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Kidwell Reissue


Jack M

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Cool news, aside from the slam on racing, and shoddy journalism ("today, every snowboard can trace its roots back to this original design")

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/news/sims-terry-kidwell-roundtail-1550-reissue/

But... horizontal lamination? Why?

Because it's a reissue, and the original board was horizontally laminated?
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I guess if you really want to be literal about "reissue", but dang that is not going to be a very durable board.

Ever seen an old Kidwell? IIRC they were pretty thick 'ol chunks of plywood. Barfoots were similar construction and guys used to ride them pretty hard.

I'm not sure why anyone would buy this to ride anyway.

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But... horizontal lamination? Why?

Thats easy to answer:

Ride a Hot Blast, which has horizontal lamination too, even if riding gates and You will know why!

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If anyone don't like things like forward thinking freestyle influence, they rather should stay on metal boards.

Photo is from Kaunertal Glacier Austria and the hill/Glacier-wall behind is epic to ride. High speed and only 3 to 5 turns are recommended for to help to pass/jump the wide opened crevasses in autumn by enough airtime.

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