), waistwithds and radius etc., everything started reboggling my mind. So, I've got another question: I still own a great Burton FP 168 S. Is there anybody on the forum who has experiences with laid turns with a similar board?
Guido Rietzschel
Burton Factory Prime 168 Symmetrical
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Burton Factory Prime 168 Symmetrical
Last week I regained my boardingenthousiasm in Hintertux and also I googled this enspiring site. Techniques and videos ( ), waistwithds and radius etc., everything started reboggling my mind.
So, I've got another question: I still own a great Burton FP 168 S. Is there anybody on the forum who has experiences with laid turns with a similar board?
Guido Rietzschel
), waistwithds and radius etc., everything started reboggling my mind. So, I've got another question: I still own a great Burton FP 168 S. Is there anybody on the forum who has experiences with laid turns with a similar board?
Guido Rietzschel
I have
I ride a burton Ultra Prime 168, and I've managed to lay down and link turns. It's a bit hard to do, and you need pretty good conditions, but it can be done. good luck. What helped me with it was to just get as low as I could on the board.
Chris
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well, it is slightly small for a EC carving board, in my opinion, so the snow has to be pretty solid for the board to be able to support your weight. I don't know anything about how much you weigh, so that might not be a problem for you as much. I weigh 210 and I'm 6'2" so I'm putting quite a bit of force on the edge when I'm laying out a turn. One thing that wasn't really "hard" but it took me a while to get used to, is that with such a short board you want to make really fast transitions, but the board (to me anyways) is a little bit wide for that. It's not just edge to edge all the time, when you come out of the turn and the board rests flat for a second, it takes a bit longer than normal for it to flip to the other side. I usually get around that by trying to keep some kind of spring in my turns so that when I transition I'm, hopefully, in the air. I have only riden 3 boards in my carving career; a Burton UP 162, a Burton UP 168, and a Donek Free Carve 178. The donek was easily the best, but I think that if you're just getting back into the sport then you might not want to start on a donek right away.
Don't get me wrong the Burton is a good board, and I love riding it. But when you start getting really good then you'll want to buy a much higher performance board, and you'll feel a significant difference when you try one. Have a great time on the Burton though, I'm gonna be riding around on mine tomorrow at Mt. Sunapee (no idea where you live, but it you happpen to be near by then come on over (Nashua, NH, USA)). Enjoy!!!
Don't get me wrong the Burton is a good board, and I love riding it. But when you start getting really good then you'll want to buy a much higher performance board, and you'll feel a significant difference when you try one. Have a great time on the Burton though, I'm gonna be riding around on mine tomorrow at Mt. Sunapee (no idea where you live, but it you happpen to be near by then come on over (Nashua, NH, USA)). Enjoy!!!
Chris
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Hi Chris,
Maybe it's good idea to put the proper perspective because I was a little bit mistaken
It has been 4 years since I looked at the FP. just reading the site and looking at the video's made me realize I've got another boards.
Last 4 years I've been boarding Nitro GT 154 and started skiing due to crowded slopes.
My Burton specs:
This Burton is an FP 6.7 180s
lenght overall 167 cm
running lenght: 147 cm
waist width: 18 cm
sidecut radius: 12,29 m
core: precision wood core
stance rear/front: 50/55
Anyway I'm not to tall just a huge 164 cm
and weighing almost your half: 64 kg (128 pounds)
So I'd like to think in that perspective the FP 167 is not such a small board for me.
I'm boarding now for 14 years more or less as an autodidacticus so the challenge disappeared. Until last week in Hintertux on the Glacier (Austria). I've been riding like a maniac
on my Nitro after restancing my bindings.
With regards for your invitation: thanks for your invitation
but unfortunately I can't come over to the States. You see Harderwijk is in the Netherlands.
Anyway tomorrow my girlfriend and I are going over to Germany to ride down a few small slopes but wide enough, so i'm glad to take your tips and the push/pull techniques with me, so I'll give it my best shot. I'll let you know how it worked out.
Greetz Guido
Maybe it's good idea to put the proper perspective because I was a little bit mistaken
It has been 4 years since I looked at the FP. just reading the site and looking at the video's made me realize I've got another boards.Last 4 years I've been boarding Nitro GT 154 and started skiing due to crowded slopes.
My Burton specs:
This Burton is an FP 6.7 180s
lenght overall 167 cm
running lenght: 147 cm
waist width: 18 cm
sidecut radius: 12,29 m
core: precision wood core
stance rear/front: 50/55
Anyway I'm not to tall just a huge 164 cm
and weighing almost your half: 64 kg (128 pounds)So I'd like to think in that perspective the FP 167 is not such a small board for me.
I'm boarding now for 14 years more or less as an autodidacticus so the challenge disappeared. Until last week in Hintertux on the Glacier (Austria). I've been riding like a maniac
on my Nitro after restancing my bindings.With regards for your invitation: thanks for your invitation
but unfortunately I can't come over to the States. You see Harderwijk is in the Netherlands. Anyway tomorrow my girlfriend and I are going over to Germany to ride down a few small slopes but wide enough, so i'm glad to take your tips and the push/pull techniques with me, so I'll give it my best shot. I'll let you know how it worked out.
Greetz Guido