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I'm at work here and we are all fighting over which bike launched the show to fame; either the Black Widow bike or the Firefighter bike. I hope to settle this by letting the people speak. Thanks all.

Thanks for the info. Does the Coiler AM have a flat or up-turned tail. Also, is there a pic of this board anywhere?

I currently have Burton Driver SI boots and Mission SI bindings, how do these compair to the F2 boot and binding.

I agree I think a BX board would work perfect. I was thinking the F2 Speedcross would be the one, but it looks like others think otherwise. I want a stiffer board with more of a flat tail. I like the idea of a custom, but money-wise a mass produced one would be cheeper. Who is PSR? Is he a poster here? A custom builder elsewhere?

That's a let down. I was thinking that looked like the perfect board for me.

Really! Why is that?

I usually ride Lutsen, Spirit, Wild, Welch, even Buck and Hyland. I try to avoid Aspen as much as I can. Otherwise try to make it over to Michigan a couple times a year. How about you? As for what I want to use the board for: Instead of repeting myself, I will just refer you to the "Donek Axis Question' thread. I think I explained it pretty well there.

Any thoughts on F2's boots and bindings marketed to BX riders? They also seem like they would be right up my alley. Specifically I'm looking at the Hurricane boot and the Intec Joint HBX binding. Thanks.

Ok, looking around at some recomendations, it seems to me that the F2 Speedcross might be exactly what I'm looking for. We don't have much out of bounds here in MN so I'm hesitant(sp) to get a Tanker or another board like my Incline. Unless of course people really think I should go that way. I look at you guys here as the experts so I trust alot in what you all have to say. What do ya all think of the F2 Speedcross? Also the Pureboard since that is like the PJ I know and love? Thanks again.

(roll eyes here) Best is a relitive term now isn't it. The majority of movie theatres use Klipsch speakers but yet you fail to mention them. Yes I spent thousands of dollars on audio equipment and went into major debt. I sold all of it to pay it off. and bought less expensive stuff. Most people cannot tell a properly tuned sony or (gasp) pioneer from an amp/reciever from Krell anyways. Yup, I like the Elite series from Pioneer. It gives great sound for my non-dedicated, angular room I have it in. I don't want or need a room full of ugly audio equipment taking up alot of space. I no longer need fancy equipment to stroke my own ego. I now would rather enjoy the outdoors or other things than sit in front of an expensive HT set-up. I would rather invest my thousands in my retirement and other investments than expensive toys that I can get nearly the same sound or performance from from less expensive equipment. If you want to get into a pissing match over what 'best' is do it without me. I have better things to do here than that. I simply offered some advise based on experience, 'SPENDING MONEY DOES NOT EQUAL GOOD SOUND'. Get some average stuff, get it tuned to your space by a professional, and that will make more of a difference than spending alot on fancy equipment most can't appreciate anyways. My $.02. Peace.

I can't comment on HDTV and DVD players that go with it b/c I can't afford them myself, so here's my $.02.... I have owned 3 home theatre systems over the past 10 years. I started with the best, all high end, Krell, etc... Ended up selling b/c I needed money for other things. After owning the best you can buy I have come to this conclusion, spending money does not equal good sound. You need to look at the shape and accoustics of your room. Sometimes speakers that cost $600 sound just as good or better that ones costing $2000 depending on your room. First thing first, go and listen to as many speaker/amp combos as possible. Everyone hears things different (women hear treble better than men). A Yamaha amp will make one set of speakers sound one way and a Denon amp will make them sound another. DO NOT BUY UNTIL YOU FIND A COMBO YOU LIKE!!!! I can't stress that enough. And don't buy because someone else likes them. Personally I have a Denon reciever and Definitive Technology Power Monitors with matching center. I don't use rear surrounds anymore. Not really that important to me anymore. I'm saving up for a 15" sub still though. The sub is probably the biggest investment you can make in a home theatre. It creates the 3 dimention sound you want. Even those with sub par speakers can find that just by adding a sub they can solve their sound problem. Brands I like: Denon and Pioneer Elite. Esp the Poineer Elite. Speaker-wise: Klipsch and Definitive Technology. I swear by the DT now. Best sounding speakers I have ever heard. As for DVD players, right now I have a $100 sony and it works fine for me. My TV can't use the progressive scan so why spend more for it. Also with the blu wave (I think that is what they are called) disks comming out soon I don't want to invest too much money into a format that may not be compatable with new technology. There you go. Hope it helps you somewhat. I'm sure there will be those out there that disagree with me, but this is why I said go listen to as many combos as you can. And bring your wife with you even if she could care less about electronics, she hears things you can't. And one last thing, skip the theatre in a box package. If you are remotely an audiophile in anyway you will be disappointed quickly. Good luck. Oh yea, and like what was said above, stay away from Best Buy, etc... They know nothing and their stuff is junk IMHO.

