Quivers> What do u ride?
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- nils
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Quivers> What do u ride?
Would like to know what everyone has as quiver out there
I'm riding mostly:
172GS Oxygen Proton 2001
185 SW Swellpanik Magistral (Swallowtail) 1999
159R Rossignol Race 1996
also have for those crazy days
198 A Apocalypse model 1997
intending to order this summer:
196cm Swellpanik Amok (Custom Swallowtail)
ECarve 175 if it comes out
As for keeping so much boards, as soon as i have a good ECarve board, i'll wont keep using the race ones..
Nils
I'm riding mostly:
172GS Oxygen Proton 2001
185 SW Swellpanik Magistral (Swallowtail) 1999
159R Rossignol Race 1996
also have for those crazy days
198 A Apocalypse model 1997
intending to order this summer:
196cm Swellpanik Amok (Custom Swallowtail)
ECarve 175 if it comes out
As for keeping so much boards, as soon as i have a good ECarve board, i'll wont keep using the race ones..
Nils
The Quiver
I have four boards that I use for two riding styles.
171 Burton GS
161 Prior SL
I ride these in what I call the Jaysey Jay/Fawcett style
(60 degrees, heel/toe lift, facing forward)
165 Burton Fusion
174 Prior 4x4
I ride these in what I call the Tom Curren style (World champion surfer)
Moderate stance angles, facing more sideways)
My favorite board is still the 84 version of the Burton Performer.
Red paint, medal fins, rubber straps .... fond memories.
My goal is to have a wider freecarve board that I can ride in most snow conditions .... most the time.
Rob
I have four boards that I use for two riding styles.
171 Burton GS
161 Prior SL
I ride these in what I call the Jaysey Jay/Fawcett style
(60 degrees, heel/toe lift, facing forward)
165 Burton Fusion
174 Prior 4x4
I ride these in what I call the Tom Curren style (World champion surfer)
Moderate stance angles, facing more sideways)
My favorite board is still the 84 version of the Burton Performer.
Red paint, medal fins, rubber straps .... fond memories.
My goal is to have a wider freecarve board that I can ride in most snow conditions .... most the time.
Rob
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My Quiver
Donek Incline 160: my carving/all mountain board, will also be my powder board. I just got it mid-March, so I haven't gotten a powder day on it yet.
Burton Balance 152: halfpipe/park, I can also carve turns on this board.
Burton Supermodel 162: my old all mountain/powder board. It now sits around as a loaner board since getting replaced by the Donek.
Burton Alp 157 (asym): my old carving board. It now sits around taking up space since getting replaced by the Donek. Anybody want to buy my Alp for $75?
Jonnie
Burton Balance 152: halfpipe/park, I can also carve turns on this board.
Burton Supermodel 162: my old all mountain/powder board. It now sits around as a loaner board since getting replaced by the Donek.
Burton Alp 157 (asym): my old carving board. It now sits around taking up space since getting replaced by the Donek. Anybody want to buy my Alp for $75?
Jonnie
My current setup, updated on 10th Feb 2003
Hard boots Raichle 324 (back locks allways open) replaced by 700 SCT
with Prior custom 175 / 17, gone replaced by Donek 185 /18/11m rad
Prior wrc 167/17, gone replaced by Bastard 171/14
angles 60-70 max what i can get out og Bombersand 80-85 dgrees fith F2s, .
On softies K2 Yaks (integrated high back not locked) on Clickers
Prior 4WD 175 on 45 or so angles and
F2 Elimnator 170 on 35 or so angles
F2 Lancelot 172
I'm not relly looking for one setup, boards are for me like sails on
windsurfing, i try to pick up which one suits best for my feelings
of riding that day.
Hard boots Raichle 324 (back locks allways open) replaced by 700 SCT
with Prior custom 175 / 17, gone replaced by Donek 185 /18/11m rad
Prior wrc 167/17, gone replaced by Bastard 171/14
angles 60-70 max what i can get out og Bombersand 80-85 dgrees fith F2s, .
On softies K2 Yaks (integrated high back not locked) on Clickers
Prior 4WD 175 on 45 or so angles and
F2 Elimnator 170 on 35 or so angles
F2 Lancelot 172
I'm not relly looking for one setup, boards are for me like sails on
windsurfing, i try to pick up which one suits best for my feelings
of riding that day.
- fivat
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Setups
Good, pokkis!pokkis wrote:I'm not relly looking for one setup, boards are for me like sails on windsurfing, i try to pick up which one suits best for my feelings of riding that day.
This is exactly what we think too (see the Freeride section of the site):
"Every windsurfer or kitesurfer chooses the most suitable gear to the day conditions. Why wouldn't a snowboarder do the same?"
-Patrice Fivat
- nils
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got that too :)
the two kids i have, the wife also (skiing wife), the station wagon full to the top... missing still: the dog, and the cat...hehe
Nils
Nils
Hi Nils
I checked out your swallowtail web site....wow!!
You are a busy and dedicated guy, I'm really impressed.
I think I’m going to sell my station wagon and buy a big truck, so I have room for a bigger quiver.
A Prior Swallow tail, Coiler Freecarve, (Support the Canadian Boys) and a custom Extremecarve from the Swiss connection. Might have to leave the wife and kids at home.... to make room in the truck for the quiver I'd really like to have.
Rob
I checked out your swallowtail web site....wow!!
You are a busy and dedicated guy, I'm really impressed.
I think I’m going to sell my station wagon and buy a big truck, so I have room for a bigger quiver.
