Best Snowboard Manufacturer???

Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards?

-- John

On 25 Nov 2003 15:32:32 -0800, (John Davison)
wrote:

Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards?

-- John

I think it must be Venus Snowboards. Don't you all agree? They're new,
you know.

-- Trace, er, I mean Robert

Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of
snowboards?

Oh, we've been debating that one for years on this newsgroup! If you
spend enough time reading through posts you'll see this question
answered from lots of different angles. (Use Google if your news
reader won't go too far back easily)

In order to give you a useful answer that question, one needs to know
something about you, your riding style, where you ride (conditions,
pitch), etc. Do you ride freestyle, freeride, or alpine? BoarderX?
Rails? Are you big and heavy, short and light, athletic, weekend
warrior, lodge bunny, etc? Do you cruise groomers or do bumps or only
come on on deep powder days? Ice coast, high Rockies, New Zealand, or
Swiss Alps?

Anyways, if you're mainly a freerider, read back through the
newsgroup... I've made countless entries about my favorite maufacturer,
Donek (www.donek.com)

Mike T

Venus Snowboards? Are you kidding me?
They're good but the best IMO are Herr Vaughnter boards
http://www.hvsnowboards.com/

"Robert Stevahn" wrote in message
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On 25 Nov 2003 15:32:32 -0800, (John Davison)
wrote:

Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of
snowboards?

-- John

I think it must be Venus Snowboards. Don't you all agree? They're new,
you know.

-- Trace, er, I mean Robert

Robert Stevahn wrote in message . ..
On 25 Nov 2003 15:32:32 -0800, (John Davison)
wrote:

Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards?

-- John

I think it must be Venus Snowboards. Don't you all agree? They're new,
you know.

-- Trace, er, I mean Robert

Hehe, hmm... interesting. My main complaint is that they actually only
make one model of board... it just comes in four patterns/names. On
the site they stress the fashionable designs of the base graphics and
give less emphasis on the design of the board. I mean they do mention
their research core material and lateral stiffness tangentially, but
they don't try very hard to convince the viewer that their snowboards
are particularly technical designs. That's not so much a knock on
their boards as it is on their website. I feel that if they want to
attract female snowboarder who want a quality product and not just a
wall ornament, their website should reflect that.

Hmm... what if Venus Snowboards subcontracted their board
manufacturing to Donek?

--Arvin

(John Davison) wrote in message . com...
Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards?

-- John

Best manufacturer? In what sense? I happen to like Salomon a lot, I
think they make some very nice products (boards, boots, bindings,
Bonfire clothing). They are of course a very large corporation, so
there is that negative (good luck and trying to give them feeback). I
really like Neversummer, which is a smaller Colorado based company
that makes very good, very durable boards. There are a ton of people
who really like Donek (also small and in Colorado) here as well
(enough so that they've convinced me to get one and try it out this
season).

--Arvin

Best snowboard? You'd get a million answer. My vote goes to Neversummer
however. Arbor boards are wicked also.

"John Davison" wrote in message
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Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of
snowboards?

-- John

Mike T wrote:

Anyways, if you're mainly a freerider, read back through the
newsgroup... I've made countless entries about my favorite maufacturer,
Donek (www.donek.com)

I dug out my first impressions of my Donek:

Subject: Kirky, a Donek and six foot of pow
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:42:21 +0000
From: Iain Duncumb
Newsgroups: rec.skiing.snowboard

Kirkwood
What a place! Plenty of height, plenty of steeps, plenty of in bounds
hiking, tons of snow (8ft in the 1st 2 days I was there).

Donek 165 wide
What a board! Perfect waist width for me - 26 cm. Tried it in all
conditions from deep, deep pow - took 5 mins to dig myself out after one
fall - to ice. Carving it’s not as turny/twitchy as my old Eldorado,
just very stable as the speed goes up, inviting you to push harder.
Quality is great - the base is about as good as you can get, waxes
nicely and very resistant to rock damage. I was shocked when it hit my
credit card though: an outrageous £170 ($270)

The board is still structurally sound but sustained some big early
season core shots last winter - now relegated to rock board. Replaced by
- you guessed it - another 165 wide (and a couple of Fish...)

Iain

--
IainD at ukme dot me dot uk

"Juan Parra" wrote in message news:EGSwb.496271$pl3.458511@pd7tw3no...
Venus Snowboards? Are you kidding me?
They're good but the best IMO are Herr Vaughnter boards
http://www.hvsnowboards.com/

Hey Juan, tell us more about these HV boards, I've gone to site and
they just keep saying "see-thorough topsheet and carbon fiber wrapped
core"

--Arvin

I was actually making fun of Venus Snowboards...
I just met a sponsored boarder on Monday and
he was riding HV...so I figured I mention that name
as my favorite board. I know they're hand made
and the construction looks very good.
Just click on the name Herr Vaughnter and it will
open a flash (what else) window.
I like to hear more from people who own them.

I personally ride Never Summer...and I'm very happy with it.
I've ridden Salomon in the past and they are very good quality,
but not as durable. I want to ride a Donek Incline eventually...
and compare...

Juani

"Arvin Chang" wrote in message
om...
"Juan Parra" wrote in message
news:EGSwb.496271$pl3.458511@pd7tw3no...
Venus Snowboards? Are you kidding me?
They're good but the best IMO are Herr Vaughnter boards
http://www.hvsnowboards.com/

Hey Juan, tell us more about these HV boards, I've gone to site and
they just keep saying "see-thorough topsheet and carbon fiber wrapped
core"

--Arvin