pokkis Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Ready for snow flakes, new stuff arrived from Prior and just waiting for bindings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBrad Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 How about more description of what these boards are. WCR metal? The one on the rights looks ultra-wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Left one standard titanal WCR 173 with full white top. Right one titanal 187 with 23 waist, this is big brother of 177/23 i had last winter. Added extra length to have even better pow experience. 177 worked vey well everywhere but wanted to get little extra edge for high speed turns and flotation for deeper stuff. Eagerly waiting to see which one will be my future AM board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow 15 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Nice boards Pokkis. Have you used that Vist plate yet? If you have, what's your verdict? I still don't know whether to get one for my new sg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Nope, not yet, got it and Gerab's this summer, so i need to wait. But for me it looks currently best commercial available set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBrad Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Cool. I also just got a standard 173 WCR metal. Can't wait to ride it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 That small one is for my wife :rolleyes: that is too narrow for my taste nowadays. But i will do some test runs with that too BigFatJack is more my kind of board, and waiting for another new one, but that is still hys-hys more about that later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I've got a standard 173 too. It's intended for my ice or AMish type of ride, where Vampire might feel too big. I wish I could have found a "Pokkis special" 21 waist. Ah, well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I wish I could have found a "Pokkis special" 21 waist. Ah, well... Just drop call to Dean, he will arrange you one :) Just remembered one thing i forgot to say about that 187, that has tapper again, my 177 was without tapper. Decided to get longer one with tapper to get easier out of turn:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I know, but I wasn't going to pay full retail + custom for it. Got mine at an unbeatable price from Snowman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 For standard Pen models there is also other options via me. All models of Pen are tested succesfully, except new 187 but i have strong believe also for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave* Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 I have one of the 23cm 177 "Fatjacks" that was possibly originally built for Pokkis, ( it came out a wee bit stiff and had a slight cosmetic bleb , so I ended up with it),,, apparently I end up with all Priors decks that come out a "bit to stiff".... sometimes it pays to be chunky LOL My Fatjack does surprisingly well considering its got essentially a low profile WCR nose and radius, it floats well enough , but with the stiffness and low profile nose doesnt come up as easy as some of my other more FR oriented decks, just have to pay that extra bit of attention compared to my stiffened ATV, floats better than my 179 4wds ( one quad glass one standard), If it had a nose profile like the ATV my Fatjack could have killed my entire quiver its that good, Pokkis's 187 looks like it went with more of a 4wd rounded nose, mine ended up looking kind of kesslerish/squarenosed with the extra width just stuck between the WCR nose radius. ( I double checked against the profiles of my 08 WCRs and its identical) Will be curious to see how the Pokkis 187 works with the taper , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Yep, mine is softer than that one. Board works surprising well in pow and extremely well on slopes as proper Titanal board should. Specially in lighter pow it works quite nicely but when snow gets heavier then width and shortness of nose is not optimal. I dont have any problems hitting pow with FJ but if i have to choose betveen it and my SwellPanik Magistral 185 then swallow with long nose is my choose, but there are many cases when it is not option to have full quiver with. Plus when there is slope than FJ really rails and grooves Original FJ was 177/23 without tapper and i wanted to get slightly more edge for speed and more float to pow so added it to 187 and removed tapper. Original FJ 177 was my favourite board for last season beside my TNT Tinkler, and i belive that this new 187 BFJ will be new favourite. That will be my board to take everywhere as only board, perhaps not to deep moguls or tight trees but for all normal riding surface. I was also playing with idea to get it with Spearhead type nose but decided to do that perhaps another time after more experience this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 I've tried Dave's stiffie FJ. Great board! I could flex it into turns, even tighter ones, even EC it with a bit of workout, but it would definitelly be too much board for my 180lbs to ride all day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Here is one shot of FatJack in action http://carving.grewu.org/ojankaivajat/2008/oppdal/hovden/dsc_5393_std.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Low quality footage of ECing on the "stiffy" <object width="600" height="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blueb.biz/videos/FJ-EC-1.wmv"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.blueb.biz/videos/FJ-EC-1.wmv" type="application/windows media player" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="480"></embed></object> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.