A Prior Swallow tail, Coiler Freecarve, (Support the Canadian Boys) and a custom Extremecarve from the Swiss connection. Might have to leave the wife and kids at home.... to make room in the truck for the quiver I'd really like to have.
Rob
To add here is set my wife use, updated at 10th Feb 2003:
on hb with 324 Raichles
Prior custom 155/17 with Bombers
Virus Lightning 167/15 with Bombers
on softies K2 Yaks
F2 Eliminator 158 with Clickers
No cat, no dog but learned to pack everything very tightly
Boards are no problem, boots are taking greter hit here
on hb with 324 Raichles
Prior custom 155/17 with Bombers
Virus Lightning 167/15 with Bombers
on softies K2 Yaks
F2 Eliminator 158 with Clickers
No cat, no dog but learned to pack everything very tightly
Boards are no problem, boots are taking greter hit here
My gear
Just treated myself last holiday, and got new hardboots AND bindings.
I went to the shop because I was fed up with the constant troubles with the original bindings (Nidecker Carbon Comp). It's not good to carve with the handbrake on, because you don't trust your gear. I broke the heelclip, and adjustment of those bindings is a pain in the ***
Board
Nidecker Proto 164 (the last wood+black series).
Boots
Raichle AF 700 TS
Bindings
F2 Titantium stepin
I went to the shop because I was fed up with the constant troubles with the original bindings (Nidecker Carbon Comp). It's not good to carve with the handbrake on, because you don't trust your gear. I broke the heelclip, and adjustment of those bindings is a pain in the ***
Board
Nidecker Proto 164 (the last wood+black series).
Boots
Raichle AF 700 TS
Bindings
F2 Titantium stepin
My quiver
Prior 4WD 167 Proto board with 24 waist
Elan 157 Slalom board
Angles at 55 and 47 (Just like Patrice)
Raichle 324 Boots 26.5 (back unlocked, ordering stiffer tongues)
Raichle X-Bone Intec bindings (flat, no cant)
2000 Mazda MPV
2001 Toyota Echo
1973 Porsche 911
2 kids (ages 3 and 5)
1 wife (who rides Salomon with Intecs and Raichle 224)
1 cat (named Lillehammer)
0 E-carve board (still waiting eagerly)
Elan 157 Slalom board
Angles at 55 and 47 (Just like Patrice)
Raichle 324 Boots 26.5 (back unlocked, ordering stiffer tongues)
Raichle X-Bone Intec bindings (flat, no cant)
2000 Mazda MPV
2001 Toyota Echo
1973 Porsche 911
2 kids (ages 3 and 5)
1 wife (who rides Salomon with Intecs and Raichle 224)
1 cat (named Lillehammer)
0 E-carve board (still waiting eagerly)
Low Rider for Life
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Raichle 324 boots, with the stiffer 'race kit' heels because I think the softer stock heels were the reason my bindings released a few times last year. I ride with the front lean adjuster in position 4, the back in 3 for performance, 4 for more relaxed riding or steeper slopes (it's less tiring to stand up straighter).
Backup board: CustomCraft 170cm, 10m sidecut, 23cm waist, twin-tip shape, Catek bindings at 45/40 degrees. This was my main board when I bought it, but now I have a new favorite:
Main board: Coiler 174cm, 13m sidecut, 21cm waist, directional shape (5cm nose, 3cm tail), Bomber TD bindings at 55/50 degrees. I use a 3 degree bomber disc up front, 6 degrees in the rear (the Cateks on the other board are set up similarly).
I am of the "one board for everything" school of thought. The CustomCraft is easier in the halfpipe, but I am hoping that the Coiler will become my preferred halfpipe board with a little more practice. The narrower waist might be inherently inferior for that, though. Only time will tell.
I have been in soft boots only once in the last 6 years or so, and they only reminded me of why I switched to hard boots. I prefer the more forward-facing posture, and even in powder, I like to feel "as one" with the board... hard boots give me that feeling in a way that soft boots never have.
Backup board: CustomCraft 170cm, 10m sidecut, 23cm waist, twin-tip shape, Catek bindings at 45/40 degrees. This was my main board when I bought it, but now I have a new favorite:
Main board: Coiler 174cm, 13m sidecut, 21cm waist, directional shape (5cm nose, 3cm tail), Bomber TD bindings at 55/50 degrees. I use a 3 degree bomber disc up front, 6 degrees in the rear (the Cateks on the other board are set up similarly).
I am of the "one board for everything" school of thought. The CustomCraft is easier in the halfpipe, but I am hoping that the Coiler will become my preferred halfpipe board with a little more practice. The narrower waist might be inherently inferior for that, though. Only time will tell.
I have been in soft boots only once in the last 6 years or so, and they only reminded me of why I switched to hard boots. I prefer the more forward-facing posture, and even in powder, I like to feel "as one" with the board... hard boots give me that feeling in a way that soft boots never have.
Boards:
a couple Speedster rs 182's, a 186, a Speedster SL 163, a Prior 185, a Burton FP 193, These are my current hard boot boards, my soft boot stuff consist of a Lamar Team 164 wide for pow, and a Lamar Team 157 for pipe and park.
Boots: Burton Fire, and Vans Fargo
Bindings: Burton Physics and Switch proto strap bindings.
a couple Speedster rs 182's, a 186, a Speedster SL 163, a Prior 185, a Burton FP 193, These are my current hard boot boards, my soft boot stuff consist of a Lamar Team 164 wide for pow, and a Lamar Team 157 for pipe and park.
Boots: Burton Fire, and Vans Fargo
Bindings: Burton Physics and Switch proto strap bindings.