JamesAndrew

On it's way! And the seller even had boots I needed too.

Regular. I just picked up another board, but I might still be interested.

Finding out they are hard to come by this late in the season. Anyone selling boots. I'm not to concerned about what kind, even old reactors. I just don't want to go spend $450 for new ones.

Now this is a board I remember well. I didn't have one, but my friends did when I had a Mistral Ecstasy. With all the talk about how asym is a thing of the past, do you have any input on how this board rides compared with a more modern one? I have half a mind to stick with what I know and get an asym.

Wow, memories. Thanks, but it's not quite the same thing. I used to carve my old Ecstasy pretty hard and it held through it all. It was those experiences that made me really surprised when I found out asym's are considered relics these days.

I'm considering buying one and I don't see it reviewed on the site. Anyone have any experiences with this board? It it a serious board? good for hard carving? Thanks, James

I'm looking for a Mistral Ecstasy asymmetrical race board (163cm I believe) from the early to mid 90's Thanks, James

Between 1992 and 1995, I always had two boards, a freestyle, and an alpine. My last race board was a Mistral Ecstasy asym which I regarded to be one of the best boards out at the time. Back then, asymmetrical was the only way to go. For various reasons, I haven't been riding hardboots since then, so it was really surprising when I found out that asym boards are considered to be relics. Maybe it's because I have not ridden a newer symmetrical board, but I carved that board pretty aggressively and never noticed the problems that I read about. My question is, How foreign will a symmetrical board feel when I first ride it? Will I have to re-wire my brain to learn a new carving technique?