mnovak Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Have been doing some searching for information on Skwalling and not coming up with much, at least in English. Wondering what kind of Skwal to start with (I think "Easy Jungle" was supposed to be good starter) and whether I have to use Skwal specific bindings or whether there are any board bindings that would work. I am experienced skier and rather pathetic SB hardbooter. Anyone know where I can find Skwal stuff that doesn't cost a fortune? Any good sites for technique info? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Skawls only come up a few times a year on ebay. I belive if you do a world wide search on ebay, there was someone in eastern europe selling them and getting good feedback. I'm not sure that you would find a skwal easier to carve than an alpine board. The older model I have, would be a bad experience if you didn't fully carve your turns and to carve on it, is very commiting. Even though both feet point "almost" straight forward, there is still a toe and heel side in terms of angulation. I would guess, if you were carving well on skis, it would work. Otherwise, I would sugest getting the carving concepts down on skis or an alpine board befor commiting to buy a skwal from europe. BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 if you are looking for info try http://aes.skwalzone.org/p/index.php?newlang=english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manera78 Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi just to add that i found that Voelkl Monocarver 175cm was a good board to begin with. We also brought a girl, (good skier), in a day she started skwalling alone. We helped her driving skis, and she used the stiks for half day but the day after she bought a board.You have some pics on my site. If you are intrested on her experience i'll invite her on the post, bye NB:the polish guy selling skwal is a bit expensive (+/-300euro).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Photos were great BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I started riding a skwal without ever been on any kind of a snowboard ( only wide stance experience was from wakeboarding) It took some time to get the idea despite of many years on a monoski and a slalom waterski. I started also with Völkl monocarver 175 and that board requires quite a lot of speed before it really carves. Later on I boughta Thias Easy Jungle 165 and I would recommend that as the beginners skwal. I am teaching my kids with that one. You don't need special skwal bindings - standard hard boot bindings ar OK as long as they are narrow enough to fit the board. If you go to skwal from skiing you'll be better off with a parallel setup with the bindings. This setup works best with the narrow waterski stance that skwal requires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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