 Poster: A snowHead
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Been with the new range for this winter, I can try and help anyone who has questions on the following. If indeed anyone ever would have a question on any of these, there's only 3 I would personally ride.
Burton:
Custom ICS
Twin
Feelgood
Nitro:
Misfit logo
Eero kids
Magnum gunslinger
Pantera
mystique
Atomic:
Axum
Dreamraider
Alibi
Salomon:
Burner
Strobe
Ivy
Tracker
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Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 5-12-08 0:11; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Salomon Ivy - is this a beginners board?
If not, can you recommend a beginners board please 
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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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Ivy is more intermediate/good.
I missed out the nitro mystique, which is about the only real womens beginner board I have any contact with. Comes in under the nitro fate which my other half wasnt impressed with but I suspect she was above the level of board.
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stab, Isn't the scale; Intermediate, Not bad, getting better, fair to middling, semi good, fairly good, good, semi great, Skiing. 
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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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SMALLZOOKEEPER, dont forget the timescale, day 1 intermediate, day 2 not bad, day 3 getting better, day 4 fair to middling, day 5 snowboard teacher.
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Dobz, how about a burton feather? I know its burton and not that good a board to be honest once progressed but its aimed at a budget beginner with lots of colors
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Dobz, I echo Stab. Ihad the Feather for 2 weeks, loved it. Unfortunately I improved too much and had to trade it in for the next season. But I had got it end of season so got quite a bargain and they got a decent trade for it so I wasnt too out of pocket.
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stab, go on what are they then, I think the Dream Raider looks ace, wanted to try one couldn't find it anywhere. How the snow over there, hope you've got it like we have. btw you were right: my standard of what's a good boarder has gone up exponentially!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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stab, So what's a good all round, do everything board ?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The salomon answer looks interesting, I might take it out next week. It has a bamboo top sheet, supposed to be eco friendly. The good thing about it is it's a directional twin but with an extra set of holes for the front binding to make it a true twin if you want to ride like that. Feels nice and flexy with pop. The custom is obviously the long standing standard do everything board but I think maybe the atomic alibi could give it a run for its money. I'll try and get as many tested as I can in the next couple of weeks.
The one I really want to try is the salomon tracker, the sidecut is 3 straight lines and not a curve like most boards.
As for boards not in the shop I have no idea, sadly our range doesnt match the skis in terms of stock 
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stab, DebbiDoesSnow, Thanks for that. Will have looksie at 'em
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You know it makes sense.
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stab, whats your opinion on the Axum ? Have you ridden it ?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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stab, whats your opinion on the Axum ? Have you ridden it ? and are there any shops in CH that you know have stock of the banana left ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I really like the axum, so poppy and flexy but it remains stable at warp speed. I dont buy into the whole double edge thing but it's a board I would consider buying, if I was allowed to buy a new board, which I'm not
Dont know about the banana sorry.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DebbiDoesSnow, i just got a banana 156 from www.twoseasons.co.uk you could try them, its best to phone them they are very helpfull
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stab,
The Custom, Concept and Anthem all seem to fall in roughly the same category. Which of these do you prefer?
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I've only tried the custom, never tried the others.
Tomorrow (depending on my ribs) I'll be testing the custom with EST cartels, salomon answer with raiden bindings and assuming I can still breath after that and I didnt puncture my lung maybe I'll get the salomon tracker out.
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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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bar shaker,
I have got an Anthem and tried out this years custom the other week, both very similar rides and really nice, didn't like burtons new binding system tho(ICS) three of us tried different boards and all of our bindings moved!!!
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bar shaker,
I have got an Anthem and tried out this years custom the other week, both very similar rides and really nice, didn't like burtons new binding system tho(ICS) three of us tried different boards and all of our bindings moved!!! |
Funny you say that, I kept the custom ICS all day today and my back foot had moved from -15 to almost zero and moved back. I took some sloppy landings on backside 180s today and my cap strap on the cartel came off, which has never happened on my customs. The amazing thing though with the EST foot beds is they dont freeze up.
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stab,
i tried the custom bindings, like you said the foot beds are great but the ICS move too much 
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romeowner, yep something is up with that, I'll devote some time to look at it when I get back to work.
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stab, Salomon Burner, what's your opinion?
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Swirly, hehe, yeah they love it like that. I just saw in the shop an alpine stance on a custom 
Their edge to edge must be a nightmare like that, just standing on the floor in an alpine stance and trying to rock from heel edge to toe edge is hard enough.
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