snowburn Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Is it wrong to start buying boards up in these boardemic times? Asking for a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drschwartz Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 My wife would say I’m already stocked up for the next 50 years Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowburn Posted March 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 36 minutes ago, drschwartz said: My wife would say I’m already stocked up for the next 50 years Doc Haha. You can only ride so many! Doc's on a holiday! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 10 hours ago, snowburn said: boardemic times? I'm always on the hunt! I would feel more guilty showing up at Starbucks these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poloturbo Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Get a Virus. Im infected since last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAZZ Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Bruce just told me my Contra is ready.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 I rode every board (save a couple nestolgia boards) I own this year. If people are selling, feel free to buy. THe normal end of season clear out just came early this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowburn Posted March 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Poloturbo said: Get a Virus. Im infected since last year. I've got the fever. I need more cowbell! 8 hours ago, Mr.E said: I rode every board (save a couple nestolgia boards) I own this year. If people are selling, feel free to buy. THe normal end of season clear out just came early this year. Well if the market crashes I bet deals will get better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Yup. Stuff is already getting cheaper. It's going to be pretty damn hard on small buisnesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 10 hours ago, JRAZZ said: Bruce just told me my Contra is ready.... It should be and very other board anyone has ordered. He can't golf yet or ride his bikes and all the hills are shut down. Send him cookies and other treats to keep him working maybe he won't notice the world has stopped turning. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 Absolutely! I'm just waiting on the season end clearance on a Never Summer East, think it'll work for the areas I have over here. If I didn't have to spend over a grand on pickup repairs...oh yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAZZ Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 Really? The East? I really love Never Summer (would not give up the Swift for anything) but I came away from the East feeling confused really. Did you get a chance to ride it? Wondering what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Describe confused. please. Been riding a Premier F-1 170 for a while.Was looking for a board that will drive an edge in when asked, but will slide at will when I ask it. Seems like the profile would do it, Wasn't looking for a full on bx board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAZZ Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 The way the sidecut interacts with the center rocker section it makes it really hooky when riding fast. I mean it's scary. So that's where the East confused me. It's supposedly a "go fast" type board but It's actually really scary to do so. I know what you're thinking... "I'll keep it on edge". No. It'll be good on edge and really forgiving. You'll have a false sense of security until the first time you bomb down a cat track and that thing will grab and try to swipe the board from underneath you. This is not the "Never Summer autorotation" you're familiar with. This is much harsher. I would ride it first and see if you like it. I'm a Never Summer groupie. I was really excited to try it but after riding it I really can't figure out who's it for. FWIW among the boards I tried this year I liked the K2 Manifest it was much nicer and more stable at speed. The K2's are so cheap right now and are so nicely made that I really kinda want it. Too bad I already have a softboot carver that blows doors off of anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Ace* Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Jon Dahl said: Was looking for a board that will drive an edge in when asked, but will slide at will when I ask it. Skwals can do this masterfully. I have some available if you are at all interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 11 hours ago, JRAZZ said: The way the sidecut interacts with the center rocker section it makes it really hooky when riding fast. I've not ridden it, but looking at that board I thought it would benefit from a standard camber. I'm really not interested in rockered decks for my main uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkaholic Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 23 minutes ago, Mr.E said: I've not ridden it, but looking at that board I thought it would benefit from a standard camber. I'm really not interested in rockered decks for my main uses. This board was designed to have traditional camber with a slight early rise however Never Summer didn't want to change from their CrapRock design. (Inside knowledge) Ink 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 I'm sure they sell plenty of boards, but their camber profiles just generally turn me off (again, for my tastes and use). Sean is making some pretty sweet boards, so I'm cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmetroland Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, inkaholic said: CrapRock Hilarious. You go all in on something, then you ultimately have to make the choice between looking foolish and an shilling an underperforming product. And, really, who's going to really know the latter? It feels like the big companies have shifted from producing snowboards to producing quasi-technical jargon, cute icons, dramatic prose and action photography. I'm not sure if the NS product descriptions are genius or stupid but that slight bit of confusion is the essence of great marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAZZ Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Horses for courses... Seriously, my NS Swift is great in pow and tight trees. Better in fact than any other board I've ever ridden. It can turn on edge and is generally fun to ride. If you don't expect anything else you won't be disappointed. Craptacular camber profile? No. Just not suited for high speed carving. I thought that's where the DO and the Coiler triplets come in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishsurfer Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 One thing i have defintely found from riding center rocker boards is that there not very forgiving of your weight being in the wrong place fore-center-aft at the wrong time throughout the turn. To the extent i purposely break out my center rocker boards from time to time to make sure im not getting lazy in terms of weighting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Sounds like all the bad side of the rocker/camber profile on bad drugs. The premier F-1 has that skittishness when the board is weighted wrong, but carves fine when your on edge weight centered. Think I will pass, if I wanted to be bitch-slapped, I'd stay home and say something inappropriately bad to the wife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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