If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Beyond beginner board?
I've now been boarding for about a month, probably about 20 hours in total,
mainly on indoor 'real' snow (www.xscape.co.uk). A couple of weeks ago I bought my own board, a K2 'special' ('the offspring' album cover); bindings (burton CFX), and boots (VANS Daniel Franke). I've been trying to get my turns to carve rather than slip, so far with only limited success; then today, I borrowed another board, not an overly expensive one, a Salomon. I found my turns to be much more presise. My own board now seems to just kinda bounce around when turning at any speed. So I'm after some advice/comments, I'm sure that with limited experience my tehnical abilities are still developing, but I think I may well have outgrown this board. So, what should I be looking for, cost is not a major issue but obviously I don't wanna just buy a board and find it's no beter than the one I have. Equally, going out and buying the most expensive pro board is probably not what I need to do at the moment. The majority of what I'm doing is indoor snow, I live 10 mins from xscape at Castleford. Any ideas? |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Beyond beginner board?
I've been trying to get my turns to carve rather than slip, so far with only limited success; then today, I borrowed another board, not an overly expensive one, a Salomon. I found my turns to be much more presise. My own board now seems to just kinda bounce around when turning at any speed. So I'm after some advice/comments, I'm sure that with limited experience my tehnical abilities are still developing, but I think I may well have outgrown this board. So, what should I be looking for, cost is not a major issue but obviously I don't wanna just buy a board and find it's no beter than the one I have. Equally, going out and buying the most expensive pro board is probably not what I need to do at the moment. That's the reason I bought a Salomon Driver my second year riding. It's significantly stiffer, especially torsionally, than my first board. This really helps keep the board on edge when carving. I've been riding it for a few years now and it's served me well. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Beyond beginner board?
I live over in Bradford, not too far from Xscape, but haven't been over yet.
Is it good, wats the crowds like, etc. "Dean" wrote in message ... I've now been boarding for about a month, probably about 20 hours in total, mainly on indoor 'real' snow (www.xscape.co.uk). A couple of weeks ago I bought my own board, a K2 'special' ('the offspring' album cover); bindings (burton CFX), and boots (VANS Daniel Franke). I've been trying to get my turns to carve rather than slip, so far with only limited success; then today, I borrowed another board, not an overly expensive one, a Salomon. I found my turns to be much more presise. My own board now seems to just kinda bounce around when turning at any speed. So I'm after some advice/comments, I'm sure that with limited experience my tehnical abilities are still developing, but I think I may well have outgrown this board. So, what should I be looking for, cost is not a major issue but obviously I don't wanna just buy a board and find it's no beter than the one I have. Equally, going out and buying the most expensive pro board is probably not what I need to do at the moment. The majority of what I'm doing is indoor snow, I live 10 mins from xscape at Castleford. Any ideas? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Beyond beginner board?
I live over in Bradford, not too far from Xscape, but haven't been over
yet. Is it good, wats the crowds like, etc. It's variable, sometimes it's great, not very busy and all the jumps, rails etc are open. Other times it's crowded, there's only one lift working, there are large queues, beginners keep falling, and the jumps/rails are shut. That's fine for me, I only live 5 mins away, I take a look first and if it's crap I go home and come back another day, if it's ok then I go on. It seems to be best late at night (9pm onwards). It's not cheap, £20 an hour (less per hour if you want longer). I don't mind paying that when it good, but it's a lot of money if it's crap. Lions ski club on sunday morning is cheaper, but the jumps/rails are not open. Overall: For skiing I found it great to practise before I went to Romania in Feb, but it's not really big enough except to practise. For boarding: it's ok when the jumps/rails are open, but a bit disapointing when they're not. Quality of the snow is generally fine, I've heard some people moan that it can be icy, well I go there a lot and I seldom find it very icy; but you know, if you go on a mountain you also get ice sometimes as well, so I don't really see what they're moaning about. It's not a mountain, but it's probably as good as you're going to get without it. Unfortunaley I'v haven't yet been to Halifax, so I can't compare it with the dryslope there. Dean |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
new board for the newbie | ads | Snowboarding | 5 | March 6th 04 11:51 PM |
First home board WAXing. Did I do anything wrong here? ... | toddjb | Snowboarding | 20 | February 6th 04 05:23 AM |
Grasshopper technique questions! | Tom | Snowboarding | 16 | February 5th 04 06:23 PM |
bX "high end" board | Chiono | Snowboarding | 3 | January 12th 04 03:34 PM |
Suggestion for beginner or intemediate board? | Howard | Snowboarding | 2 | October 27th 03 10:09 AM |