HARDGOODS 25/26

[PacEnDubya]

Catalog roundup since this thread has gotten pretty deep:

Capita: https://drive.usercontent.google.com/do ... authuser=0
Union: https://golgoda.com/PDF/25-26%20UNION.pdf
Nitro: https://golgoda.com/PDF/25-26%20NITRO.pdf
K2: https://kontraktacja.larix.com.pl/fw202 ... ATALOG.pdf
Salomon: https://salomon.jp/pages/snowboard-catalog
Public: https://golgoda.com/PDF/25-26%20PUBLIC.pdf
Deeluxe: https://golgoda.com/PDF/25-26%20DEELUXE.pdf

Where did you find the catalogs on the Golgoda site? I only see 24/25 stuff?

[eleveneightnate]

Where did you find the catalogs on the Golgoda site? I only see 24/25 stuff?

They use the same naming convention for their hosted PDFs and just swap out the year. So, I opened some of the 24-25 catalogs and replaced "24-25" with "25-26" in the URL and it worked for some of them. Just edited that post to add a few more, too.

[G.D.]

I don't know that I have seen these posted yet. I figured there is so much SO love around here, may as well share.

Fawcett just dropped a tribute review video on the union step ons. Of course he's been an advocate of stepon, so no surprise he likes em.

Of course, he probably hasn't heard how terrible they are from some of the folks here, so, just a babe in the wilderness really.

Enjoy watching Fawcett ride, esp on groomers. Such a ripper!

[lookylp]

Does anyone have Yes 25-26? I have read that they change the core for greats.

In the mean time I have fond some informatione here. There are details by brand as well.

https://www.boardsportsource.com/retail ... ers-guide/

[C.Fuzzy]

Where did you find the catalogs on the Golgoda site? I only see 24/25 stuff?

They use the same naming convention for their hosted PDFs and just swap out the year. So, I opened some of the 24-25 catalogs and replaced "24-25" with "25-26" in the URL and it worked for some of them. Just edited that post to add a few more, too.

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[pow_hnd]

Pushing back on this. Directional twin, two variants. Twin shape, directional flex. Directional shape, nose and tail same stiffness i.e. twin flex. Full directional, usually just referred to as simply directional, is directional shape and flex. I think it’s a disservice to call all three of those “directional” as they are pretty different. We gotta describe stuff to differentiate it, how would you like to do that if not with “directional twin”?

it's pretty basic. A twin is identical. If the deck is not identical with a fully centered stance, then it's directional. For a long time though, any deck with the word Twin in its description sold better to the masses.

Companies can learn to do better messaging on decks with minimal taper and set-back, or directional flexes, etc, etc. Instead they are lazy and call it a Directional Twin.

Twin says the nose and tail are the same. Doesn’t necessarily specify in the term “twin” that it is referring to flex or shape. Tis’ the reason the term “true twin” existed/exists. To communicate both flex and shape in to one term. I don’t know you talk about needing better communication about shape and flex, a single 2 word term seems like a dang efficient way to do that. Lazy in the sense that brands never differentiate between twin shape dir flex and dir shape twin flex maybe, but directional twin seems like a perfectly adequate and effective term to me.

Agree to disagree I guess.

Here's a perfect example of what I was talking about.

This deck is not a twin in any way shape or form. BUT YET, to boost those sales, it's called a "Directional Twin" even though it has taper. tapered sidecut, a directional flex and a directional core.

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[alex]

Enjoy watching Fawcett ride, esp on groomers. Such a ripper!

Wow! Fortunately I already have Kazu and just came home after freecarving on it (with Burton Step Ons) for ~3h, unfortunately cannot go to ride again until Saturday.

[Oldhead]

Damn. After watching that it is now super obvious to me that strap bindings days are numbered. I will probably never go to step ons, but this is definitely the direction bindings are going, like it or not.

[eleveneightnate]

Combing through this Nitro catalog and they're looking good for next season. The Phase sounds like a real fun board, and they even have a limited edition collab on it with Cinelli for the fixie nerds. Too bad it has an extruded base. The Stiletto also looks fun and has a rad graphic. WW2 camo topsheets on the Quiver series look sick. Digging Kleveland's pro model graphic.

[coleslawed]

those Cinelli bikes are so incredibly niche