Need board brand opinions

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 07, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: Need board brand opinions

I don't know if I will spend it this year, but I may look into another board. Last spring I almost bought a Burton Dominant that was on clearance. Not real sure what I should be looking for in a board. This will sound funny to some of you, but I'm 2.5-3 hrs away from the nearest ski place, so when we get snow here, we hit the local hill. We have a short rail slide and a launch ramp that we haul out with us. I do get to go to Bittersweet resort a couple times a year. I prefer to ride in the terrain park, although I'm not real good. My Oxygen board rides nice, but I think it's a little stiff on the flex. It's hard to nose press ( and keep control ) and so on.

Anyways, there must be a hundred different companies out there. I hear a lot about Forum, Burton, Ride, and Lib Tech and others. What should I be looking for, and what company? What's the advantages and dis-advantages of a freestyle board vs a free ride board?

JohnD · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 176 City: San Diego

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 11, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject:

Anyone else want to weigh in?

I've been looking at freestyle boards on the web, and there's a ton of them out there.

I know some about Burton b/c I kind of got on their band wagon in 87 when I got my 1st taste of boarding. Gnu, k2, Kemper and some others were around back then also.

Anyways, Iv'e been out for nearly 15 years and could use some advice from people who ride the product, vs the people in the store trying to sell me one.

There is a Saloman/ Rossignal dealer and dealers for Burton, Ride, and maybe Forum. These are the ones I know of.

luonthesnake · Criminal Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 51

is there a particular price range your looking at? had an Oxygen board once but I had the same prob, was too stiff. got me a mid-range Atomic board and made manuals or pesses a lot easier. a board with more flex makes it easier to get a butter effect if your into doing spins off of jumps. boards out there with a 2-3 degree bevel makes it nicer on the rails, don't have worry so much about catching an edge. you could knock out what boards don't have good flex and a bevel edge out first, then look more into what ya found and check out constuction, base(sintered),twin tip, effective edge, etc.

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 11, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

luonthesnake, about 350$ at the most. You seem to know a bit about it. I should look for 2-3 degree edge bevel. Soft flex? I know I have trouble feeling the pop off the tail of my Oxygen, and I feel more like I'm leaping to get a big ollie. I was wondering if more flex would help me a little there.

What are some other construction things to look for?

Liquidmx · Addict Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 755 City: San Jose

I love my Dominant, but alas I am mostly a park rat. Good luck.

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 12, 2005 8:10 am Post subject:

I was looking into the Dominant. It seems to run about $380. I could go for that. Is it pretty flexy? What size do you run and what is your weight?