snowboardfast Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Anyone ridden a swoard. According to the posts I read on the web site this board seems great for all riding in all conditions and for super laid out carves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I wouldn't expect anything else from them.....including good boards and pure modesty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 There are a few swoard reviews from people on their forum (under the Swoard extremecarving boards subforum): http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=607490eaf41f4aae7b01eb1df9cc04fd You have to scroll down a ways to find the reviews, most of which were written last year when they first came out. See:http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=291 and http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=300 and http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=310 and http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=627 I've been thinking of buying one except they are so expensive right now (silly US dollar)! I like the idea of having a longer radius board but shorter edge length (better hold on ice?), and as long as it is real and not all hype, the idea of a torsionally stiff board with soft flex sounds like exactly what I want (I only weigh 135 lbs, and that really stiff Donek FreecarveI just won't stay flexed for me on ice... or at least I like to blame it on the board and not on my substandard carving skills). I worry that the shorter edge length and softer flex will make it wobbly at speeds, but almost all the reviews seem to directly contradict that fear. I also worry that I will fold the nose and fly over the handlebars in carves on softer snow (the Donek does that for me only rarely, but I imagine a softer board like the swoard will do it more readily). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rocks Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 There is a thread in here called "board review update", and two people have reviewed the swoard; both gave great reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I got mine last November and can only highly recommend it...it's a keeper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Carves Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I got mine last season. Although I only took it out once (got it near the end of the season) I really liked riding it. I am no great carver yet but it certainly was easy to ride and seemed to "like to carve." It didn't take much to make the board turn on its own. The day I rode it was also not the greatest for carving - lots of mashed potatos by mid morning. Even still, was fun to just ride around on. -C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahur Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 In swoard page is more comments:http://www.extremecarving.com/swoard/feedback.html Naturally only positive comments are included there :) But I haven't seen anything bad written about Swoard and I somewhat doubt that the only reason for good comments only is the fact that Swoard is so expensive, that if someone buys it, then bad can't be said, otherwise buyer itself would look stupid :D I own Swoard 168M and had chance to try it very little (2 days only). Have to say, that it was not so good, as I expected, it was much better:): at first it felt damp and dead in comparision with my F2 Silberpfeil, but later I started to notice its good aspects: very good edge hold (more than once my whole body cried: now you went too far and you will be dead meat sliding on slope in next millisecond, but board just kept an edge and went on), very good stability (I felt comfortable at any speed, whereas my F2 with Conshox felt much more nervous). Naturally it needed little more space (12.3 m. sidecut against 9.5 ) and edge-to-edge transition was little bit slower (thanks to wider board) but overall impression was quite good. Next week have chance to test it more and then hope to post more detailed review in Gear review.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Ride a Swoard 168 Hard serialnumber 0067 for five days on perfect groomed slopes, on moguls and in fresh powder. The board is very stable at high speeds, feels very secure at high speeds, the edge change is fast on high speeds. Easy making short or long turns. Did make some slalomruns at speed/trackpiste. No shatter at all, needs some speed on ice. Ride like rails on ice. Easy to steer where you want to go. Also suitable for crud/powder. Making ECcarves or normal easy carving no problem at all. Board is forgiving, easy to ride. The only disadvantage is that the back of the board has no protection, so don't bang the board at his tail, you get some damaged topsheet like I already have when I forgot this. I ride this board with Cateks and TD2's. Cateks I find some more direct with this board. I have the TD2's with the yellow bumpers/e-rings (gonna try the medium also). Ride bindings flat, about 54/49. My specs: 179 cm, 83 kgs (gets more weight every year), bootsize 25.5 Raichle AF 700 with modified RAB. Greets, Hans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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