scrapster Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Has anybody tried one? And if so, how do they feel and perform compared to wood? Not much written on Bomber about them. And the information online is all over the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Haven't tried bamboo in a board since Bruce doesn't live in a jungle probably won't be getting a Coiler made from it any time soon. But if you want info on how they perform in skis you can contact Boomtown Sports in Nelson BC they have been making a bamboo ski for a couple of years now and my son who had a hand in their design gives them a big The ski is called the Urll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlexander Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 simply put, bamboo dampness is in between hard maple and poplar. its rebound is in between as well. I made two alpines, one carbon, one carbon glass, and a skwal carbon glass. i like the bamboo because its in the middle. r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Bamboo cored Donek, I will never go back to the standard. Sean is building me a replacement to this board, biggest difference with be a 14/30m scr instead of a 14/24m and a different top sheet which will be carbon fiber. I gave the General everything I had, no failures, great energy, quite honestly best board I have ever owned. I know that Sean has a stack of Bamboo (possibly even pre made cores) in the shop. Hit him up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 love that topsheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 love that topsheet. you had to go there didn't you? OK I gotta know how does the Boo change the profile of a core? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 No profile changes, just a different core material. Sean can probably shed more light on it than I, but as far as I am aware he just swapped the standard core material for the Bamboo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I really do! Best show ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEJ Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Jack, wait till you see his new top sheet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I rode Salomon's "Sick Stick" last season for a while - that was Bamboo apparently. It's a powder board (a "twin tip" powder board, no less), so perhaps not relevant. I wrote some text on it here. On reflection I felt it was a bit of a plank, so it needed kicking fairly hard by a lightweight like me. That's more to do with the precise sizing an construction of this particular rider/ board combination than useful data on bamboo I'm afraid. So that tells you little, but there it is. It works, that much I know. There was nothing specific in the feel which I could put down to "bamboo", but then in powder that would be true of most materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeho730 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Sounds like my next donek will be bamboo core proteus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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