Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

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Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by tali » Tuesday 8 November 2011, 23:54

I wonder, which Swoard would be better for boardercross (BX) - Extremecarver or Dual?
What we know about Extremecarver Gen3 :D
How much harder should be the Extremecarver flex for BX compared to EC?

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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by pokkis » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 8:37

I assume that square tail of Swoard makes it not allowed in BX

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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by fivat » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 13:11

I remember that our rider Antoine Pochon did rounded the corners of his Extremecarver with a saw for his participation in BX European Cup. :D :twisted:

The DUAL 158 has a lot of success among the girls in BX. The Italian team is using it and winning.

My opinion is that the DUAL should be stiffer for men in BX. Probably a model made specifically for BX will appear.

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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by Alex » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 15:44

two years ago, during a race of boardercross In corvatsch (Engadina) I was surpised to see 3 riders using Sword Extremecarver for racing ;)
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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by The Blitz » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 19:18

fivat wrote:Probably a model made specifically for BX will appear.
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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by Arnaud » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 19:52

fivat wrote:The Italian team is using it and winning.
Yes, and one coach of the team told us they made sliding test to compare the Dual to other well known BX boards ... the Dual was always first :bravo:
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Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by rcrobar » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 20:25

Visiting with Patrice has taught me that it is very expensive to develop and build a new board; guessing if there is a big enough market for a new model is also a very risky business.

That said, I have always thought that a detuned Extremecarver, for BX and all mountain carving, would be a very interesting board to try; with a slightly bigger nose, rounded tail, smaller sidecut, etc.

At the same time it would be very cool to try a Dual with a turned down tail and a slightly bigger sidecut.

A stiffer Dual for BX would be very cool to try as well! The possibilities never end!

Ultimately I like the Dual and Extremecarver as they are, so why mess with them I guess. :D

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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by nils » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 21:15

any footage of the dual in action in BX? that is the kind of thing that could prove it works :)
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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by valerio65 » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 22:29

2 Swoard,Suisse boardercros championship 2010 :hello:
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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by Silver » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 22:52

fivat wrote:My opinion is that the DUAL should be stiffer for men in BX. Probably a model made specifically for BX will appear.
+1 with more pop!

when ????

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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by hugo » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 23:03

valerio65 wrote:2 Swoard,Suisse boardercros championship 2010 :hello:
WOW, that's wonderful (-:

If on a par with the Italian team boardercross ...
Then we can expect that soon we will see SWOARD in the Olympics podium

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Re: Boardercross - Extremecarver or Dual?

Post by tali » Wednesday 9 November 2011, 23:10

valerio65 wrote:2 Swoard,Suisse boardercros championship 2010 :hello:
So, not only the Italian team uses Dual for boardercross? The Swiss boardcrossers do, too? Men or women? :D
Has anyone got more pictures and videos? :roll:

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