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Board and riding advice
Looking for some advice from some you who obviously know their stuff. I
ride in the Tahoe area and have boarded for about 12 years but I'm a sad sack of **** when it comes to knowing the technical aspects of boards. I currently ride a 2001 NeverSummer Wide 163. This board is still in good shape and I put about 20-25 days a year in on it. My friends Customs seem to fall apart after 2-3 seasons. OK...so I'm looking at the new NeverSummers (if something treats you right, stick with it) and have a few questions, first I know you'll ask this stuff so here you go: Age: 34 Years riding: 12 6'3, 215 pounds, size 11 1/2 Soloman boots Ride Tahoe Stance: about +20 front and +3 back Type of riding: freeride, love trees, deep powder, jumping and look for all types of natural terrain to drop and ollie. Very surf and skate influenced. 1) How much of a difference will I notice b/n a 2001 and 2005 board? I mean the 2001 is still rideable but I feel like I may be missing out on some great advancements which would help my riding? The board also doesn't seem to respond as well as it use to??? 2) Looking at the NS T5 and NS Legacy. With the size 11 1/2 boots, can I get into the T5? What size board would you recommend? I've heard anything from 163 to 170s? I like the idea of something like a 166 to 168 but really don't know? 3) B/n the T5 and Legacy (Legacy is wider and made for bigger riders), any advice on the board? I'd like to stay away from the wide board if possible but have still heard nothing but great things about both. Thanks for any help you can provide! J |
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jaycb74 wrote:
Looking for some advice from some you who obviously know their stuff. I ride in the Tahoe area and have boarded for about 12 years but I'm a sad sack of **** when it comes to knowing the technical aspects of boards. I currently ride a 2001 NeverSummer Wide 163. This board is still in good shape and I put about 20-25 days a year in on it. My friends Customs seem to fall apart after 2-3 seasons. OK...so I'm looking at the new NeverSummers (if something treats you right, stick with it) and have a few questions, first I know you'll ask this stuff so here you go: Age: 34 Years riding: 12 6'3, 215 pounds, size 11 1/2 Soloman boots Ride Tahoe Stance: about +20 front and +3 back Type of riding: freeride, love trees, deep powder, jumping and look for all types of natural terrain to drop and ollie. Very surf and skate influenced. 1) How much of a difference will I notice b/n a 2001 and 2005 board? I mean the 2001 is still rideable but I feel like I may be missing out on some great advancements which would help my riding? The board also doesn't seem to respond as well as it use to??? Crap, Firefox ate my first post. Your impression that the board doesn't respond as well is probably correct. Neversummer boards are known for their durability, even so - after 4 years of 20+ days of riding, I bet the board is probably getting a little past its prime - like you said, it will be rideable for another 2-3 years easily, but will continue to soften up and be a little more mushy and sloppy over the years. I say now is a great time to switch to a new board, especially if you can catch some late-season sales - I don't think there have been anything "amazing" advancements, but I'm sure Neversummer has been incrementally improving it's boards in the last 4 generations - such that combined with just getting a new "fresh" board, you will notice quite a difference if you just bought the same model board - just from this year. 2) Looking at the NS T5 and NS Legacy. With the size 11 1/2 boots, can I get into the T5? What size board would you recommend? I've heard anything from 163 to 170s? I like the idea of something like a 166 to 168 but really don't know? I don't know, you are a bit past borderline for the T5 in terms of foot size. I think 163-165/166 is a good range for you in terms of NS board models. If you liked the 163W you had, I would say stick with it. If you feel like the board didn't float in powder enough, or wasn't stable at higher speeds, maybe move up to 165/166. It's often nicer to have a little bit of a shorter/wider board for trees, but all my suggestions are very conservative and the differences are minimal. 3) B/n the T5 and Legacy (Legacy is wider and made for bigger riders), any advice on the board? I'd like to stay away from the wide board if possible but have still heard nothing but great things about both. Realize that the Legacy 163 is only .7cm wider than the T5 163 (1cm for 165/166), so I don't know if there is going to be a lost in performance, but if you go too short, you are definitely going to notice it. If you really like to drop and ollie natural terrain a lot, the Legacy is snappier under the foot which will give you quicker line adjustments and more pop on your ollies, the T5 is much more damp, which will keep you stable and smooth while blasting down slopes). So my suggest is go for the Legacy... maybe the 165 if you want more stability and high speed charging... the 166 T5 might work, but you would really need to put your boots on it and see how much overhang you get. --Arvin |
