I was at ECES Thursday and Friday, needless to say there was an interesting combination of conditions those two days. I demoed three boards and a pair of boots.
Board one- Donek Axxess. This board was really heavy compared to my Voekl. It was really nice on top of the snow, but when I went to carve a turn it dove down into the soft stuff and was a lot of work to get into the next turn, I took one run and went back for the next one.
Board two- Prior ATV. This was recomended to me after some discussion. I think if the powder had been a little fluffier I would have went home with it. It was nice and light, fairly responsive and fun to turn on. I took two runs and went back and waited for the next board I wanted to try.
Board three- Prior 4x4 174. At this point the snow had gotten really choppy, I didn't mind at all. It was all I could do to bring this one back, I went all over Stratton on this one and even took it into the edges of the woods to try out what little fresh powder was left. When I brought it back to the tent at 2 I asked for a price. There seemed to be some confusion as the person responsible for the price was still out playing. I said "no big deal, I'll go out on my Voekl and make sure things are ok uphill, I'll be back before lifts close." When I got back there was still no answer on the price. I wasn't too worried about it, Friday was another opportunity. Well don't you know that by the end of Friday I had managed to twist my ankle at the bottom and was more concerned with getting my foot out of boot before it had to be cut. Needless to say an e-mail to Michelle at Bomber was all it took to find out where that 4x4 went and it is on it's way to it's new vermont home. Can't wait to get that out on some packed cord.