Cap vs. non-Cap board construction ?

Hmm... more Neversummer vs Donek questions. Would you say that
Neversummer's line up is more freestyle oriented?

For instance how you compare your Donek Incline vs NS Premier in terms
of the intended riding style (like what type of riding intended the
board is designed for).

To tell you the truth, I know nothing about their individual models. This
comes down to sidecut radius, flex pattern and how directional the board is.
I haven't flexed one of their boards in a long time and I don't know
anything about it's shape. Sorry.

--
Sean Martin
Donek Snowboards Inc.

http://www.donek.com/
phone:877-53-DONEK

"Sean Martin" wrote in message et...
Hmm... more Neversummer vs Donek questions. Would you say that
Neversummer's line up is more freestyle oriented?

For instance how you compare your Donek Incline vs NS Premier in terms
of the intended riding style (like what type of riding intended the
board is designed for).

To tell you the truth, I know nothing about their individual models. This
comes down to sidecut radius, flex pattern and how directional the board is.
I haven't flexed one of their boards in a long time and I don't know
anything about it's shape. Sorry.

I totally understand. What about their general design emphasis. Like
Neversummer seems to place a great emphasis on board durability, but
their boards are mentioned as being a little heavy overall. Would you
be able to compare that to the design aims of your boards. I've read
everything on your website already - just wondering if you had
anything to add on top of that.

I've read
everything on your website already - just wondering if you had
anything to add on top of that.

Arvin, it sounds to me like you've learned all you're going to learn
without actually trying the boards out for yourself!

-Mike T

Yea, I just don't know if I should be buying another snowboard
already. I mean at the start of last season I had 2 snowboards... a
new and an old. Right now I have four - a park/pipe board, a freeride
board (aka new), an alpine board and a rock board (aka old). Two of
which I haven't ridden more than 2 days. Plus I have a feeling I'm not
going to be getting the ~30 days a season I normally get - so who
knows.


I'm trying to sell my old Salomon 154, but am having trouble finding a
buyer. I've actually put my new Salomon on the market to see if I can
sell that instead and get the Incline. But it's gets harder and harder
to justify all these off-season equipment changes. For me to get the
Incline, I would really like to know if it's going to definitely be
better than my Salomon Definition - whose main problem is its
heaviness and its slow response, making it not the best powder board.

--arvin

"Mike T" wrote in message ...
I've read
everything on your website already - just wondering if you had
anything to add on top of that.

Arvin, it sounds to me like you've learned all you're going to learn
without actually trying the boards out for yourself!

-Mike T

Arvin,

I would say our boards are of average weight. Most people comment on them
being light. I have had a few say they are heavy. Weight has never been
something we're terribly concerned with. Durability and performance are
always the driving forces behind design. We did wind up adding a couple of
ounces to them this season in making the topsheet more durable. I think the
NS has a bit more fiberglass than ours do which might contribute to the
weight, but I can't be certain as Tim (owner of NS) and I normally discuss
manufacturing issues as apposed to board design issues. I know they've
moved to a PBT topsheet which is a bit heavier than our solution, but they
may have made some changes inside the board to compensate for that. You
might be better off talking directly with NS and trying to find an average
weight for the board you want. If you let me know which board you're
looking at from us, I'd be happy to weigh one for you.

Sean Martin
Donek Snowboards Inc.

http://www.donek.com/
phone:877-53-DONEK

"Arvin Chang" wrote in message
om...
Yea, I just don't know if I should be buying another snowboard
already. I mean at the start of last season I had 2 snowboards... a
new and an old. Right now I have four - a park/pipe board, a freeride
board (aka new), an alpine board and a rock board (aka old). Two of
which I haven't ridden more than 2 days. Plus I have a feeling I'm not
going to be getting the ~30 days a season I normally get - so who
knows.


I'm trying to sell my old Salomon 154, but am having trouble finding a
buyer. I've actually put my new Salomon on the market to see if I can
sell that instead and get the Incline. But it's gets harder and harder
to justify all these off-season equipment changes. For me to get the
Incline, I would really like to know if it's going to definitely be
better than my Salomon Definition - whose main problem is its
heaviness and its slow response, making it not the best powder board.

--arvin

"Mike T" wrote in message
...
I've read
everything on your website already - just wondering if you had
anything to add on top of that.

Arvin, it sounds to me like you've learned all you're going to learn
without actually trying the boards out for yourself!

-Mike T

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:00:07 GMT, (Arvin Chang)
allegedly wrote:

Yes, I found the FAQ unhelpful in this instance. If you read my post,
I already found out what ABS stood for and that it was a plastic. I
just wasn't exactly sure about it's physical properties. If you had
read my post more carefully you would have noticed that.

Arvin, I was merely pointing out that the FAQ has a different spelling to
that which you had dug up. If you'd read *my* post more carefully you
would have noticed that I had actually quoted your bit where you state
what it meant.

By highlighting the differences in spelling, I was hoping for a definitive
answer so I could perhaps correct the FAQ if it is incorrect.

Try not jumping to conclusions, especially incorrect ones.

- 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/

Switters wrote in message ...
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:00:07 GMT, (Arvin Chang)
allegedly wrote:
Arvin, I was merely pointing out that the FAQ has a different spelling to
that which you had dug up. If you'd read *my* post more carefully you
would have noticed that I had actually quoted your bit where you state
what it meant.

By highlighting the differences in spelling, I was hoping for a definitive
answer so I could perhaps correct the FAQ if it is incorrect.

Sorry, I copy and pasted the name from a website. I didn't release,
and I suspect most people didn't realize that there was a spelling
difference (you didn't really point that out very well, or all for
that matter). Because I didn't realize there was difference in
spelling, I did jump to conclusions because all I noticed was you
final line in your previous post "randomly" made some comment about
correcting spelling and yet contained a spelling error as well.

If Sean gives a definitite answer, I can add to that, and correct any
spelling.
^

And hence my brash reply about "spelling." Unless of course that was
you subtle way to "highlighting" the differences in spelling between
"Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene" "Acrylonitrite Butadiene Styrene."

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:38:25 GMT, (Arvin Chang)
allegedly wrote:

And hence my brash reply about "spelling." Unless of course that was
you subtle way to "highlighting" the differences in spelling between
"Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene" "Acrylonitrite Butadiene Styrene."

Uh no, I'm not that subtle :-)

Murphey's Law dictates that any usenet posting regarding spelling mistakes
will themselves contain spelling mistakes. It's just the way things are!
8^)

- 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/

Switters wrote in message ...
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:38:25 GMT, (Arvin Chang)
allegedly wrote:

And hence my brash reply about "spelling." Unless of course that was
you subtle way to "highlighting" the differences in spelling between
"Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene" "Acrylonitrite Butadiene Styrene."

Uh no, I'm not that subtle :-)

Murphey's Law dictates that any usenet posting regarding spelling mistakes
will themselves contain spelling mistakes. It's just the way things are!
8^)


Id lieke too pointe outt thatthis hass lil too due wit cap contruction.


You're both right.
Now give it a rest.