Flip Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Does anyone near Lake Tahoe know of a place that will demo carving boards? I am up here on day two of a seven day trip and broke my board today. The base of my Arbor A-Frame is delaminating, rendering it un-ridable. If anyone can help out, it would save my trip, or atleast save me from demo-ing soft boards the rest of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Or if there are no places to demo, does anyone have an old board in their quiver I could rent/borrow for the rest of the week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Try posting this over on the www.tahoecarvers.com site. There are lots of guys there that frequent and live near Tahoe On another note, do you ride Snow Summit at all?? We are having a big hardbooter get together there next Sunday (Jan. 25) It would be great to have another carver there, we are expecting 17 at this point in time. OOps, I see that you will be in Tahoe for that day, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Try posting on tahoecarvers.com to see if anybody can help you out. I don't think any place out there demos/rents. If you can't find anybody else and you don't mind blowing a day or night traveling, you can drive to my house in Richmond, CA (maybe 2.5 hours from North Lake Tahoe, so you will lose 5 hrs total). I have a 167 Donek Axis or a 171 Donek FC1 there you can borrow, though you have to pick it up tomorrow. Wednesday, I'm leaving town. You can mail it back to me or depending on what your route home looks like, drop it off at a friend's. If not from me, there are people who read tahoecarvers.com who live in Sacramento or Reno, which will save you a bunch of time if they have gear you can borrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Or if there are no places to demo, does anyone have an old board in their quiver I could rent/borrow for the rest of the week? If I was in a position to help I would. Due to the nature of our community, I'm pretty sure you won't end up with an "old" board. I assume you've been to a repair shop and they won't touch it. Since I used to live in a ski town, I can offer two ideas. 1. Lift operators (on major lifts) see everyone on the mountain at some point. Ask one of them if any staff members or locals who don't work for the mountain hardboot, and if they know one, would they mind putting you in contact with them. Mountain employees and board / ski bums usually have multiple sets of all kinds of gear. 2. Sashay into the snowboard school and do the same thing, ask if any of the instructors hardboot and if they could put you in contact with them. When I worked in a resort, I would bend over backward to help a carver in a bind. later, and good luck, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 2. Sashay into the snowboard school and do the same thing, ask if any of the instructors hardboot and if they could put you in contact with them. That's an interesting idea. If it helps, there are 2-3 instructors at Squaw on hardboots you could ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Dold Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hey Flip: If you don't mind driving to Sacramento tomorrow to pick up a board, call me, <NUMBER REMOVED>, I have a couple of extra "beater" boards you can use if you don't find anything closer. I live about two hours from Truckee, and work about 1.5 hours from Truckee. But you might be able to find something closer. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsider Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 I've got an oxygen 170 I used to race on you could borrow for a few days. I havnt riden it (or taken it out of its bag) in a year and a half, so im not sure what kind of shape it's in. send me an email @ johnson.ross.a@gmail.com if you're interested. Im in incline village, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEJ Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm on Southshore this week, brought the quivver. (check my avitar) Email me. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thanks to everyone for the tons of support. I was not expecting that many responses. SEJ and Outsider, check your email, or call me (860-961-3758). Steve, if it doesn't work out with the two above and the instructors at squaw fall through, I will be calling you this evening. Ken, thanks for the offer, but it looks like I will be able to get a board closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEJ Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Flip's set. 169 4WD. It broke my heart to see that beautiful Arbor smoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I think the hardest thing for Flip will be to give it back, Chris may have a new customer after this week. later, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ah, the bomberonline community comes to the rescue again. I love everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstrum Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 flip - i live in reno, and have an a-frame 170 that you are welcome to borrow if you want... email me - wallstru @ gmail.com if you want. wally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEJ Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 mr roboteye, actually I was getting ready to sell it. He might keep it. His Arbor would make you cry, exploded the core. TD3s are a pinch too much for these boards.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 As with many other things in life, the timing is right, unless you are a certain arbor snowboard:eek: later, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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