Which additional SWOARD Tool would you want?

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So if there was one or more new boards by SWOARD, which type of board would you want the guys to produce?

Swallowtail
9
28%
Lightweight freeride-board (four skitours i.e.)
0
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All mountain board
9
28%
Beginner board to be used with HB
1
3%
Intermediate carver for those not yet ready for EC
1
3%
Something totally different
12
38%
 
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Which additional SWOARD Tool would you want?

Post by skywalker » Monday 14 April 2008, 17:25

I have to add some text, but everything is contained in the question

Note: Don't take this too serious :wink:
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Post by Silber » Monday 14 April 2008, 17:27

Tom, you should add:

narrow race board

Skwal

snowskate

condoms
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Post by skywalker » Monday 14 April 2008, 17:34

Silber wrote:Tom, you should add:

narrow race board

Skwal

snowskate

condoms
I don't know, how.
Besides that, I wanted to avoid any wide-narrow-discussion here :P

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Post by tommaso2k » Monday 14 April 2008, 17:57

How about a Swoard Titanal ?
Brand doesn´t matter, the spirit does!

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Post by vkrouverk » Monday 14 April 2008, 18:33

hmm. Titanal board would be good, but IMO technology is not mature yet for titanal snowboards and this means that price and failure rate (delamination/metal sheet breaking) will too high for recreational rider. Especially for extreme carving, which means that forces for board will be quite big. Maybe in 1-2 years situation will be better, but right now I won't buy one.
All mountain (with little bit smaller torsional stiffness) would be my pick probably: swoard is nice in good groomed slopes and fresh powder, but when things get chopped up (mogul field :cry: ) then at least I have quite big difficulties due to its stiffness. Tested in Whistler, where it dumped 4 days in a row and after 2 days I was tired of fighting with Swoard on ridden up slopes and rented soft gear (first time in 6 years!)
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Post by starikashka » Monday 14 April 2008, 19:46

i need zylon board 158 cm lenght, 12m radius, 16 cm waist width - very stiff nose compared to other parts of the board :-)
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Post by tommaso2k » Monday 14 April 2008, 19:55

starikashka wrote:i need zylon board 158 cm lenght, 12m radius, 16 cm waist width - very stiff nose compared to other parts of the board :-)
You should avoid posts like this here, is not really helpful. Skywalker was asking for development opportunities of the Swoard brand.
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Post by pokkis » Monday 14 April 2008, 20:01

One with proper titanal construction :bravo:
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economical but good beginner board.

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Re: Which additional SWOARD Tool would you want?

Post by starikashka » Monday 14 April 2008, 20:16

skywalker wrote:I have to add some text, but everything is contained in the question

Note: Don't take this too serious :wink:
tommaso2k, i do not understand your point. I like to ride narrow board same as wide. Virus makes wide board this, why SWOARD cant make narrow? I would buy narrow SWOARD board.

BTW skywalker was very clear - not take this too serious :-) relax

P.S.: I do not consider my post as wide-narrow discussion :) do not like this stupid wars
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Post by tommaso2k » Monday 14 April 2008, 20:23

First: think about the philosophie, riding style and technique the Swoard guys are promoting
Second: think about the word Zylon
Third: rethink your post again, maybe you get the point
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Post by starikashka » Monday 14 April 2008, 21:02

:-) there is noting to re-think. Starting post was not focused on things you are talking about - philosophy and technique not dependent on the board.

Zylon was a joke, ok :-) partially. Maybe modern materials can make Vahur happy on bumpy slopes.

Let`s stop here, OK? :-)
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Split board

Post by Hans » Tuesday 15 April 2008, 7:46

A nice splitboard so we can walk the mountains as long as when we have snow here in Europe.

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Post by The Blitz » Tuesday 15 April 2008, 9:33

vkrouverk wrote:hmm. Titanal board would be good
What's the interest of Titanal ?
Is it another concept to do construction ? Or "just" a fashionable word ?
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Post by pokkis » Tuesday 15 April 2008, 9:47

Proper titanal construction is killer thing for riding, as seen on race tracks.
It will make board working much better when things get rough. Difference is not so big on perfect surface.
I should have let you test my board in Zinal on afternoon :wink:

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Post by starikashka » Tuesday 15 April 2008, 11:03

pokkis, do i understand correctly that titanal increases torsion stiffness and not increases longitudional, so this makes titanal board easier to ride on bumps and same time keep stability on the high speed.
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