Skwalleur
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What was the name of that metal Virus I rode?
Not my board at all compared to the silver/black faded one.
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Teddo, you should have let me know that you were after wider board at HBU, i tought you were pure Skwal guy. You should have tested Pen Blackjack :rolleyes:
Hey Pokkis! Of course I'm the Skwal guy, but firstly a carver
Don't know If I was just after wider, just something new to evolve with in different directions. I sure know my new Thias will make me improve as a Skwalleur and since I had so much fun on the #two I was just looking for something new (until I could get my hands on the #two).
The Afterburners are too little action for my taste, how would you compare them to the Pen?
All Skwalling put aside, the Silverpfeil remails my favorite beeing narrow and lively.
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Thanks. A bit how I reckoned. I'll just have to get Joerg's baby for next season.
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Just ordered a 161 Speedcross as it seemed similar in spec to Joergs #Two Purecarving board I tested during the Swedish Sessions a couple of weeks ago.
Anyone ridden both and compared?
I loved the #Two in the conditions we had (http://forum.alpinepunk.com/photos/default.aspx) and had loads of fun on it, but'll probably have to save up for it... And I guess they're out for this season.
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I'll check with the post office after easter.
It's the 2005 model.
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Great condition ridden only a couple of days.
Board is in Sweden.
€280
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Sweet!
Loved the Skwal action..
Yep, I got some guys to go on the Skwal. Loads of talent discovered.
Stoked to hear that Joerg once beat the reigning snowboard wc on a Skwal...The FIS was quick to ban it huh?
Also cool to ride the 45° "wall" with him.
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I recently picked up a nice board not really knowing much about and notice that it had a specific graphic artists name printed on the top coat. Anyone recognize the name Gudrun Geiblinger? I researched him on the internet and came across the site of his work. http://www.geiblinger.at/page_1_1.html
I'll post pics of the top sheet - pretty interesting 3D image of a Lizard - its a Heavy Tools 163.
Actually Gudrun is behind a lot of F2 designs.
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BTW - we had to nag to get Pokkis to put his Prior Pens in the pic.
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Lower pic, third and seventh from right.
I'm not retired
even i would like to be :DHey Pokkis!
Did you try it? (or anything new?)
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Just got back from a great session in Sweden with Mats from Alpinepunk.com and Joerg from pureboarding.
What a great weekend.
Joerg's style and boards really got me inspired and I was stoked to try his "baby" - the #two board which I really liked. It really was for playing around.
Some pics from the event.
Hey Al! Turn around!
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Good news Fin. I'm also in a need of a pair of skwal bindings for Völkl monocarver. Her waist is admirable 11,5 cm.
Watch out with the Monocarver! It hasn't got standard 4x4 so I had to drill (Fin cover your ears/eyes!) extra holes in my TD discs to make it fit and can only use three screws per disc. Even then the fit was assymetrical. E.g. it fits a bit like this:
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But the monocarver sure deserves the TD!
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So...what stances are all you skwalleurs using?
Do you actually go to 90 degrees (pointing straight ahead) with your front foot, or do you use a little bit of offset? How much splay do you have between right and left feet?
What's your "stance width"? (For a Skwal, maybe "stance length" is more appropriate :))
I go with 90/83. Can't really adjust the "lenght", but it's really tight. You shouldn't be able to open the rear binding with the front foot in if you haven't got intecs.
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what's using the stiffer tounge going to do compared to tightening the spring?
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I'm lighter than you (~73 kg) and I ride both the Speedster RS 183 and the Silberpfeil 172, obviously with different conditions in mind. I go for the smaller SCR for crowded days and the RS when I can use the whole slope and don't risk having a skier coming down on my neck.
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Let me put it this way: super high angles are only good for carving, nothing else. It's hard to skid a turn, and control when skidding is hard, at best.
Fair enough. I don't really enjoy skidding my skwals or anything else.
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I just think anything loose go against the concept of carving...
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With 90 degree angles, you will have no control whatsoever. Why do you think world cup racers try and ride witht he shallowest angles possible?
Obviously not many people here are at world cup level, but it's still the same general idea.
Are you saying I'm out of control riding on my skwals with 86-90?
It's really different to freecarve and to race... I'm after the feeling - not the fastest way down.
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Side CutRadius
Duh. :rolleyes:
Thanks.
Yes, they (Skwals) are generally quite generous with that, but I find I can push my Völkl Monocarver really hard to get really tight turns though.
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To highlight Skwalleurs point I paste a comparison of two ancient Egyptian skiing machines. As you can see the shape differs, but the stance is the same and they ride alike. Water or snow- it's a carving show.
Wow - my favourite board! But without TD's - what a shame.
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Salomon Malamute is stiff too, maaybe a tad stiffer than the driver
vans and DC make some rigid boots as well but I don't like them as much as the stuff I already mentioned
of the group the Ion is probably all around the best boot, malamute the stiffest and the driver is my preferance because it's cheaper and slightly stiffer than the ion.
I'm confused. The starter of this thread stated that the soft boots were just as stiff as a pair of winds... Having riden Winds and Head Stratus Pro over the last 5 years I got a pair of Malamutes to use in some off-piste applications last year. And having been in hard-boots for such a long time the Malamutes felt like a pair of sneakers in comparison. Is there some way of measuring stiffness I'm not aware of?
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If you carve hard on the snow you will want to carve with one ski on the water. There's nothing in the summer to cure the blues like dippin' your shoulder to the water in a nice big carve with a huge spray shooting into the air. I miss snow.
EZE
And if you like and get used to the stance on that waterski - you should definately try the Skwal once the snow start to fall again. Nothing like it to get all that weight on the edge.
even i would like to be :D
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