terekhov

https://youtu.be/Mh1R3pcpJVs this is my former furberg in my friend's posession as a deeps rockboard

maybe it's 2nd generation, heard that quality issuies is total in 1st generation (from furberg himself in private email exchanges). all in all, geometry-wise it was a revelation, but it is WORST quality (manufacturing-wise and ride-wise other than IN snow) snowboard in years for me. absolutely uncarvable and umpumpable per se. too pity that I know no knock-off freeride board inspired by it - with normal camber and quality, but huge (important in pow!) radius and early-taper-rocker tips commenting on board's PERFECTION - boards (as any objects) have properties, not purposes. when I start riding - older brothers told me "there's no boardercross boards - any board will do if rider can surely ride that shit on it and win", and after 20yrs I cannot disagree. there's perfect board for rider/style, and "this is a best board for carving/powder/etc" is a corruption for many riders. I use "carving" boards for any freeride conditions other than deeps, my lovely OES 164FC have done that for me for many years for example - I even guided cat-tours on it. for powder for many years I love swallowtails, but now that stability (as carve-board stability on grooms) make surfiness of pow eliminated. banana hammock shows way out, furberg furthers it, and now really big boheme (12m sidecut w/288mm waist) will do that for me

but quality was utter nuisance, making board unrideable in any substance other than when almost ANY board floats well. once I'm almost died after just found myself starting (unpredictably) icy couloir on that flimsy rockered shit buit when you have something soft and deep under - yes, it's a revelation when I 1st tested it. on the positive side - my lovely board for deeps now - when really soft boots make sense - is boheme valdez 174 (and that's comparing over some tens of pow boards in times, currently owning best of em: libtech hammock 165, undertaker 198, pogo secret spot 183). valdez IS surely made in alps by alps

original madd158 is a complete psycho if you ride it frightened and not quick in transitions. but else..... it is one of my lovelies past 2 seasons for icy moguls. on the strange side, ride is very similar to full-carbon SL/BX oxess that I have, seems like carbon reinforcement made it ride like modern rockered geometry yes, you need to drive it boldly and don't forget to work THE nose boldly too, and then it was uber-fun. this board's ride age uber-well, for sure

flat only & everywhere. thank you BOL & inner glide for this revelation in 2008.

sorry for pause, I've done super-tight, and re-tighten them in the cold too. bolts don't bottom-out in inserts - checked in room by tightening single bolt and trying to rotate. in oxess there's rather shallow inserts, not so shallow in OES. gasket slides easily over topsheet even dislodged from binding and push-down-slided by hand with all my mass, contrary to rubbers from f2/proflex can use them with 2sided tape only( thinking about hand-crafting rubber pucks into bolt pits under plate.... and will write to support@, thank you for idea!

completely standard sg binds used for 12days before me

hi fellow community, before this season just obtained lightly used and rare sf bindings, and had problems with them on the 1st day - pseudo-rubber between Alu base of bindings and board top is not sticking at all - in medium cold siberian -15C I can rotate binding manually (with enough force) even when tightly screwed. now I use 2sided sticky tape under them excellent crafstmanship on this bindings, puts f2 in amateur class regarding manufacturing, but..... this sucky problem( anyone have this problem? PS rotates easily on OES & oxess topshits

I don't know about this oldish f2, but be warned that old boads often have miniscule torsional stiffness compared to current status quo. during last 15yrs I twice or thrice testing some little-known-brand boards from 90ies - and they're almost unrideable. so to say: if you're dedicated hardbooter and know how to power board to turn - a lot of old boards can be uber-overpowered by that. PS pogo's from mid-90ies is one of the best boards of all times, though PPS I ride hardboots out of groomers 90% of time.

stratos-pro production was terminated in 2008, and other blax-heads is lotta much before that time - maybe in 2002, seems like year or two after head purchased blax?... as i remember, stratos not-pro have softer upper boot, have no stiffener wings, and only sold with one - soft - sole pads. strati is my boot of choice for all further times of my life. simply perfect.

i now own custom one-off bx/sl oxess 163, slightly soft for my weight and preferences (but I like softer boards for my 54yo body), w/ 22cm waist (custom as lesser waist and higher torsion and more reactive tail). I bought it late last season, so ride it in april only, 3-5 days. it is almost mathematically PERFECT snowboard I have ever rode (and there's A LOT thru 20+ yrs). as it is almost not damped at all (sport!), and have very strict and predictable torsional stiffness - it is a perfect ANY-ride board - moguls, april trees, icy morning groomers - if you have enough ball power but you surely need provide all suspension and control yourself, it's definitely not an easy ride. think pumped wrc impreza per se. looking forward for winter to ride it in other different conditions.

"- Junior Flex Binding Up to 45 kg." (c) f2

strange season, too much soft snow, so I've rode IT for 3 days only. pic is of mid-april - you can see a snow accumulation on mntn top (rescue station) - 1994' madd & 1996' pogo (friend's of mine) so, it was NOT a sad boy. i've decoded idea of topsheet pic - now it's my psychic girl, my psychea. very interesting and modern ride, too pity there was no continuation of that legacy. i've rode it in moguls, cols, icy piste, not too soft groom. seems like too late to write review, but I like what I have now, and for some years to come. she is good and capable friend to some wilds like volant 162sl, kessler 168, some pogos of 90s and yearly 00s, and my last love - oes 164fc kevlar. very, very welcome, having something to teach me, oh my psychie

not yet! due to illness i have one riding weekend in Jan - and it was softy-freeridy, testing friends' coiler contra '2020 everywhere out of grooms madd is on mountain already, waiting for hard piste. we have regular snowdumps, so seems like not in forthcoming weeks

great condition madd came to novosibirsk today! other than rusted edges (needa fixing) and base possibly scratched by ski car rack (nothing to worry) - ideal condition for 25yr board. will ride when temperatures permit - soooo cold a time here, 60+yr record colds.

yes, I've read on brass recessed nuts many times. I have 3 different length sets of bolts for my f2 races, i.e. for use with f2 s-flex plate you need longish bolts too. as Michael wrote me, this board bought from cmc at 2002. part of history!

thank you, ebay! just hanging around in the morning - bidding ends 9:30am here in siberia - and.... always wanted to touch a slope with the most hype'y board in carving history

will take MK if it fits for 200+ lbs

so couple of questions: amW means wide - what's waist width? 8.1 - seems steeply stiff - with which weight you (and previous rider) rode it? any considerable damage (what's repaired)?

possibly 2nd in line

natural snow already... couple of weeks, and IT GONNA START

burton furnace boots for those who like stiffer side. which size btw?

late last season I've bought aged Scott Raid 164 to work as rockboard for me.... first day: I completely overwhelmed by SHEER FUN of riding pure camber non-rockered underdamped overlively madness. it was creator's blessing to learn to ride on such a beasts back in time: it seems like no such urgency to master all that controlling body language when you start on kesslers, and that's the BAD thing as I saw it. "hard in teaching easy in battle" - as said by one of russian master warriors. PS after 1st day on scott I retired it from rockboard status - it is HARD snowboard as it is, you NEED to ride one once in a time to understand/remember how to ride ultimately well. not a rockboard, but a reminder of what we've lost with kesslery shapes of today. and - yes - my everyday loved board (oes 164fc tin-less) is of modern shapes. riding such silky beasts corrupts enormously

late-season toy for siberian girlie came from master-craftsman. completely new VSR AM ][ -- softboot-inner-brains in alpine shape, like old but gold pogo reefer...