unsatisfiedus wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:06 pm
theres plenty of fun to be had in low angle terrain
What I prefer more nowadays, tbh. That's why Rusutsu/Hokkaido is def my fave place I've ever ridden. Optimal snow and fun terrain for the things I love to do most on a board: turning/honing my turns, and hitting anything I can get any kind of air on .
Even at our small local hills I mainly ride, still have a ton of fun turning there. Still prefer my boards with the 8m sidecuts there, than toight ones under 7.5m scr. But yeah, that's just what I prefer.
~180lbs | 8US Vans Longo Infuse | B CartelX | Now Select Pro | Nitro Banker 56 | K2 Passport 54 & 57 | Burton SK 58 | ON
peruna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 7:47 am
No clue how to embed, but Easy Rider posted on their Insta that they now carry Stranda. I'll have to take a look see next time I'm in the city. The Shorty intrigues me the most, but I'd love a smaller size than 159.
What are your stats, and what boards/sizes do you normally ride?
The design approach with Stranda as mentioned is for longer boards and more edge, but of course you can totally ride them in a more traditional size.
To be clear, their approach with sizing isn’t because the boards ride small or have a shorter edge, so you “can” size up. That makes me think of things like dupraz where a 170-something is really like a 160 with a bunch of extra nose. Same for the nitro cannon.
The Shorty has plentiful edge per size, but that’s a good thing. The sidecut and overall temperament is that of a freeride board rather than a powder wigglestick, but it’s absolutely not a hard board to ride. Not demanding, just very stable and smooth. That’s the thing with a well-designed board on the longer side, none of the “fears“ that a lot of people have with bigger boards are there.
Speaking of the Shorty, I forget if I mentioned mine had an unusually soft nose. Mats was recently at the warehouse doing shipments and confirmed that somehow the factory missed the stringers in the nose on just a few of them, and I got one. He said the flex is way off, so I’m really excited for my replacement. Not sure, but I might even be getting one from an early batch of 23/24 with a new graphic.
I'm 5'8", 152 lbs give or take, mondo 26.5 boot. Current quiver is a DOA 153W, Lib Quiver Killer 154, Gentem Hornet and an old Nitro Quiver Pow.
It's a mindset/riding style thing I think, I'm making a lot of assumptions here but feel that the boards are stiffer than I like. The specs look bang on, aside from a few cm more effective edge and length than what I'm used to. But then I'd just have my typical board so what's the point? If I can I'll definitely demo one this winter, if EOTW does demos it would be a sweet reason to get down to Fernie.
the audio file i downloaded was 1:09 just like the IG and starts with mats trying figure out how to get lars in.
a lot of good stuff here. liked the discussion of the construction/thickness/and torsional flex. basically preaching to the choir for me but a good update on the boards. the helmet bit at the end was about where i'm at with it too.
peruna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 7:47 am
No clue how to embed, but Easy Rider posted on their Insta that they now carry Stranda. I'll have to take a look see next time I'm in the city. The Shorty intrigues me the most, but I'd love a smaller size than 159.
What are your stats, and what boards/sizes do you normally ride?
The design approach with Stranda as mentioned is for longer boards and more edge, but of course you can totally ride them in a more traditional size.
To be clear, their approach with sizing isn’t because the boards ride small or have a shorter edge, so you “can” size up. That makes me think of things like dupraz where a 170-something is really like a 160 with a bunch of extra nose. Same for the nitro cannon.
The Shorty has plentiful edge per size, but that’s a good thing. The sidecut and overall temperament is that of a freeride board rather than a powder wigglestick, but it’s absolutely not a hard board to ride. Not demanding, just very stable and smooth. That’s the thing with a well-designed board on the longer side, none of the “fears“ that a lot of people have with bigger boards are there.
Speaking of the Shorty, I forget if I mentioned mine had an unusually soft nose. Mats was recently at the warehouse doing shipments and confirmed that somehow the factory missed the stringers in the nose on just a few of them, and I got one. He said the flex is way off, so I’m really excited for my replacement. Not sure, but I might even be getting one from an early batch of 23/24 with a new graphic.
I'm 5'8", 152 lbs give or take, mondo 26.5 boot. Current quiver is a DOA 153W, Lib Quiver Killer 154, Gentem Hornet and an old Nitro Quiver Pow.
It's a mindset/riding style thing I think, I'm making a lot of assumptions here but feel that the boards are stiffer than I like. The specs look bang on, aside from a few cm more effective edge and length than what I'm used to. But then I'd just have my typical board so what's the point? If I can I'll definitely demo one this winter, if EOTW does demos it would be a sweet reason to get down to Fernie.
I’m not saying they’re super stiff race boards, but if we were to say that relative to all brands, I would want to know what IS stiff.
Depends on the board. None of them are soft, but bowlrider/treesurfer are mellow. Shorty is properly firm but has a full rocker nose, descender is pretty classic “all mountain.” Cheater is a beast and pipeliner is not for the faint of heart, although they both bend properly for their design. To note, all of them are strong (to their varying degrees) in a calm way. I feel like sometimes people misconstrue that type of temperament with a linear flex scale. I’ve ridden less stiff boards that are not as calm, and some cold mistake them for being stiffer than they are.
Given the other boards you have, I can’t see a Shorty 59 being too stiff at all (and again, it’s more about the temperament) and it’s certainly not big for your size
Spenser wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:16 pm
I’m not saying they’re super stiff race boards, but if we were to say that relative to all brands, I would want to know what IS stiff.
Depends on the board. None of them are soft, but bowlrider/treesurfer are mellow. Shorty is properly firm but has a full rocker nose, descender is pretty classic “all mountain.” Cheater is a beast and pipeliner is not for the faint of heart, although they both bend properly for their design. To note, all of them are strong (to their varying degrees) in a calm way. I feel like sometimes people misconstrue that type of temperament with a linear flex scale. I’ve ridden less stiff boards that are not as calm, and some cold mistake them for being stiffer than they are.
Given the other boards you have, I can’t see a Shorty 59 being too stiff at all (and again, it’s more about the temperament) and it’s certainly not big for your size
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