Narrowed it down to 3 boards

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

all 09's. A Ronix Mana, a CWB Absolute Platinum and a Hyperlite B-side. I ride a CWB pure right now and it's a great board but I kinda wanna try a different brand. I'm REALLY leaning towards the Mana cause I simply fell n love when I seen it.

All 3 are subtle stage 3 boards. I just wanna know if anybody has any input about the 3. I read that the B-side is a really heavy board.

HHI Dave · Posted: May 09, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject:

Any of those boards will serve you well. If you fell in love with the Mana, then you've already made your choice... Mr. Green

The real question is, have you picked out a set of quality, properly fitted bindings?

PS: Only of those I've ridden was a B-Side when they first came out ('08??). Definitely didn't strike me as heavy. I had fun on it.

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

Well I fell in love with the graphics. But I've always been a "function before form" kinda guy. So I just wanted to see if anybody had any hate or love for any of the boards.

Also I figured I should put my skill level here. I can W2W easily heel and toe side and do SOME switch riding. Throw some grabs in my W2W's. I want to get into 3's and inverts this season. probably starting with tantrum and heelside backroll.

Oh yeah, I already picked up a set of binding that I found comfy and were in my price range. Theyre just a set of obrian access. I've seen a lot of hate for obrian on here, but they fit my foot very nicely and I like them so whatever. They float my boat and that's all that matters in the end.

Unfortunately I'm buying the board online so I can't simply test and return, hence why I asked for opinions.

Stephan · Guest

Well the Absolute you are looking at is very similarly shaped to your Pure, the Pure is based off an older Absolute shape. The newer version has thinner rails, deeper center spine and longer molded fins. The Platinum is going to pop harder and be a pound lighter. If you like the Pure I'd get the Absolute.

As for the Mana and B-side, they are both great boards. It's a good list you choose and all of the boards ride fairly similarly.