freestyle. I've ridden the Missions and they are a solid, affordable binding that are good for freestyle and good for the park. Not super-stiff (like Burton C16 - an ancestor of the C60), not super-soft (Burton P1MD) which I've both ridden. I also really like the Nidecker 800 Pros (http://www.nidecker.com/home.php?lg=en&cy=italia) they have a really big snug straps that look you in, a firm, but not super stiff highback, and a really cool eva foam shock absorber built into the base of the binding. Hope this helps... |
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Hope this helps... thank you! |
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Hi y'all - if you have time why not write an equipment review on the
following google group? http://groups.google.co.uk/group/sno...over-the-world sure appreciate the build up of knowledge on snowboarding!!! |
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:09:40 GMT, "netscr33n"
allegedly wrote: Hi y'all - if you have time why not write an equipment review on the following google group? Just wondering what you are going to offer as a unique point of interest above the other snowboard review websites that are available? - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow - Securing your e-mail The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://rssFAQ.org/ |
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