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Thanks for the info, very much appreciated. I guess I'm still in a toss-up
b/n the 2 boards. I like the idea of the having more pop in my ollies but also the stability that the T5 will give me when charging it. My riding is really 50/50 on the type we do out here b/n the big mtn powder days and spring type playing all over the mtn. The Legacy does seem harder to find so that may even play into it. Going to hit a shop in SF tomorrow and check out the T5 again, this time with my boots and bindings and see how I like it. Thanks, J "lonerider" wrote in message ups.com... jaycb74 wrote: Looking for some advice from some you who obviously know their stuff. I ride in the Tahoe area and have boarded for about 12 years but I'm a sad sack of **** when it comes to knowing the technical aspects of boards. I currently ride a 2001 NeverSummer Wide 163. This board is still in good shape and I put about 20-25 days a year in on it. My friends Customs seem to fall apart after 2-3 seasons. OK...so I'm looking at the new NeverSummers (if something treats you right, stick with it) and have a few questions, first I know you'll ask this stuff so here you go: Age: 34 Years riding: 12 6'3, 215 pounds, size 11 1/2 Soloman boots Ride Tahoe Stance: about +20 front and +3 back Type of riding: freeride, love trees, deep powder, jumping and look for all types of natural terrain to drop and ollie. Very surf and skate influenced. 1) How much of a difference will I notice b/n a 2001 and 2005 board? I mean the 2001 is still rideable but I feel like I may be missing out on some great advancements which would help my riding? The board also doesn't seem to respond as well as it use to??? Crap, Firefox ate my first post. Your impression that the board doesn't respond as well is probably correct. Neversummer boards are known for their durability, even so - after 4 years of 20+ days of riding, I bet the board is probably getting a little past its prime - like you said, it will be rideable for another 2-3 years easily, but will continue to soften up and be a little more mushy and sloppy over the years. I say now is a great time to switch to a new board, especially if you can catch some late-season sales - I don't think there have been anything "amazing" advancements, but I'm sure Neversummer has been incrementally improving it's boards in the last 4 generations - such that combined with just getting a new "fresh" board, you will notice quite a difference if you just bought the same model board - just from this year. 2) Looking at the NS T5 and NS Legacy. With the size 11 1/2 boots, can I get into the T5? What size board would you recommend? I've heard anything from 163 to 170s? I like the idea of something like a 166 to 168 but really don't know? I don't know, you are a bit past borderline for the T5 in terms of foot size. I think 163-165/166 is a good range for you in terms of NS board models. If you liked the 163W you had, I would say stick with it. If you feel like the board didn't float in powder enough, or wasn't stable at higher speeds, maybe move up to 165/166. It's often nicer to have a little bit of a shorter/wider board for trees, but all my suggestions are very conservative and the differences are minimal. 3) B/n the T5 and Legacy (Legacy is wider and made for bigger riders), any advice on the board? I'd like to stay away from the wide board if possible but have still heard nothing but great things about both. Realize that the Legacy 163 is only .7cm wider than the T5 163 (1cm for 165/166), so I don't know if there is going to be a lost in performance, but if you go too short, you are definitely going to notice it. If you really like to drop and ollie natural terrain a lot, the Legacy is snappier under the foot which will give you quicker line adjustments and more pop on your ollies, the T5 is much more damp, which will keep you stable and smooth while blasting down slopes). So my suggest is go for the Legacy... maybe the 165 if you want more stability and high speed charging... the 166 T5 might work, but you would really need to put your boots on it and see how much overhang you get. --Arvin |
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