EzLounging

ad1105 wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:03 pm

kimchi wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 12:23 pm Also mostly ridden by Asians, and more often than not aspiring ToyFilmer lower intermediates broken over at the waist and skidding backfoot turns. Bit cringey to watch because they'd be much better off on narrower, less aggressive decks... they're like a smaller, niche cluster version of Step-On Dorcas lol.

Nailed it.

I think the accessibility portrayed in the YFT edits and other snowsurf/carving videos has really popularized brands like Korua, Gentem, Moss, Dupraz, etc., or more generally, directional pow shapes and swallowtails. The lower-intermediate "person who snowboards" has something more achievable to aspire to. But talking to them in the line or on the lift, they have generally zero knowledge of the history or culture of snowboarding, nor do they care. Which is a shame, or maybe I'm just being a crusty gatekeeper. I think this has been discussed somewhere further back in the thread, or maybe in an older version of EL.

That being said however, shoutout to @GD and his crew of Asian Ontarians, who are an exception to this weird phenomenon and actually rip.

C.Fuzzy wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:42 am Every once in a while the EZ buzz gets me too and TF is close enough to my Optimistic that I think I may like it. Eyes open for a 54 also.

Kevington wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:21 am

C.Fuzzy wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:42 am Every once in a while the EZ buzz gets me too and TF is close enough to my Optimistic that I think I may like it. Eyes open for a 54 also.

Warning, they are special and you may sell everything else and start fiending on a quiver of the same board with different tip shapes.

A bit like NOW bindings, the ride is so particular that I found it difficult to go back and forth between Korua and other brands.