Asheville Philip

I've been to Beech a couple of times but I'll probably stick mostly to the wolf this season since its free.

I will be teaching skiing at the Wolf this season. I don't snowboard but I am going to attempt to learn on an F2 Speedster SL that I'm putting together. If you're around, come and find me, Philip, at the ski school.

I'm new to this forum and carving snowboards but I've been skating for a few years so maybe I can help. I'm a bit puzzled that you had no traction loss with the yellow stimulus since they are the most slippery wheel that they make. Maybe you were feeling the difference between bigger 75mm wheels and smaller, more nimble 70mm wheels? I like my yellow durians for learning stand-up slides since they break free at a much slower speed but they often leave me on my ass while drifting hairpins. Try some Sector 9 race formulas. So far I have tried zig zags, big zigs, flywheels, grippins, noskools, purple inheats, yellow durians, seismic speedvents, fireball beasts, and s9 raceforms. The raceforms are by far the best all-around wheel I have personally tried. I have red 74mm 82a which are square-lipped offset. You might in fact be asking too much of one wheel. Its nice to have a quiver of boards and an arsenal of wheels! I would personally try a set of 70mm 82a (red round centerset) raceforms on the dervish and a set of 76mm 78a (yellow square centerset) raceforms on the flushcut. I would recommend the 74mm for the flushcut but I'm not sure how low it rides with the double drop so you might get rail drag.