Dr D Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 The Identity 168 FC is a blast and even better I got to ride a "black project" Garage 195 alpine. I think I am in love:1luvu: Nice damp smooth screamer. not quite the oh my god fast ride that the identity 185 is but much more forgiving and enjoyable. Bryan I know you are reading this! ppppppbbbbbbbbbb!!!!! come out to big mtn for a week and I will let you take a run on it!! No production plans currently and probably not this year. But it does exist. pics when I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 wow, John built a 195? Did you commission that, or someone else? I'll be in your area this spring/summer. Doin a road trip to find a place to settle. Bozeman might be a bit more likely due to another endeavoer I'd like to pursue, but I still want to look at Kalispell. McGinnis is sorta the sleeper...he really should start building alpine again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 It is just a prototype/ testbed sort of project. I am just fortunate enough to be a designated test pilot:biggthump I think we might see some next year:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 the topsheet fotos are to big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 resize them. looks like you figured it out though. Hope he loses the lime green! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubz Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 I would be interested to chat. Looks like I do need to buy that heater for my garage to get my first board pressed. Sub 60F not good on the epoxy I am using. I dig the graphics, lime green or not, it's got a good look. I will be my own test pilot. Nice work though. INteresting he would go with a 195 for his first board. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 FYI, the pictures are those of the base, not the topsheet, so only the base is lime green. Like he said, he was not able to upload the pics of the topsheet. Dr D.: You can use XnView or the Windows Powertoys to resize the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 yes the lime green is the base graphic. the topsheet is wood veneer it has a nice arbor look to it. I will resize I just ahve to get to my other computer to do it. this one doesn't support the powertoy thing. It is also not his first board. He is the mad genius behind identity boards the two on either side are, in the purple a 185 race carbon identity and in the blue a 168 freecarve carbon identity. I also own and ride a garage 173 carbon all mountain twintip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 I would be interested to chat. Looks like I do need to buy that heater for my garage to get my first board pressed. Sub 60F not good on the epoxy I am using. I dig the graphics, lime green or not, it's got a good look. I will be my own test pilot. Nice work though. INteresting he would go with a 195 for his first board. Greg John mcginnis formerly of identity snowboards. now of garage snowboards is the owner builder. the base graphics are bright for sure. my other garage base is day glo orange with the same graphic. the topsheet is wood.nice diecut work across the nose the rest of the base is one piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The Identity 168 FC is a blast and even better I got to ride a "black project" Garage 195 alpine. I think I am in love:1luvu: Nice damp smooth screamer. not quite the oh my god fast ride that the identity 185 is but much more forgiving and enjoyable. Bryan I know you are reading this! ppppppbbbbbbbbbb!!!!! come out to big mtn for a week and I will let you take a run on it!!No production plans currently and probably not this year. But it does exist. pics when I get a chance. Just picked up on this. I had lost interest in the thread when the 185 went too high. I believe that is the board John produced for me a year or two ago. One of four I asked him to build. It had an issue with the topsheet and he did not want to ship it. I was trying to get done in time to bring to SES. That must have been two years ago? Last year I brought the Tinkler 203cm. I was really hot on his work , it just didn't get done. On to other pursuits. Fortunately Mike stepped in and started to produce the "System" boards. The rest, well is history. Thanks for the photos. We had some pretty cool ideas for the top sheet. They didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 I would be interested to chat. Looks like I do need to buy that heater for my garage to get my first board pressed. Sub 60F not good on the epoxy I am using. I dig the graphics, lime green or not, it's got a good look. I will be my own test pilot. Nice work though. INteresting he would go with a 195 for his first board. Greg His first board was not a 195cm , not even. Interestingly he used to build a fascinating little board. John is not held by convention. He is quite the thinker. I really love his work. So much that I did try to get things going with the alpine boards a couple years ago. Greg, you will really enjoy talking with John, he is a wealth of information. Just remain open minded, some of his concepts are pretty contra. What I do know is I like the results of his genius. Perhaps you can put some of his ideas to work. Why would he want to give away his secrets? That would be beyond me. But you never know. I often "Fall Into" better things than I could plan. Some of the best things I have were simply given to me!! Good luck in the future. Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The more people that bug him the better. We don't want the love of alpine to die out at Garage snowboards:lol: He has a plan it just isn't fast enough to suit the demand at the moment. I would be interested in finding out how many preorders we could come up with for a run of garage 185's call it a tribute board to the identity 185. rumor has it that there are enough pieces left over from the fall of identity to redo the tooling it just costs money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The more people that bug him the better. We don't want the love of alpine to die out at Garage snowboards :lol: He has a plan it just isn't fast enough to suit the demand at the moment. I would be interested in finding out how many preorders we could come up with for a run of garage 185's call it a tribute board to the identity 185. rumor has it that there are enough pieces left over from the fall of identity to redo the tooling it just costs money. Identity snowboards of Montana back in action? I used to own a blue thumb pictured, 168cm? 185cm with wood topsheet sounds cool Just announce a new (old) alpine board maker wants to go into production and then redirect us to another site. Email me direct or post a topic on www.tahoecarvers.com --Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubz Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 But not having known who built the gagrage board I wouldnt know any different whether it was his first board or his billionth. I was under the impression from the first post that there was another budding builder out there, so that's why I inquired the way I did. Only having been in alpine 3 years, I do not know the in's in out's of the boards and their makers. Learning? yes ! knowing everything? No! I wouldnt expect a long term builder to cough up any secrets, but I was under the impression he was new to building, thus the inquiry. If he does, good for me, even though that isnt what I am after. I was more interested in speaking to another new builder, just to hear his experience. I will go back to my VP of manufacturing and let him know I wont be getting any trade secrets that will change our production line for the day. :p I do however dig that he is "contra", I havent had the chance to ride a garage or Identity, but look for to it someday. L8R Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 FYI, you may be in a gray area of soliciting new snowboard orders on BOL? . Maybe he should talk to Fin - if enough of us are interested Bomber could be a diistributor. Just a thought... Depending on cost and delivery date I may be interested in one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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