jetskier Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Anyone have any experience with this board or know any specs on it? Know the year? It's green/black. Found a brand new one at a discount ski surplus place today. Did a search on here and on the net, but couldn't find much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Anyone have any experience with this board or know any specs on it? Know the year? It's green/black.Did a search on here and on the net, but couldn't find much. He rode an Ellan Ballistic 63. He post his comment on this board but I cudn't find it. Cheers Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valsam Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Its a really good board that's really turny,i have the 1,71 and a friend has the 1.63 and its a slalom board with parabolic side cut if i remember 9-10-11 with a waist width near 20! If your not taller than 6 feet than its OK.i rode it and i am 6,3-6,4 and 250 pounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Fun, fun, fun! Poppy, snappy, turny. Super edge grip. Feels like 8-9m scr. Waist is about 19. Carbon composite. Take it. Do they have a 171? I would love to have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valsam Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Fun, fun, fun! Poppy, snappy, turny. Super edge grip. Feels like 8-9m scr. Waist is about 19. Carbon composite. Take it. Do they have a 171? I would love to have one. 8-9-10 i think is the scr because 9-10-11 is the scr on the 171 and the waist is i think 19,5-19,7 because the waist on the 171 is 18,7 and the 163 is at least 1cm wider ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 I have no experiences, but my colleagues said it is very good. Unfortunately, Elan doesn`t produce alpine boards under their trade mark any more, therefore it is very hard to get brand new Ballistic. They say market is to small, and I agree with this. However, Elan still makes boards for Sigi Grabner and few other brands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBee Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 I rode a Head AX 163 which is a Elan Ballistic under Head trademark. I'm still riding a 155 Elan Ballistic from time to time ( spring conditions with moguls ). They both were turny board with a lot of "pop", very lively. Elan is known for their good constrction ski, using wood. I has a "progressive sidecut", 9-10-11 m, it varies according on where you put pressure on the board I would recommend buy it for a fair price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskier Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Thanks for all of the info. Any idea on the year for a green/black one?! I'd like to use the info to get the best deal possible. The guy wants $200...but he just buys all this stuff in bulk and doesn't know what it is... Took some measurements. It has a 19.5 waist, 25.5 tip, and 22.6 tail. That progressive sidecut makes more sense now...I was curious about why the tip and tail dim's were so different. No, they don't have a 171. Only 1 carving board out of approx 2000 boards new/used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valsam Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 It's a 2001 model but i think that 200$ is allot for an 8 year old board! I bought mine for about 250$ brand new in 2001 from a friend racer that got it wholesale from the factory! And i think that the retail went for 500$ But still it is a fantastic carbon tec board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 It has a 19.5 waist, 25.5 tip, and 22.6 tail. Huh? Only a powder board would have 31mm taper... Something doesn't sound right there. Pretty sure that the one I rode had 19 waist, or just under. Roy, would you measure yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskier Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah, the guy at the store had this junky plastic metric tape that was all distorted. I bought the board. The real measurements appear to be Tip-25.4, Waist-19, Tail-24.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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