Eboot Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 interesting: Regular: long Goofy: Very long 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladia Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Do you guys mean that new Zylon? I just saw Revolution made of it. Pretty fancy for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamifumi Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 31 minutes ago, Eboot said: interesting: Regular: long Goofy: Very long “Long” is mine and it is turney board and fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dredman Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Rad Air 181 Japan Edition. https://www.rad-air.com @svr what a beauty! I will be putting some soft flexing plate bindings on it and using soft flexing hard boots. Floaty and Carvy, what more could you ask for? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 (edited) Santa arrived early this year Oxess 174- Nevin Galmarini Pro Model Huge thank you to Ivan @i-carve.com…as always, you sir are the man! Very grateful for your expertise and impeccable customer service- we are lucky to have you! Cant wait to ride this beast….this will make me shred like Nevin right Edited December 16, 2021 by Q's 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Q's said: Santa arrived early this year Oxess 174- Nevin Galmarini Pro Model Huge thank you to Ivan @i-carve.com…as always, you sir are the man! Very grateful for your expertise and impeccable customer service- we are lucky to have you! Cant wait to ride this beast….this will make me shred like Nevin right Love the specs on this. GS grip with SL radius. Must be a bomb to ride. I hope to test it out on Nevins Camp in april 2022. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) F2 Proto SL 163 Im probably more excited to ride my new F2's than the others I have. I spent a lot of time on f2 back in the day.. I originally brought in three f2 196's from the factory then.. I would say that if I'm comparing it to something then the Kessler is almost identical. F2 though looks better and tactile feel is better. The old tap on the board is nice and damp... As what you hear on a Kessler or custom titanal board. The tune on the board is awesome. Stiff, but hard to tell from just bench test as usually a shorter board will feel stiffer due to less nose and tail. I'm impressed, I think I'll be paying more attention to the brand now again and won't hesitate to pull the tringer on a proto.. Thanks to Ivan at i-carve once again.. It's why we go back. Edited December 17, 2021 by Shred Gruumer 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Yeah @Shred Gruumer! You have great history with F2. Love my current F2’s. They have come a long way. Impressive that a large manufacturer even cares to keep up with the specialized boutique brands. F2 on top this week in Carezza! https://www.instagram.com/fissnowboard/p/CXi-0BBMB75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Jack M said: Yeah @Shred Gruumer! You have great history with F2. Love my current F2’s. They have come a long way. Impressive that a large manufacturer even cares to keep up with the specialized boutique brands. F2 on top this week in Carezza! https://www.instagram.com/fissnowboard/p/CXi-0BBMB75 Not only in Ladies racing. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXjCHSls4iW/?utm_medium=copy_link Baumeister also dropped SG for F2. In Bannoye he was second and in Carezza first. Definitely interesting development as F2 has not been overly popular in the world cup recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 It almost seems that the other makers are being complacent and lazy, not doing anything to improve their boards.... Intresting indeed.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 14 hours ago, slapos said: Not only in Ladies racing. That’s what I was trying to show, I couldn’t get a link to the men’s picture. Swipe right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 Trying a new direction for this season. left to right: New SF, new XC and last year’s XC (made my best turns on this board and will try to carry it forward into this season) It’s a long story not worth telling here. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 4 hours ago, 1xsculler said: New SF, Hey, congrats on the new addition Scully! Don't know how your XC's ride but try not to get whiplash day 1 on the SF!..........it's a turny little bandit!! Love mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 You can add me to the F2 fan club @Shred Gruumer. 163 SL Worldcup Speedster. I had a Speedster back in 1996. Shred I agree with your assessment, rides very similar to my 168 KST, besides the smaller sidecut. Ivan is great, his customer service is incredible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 19 hours ago, Shred Gruumer said: It almost seems that the other makers are being complacent and lazy, not doing anything to improve their boards.... Intresting indeed.. SGs have not changed since 2010 at least. The shapes and dimensions. SG full carve and full race change only graphics from year to year. Don't get me wrong the board rides great, but would be refreshing to see something new. Might give an F2 a try next year, this year I am sticking with Nobile 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/19/2021 at 12:12 AM, barryj said: Hey, congrats on the new addition Scully! Don't know how your XC's ride but try not to get whiplash day 1 on the SF!..........it's a turny little bandit!! Love mine! Off to Jackson Hole with grandkids to try out my new rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/20/2021 at 12:01 PM, 1xsculler said: Off to Jackson Hole with grandkids to try out my new rides. Don’t come to Jackson at this time unless you want your base ripped to shreds. Two more feet of snow needed!