Vyvsdad Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hi, Was browsing Austrian ebay last might and came across this... http://www.ebay.at/itm/TRANS-Alpin-Race-Snowboard-CARBON-SERIES-174-cm-/110667482885?pt=Sport_Snowboarding_Snowboards&hash=item19c44bc705#ht_1956wt_1139 ...but can't find any info on them. Does anyone out there know anything about them? They seem to be a good price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyboy123 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm no expert on Trans but have noticed them around on ebay quite a bit and have looked into them. From what I've managed to gather, Choc used to be an OEM for Trans, and maybe there is still a relationship between them, but nowadays, Trans also seem to have their own factory in Thuringia. I have also read of links between Trans and F2 and Volkl, but not sure how credible that info is. F2 and Volkl being two of the biggest Europen brands, it wouldn't be too surprising if they were OEMs for any number of less well known brands. Also, both Trans and F2 have "Twistboards" in their lineups, and no other snowboard brand does as far as I can make out, so maybe F2 OEMs the twistboards for Trans, or maybe Choc or AN Other OEM makes them for both F2 and Trans. But this is conjecture. Anyway, Choc has some nice looking boards in their lineup, including a titanal race board, and they have been around for a while, so they probably know what they are doing. So if they are still OEM for Trans then the boards are probably decent. If you see something that suits then maybe worth a gamble, but they are not priced much lower than comparable F2 boards on ebay.de from what I've seen. Check out these links: www.choc.cz www.trans-snowsports.de Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow 15 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Ask on these sites http://www.frozen-backside.de/wbb312/index.php?page=Index http://www.extremecarving.com/forum/index.php You will probably get a better response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyvsdad Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks for your help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 To the best of my knowledge: Choc is OEM for Trans and some other companies. Rumour has it that they even OEM some of the boards for a very famous and expensive brand... [edit] Corrected F2 info is one post below...[/edit] I had a Choc 175 for a short while and it was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 This info just came from a very trusted source: "F2 has been using GST of Austria for many years and continues to do so for most of their alpine gear. Carbon editions (and much of the softboot stuff) is now coming from HTSG in Germany. This is the parent company of F2." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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