Yup. I've been lurking here for a year now and I like the new facelift. Good job. :)

Like I said earlier, I have both a hard boot set up (a FP with race plates and furnace boots) and a soft set (Donek Incline with Burton step-ins). If I ride my race board with friends I'm down the hill before they know what hit them and then I end up waiting for them to catch up. I want a soft boot set up so I don't have to be 'on' all the time. The Incline is just not doing it for me. It doesn't give me that 'hook' I crave. I was looking at my old PJ and remembering how I used to rail on that board with sorels and that got me wondering if there was anything out there today that rides like that. Why soft boots you ask? I guess I'm still in to that old school soul that used to exist before the jibbers and everything became so specialized. I'm not a trickster. I'm a 32 year old lake surfer that rides not just for the rush but for the Zen side of the sport. Things don't need to be serious for me. I just want to ride and have fun. My fun happens to be clean, deep carves. I like my baggy pants, my clunky easy-to-walk-in boots, now I'm just missing the board that can hold an edge better than my Incline. I want the 'hook' my PJ used to give. I'm not looking for a tight turning board like a pipe board, but a board that carves a radius like a Burton Custom, but I want to be on softboots. Hope this helps explain a little more what I'm looking for.

So I was surfing the 'search' function and came across threads concerning asym boards. I didn't know they still made these things. How much is the #one board? I went to the site and saw 1500fr. I don't know how to convert that. Anyone have anyother opinions on this? It seems like a good choice since I want to stay on soft boots and I did love my PJ. Will Donek or some other custom builder build one? If so, how much. Again, any help and opinion in this area is appreciated. I love carving but just don't like the hard boots. Thanks.

I would love to post my ride, but I can't. It was towed out of my parking lot by the building manager on April 1st for expired tabs! Keep in mind it was legally parked and wasn't even dry or warm enough to ride yet. No one told me. I thought it was stolden. By the time I got notice from the tow company my bill was over $1000 and being that I am a student I didn't have that kind of money. So I left it there. It was a 1976 Yamaha XS500 modified into a cafe racer. I loved that bike, but now I need to save up for a new one. Maybe next year I'll have the money for a new bike.

I agree. Talk about the right place at the right time. Don't piss this one away. You may not get another chance like this for a long time. Good luck.

BTW, Galen you said it right. I'm looking for that 'hook'.

Nothing is wrong with the Incline except that it is the Donek I already have. I do love it. I just want to rail harder. I'm currently riding a 155cm ( I am 5'6", @150lbs). Would a longer board help? Or better yet, what would a longer board do for me. I do ride agressive, really attacking the hill. Should I ride steeper angles? I currently ride a 27 in front and a 12 in the rear. Soft hard boots? I never knew they made such a thing. I thought a hard boot was a hard boot. Who makes such a thing? How do they differ from a normal hard boot? How much stiffer are they from my Burton Drivers? As I said before, I have a hard boot set up. I'm just trying to get more carving performance in a soft set-up. Thanks.

A response from Donek itself! WOW! Not the answer I was hoping for but I trust it. Let me try phrasing what I am looking for another way. One of my first snowboards was a Burton PJ with the flex bindings (3-strap) and freestyle boots. I could and still can lay that board on its side. I loved having a carving board with the freedom and feel of soft boots. That is what I am looking for, a PJ calibur board. I could probably still ride the PJ I have but it is old and beat up and besides I want todays technology, not 15 year old. With that said, does anyone have any suggestions? Could Donek or someone else build a board that could ride like the PJ did? Thanks?

Unless you have some speciality skill such as an accountant, craftsmen, etc... the best place to start is in retail (like someone already said). I worked retail for a long time and got to know various reps and eventually got a job as a rep myself. My advise is if that is the route you want to go imerse(sp) yourself in the sport. Help run events, volunteer if you can, work in a shop, compete in the sport, etc... Jobs in the industry can be hard to get so you need to seperate yourself from the rest of the field. Just remember, while your doing all that get yourself a college degree so you have something to fall back on in case your dream doesn't work out.

Ok, I've been riding for 15 some years now and and both a hard boot and soft boot set up. What I want is a soft boot set up that I can still lay an edge with with my other non-hard boot friends. I have a size 7 foot and ride Burton SIs (step ins work much better in the small hills of Minnesota IMO). I have a pair of Burton Driver boots so stiffness will not be an issue. I have a Donek board already and love it, so I was looking at the Axis. I was wondering with the 21.5 cm waist and my small feet if it would work for me. Also any opinions on the board from those who have rode it would be great. Thanks.