Hardboots in powder

Post by **Benn** » Thursday 23 February 2006, 10:37

Agree with Silber, The Lancelot is a pretty hard flex.
It's a very good board for carving (172).

Not the best for powder since:
- The swallow Tail is too small => not efficient
- There is no pin tail.
Length is ok (172) if you're looking for an easy handling board even if reactivity is not as good as Boheme 172.

For 199 euros it's a good deal ...

Post by **Silber** » Thursday 23 February 2006, 17:49

BTW, I am still searching for a good bargain on a real swallow.. boheme, sw, miura or phoenix... if anybody can have any of these at a discount...

Post by **Benn** » Thursday 23 February 2006, 18:02

Silber wrote:BTW, I am still searching for a good bargain on a real swallow.. boheme, sw, miura or phoenix... if anybody can have any of these at a discount...

I may meet Sebastien Perret (is Phenix snowboards shaper, was Boheme snowboards shaper) in 2 weeks.
I will ask him if he still has some used swallow to sell ... (i don't think so)

My preferences go for these boards (Boheme, Phenix) since reactivity is excellent. By the way the pintail is pretty big so that a 172 (Boheme) or 173(phenix) can be ridden in every conditions on all terrains (even betweeen trees)
The most important: phenix snowboards are 150 euros cheaper then swell panik and quality looks the same to me.
Swell paniks are real good snowboards but i do not like that much the Magistral series: easy but a bit soft and lack of reactivity. Nevertheless, the Amok is a Powder missile !!!!
Never tried a Miura (chef d'oeuvre

) but it has to be set only with soft bindings and that costs a great deal of $!

Post by **glzal** » Thursday 2 March 2006, 17:18

Hi Benn,
i've been snowboarding for about 18years, and only with hard boots till 5 years ago. just a few words on the Miura, and the fact some people believes it should be used with soft boots only. It's available in 3 different flexes, according to your weigh and style. My friends and I have 4 mucho 191, and believe me, we have used it in almost any slope and snow conditions, with both soft and hard boots. Try it for a few days (sorry a few hours are not enough) and will be a great love, whatever bindings you should have...

Post by **Benn** » Thursday 2 March 2006, 17:45

Ok, thanks.
My understanding was that you should ask for specific building flex to be able to ride a Miura with hard bindings (Just like a custom option ordering).

Anyway it's a splendid board.

But i don't need/want such an expensive one!

Post by **King_Paddl** » Friday 28 April 2006, 12:26

always hardboots!
see.....
http://rapidshare.de/files/19059064/arlberg.wmv.html

greetings

Post by **Silber** » Friday 28 April 2006, 12:31

Benn, ask him if he's willing to give a special price onthe new phenix (carbon included) to the EC community!!!

Thanks

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