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Ok, I decided that the HyArc is one of the worst ideas ever to come along for snowboarding. One of the problems I had to deal with was the snow was hard pack and then the other was the fact that this ridiculous thing could not hold an edge to save its life. The board will be heading to the wall and will not be seeing any more snow as long as I have it.

I'm replying to an old thread but I was wondering......did anyone ever try their HyArc? I never did see a review of the ride and I plan to give my HyArc a ride this Saturday. Should be fun, but hopefully not painful.

So this afternoon I was snowboarding with my daughter and her friend. I pulled ahead on a run then stopped along the side, dropped to my knees and was getting my camera out to snap some pic's (there were very few people out on the runs today). I all of a sudden hear my daughter yell 'dad', I turn to my right and see a black blurr then 'whack'....a freak'n out of control 13 yr old girl going at high speed smacks into me then all of her gear flies..... I yelled out asking if she was ok, then commented about her high rate of speed and that she needs to stay in control, blah blah blah. I was lucky I had my board behind me and she struck that instead of ramming her ski's in to my back, side or legs.. Lucky in the end, nobody was injured, but that was a close call.

4-corners in Maple Valley is where I hit the most. Found the Pharaoh, Diablo and Barfoot in Selah, WA Goodwill (my hometown).

I have both a Brenter C4 (with foot ski's) and a Geary snowbike with pegs. I just got the Geary so I am still on the learning curve with the pegger bike.

Did you really use poles when riding your Hyarc board? I have a lot of folks who want to give my board a try so I'll be sure to take some video. I'm also breaking in a snowbike, giving that sport a try. Always good to have lots of options....

I stopped by Goodwill again today and they had this old Rad Air 52 board with early Rossignol step in bindings. I try to buy pre 4-hole style boards for my vintage collection so I let this pass for someone else. Interesting design and heavy as heck.

A related video was linked to the one posted here showing a skier and snowboarder collide (both happen to be friends). The boarder took the worse of it by far and I would put a little more fault on this accident to the boarder, but it all appears to have happened so quick, just shows accidents happen.

I've been collecting them. This year, goodwill has produced the following boards for my collection: Rossignol VAS 159 Nitro Diablo 178 Nitro Pyro 155 Barfoot "Jon Boyer" pro model Colorado Snowboards 163 (crazy graphic design) Gnu Pharaoh and off of shopgoodwill.com I was the only bidder on a HyArc. Snagged it for $7.95 and it was for 'local pickup only'. Also found a couple good sets of baseless bindings. I've never tried them before so one of these days, possibly vintage day at Hyak I'll give them a try. The Barfoot was the most expensive at $29 but well worth it. All came with bindings too.

Found this board last night at the local Goodwill. I'm always searching the goodwill stores for vintage snowboards but this is my first race board I've found. Looks like it has never been used.....and cost a grand total of $9.95. I've had a good year at goodwill stores this winter finding some good vintage stuff. Too bad it wasn't longer, but I guess it will fit the wall better (lol).

A few years back I had found where someone had linked one of my photo's from a vintage toy site I used to run to a website of theirs so I just substituted a porn pic. Took them a few days to realize what had happened, but I think they got the message.

Great pic.....no need for HB's, that's obvious and skull shell is optional.

Great score, and that was a good price. I was searching last year for a Tanker or Doughboy but those long boards are hard to find at decent price. Ended up finally getting a Doughboy last summer and took it to the powder last week.. Congrats...

Wow, I didn't know someone else was trying this 'hinge' concept? Funny thing, I just found me a Hyarc snowboard at Goodwill for $9. Can't wait to test it out on the slopes.

I have a similar Rossi board but mine is all white with the rooster on the bottom. I'd guess it to be around a 1993-95 range because of the 4-hole pattern. It looks like a good rider but you didn't mention the length? Cool find!