I've been riding a Never Summer Premier as my primary freeride/big mountain board for the last 5 seasons and I totally love it. What do you use as your freeride board?
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I've been riding a Never Summer Premier as my primary freeride/big mountain board for the last 5 seasons and I totally love it. What do you use as your freeride board?
Just got back from AK, bought a new Jeremy Jones (rossi) 162 for the trip and was not let down
pic. .. .
Interestingly enough, a NS Premiere 165... :smile:
Mrs. Slim rocks a 156 Never Summer Titan.
Good things heard about the Unity Dominion....
163 Never Summer Legacy. I like them enough to have 2 of them.
:redface:
I've been riding a Smokin' Snowboards 172 this year,real stiff, but fairly heavy. Rode Arbor A Frames before that, but the smokin' board is much better riding.
NS Titan
Never summer 168 T5 ....once you ride neversummer, its hard to ride anything else.
I am going to have Neversummer do a custom splitboard for me this summer. They charge $1100 to do a custom T5 or Titan.
arbor s-series 166
i ride a burton baron 165
Nitro Naturals 165- I need to try a NS Titan. Basically I want a super stiff 165 that is bulletproof like my Nitro. I really like the sidecut on the Nitro's. They basically turn for you and never give out at high speeds.
I can't even find a NS Titan right now...
Try here. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by shugs
Baron ES 168
Too bad the Titan doesn't come in anything but the 164 or 169. I would have bought it one if their was one in between.
Burton BMC164W at the moment, I love them, I have 2, I'd have more if I could find them.
Can't find anymore BMC164W's, so I will probably start riding my Burton BaronES164 this season (7 weeks til our season starts down here, yee-fucking-ha!).
Burton Custom 160
NS Titan TX 175 split! (coming soon)
Steepwater. There is nothing better.
At least not that I have ridden.
One more plug for NS, I have a 168 T5, a 168 T5 splitter, and a 168 SL (I actually managed to break it pretty badly and replaced it with a T5, but then the Blaho boys fixed it up like new for me). Still the T5 likes to go faster and turn less.
sooo this goes out to all the never summeres here: my GF has the chance to get a never summer titan for a reasonable price and she needs a big mountain board. she rides really really well and needs something big because her 156 duotone board is just not enough when she is going fast on wide open faces. the problem: the titan would be as big as her :eek: because it's the 169. originally she wanted to get a big mountain board in the 162-164 range. do you think she should go for it ? she certainly rides well enough, but im not sure about weight or stance issues.(as far as i know anything about snowboards)
O'Sin 4807 Swallowtail.
On the rare occasion that I bust out a snowboard on pow days, I've got an old burton supermodel 180. Noodly as hell and blows past the flats.
It's rediculously fun to ride
go big:)
Need pictures of GF. Preferably naked, so as to better determine proper flex, stance angles and whatnot. :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by subtle plague
Seriously, that would be a lot of board for most people's needs. Unless she is planning a heli trip to AK, or is over 200 lbs (if this is case, forget earlier request :eek: ), I'd pass.
hey we're skiing europe so heli terrain can be accessed via the lifts ;)
and this season we had 19 pow days out of 19 days we made it out (all deeper than 30cm / 11"+ ;) ) soo this board would only be for deep days in the right terrain.
as i said she is 170cm and 55kg. likes stiff boards, rides technically very good (instructor), and likes to go fast.
i was wondering if it was too much, but she wanted to go at least 162cm for her big mountain board so i'm wondering if those 7cm more would do so much ? with skis you barely notice that. is it that much worse in snowboards ? (hell im skiing 03/04 big daddies and only weigh about 75kg)
and just for you mars(ok not naked, but hey pics nontheless ;) ):
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...pp%20trip3.jpg
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...pp%20trip5.jpg
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...%20net%202.jpg
im getting really famous here … im not the girlfriend though …
@lars … tell her about "arbor" boards … a friend of mine bought one and loves it, he rides fast, aggressive and technically very very good. (i told you about him i guess). hes about 185 and now rides the 170 version, the powboard. its really stiff … he was with me when i killed my knee at the arlberg last weekend and i could flex the board, the burton olofson pro model was that narrow and hard, as shes a girl with maybe small feet (i didnt look that close ;-) ) that might be a good option.
yeah well but the never summer would be cheap, get the reason eh ? :D
i didn't ask for "good big mountain boards for my gf", but for advice considering that particular board and the size and i highjacked the thread because the never summer seems to be the spatula of the TGR board-riders. (and yes i've heard about arbor boards ;) )
considering her feet: well the never summer is not much wider than her board now( a few mm at best), if it is wider at all.
Seriously, the Titan is a lot of board. A 169 Titan would be a lot of board even for a big heavy dude. Proceed with caution.
Your girlfriend wants a Never Summer and not an Arbor. The Arbor is like a Never Summer with training wheels.