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Pm sent, interested in the incline.

Pretty sure lots of people have done that, but I've only tried the stock incline (wide) from about 7-8 years ago so I have no idea how different it would have been with the extra rubber dampening. Below are a couple threads where I read about people ordering boards like that: http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?39692-Donek-Razor-182-w-rubber-dampening http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?34361-Donek-Razor-Hybrid-160

Thanks for that info, that helps. I don't ride switch that much, it's just something I work on if I start to get bored sometimes. This board would definitely not be intended for that - mainly I'd just like something that can reasonably go anywhere, but excels at carving, high speed, and stability. There are too many good options :) What made you choose the radial sidecut? From what I've read (excuse my ignorance on this) having the dual hybrid sidecut just allows you to turn sharper or more gradually depending on where you shift your weight, right?

A damper version of the old Incline sounds really good actually. One of the things I didn't like about my old incline is how when I skidded too much, the vibrations would really kill my feet after a while. I know Donek can add rubber damping to any board so it's an option I'd probably go with.

As much as it would be fun to buy new hardboots and an alpine board, I just don't think I can spend that much, and I like the comfort of soft boots. Maybe someday I'll try the full alpine setup, but probably not yet. I wish now I'd kept my old incline - I don't think I ever tried it with a more forward stance, and that might have helped a lot (I tend to ride duck stance, usually +15/-15 or +12/-12 for ease of switch riding)

scrapster, if you don't mind me asking, what height/weight are you? I'm 5'11, 180lbs and I would have a hard time choosing between 160 or 164. Based on your experience with the razors, which would you recommend?

Thanks for the replies... not sure what happened with the email notifications - I wasn't receiving them and just now noticed there were more people responding. lonbordin - thanks for the suggestions. oldsnowboards - I wasn't saying they are too long, but I've just never seen a model of snowboard that comes in that kind of size range, and it got my interest. I'm sort of on the lookout for a better carving board for next winter, and I know Donek makes good boards. teach - right now I've been riding a lib tech skate banana 156 (short, flexible, twin). I did own a Donek Incline 165 for a few winters though, so I kind of know what to expect from Donek. I have soft boots, but they are fairly stiff as far as soft boots go - Salomon Malamutes. The skate banana is a really fun board to ride because it's so easy to initiate turns at slow/medium speeds, is very forgiving, and floats well for its size, but sometimes it's just fun to go all out and go really fast. That's when a stiffer bigger board sounds like it would be a blast. Also I see people carving it up with hard boots and alpine boards and it looks like it would be awesome to try to board more like that. energyrail - as of now I'm not looking at replacing boots/bindings, so I'd probably stick with soft boots, but it would be nice to have a board that if I wanted to I could try hard boots at some point. After posting this I'm now thinking the razor might be a better choice for a more carve oriented board that I can use with soft boots.

Hi I'm trying to find some opinions about this snowboard from Donek. Anybody own one or ridden one and care to share their thoughts about it? I noticed that the available lengths are pretty ridiculously long compared to most snowboards out there. They go from 170 to 210 I am tempted to try a longer, stiffer board than my current one to try to get better at carving, and to have more stability at higher speeds, through crud, etc. Thanks in advance!