Alexey Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Edited May 16, 2018 by Alexey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 What are they? I see a seriously tight nose sidecut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Is this a review or an ad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 54 minutes ago, Keenan said: Is this a review Review coming soon Hint: pay attention to the graphic... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 @BlueBBlue Bee signature model! Hope there's still snow where you are, otherwise it'll be a LONG summer. (always read the fine print) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 howdy looks like something I would enjoy... 167L 23W 8-10SCR in XS, S, M... if you need a tester/reviewer... what's in the guts of the blueb?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 19 hours ago, BlueB said: Review coming soon Hint: pay attention to the graphic... You got stung by a bee? Ouch. Hope you're okay mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 4 hours ago, daveo said: You got stung by a bee? Ouch. Hope you're okay mate. Not me, the board : Floats like butterfly, stings like a bee! 13 hours ago, west carven said: howdy looks like something I would enjoy... 167L 23W 8-10SCR in XS, S, M... if you need a tester/reviewer... what's in the guts of the blueb?... The bee weighs about 183 lbs nowadays. The M, S and XS stand for stiffness, based of the M stiffness of the OES SL board, presumably. 13 hours ago, SunSurfer said: @BlueBBlue Bee signature model! Hope there's still snow where you are, otherwise it'll be a LONG summer. (always read the fine print) Good detective work! Blackcomb glacier will be open to the end of July... Not ideal conditions, but it will give us some idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 howdy blueb I was talking about the board... haha... carbon?... metal?... honeycomb carbon weave?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 20 hours ago, Corey said: What are they? I see a seriously tight nose sidecut! Designed to be an ultimate freeride/carver for hardboots, or softies for those who like very forward angles. The nose sidecut is about 8m, looks tighter because of lots of taper. The sidecut goes high up into decambered nose, creating the taper. However, there's almost no taper at the contact length. The inspiration for this board came from few excellent, yet not perfect, alpine free ride boards that me and few local riders have tried and frrom versatility of modern slalom boards (OES SL included). For few years I tried to convince Alexey that he needed this type of board in his lineup and that we possibly could redesign one of the existing boards to fit the bill. However, now he decided to develop it from scratch - new molds and everything. I've designed the geometry (so blame it on me if it didn't work), while the core thickness and construction I left to Alexey. 1 minute ago, west carven said: howdy blueb I was talking about the board... haha... carbon?... metal?... honeycomb carbon weave?... Wahahaha, of course, I misunderstood - Brainless B... Kevlar laminate on wood core. Honeycomb and carbon are notorious for breaking, I've killed at least 3 Nidecker Protos... Kevlar will be less brittle, yet dampen the vibration better then glass or carbon, while still lighter then glass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokolikrat Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 5 hours ago, BlueB said: Kevlar laminate on wood core. Honeycomb and carbon are notorious for breaking, I've killed at least 3 Nidecker Protos... Hmm it looks more like Niedecker is piece of and why are you using it after some many failures is rather questionable. I have been ridding Carbon boards from 4 different manufacturers for about 15 years without single failure. So where is the problem? Maybe some people simply know how to build boards . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 37 minutes ago, Ladia said: Hmm it looks more like Niedecker is piece of and why are you using it after some many failures is rather questionable. I have been ridding Carbon boards from 4 different manufacturers for about 15 years without single failure. So where is the problem? Maybe some people simply know how to build boards . I suspect the honeycomb is the problem... I used them because it's still the most versatile board for the stuff I like to do (besides carving). I would imagine it's all the jumps (and crashes) in the park, closely followed by mogul bashing, that shortens the life a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Love the graphics, nice work. Should be a fun board. My next softboot bindings will be Now O-Drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Jack Michaud said: Love the graphics, nice work. Should be a fun board. Thanks Jack! Now when I look on it, I should have turned that bee 45 clockwise - it would make sense both when on the rack and when flt on snow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoroSnow Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 21 hours ago, Jack Michaud said: Love the graphics, nice work. Should be a fun board. My next softboot bindings will be Now O-Drive. I remember seeing a video on the forum of (two ?) guys riding togother, one on a (the cross ?)kessler ripping in softboots, and I think he was using Now O-Drive bindings. Plus, It's quite hard to find true carving reviews of those bindings on the net..... Apparently, if skilled enough, they seem to let you cave pretty well.... Unfortunatly, I don't remember where on the forum I did see it....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexey Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Boards fly to BlueB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexey Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 On 5/17/2018 at 11:09 PM, BlueB said: However, now he decided to develop it from scratch - new molds and everything. My look (150 girl friendly model) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 22 hours ago, Jack Michaud said: My next softboot bindings will be Now O-Drive. The concept of isolating heel and toe sounds great to me but the dead band feel between that worries me so look forward tto the report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 13 hours ago, Alexey said: Boards fly to BlueB Woohoo! So excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 howdy blueb if you need a tester for the es or s let me know i'm at the light weight end and will give you a report on how it rides. I will be happy to review here on alpinesnowboarder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Nice that you are so keen! We'll test them locally first. Do you have anything open in the summer, there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) They are here! I'm just about to create a review thread. Edited May 24, 2018 by BlueB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechocolate Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) I was gonna go hit the waves this weekend... but I guess I have better plans now Edited May 24, 2018 by charliechocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 32 minutes ago, charliechocolate said: I was gonna go hit the waves this weekend... but I guess I have better plans now Carry on with the waves plan... the glacier doesn't open until June 9. Unless you wanted to come by and pet the boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Review thread is here: http://forums.alpinesnowboarder.com/topic/46784-oes-all-mountain-167/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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