scotts.Scheinman Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey, i was woundering if i shopuld invest in one of these. they were the startings of a revolution in a sense. if you have rode one how does it ride b/c i probally wouldnt ride it anyways. If you have rode one tell me how it is. scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipuppy Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hi, I've got a PJ 5.3 (does anybody know what the number stands for?). I absolutely love it and I am constantly getting comments on "how I broke my board". As you can probably tell though, I am not the most experienced person regarding the comparison of boards. I also bought mine for fifty bucks brand new after it had been gathering dust in the store for nine years. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 where did you get it? I was going to probally put catek os2 or td2's on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 number is the length. your 5.3 is a 153ish. I had a 7.1...like a 93...gold one...I think it was the last they made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 where did you get it? I was going to probally put catek os2 or td2's on it you might find thats a bit too much binding power for that board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 D-sub youre my alpine hero. you always know whats right. hot damn you should work for like an analyst company that analyzes snowboard stuff.; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 D-sub youre my alpine hero. you always know whats right. hot damn you should work for like an analyst company that analyzes snowboard stuff.; ROTFLMAO :lol: I wish I was someone's hero :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipuppy Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I got it at the Bromely Mountain Ski Shop. It was the only alpine board they had and very very dusty. I've also got catek OS's on mine. I will probably end up using them longer than the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I remember lusting after those old PJs, especially the ones with the crazy mixed black and white base. Some BS about working better than an all-carbon base... anyways, looked cool as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I remember lusting after those old PJs, especially the ones with the crazy mixed black and white base. Some BS about working better than an all-carbon base... anyways, looked cool as hell. They called it a Super Safari base if I remember correctly......I also thought that they look cool And still wondering how did they build that base? Are they die-cut base or just mixed when base materials get compressed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I went out on a '92 PJ 7 with the same year Burton varplate binding and megaflex boots last season. It didn't ride all that bad, it took some getting used to. You have very limited stance options because of the old school 5-hole pattern, but all-in-all not as sketchey as I thought it was going to ride. If purchasing for a peice of history and conversation peice, I'd pick one up in a heart beat. If thinking about riding one as a primary board.......you know the answer to that (I hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marz Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey Scott, you're not going to put modern bindings (OS2/TD2) on this without T-nutting the base. It has the old 5 -hole pattern that only works with 5-hole variflex. Those things were a blast in their day, I had a PJ6 & 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 nuts. thats all i have to say. do you know what bindings would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 D-sub youre my alpine hero. you always know whats right. hot damn you should work for like an analyst company that analyzes snowboard stuff.; whoah. I certainly wouldnt go that far. if you indeed have an older one with 5 hole pattern, Phil is right, only the burton 5 hles will work (there might have been a couple others, but equally hard to find) or T-Nut something on there. soon after they went to the 3D pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marz Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Burton 5-hole variflex, & maybe some of the old Elfgen/Nitro plates, not sure if they used the same 5-hole pattern. Anybody remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 It has bindings with it . the original ones. Wouldnt it be awsome if i found 1991 burton mega flex bootshttp://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=64921#. I still think i would get deeluxe lemans boots though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Burton 5-hole variflex, & maybe some of the old Elfgen/Nitro plates, not sure if they used the same 5-hole pattern. Anybody remember? No, they used a different pattern. Or no pattern, IIRC my old Gnu Race Room had only one stance option, 45 degrees. May have been a little rotation possible, not much - I should look at it when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 nuts. thats all i have to say. do you know what bindings would work If you are mechanically inclined, you could try to make an adapter plate out of 1/4" aluminium plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carp Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I just sold my '91 PJ7. It had the funky "super safari" base that referred to. I also sold (seperately) the vari plate bindings that went with it. I must say though I've never been told I broke my board when riding it. That is a new one. I remember laughing though when people asked me who autographed my board because of Peter Bauer and Jean Nerva's signatures at the tail. I'd still like to find a safari with the darth vadar bindings and give that a whirl some day. I had such great days riding that board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 thats the board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I still have mine, I rode it for 3 solid years as my only board. It was a great board in its day despite the stubby nose's tendancy to auger in and launch me over the handlebars. However, you would be ruining a collector's item if you t-nutted it to mount modern bindings. Also, it's asym, and there's really not much point to learning how to ride an asym anymore. They're basically obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I still dont see why asyms are that bad. can you carve on it. yes . it is a good board then. i take it you really hate asysms jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I went out on a '92 PJ 7 with the same year Burton varplate binding and megaflex boots last season. It didn't ride all that bad, it took some getting used to. You have very limited stance options because of the old school 5-hole pattern, but all-in-all not as sketchey as I thought it was going to ride.If purchasing for a peice of history and conversation peice, I'd pick one up in a heart beat. If thinking about riding one as a primary board.......you know the answer to that (I hope) i woulnt use it as a primary board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I don't hate them, I just think they're obsolete as far as riding ability goes. They're kind of like 8-track tapes. Can you listen to music on them? Yes. Were they good in their day? Yes. Can they still be used? Yes. Can you still get them? Sort of. Will a 15 year old 8-track sound as good as a brand new CD? No. What I do really dislike is people advising new carvers to go ahead and use asyms because hey, it's all good. It isn't. They have to be used with a different technique, so why should a new carver have to learn one technique only to find they have to unlearn it when they buy their next board? Dumb. I don't know if you're a new carver, I'm just saying that's the thing I hate about asyms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Well, you do have your point but, i just got a new softie set up so i dont really have a lot to get on another setup(new or used) we there is chaunukka. i found that pj for cheap as hell too for whats its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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