jayfromspain

Thank you guys! All this deffinetly helps me know what to expect. My height and weight put a lot of lever in the 123cm effective edge of the cafe racer and I tend to feel a lack of support specially when i try to go really low, I can finesse it but it doesn’t feel natural or fluid on my feet and also the amount of tension that builds up on my legs makes it impossible for me to do it on more than 4-5 turns in a row. Thanks again for all the advice guys! I’ll let you know how i do with it. Just to clarify, i went with the 165w FR, fiber glass and hard stiffness level.

I get what you say about the stiffest spec. I hope it doesn’t feel too dead at the finish of the turn and I can make it spring back to shape into the next turn, which is something i love doing on the korua. Maybe you feel it so so stiff because of the kevlar?? i’ll post the review when I get the chance. Thanks again!!

Thanks everyone for your responses. Specially dhamann for providing info on the OES, it was thanks to your comment that I decided to get a OES FR 165w, regular construction in a hard stiffness. Reading you I could tell the kevlar version would be too serious of a board for me to have fun. I will do a review on it as soon as Im able to really try it. Can’t wait!! thanks again everyone!!

Hi Deuxdiesel and thanks for your reply. im used to riding with steep positive angles (+27-30/30-33) and my current board (korua cafe racer 164) is 28 cm wide. What worries me about the OES is the effective edge (140 vs 144 on the SG and 148,5 on the Nobile). Do you think it would be enough to support me when going really low?? Thats the main reason I want one of this boards, the korua struggles a bit with my weight on my heel edge and I also overpower it a bit on the edge changes if im not really focused. thanks!

Hi everyone! first of all, nice to meet ya’ll. Long time lurker first time poster here. I’m looking into buying my first softboot carving specific board, the thing is Im a very tall guy (6’6” or 200cm tall weighting around 210 pounds) with a size 10,5 boots (44,5 eu). I’ve been checkin the SG soul 164xt, the Nobile n8 ti 172 and the OES fr 165w. But if you guys know any other boards that would suit me or can help me decide between those three I would greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to ask any questions if my information is incomplete, and excuse if my English isn’t perfect. Thanks all in advice for your time and help!