dchu Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) Edit 12/9/2019: Ended up trading in my previous board for a Wingswallow 149. I'm 210 lbs, skeptical this can work at my size but a couple buddies INSIST this can work for me. We'll see. If anyone's interested in a trade or sale with something I listed below, here's some pics. Topsheet is 8.5 / 10. Base is 9/10. A few burrs on the heelside edge for a regular rider. Looks like it was ridden once or twice. Original Post: Without getting into details, a shop screwed up the tune on my Moss board. I'm trying to sort things out with them, so not naming names or airing out specifics. They've offered me a trade from something in their demo fleet: a Wing Swallow 149 or Swallow 162. I'm not interested in either board (Wing Swallow is too small and I already own a Swallow 62), so I'd prefer to trade them for something of similar condition and quality. I'd consider a sale, but I'd like to hunt for a suitable trade first. I'm 210 lbs, size 10.5 US boot, so bigger guy. My everyday soft boot all-mountain boards are in the 162-164 range. Searching for a relatively recent (last 3-4 years), high-end snowsurf / carve inspired board that I can't easily find in the states, like a Dupraz, Gentemstick, Amplid, Deus Ex Machina, etc.. In particular I have my eye on is a Dupraz D1 6' +. No actual photos because I haven't seen the boards yet (I live in San Francisco, the shop is in Tahoe). Wingswallow 49 Swallow 62 (Before anyone tells me I should push them for a new board swap, that's possibly on the table too. But I shop here quite a bit and would prefer not to tighten the screws until I've explored other options) Edited December 6, 2019 by dchu Updating posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, dchu said: Dupraz, Gentemstick, Amplid, Deus Ex Machina, Hey d Sorry to hear your troubles. Those boards your searching for are truly hard to come by for sure in the US. Why not a Moss PQ60? I love mine and I'm 230lb and a Modo 28/10ish Pretty sure I know the shop in question. I'm sure they will do right by. Edited November 13, 2019 by barryj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchu Posted November 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, barryj said: Hey d Sorry to hear your troubles. Those boards your searching for are truly hard to come by for sure in the US. Why not a Moss PQ60? I love mine and I'm 230lb and a Mono 28/10ish Pretty sure I know the shop in question. I'm sure they will do right by. I hope so. Unfortunately their snowboard buyer who spearheaded their snow surf efforts left last year (he's a buddy of mine) and I don't know the current guys as well. If he was still there, I suspect the shop would have not screwed up the tune. They don't have a PQ60 in the demo fleet, and I don't want to have them pull a new one off the shelf until I've explored options out of their used stock. Besides which, I really like the fat 274mm waist on the PQ54 and am bummed Moss shrinks the waist so drastically down to 258mm on the PQ60. I've heard rumors Moss is experimenting with a fat waist PQ57-ish, but we'll see. Right now the only boards in the line I'm interested in are Swallow 62 (which I own), Swallow 70, or PQ54 (which to be honest is a little small for me, but super super fun on the right day). I could maybe be talked into a Wingpin 75 or Pintail 64, but neither speaks to me. Edited November 13, 2019 by dchu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 hour ago, dchu said: I could maybe be talked into a Wingpin 75 or Pintail 64, but neither speaks to me. Ditto there........ rode both and Nah, their too specific in function and not very versatile!. My U5 was much more fun/versatile than those. How about the MMD 152 ...it's 264 in the waist and rides like it's a 162 I thought it was a hoot with hard boots and plates. Kind of the middle between a U5 and PQ60 imo Wants to carve but Really happy in the chop and pow. .....and no "tails" to get banged up in the trees or in the liftline jungle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchu Posted December 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Half-heartedly bumping this. Picked up a WS 149. I can find basically nothing about in terms of reviews and video, so screw it, just going to ride it and see. If someone has a trade offer that blows me away, feel free. Edited December 7, 2019 by dchu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Ant Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Do you want any Alpine boards? I have several. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchu Posted December 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Atom Ant said: Do you want any Alpine boards? I have several. Not really. I know it's odd to post on this forum without interest in alpine boards, but the forum came up when I was googling results for Moss boards (mostly because of @barryj lol) and I figured if any community would be interested in funky esoteric boards, it'd be this one lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Ant Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Ok, because I would like the board but as someone else mentioned, your desired trades are really, really rare boards... which of course leaves me crap out of luck unless you want a alpine board. If you decide you would take cash (or a GS board! LOL), please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchu Posted December 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Atom Ant said: Ok, because I would like the board but as someone else mentioned, your desired trades are really, really rare boards... which of course leaves me crap out of luck unless you want a alpine board. If you decide you would take cash (or a GS board! LOL), please let me know. Cool. I'm most likely going to put to snow and see if it speaks to me. If I decide to part with it for cash, I'll let ya know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Ant Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Please do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 I'm hijacking your thread D...... Since were the Moss contingent here I thought you and AA would appreciate this little trailer delight of the upcoming Vibes Communication with Naoto and the Moss boys tearing it up around Tahoe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Moss Trailer #2 for upcoming Vibes Communication ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchu Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 I've seen it already at a premiere they did in Oakland. Great mellow snowboarding flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Ant Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Any update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgassizSkidder Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 @dchu I sent you a pm. I have a Dupraz 5.5 that I would be willing to trade. I’m also 210lbs and it floats great. Just remember you need to ride these centred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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