patmoore Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Two-time Olympic Downhiller Doug Lewis was going through his vast collection of gear before moving to Park City and found this never ridden board. I think he's already committed to giving it to someone. I'm not familiar with it. Some folks responding to his Facebook post said the board had something to do with Nordica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 I've got one of those in 159 length. It's a funny story - it came back to me after many years. I forgot how it rides... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 31 minutes ago, BlueB said: I've got one of those in 159 length. It's a funny story - it came back to me after many years. I forgot how it rides... That doesn't sound terribly funny. Is there more to that story? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, daveo said: That doesn't sound terribly funny. Is there more to that story? I realised that... I was rushing out. Ok here it goes: I had a student many years ago, maybe 7 or so, transitioning from soft to hard. He had a lesson on my gear (that particular board) and wanted to buy it afterwards as cheap entry into the sport... Fast forward, he lived in some other places, probably a bit back and forth from Vancouver. We never had formal lessons again. Whenever I had a glimpse of him on the hill, there wasn't much progress... Eventually ha contacted me looking to buy replacement bindings - he broke his old ones. I said that I'd give him a pair if he took a lesson again and he agreed. I deided to do an experiment - the guy is lightweight, not very strong, getting older now, so I also brought the softest board I had in my collection. Wow, did it make a difference! I left that board with him to the end of the season, hoping he'd grow into the other one, but no luck. I got the Killer Loop back and he wanted to keep the noodle... Horses for the courses... or riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoroSnow Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 I might be wrong (...then please correct me if I am so), but if I remember well, some killer Loop boards used to have a foam core........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Killer Loop was "Nordica" in snowboard guise, from what I recall. I think other ski brands did similar things for marketing reasons in the early days. The board doesn't look too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, RoroSnow said: I might be wrong (...then please correct me if I am so), but if I remember well, some killer Loop boards used to have a foam core........ Not that I know of, but not impossible either. Lots of manufacturers experimented with foam cores, like Oxygen with their Fr line and almost all Rossi race boards after the Shannon Melhuse line. Edited May 5, 2018 by BlueB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Yellow Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I believe those have a tendency to go BOOM.... unsure of the cores but recall stories of them imploding! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 1:03 PM, RoroSnow said: I might be wrong (...then please correct me if I am so), but if I remember well, some killer Loop boards used to have a foam core........ Yup, the capped ones. They were a bag of suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 19 hours ago, Mellow Yellow said: I believe those have a tendency to go BOOM.... unsure of the cores but recall stories of them imploding! Yes, the capped ones, same as my last post, a bag of suck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 The gray ones with sidewalls were actually pretty decent for 1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terekhov Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 killer loop is a lifestyle brand, their board line AFAIR was made by mistral. I've rode slalom one in ~2001 and it was a funny lively ride for sure. mistral is a respectable (wind)surfing manufacture back then PS and I own that 158SL now, checked it now! cap full carbon wrap construction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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