scotts.Scheinman Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I know Bola sells them and i have a really short freestyle board.I am pretty sure my silb wont handle powder well so i was considering one of these bad boys. Does anybody have experince with one of thesse? scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Bola was on his at loveland today in some pretty decent pow. He was tearing it up pretty seriously. We have had alot of snow out here in the last few days, and bola was floating right on top of it. I was also, but I was on my 187 helicat tanker. We were discussing the merits of the two boards, (the dupraz is cooler looking, according to a telemark skier putting his .02 in) and bola informed me that he will have a few to demo at ses. He had on caveat: do not load the nose, it does not like it. My take is that it is a cool looking good preforming board, but if you have a manly physique(over 200lbs) you may want to try before you buy. There is a video and a reveiw of the duprez over at hardbooter.com mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 My main concerns are the price, and the size of the board. im ride a 156 and i am about 110 lbs. I wanteed to use it as a pow board because i am pretty sure my silberfeil wont hold up too well.I have seen the video, thats what made me want it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thomas_m Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I've got about 10 days on my Dupraz. Bola's dead right about loading the nose. You need to ride this board very centered. SVR found this out first hand today on some Stevens Pass steeps today when he took mine for a spin. I'd say it's took big for you. It's a wide 178 with a very big nose and it's not particularly light. At your size, for a pure powderboard, look at the Fish/Malolo/Khyber/Snow Mullet/Sansalone FR. My opinion only of course, based on riding a couple different Tanker 200's, the Dupraz, a Fish and the Snow Mullet 160. The Dupraz is cool looking and a sick ride though, I love mine. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfinsmiley Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Don't they also sell the smaller version at allboardsports? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thomas_m Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Don't they also sell the smaller version at allboardsports? Tell you the truth, I didn't know there was a smaller size. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecnalubma Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 OT but where the $%#@ were all these damn carvers when i was at stevens pass? i rode / worked there for 8/4 years and saw like 1 other hardbooter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thomas_m Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Howzit Bola! I rode a newer RA200 in the AM today and then a 160 Mullet after lunch since SVR was riding the Dupraz. Riding a board that was shorter than me when stood on end (I'm 5'9ish) was the _strangest_ feeling, like a skateboard. The first few turns I stuffed the nose and went down. Took me a while to get used to not having a couple feet of nose out front. Every lifty had to comment today as usual. That red board gets more remarks... Supposed to get 5-9" of more fresh tonight so I'll be back on it tomorrow trying to make some roostertails but that's hard to do in Cascade 'powder'. Of course, I'll spend the majority of my time getting my son Angus unstuck from every other pile of 'powder'. Best, Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 As thomas_m said above...I got to ride his D1 today at stephens in pretty good pow conditions (no vis, but good snow). I was pretty impressed by the board and it was a lot of fun to ride, but Bola and Thomas are not joking about loading the nose...the board did not like having any weight forward, but if you lean back a bit and just control your balance it is a lot of fun to ride. I would say this is definately a board to have if you intend to own multiple boards for specific snow conditions, but I will stick with my Tankers. Thanks again Thomas for letting me try it out. cheers, sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Sweet my only concern is the price and my size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 OT but where the $%#@ were all these damn carvers when i was at stevens pass? i rode / worked there for 8/4 years and saw like 1 other hardbooter! I've been carving up Stevens Pass since, oh about '01 season. Most likely would have seen me as a yellow Columbia jacket streak on a Volkl Renntiger. Or you saw Eric, a guy on a F2 w/Bombers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 scott if youre that light and "worried about the price" get an O-Sin 168. Not the same, but still a solid powder board Im sure, and they often sell for VERY cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?t=9813 theres one for $150! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 cool i kind oh had my heart set on the dupraz. I ride a 165 silb as i stated before and i ambout 110 lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 actually what you stated above was that you ride a 156 the price is what it is. dupraz is an import from a small company. if you have your heart set on it buy one. but the one available might be too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotts.Scheinman Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 sorry about that i do ride 156 a typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 so a 168 swallowtail oughta do you good theres one on ebay right now, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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