frochild

I just got mine in the mail. My only complaint is that I cannot find someone to mold the inserts for me. Has anyone here actually had to so this themself? If you have done it, is it pretty easy, or am it going to really screw myself? Fro

Ok, I am here again seeking advice on making a purchase. I want to do some downhill boarding (beyond pavement) in the summer, but I do not know what the better products are. I have heard of mountain board are there others? Please let me know, Thanks

Well, I ended up getting the longstick and I am not disapointed; that thing is a blast! There are many positives to it: It gets around easitly, speeds up in seconds, carves with no effort, and can take on some monsterous hills. The biggest plus is that it allows me to noodle around my area providing the exersize and off season practice I desire. The negatives: I knew the carveboard would provide better traction and the ability to do bigger hills over the stick but I did now know it was by leaps and bounds . I have already in a week maxed out almost all the potential of my stick(I am still working on slidding though) and am wishing for more. Despite all of this, the longstick is worth the money and is great for everyday carving, to be honest there are no hills in my area without a car ride that I cannot handle. The idea for me was to be able to come home and use it like an exersize machine; but I always want to go big. Too bad I cannot afford both. In the end, if I had to choose between the two, I think the carveboard wins.

thanks for the input! I feel like I made the right choice.

I actually went with my origional choice which I had forgotton about. Carveboard makes a longboard which is different from their carvestick/surfstick and carveboard. It seemed like the best compromise between all the boards I have been looking at. While I live in an area that only has hills ( not kidding), most of them are not huge. I want to pretend I am a alpiner and keep my body and skills in shape for carving. I am not sure there are other boards that can deliver the same, or better. Being able to go fast is great but not at the compromise of limited carving ability. That being said, my order has not been processed yet and I can go ahead with somthing different if there is somthing that can outmatch this product. You guys have always helped me out and your advice stopped me from buying the wrong snowboard. While I have looked into things, unless I have ridden them I have no idea what really works the best. Everyone states their model is the best, but I cannot truely figure out what truely is. I do know that there is an article on this website that states the carveboard to be one of the best solutions to summer blues. The article is outdated, from 2000 though. Thanks for any input. :)

Thanks for all the help, I think I will stick with the carvestick. There are a million great boards to choose from, but the stick seems as good if not better than the rest. Who knows though, I always thought I would only have one snowboard at a time........

I did read that section but that kid has much different needs than I. I dont care for flat land transportation, all I want to do is go down hills. It sounds like the carvestick will do a better job than the T-board though. I will check out the hypercarve. Any more suggestions?

I want to carve, like a hardbooter on pavement. The carveboard seems to be the best but it is very expensive and things like the T-board look very cool while being much cheeper. While I can afford the carveboard, I dont want to waist my money. So my question is simple, what is the best board to make me feel like I am on my donek 171 FC?

Whiteface is a great mountain! The damage to my board usually comes from the really hard ice on top of the mountain....it is those runs that I reall have fun on...long and steep. I would not say that their diamonds are like double diamonds, I have been on much steeper stuff. That being said, if you try and truely carve those diamonds, your balls better be made of steel!!!!! cheers

thanks for all the info, what do you guys think of the flowlab? Looks pretty wild. Would that be a bad board to start with. Also, what are the odds that I get a longboard at a local skateshop? Thanks for the help, Fro

I can only tell you, go early and hope that there is not too much ice. Whiteface should really be called Iceface, the conditions generally are horrible. Any of their long diamonds will not disapoint if there is not too much ice. THis year, thanks to warm weather however, things have been better. Upper Runway and upper Parkway are the hills that I see the most psychotic carving being done. Hope this helps and I hope your board survives, whiteface almost always does serious damage to my board if I ride the whole mountain.

Soon, there will be no more snow here in NY. When that happens I want something to feed my addiction. I have seen some really cool long skateboards designed just for carving and I would like some recomondations. I would not like to go over 200-300 dollars. Thank you very much! Fro

I really appreciate all of the input here. I decied to go with the 171. I think it will really work out. In the end I just wanted a stronger board. Given I did like my current board( had it for 8-9 years and remains in top condition) and I spend most of my time at Gore where they only groom before a storm I thought, what the hey get a long board to satisfy my deep carving needs. To tell the truth though, my e-deck gives out under pressure and is diffuicult to control unless in ungroomed or fairly good conditons. And I should mention that Gore is the only place I dont expect too much icy conditions.

Ok, great feedback. I dont think getting a 171 would be a great choice because I dont think it is much different. One thing I should include here is that I am looking to have a varity here. I dont plan on riding the long one that often but only on the really good groomed days where I want to pretend I am a racer. Plus there are many mountains that I think are made for long boards such as Whiteface ( I live in the northeast). I sould also mention that I can go 60 + easily but rather it is my board that holds me back ( it starts vibrating and looses edge). But I must say speed is not a big goal of mine, but rather doing ungroomed difficult stuff. The problem comes in when everything is groomed/icy and I cannot enoy my smaller board it is onthese days that I think I would like the long board cheers, and thanks in advance for the info

Ok, if you go into the store here you will see that there is a board on sale. In fact it is one of the only boards on sale. I would like to get it but unfortuatly I do not know what size to get. I carve on a 166 burton e-deck and am looking to get a longer freecarving board to enhance my turning abilities. I am about 5 10 170-180 lbs, medium build. I am thinking that the 185 would be a lot of fun. Is that too long for a guy like me on a board like that???? I dont want to screw myself over..... Thanks for your help