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unsatisfiedus wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:06 pm theres plenty of fun to be had in low angle terrain

Spenser wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:44 pm

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.

spurist wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:17 am Here's the audio extracted from the video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F4CJdp ... sp=sharing

there's a download button in the top right.

peruna wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:37 am

Spenser wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:44 pm

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.

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