bobdea

Precisely

Maybe, but our protos and the builds from other factories in past years seem to be holding up well. what I can tell you for a fact is they’re really gorgeous and the construction is top notch. All qiso carbon and a good amount of rubber in there. I haven’t ridden one yet but I can give that report when I do!

T-nut it! bindings had to be waaaay forward to work for me… too narrow too! I don’t mean add a set to go more forward BTW just mean replace the coils in brass with steel.

This fella wanted it all! And, he got it!

Sugarloaf is epic, the groom should be hero for the next couple days but it’s deeeeep in the woods. also, come demo a board at winterstick!

I also noticed this

I have a BXFR in 275 wide…. It’s exceptional!

Hey man, come over and see us at winterstick we are on hill at sugarloaf! Lots of demo boards. We can build you anything you want or you can just buy off the rack! Surprisingly, the swallowtail rips turns better than most boards intended for hardpack… go figure! other vendor’s boards that come to mind, SG soul titan, coiler BXFR, if you want a surfy carver a rad air tanker. The larger dupraz boards. Oxess makes a softy carver, Kessler has a few amazing options as well!

The nice thing about working at a factory is I get to use them but not necessarily buy them! the mullet and swally have been my frequent flyers

Ha! And that’s the super secret one I was talking about! Sandy, build one 27-275 wide I’d love to do some on hill quality control on one! Hahaha. Bet Jack would too.

There are a couple on the rack here at winterstick….. One of those will absolutely work for you!

Who? Skeez?

Well, IIRC the only reason the same plates we use didn’t get adopted in BX had to do with some old guy showing up with one and smoking everyone (palm?) so a couple other athletes bitched to FIS. it makes a fair amount of sense! Just, the weight seems like a hard sell in that market.

There have been maybe four boards that have come through that have made me envious. one, is super secret, one is pictured above, one was a TB model that was big and beautiful and there was a mega wide BX board that I coveted.

Plates add mass as well, assuming that they do a half decent job of moving independently from the vibrations of the board that I would think would offer a mess of damping without deadening. Busting through crud is where that applies but otherwise I think Jack is correct, and, also, why I think the recent coilers with the contra sidecut work so well in specific applications the board is probably subjected to a lot less twisting. Resulting in more predictable edge hold on hard surfaces much like a plate. That’s just a theory though and it comes to riding wide boards over the last 20 years. I hope this thing works well. The thing is probably the stiffest board I’ve put through the dirty room so far.

Hey! I had to leave so Rob did the fine surface, structure, edge, dremel sidewalls and drill. That thing was a pain to cut the sidewalls, that and an SL board that came through were next to impossible to completely decamber.

Yeah, and where it’s not paper thin aluminum it might last a season or more…. this is a big part of my interest, I like the idea of using a material that can actually flex(aluminum really is a poor choice in that configuration)

Anyone have details? I like the price! http://www.scorpionracingcenter.com/catalog/gb/schwerdt-plate/17-schwerdt-plate.html

For real

C’mon guys, when I’m the one saying don’t give someone shit you’re probably over the top. we don’t know how MUCH he rides… eight years could be 20 days for example. sure, he needs some instruction or something but so do I?

You gonna let me ride it?

I spotted a 162 over there

I have a coiler stubby. Built for 200 lb

You want the a10

He’s golfing!!! Yes! This is a true statement! Let the guy have a rest!