Algunderfoot Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) Well it took awhile to get on this creation from Chad at Coda Custom Boards, and I'll admit the first day was a bit sketchy. After riding a 2nd hand Virus Undertaker for a couple of seasons, a 14 cm wide deck didn't seem so intimidating. Chad's description of this board on his website is accurate, and as a slalom water skier I got that. What I wanted was something to make my 850' local hill more instresting, I got that too! What I didn't get initially was that this is a ski, it's build up, shovel, sidecut and dead center binding stance which is considerably narrower that my typical 19 1/2" stance. Once I started riding like a ski, the smooth carved turns, edgehold, and pushpile blasting features came to life, definately having the fun I had hoped for. Just prepare for many breaks in the action to explain exactly what this is. It has me wondering though, would a skier, starting out on this, have a shorter learning curve, (without the caught edge head spanks) than the we we all learned to snowboard? PSA: The Bomber BP baseplates have worked perfectly, without the concern I had for surface damage using the skwal bases. Thanks Fin for the suggestion! Edited November 20, 2014 by Algunderfoot PSA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algunderfoot Posted December 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Last weekend I was approached by a 60ish skier / slalom water skier, never ever snowboarder who's wants to give hard booting a try. Discussed my evil idea of starting him on a Skwal, so I may just have an opportunity to test my theory .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsiorTheFathead Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 If the guy can water ski, then he must be able to skwal. Sounds like a fine idea to me. Making him learn on low angles could just mess him up. I've been riding my custom light flex 177cm, 9.5m radius Coda quite a bit lately and it rips! It only makes tight turns at medium speeds, but I couldn't have asked for more fun at a reasonable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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