groovastic

Hi! Has somebody tried changing liners in old Burton Winds? Is there any liner on the market at the moment that fits them well? Thank you!

Wow I guess I never saw all these answers at the time! 8 years late is better then never to say thank you ;)

I do see what you mean. And to be honest.. I've been thinking the same way you did. Only I could never get that much edgehold from any other board at any point of a carve. Or is it just me? And I did have some troubles regarding what you say "bites the ice without even pushing it and never let loose".... but noone got hurt luckilly! or noone got hurt badly hehehhehe I did not have enough time (and I don't have enough technique) to play with different positions on the board (in terms of leaning fwds and bckwds), but I guess it should help building up edgehold and reducing it... no? But anyways, what can be so bad with having TONS of edgehold all the time?? if we suppose that it wouldn't cause any crashes

If you have any chance to test ride a Sense I would sure recommend it!!! http://sense4.me/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=29 Andrej makes custom boards. I NEVER rode anything with that much edgehold! Nor 40 other people I tested Sense boards with! Sense's edgehold is a And if you really like spending money, you can order a custom wood topsheet :D

I have not mentioned, but I tested a 163 slalom board made for World Cup and it was too much for me as well! 2 rides on this thing exhausted me more than the whole day of testing various SL, GS and something in between boards!!! So it might have been that you had tested a world cup board instead of a normal carving one... So I would stick to what I stated

I tested Sense boards the other day. Sense 180!!!!! After riding Nidecker, Burton, Coiler, Virus, Pogo, Goltes, SG, Xtasy, Kessler and Sense snowboards I must admit that this is the best board I have ever had a chance to ride!!! SG would be my second choice, Pogo third and so on... Having in mind that most titanal boards in Europe are close to 1000 Eur tag, I think Sense boards are not even that expensive...

Val Thorens, Chamonix and Val d'Isere in France if you ask me, maybe even Ischgl and Soelden in Austria. But I've been told (by people that really know!) that Zermatt (Matterhorn) in Switzerland is the best and most beautiful resort in Europe!

I must agree with you! Oh, and please contact me when you test all these! And add one Pogo to your list just for me

Thanks guys! But I already have a 169 board in my quiver. Now I am talking about under 165 boards! SL-like boards, not do it all boards 170ish boards! Cheers!

Thanks! I will try on European forums. And what about Coiler Angrry? I read about it months ago, and nothing since... Anybody tested it?

Hi all! I've been thinking of getting myself a short board for some time now, and after reading http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=33006 i realised that I am not the only one... :D Many years ago I've had a Nidecker 158 and liked it a lot, but after first time riding a longer board I never went back to my Nidecker so I cannot really tell if I liked such a short board compared to longer ones. Since then I've tested a Pogo Impact 168 and a Virus Nightmare 165 and nothing shorter... I really loved the Impact, but Nightmare felt a bit small. BUT, my style and technic have changed a bit so I started thinking of testing some shorter boards again and maybe even buying one... Pogo Overdose 162 Virus UFC 163 (or some other?) and SG Full Race 163 come to my mind.. Any other suggestions? Could anybody please compare the 3 I just mentioned? Cheers!

To be honest, I have had a custom made board and was very happy with it. I decided on the specs after riding various boards and came to certain dimensions I thought would be best for me (with designer's help and suggestions, for sure!). The problem in this theory is, that SG 178 Titanal was nothing like a board (regarding sidecut, eff. edge, etc.) I was looking for, even after selling my custom made board and testing many other boards. But it turned to be my favorite board of all times! So don't worry about specs too much! Just testride as many boards as you can and find your favorite! The draw back of this approach is that you become addicted to testing new boards... complicated stuff

I have a '08 178 with titanal and I weigh some 165 lbs. Great board! Can carve quite short turns with its 14 m radius! Much shorter than on my American-made board with 12 m radius. Yet I'm not comfortable on narrow steep runs either, but maybe if I was better... Sure my favorite board ever, but I must say that sometimes I do take my shorter board if I know the slopes would be crowded, especially if narrow and crowded...

I haven't read the whole thread, but here's my story: I've been hardbooting since '93/'94 I think, and I've been improoving gradually. There have been some bigger or smaller step ups in some carving camps and when riding new and better boards, but last friday something strange happened... It was my 6th day on snow this season, and the 5th day was the worst in long time.. So, I've been having problems with shoulder positiong in backside curve for last 5 years. My front side is more or less as good as I can imagine, but backside's been giving me troubles. I've been trying to improve it with help of many people, even from this forum, but never had a Significant succes. This friday my first backside curve of the day felt perfect! And so did the 2nd and 3rd... I realised that my board was holding snow perfectly, had no problem with carving over some mid sized bumps... Great! Then I realised that the problem was not my shoulders, but my knees!!! Andrej Cerne from http://www.sportpoint.si/ has been telling me that some 5 years ago, but I allways thought that I was doing what he was saying. The problem was that I tended to lean into a curve before setting my board on the very edge, so I had to find balance with my shoulders! Now I got rid of that problem by pure coincidence and I've improved my boarding very much! So we can say it just happened one day! Cheers! And happy new year to all you guys!

so... has anybody at least ridden 2 of these 3 types of rockers and could compare them? cheers!