Mats Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Check this out. Nice lines! Swedish carver Mattias on Alpinepunk Afterburner. New link that works: http://www.alpinepunk.com/managebase/dynamic_files/wmv/winter2006-1.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfinsmiley Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 That is the smoothest EC I`ve ever seen. I want to do THAT:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Any idea of the boad he uses? it looks an asym one but i am not sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morten Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Its the Alpinepunk Afterburner, sweet board! afterburner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 From the beginning to 3/4 of the video, it looks like and Oxygen Proton because of the round notch in the tail, and from 3/4 to the end, it looks like a Sims Burner with a split tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Mattias rides an Alpinepunk Afterburner which Prior made for us. (He started EC on a Swoard but changed after trying our board.) 183 with 21 waist, 13,7 meter sidecut. Right now we´re working on a new version of the afterburner - "Made in Sweden". Check out Alpinepunk.com. Hopefully I will bring testboards to Aspen session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 argh 21 waist ! not enough for big shoes' guy! Do they think to make a wider one (22.5-23)? How much does it cost ? thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Well it sure works for extremecarving but it´s not intended to. I saw it as a surfboard for snow. It´s softflexing and torsionally stiff. They´re made to measure so we work out flex according to weight and preferences but no wider then 21cm if we don´t get a big demand. Price was 850€. The next generation will be a bit cheaper but even better in hard konditions. There is a lot of work with the split... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 What difference with the Two for example which is very stiff in torsion i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I haven´t tried the #two but from just the specs it´s quite a different board. Shorter running lenght and smaller radius and from flexing it felt like a stiffer ride compared to Afterburner. They are boards for different styles of riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 So afterburner seems more appropriate to do EC, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Sidecutwise I suppose the Afterburner is more EC friendly. Altough no one is as low as Eric and Joerg from PB. They kick ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Do you mean they can easily do EC turns inspite of the short radius of their board? I thought it was very hard as you lose to much speed and close too soon the turn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 What I meant was that Eric and Joerg are ecxellent riders who board radical on any board. The #2 fit their style. I think that you need at least 12 meter to have the time to EC during carve = Atfterburner is a very good board for EC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 The riding was sweet. But that cord was carvelicious. Let me get the drool out of my keyboard. I think you could carve that with a sharpened 2x4, no offense to the board and rider shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Not only was the cord perfect but there was absolutely no one else on the slope. Just another reason we should all move to Sweden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Mats- the end of the Video says "Into the Fire" is "Local"- gotta give props to Dokken for the tunes Check out Hippo Handjob a swedish cover ("tribute" ?) band of the Black Keys from Akron, Ohio. My swedish kitesurfing/snowboarding buddy johann turned me on to both bands. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6424079 http://www.theblackkeys.com/ looks like http://www.hippohandjob.com/ is down but they do a cover of Dylan's "Masters of War" and it rocks.They'll be back. Black Angels too, from Austin, TX(on tour with the Black Keys)- now, back to carving the cord...... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Hey Whillywhit, I love those Black Keys. A lot of White Stripes influences. The Blk Keys song on Youtube was a killer. Have they released any albums? Dokken rules ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Mats, check out thier website http://www.theblackkeys.com/ Rubber Factory was when I really started to get into thier sound, ironically down in Cape hatteras kitesurfing with the swede, Johann. Funny how some tunes bring you back to the place you first heard them. That npr link might be able to be downloaded, the show at the 9:30 club. I have it on cd and may be able to email it to you. It might be on bit torrent, I'll take a look. Saw them live a year ago and just recently 11/2 here in Boston and the place was packed. Good stuff to carve yer brains out to. ... and I met one of the guys from Dokken on an Amtrack train coming back from NYC years ago, he said he was afraid to fly..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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