svr Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 As I mentioned in another post on tankers, I just got back from Switzerland where I attended the freeride days event (more info at www.first-tracks.org) and thought I would share some pics of next years tankers. pics are of my 200 and Liz with a 172. the leaves on the tree are chrome foil letters spelling out tanker and i do not know how they keep doing it, but the board is again lighter and rides very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 And here both of my new setups for backcountry travel (thanks to O-rogers skis and crampons). The skis break down pretty quickly and my K2 approach skis have dynafit bindings with the O-rogers crampons (more info on O-rogers at www.o-rogers.ch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furi Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 *drool* thanks for the pics!!! Oh man I see a new tanker in my future....now just have to decide what length to get ;) Did you get any stats on next year's boards? Or are they about the same as this year's models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I gotta do freeride days next year. Be a world traveler and all that. Wonder how bad the airlines will nick me on my 192? Time for a passport photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Furi, give me a couple days and i will get the new stats...but one of the biggest changes is in the carbon for the core and the topsheet material is new (lighter and thinner and not as brittle as the 07-08). The new ones are a lot like the red model you have with the newer pintail shape. Jon, yes it was a blast and not as expensive as you might think as Switzerland is not on the Euro (thank god). I flew KLM and they charge an extra 40 Euro for snowboards of any length each way (a lot of strange looks at my 200 cm board case), but the big thing is the weight allowance for the board bag is only 20kg...each kg over 20 will cost you 30 Euro so it is very important to have another piece of checked baggage for all of your other gear and clothes as your regular checked baggage can weigh up to 30 kg each for two bags. Also, you have some of the best snow and mountains in your back yard so you are pretty lucky where you are at. looking forward to seeing all of you for the PNW mini session. cheers, sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furi Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Sandy - that sounds like a winning combo. The pintail shape would be very interesting. And I love how my red board rides. Switzerland is a beautiful place to ride and pretty cheap. When I lived on the east coast it was actually cheaper to fly to Switzerland and ride then it was to go out west to CO/Utah. Hotels and food are much cheaper and much nicer for what you pay out west in the states. Zermatt was my home base for quite a few seasons: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Furi, yes, i really like switzerland and the alrberg region of austria. It was cheaper for me to go there from japan than going to seattle, but I will be making the trip to seattle and portland to ride with a bunch of tanker riders from the pacnorwest from the 23rd to the 28th of Feb and then I will head back to switzerland and austria for the first-tracks invitational and the longboard classic in stuben at the end of march and begining of april. As for the boards, the red tanker you have was one of my favorites and it was a bit of an adjustment to go from it to the blue mask tanker in 06-07 as the core materials were quite a bit different and a completely new shape and weight, but I like the new shape better and now that it is lighter and flexes more like the red one it is the best of both worlds for me. cheers, sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furi Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Sandy - that pretty much sells it for me :) looks like I'm getting a new tanker next season heh. What mountain are you riding at the end of Feb? I think i'll be in seattle during that timeframe for a biz trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Furi, here is the thread on the PNW session...the final sched should be here soon. http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?t=18140 I will be in the area from the 21st to the 28th. cheers, sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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