short & fat

[xy9ine]

another pretty deck. tho the supernaut is 1cm wider at the front insert. damn, the fullbag is looking pretty good right now. 

[slopestar]

I seek the quiver of one. There is no such thing but if I were to have to take just one board, the diamond blade would be it. I like all of Mig’s Offerings but many of us lean towards directional set back boards or full on race or tweener/centered stance boards. I like the tweener board that does it all. I like a centered up stance. So preference is key. I ride my hammerhead bx in light powder 2-6” and it works fine. I  never set my boards back because I don’t like them to ride differently. Set it and forget it. The diamond blade for me is the most versatile board I have. 

 

[charliechocolate]

@xy9ine, Prior is jumping on the bandwagon with the Thruster and Slasher. The Thruster looks to the be the wider of the two at 28, if I'm reading the incomplete spec sheet right.

https://www.priorsnow.com/products/thruster

[John Gilmour]

I had been riding .. carving on old swallow tail redux designs like the Rossignol 159 Judge and 168 Judge . And while that 168 gave me some edge ( about as much as a 160cm deck to play with)  I disliked its versatility in tight pow situations and the 159 did not have enough edge. I enjoy the hammer head shape and spoon of the 156 Jones Hovercraft because I can lift my rear foot in a heelside carve to reset the nose.

i can’t EC as fast heelside as with my 169 ( about 8-10 mph slower) but the tight tree powder versatility and enhanced toeside from the magnetraction more than makes that a worthwhile trade off. Keeps my speeds to around 45-55 mph laid over which is definitely safer. 
 

I tried the 152,154,156,162, 166 hovercraft and 156 ultra craft and preferred the 156cm greatly . The design doesn’t stretch well. 156 gave tighter turns ( when pushed)  and more edge hold ( when pushed) than any other size. 
 

I think this board shape suits most snowboards best .

The Jones HC needs better materials and better dampening and a fine tuning of SCR. I’d like to design one of these shapes to better suit what I like to do .The Ultracraft IMHO is not the correct application of CF  and just adds stiffness for skidded turns and reduces carvability. 
 

when I need to reset a tie edge with a conventional board I get More or less point contact of the nose with the snow, what I like about the hammerhead shapes as I get more of a line contact feel ( larger area to reset with and once it’s reset I can lift the tail to dig in the nose to ploughing it into a tight nose SCR to either slow down or pop back up from EC ) for resetting the nose.

 

and MiG... how do I twist your arm to finally get a pavement carving brudda onto snow in Aspen with me?

Edited December 30, 2019 by John Gilmour

[Mig]

On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 11:32 AM, John Gilmour said:

and MiG... how do I twist your arm to finally get a pavement carving brudda onto snow in Aspen with me?

If I manage to loose a 150lbs, you won't have to twist my arm! Right now, I am having a hard time completing a run on a very small hill without my back and knees suffering. Haaa! Haa! Ha!