 Poster: A snowHead
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Looking to get a new board to replace by old Timeless.
The Timeless was great when I wanted to charge everywhere. These days, I don't always want to charge - age makes me a little less relentless and the hangovers seem to have a greater effect...
I am also doing more larking about - riding switch a lot, popping off the tip of tail into and out of switch, buttering, etc. The Timeless is not great for that.
So I'm looking for a board that is less "all or nothing" when riding, easier to do tricks on but still able to stick it on the hardpack and still able to float on the powder.
I've looked at proper freestyle boards (Ride DH, etc) but think they may be too soft as all-rounders and so have narrowed it down to a Ride Society (157) or a Rome Agent (158).
Any thoughts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tony Lane,
I replaced my Ride Timeless last year with a Nitro Suprateam for similiar reasons to your own. Its more flexy and manoeuvrable but still rocks the piste and pow runs when required.
Both good boards but I think I would plump for the Society as I prefer the graphics. Have you looked at the Lib Tech TRS?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ah yes, I recall looking at the Suprateam in previous years when I was beginning to think along these lines. Looks like a great board.
I don't seem to be able to find a stockist of Nitro or Lib Tech in London, and I hate buying things like this over the internet.
I think I'm leaning towards the Society as well...
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You should be OK if you buy a new board. I got my Suprateam online from www.ss20.com but not sure if they stock Nitro anymore.
You can get a TRS at..http://www.sickandwrong.co.uk/item/prod/Lib+Tech+TRS/1517/
Graphics are pretty cool. But Society is a top board.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ok, decision made, just popped out at lunchtime and got the Society. It is now gleaming at me across my office.
A nice wax this weekend and I'll be ready for Chatel on Wednesday...
Can't wait.
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Nice, enjoy it. 
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Tony Lane, not tried it out on the stairs then ? 
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Soc ciety absolutely rules!!!!!!!!! Althought the graphics on this years one are awful.
Go for a last years one if you can locate 
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the graphics on this years one are awful.
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I actually quite like them now - but the 157 is a lot nicer than the 160!
waxed it and put the bindings on over the weekend. was buttering and ollieing on my spare room floor, and the difference from my Timeless is remarkable.
2 days to go!
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Well, that was fun.
The Society was a lot more versatile than the Timeless. Its edges gripped well when the pistes were hard (as on the last morning, when the thaw from the previous afternoon had frozen overnight) and was good enough in powder, although I did have to keep my weight a bit further back due to the centred stance and the shorter nose (and the board being a 157 rather than a 161).
But switch riding was miles better, buttering and ollies were better and landings off jumps were solid rather than painful.
Didn't try jibbing apart from sliding along and jumping off the picnic table in The Stash in Avoriaz, but that was cool in itself.
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