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 1:16 PM, Shred Gruumer said: It almost seems that the other makers are being complacent and lazy, not doing anything to improve their boards.... Intresting indeed.. Looking at Kessler for example, their stock alpine shapes haven't changed for several years because race courses haven't changed. I do wish they would add a 180-ish freecarver to their stock lineup like my latest custom 180/21/15m. My favorite board ever. The three custom Kesslers I've had have been the finest snowboards I've ever tried. They are even better than their stock boards which are already incredible. Hansjuerg has some magic going on over there. I've never tried an Oxess or Virus but I'd say Kessler has perfected the state of the art as far as I can tell. SG, Oxess, F2 are obviously right there too as evidenced in World Cup. I think to go beyond what they're doing would require some novel invention not yet conceived. Maybe the exotic materials in high end Viruses create a better board, I don't know, but they're dearly expensive and not seen much if at all on the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamifumi Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Jack M said: Looking at Kessler for example, their stock alpine shapes haven't changed for several years because race courses haven't changed. I do wish they would add a 180-ish freecarver to their stock lineup like my latest custom 180/21/15m. My favorite board ever. The three custom Kesslers I've had have been the finest snowboards I've ever tried. They are even better than their stock boards which are already incredible. Hansjuerg has some magic going on over there. I've never tried an Oxess or Virus but I'd say Kessler has perfected the state of the art as far as I can tell. SG, Oxess, F2 are obviously right there too as evidenced in World Cup. I think to go beyond what they're doing would require some novel invention not yet conceived. Maybe the exotic materials in high end Viruses create a better board, I don't know, but they're dearly expensive and not seen much if at all on the World Cup. That’s a great point. I was all about the race boards (Oxess, Kessler, SG, JJA) as they are proven boards but I felt that their shape lacked interest for me over time. I too wish they had more free carve fun board shape. @b.freeintroduced me to Virus and it has been fun and loving that exotic material, Zylon, Carbon and some magic dust . I am thinking about selling my 180/20cm board and I can be reached through message 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLN Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, yamifumi said: That’s a great point. I was all about the race boards (Oxess, Kessler, SG, JJA) as they are proven boards but I felt that their shape lacked interest for me over time. I too wish they had more free carve fun board shape. @b.freeintroduced me to Virus and it has been fun and loving that exotic material, Zylon, Carbon and some magic dust . I am thinking about selling my 180/20cm board and I can be reached through message I got my Coiler based on mens GS board: shorter but wider @ 180/21 with 13-16m radius and it works great. Needless to say I got myself Virus and wasn't riding coiler since then. ps. I also blame @b.freefor that. Edited December 22, 2021 by TLN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamifumi Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, TLN said: I got my Coiler based on mens GS board: shorter but wider @ 180/21 with 13-16m radius and it works great. Needless to say I got myself Virus and wasn't riding coiler since then. ps. I also blame @b.freefor that. Yes I blame @b.free!! Now I have 4 Viruses 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkaholic Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 43 minutes ago, yamifumi said: Yes I blame @b.free!! Now I have 4 Viruses definitely infected in a good way. i love my virus. more of a race shape 183GS than freecarve but still have the magic dust that frank puts in them. that said, i still love my old boards and my new to me coiler. Ink 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 A bad photo, this is a symmetrical board. Burton Hometown hero. This is a 1.48 which is good at my weight, ridden with about 45/35. It's a tapered directional (despite what some of the marketing may suggest). Carbon fibre is mentioned, I'd guess that's for torsional stability (which is good). It's flexible (so good in bumps) but seems to still hold an edge well enough at speed. I've ridden it so far at resort only mostly in hardpack, but I have it for powder. I've ridden the Skeleton Key for the last couple of seasons, and this is supposed to be similar... not sure until I can find some bottomless. On piste it's good - not quite a Kessler SL, but entirely capable of charging hard. Works well with a high edge, handles well, no complaints so far. In resort powder it rides well centred. I'm about 0.5cm in on the reference at both front and back here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 @philw Did you have to modify your F2 bindings for Burtons Channel system? I have always wondered how plate bindings would hold up in Burton’s Channel system since there are only 2 points to mount them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Looks like he drilled two extra holes to center line of disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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