Hey guys!

Im getting a new board for the Australian/NZ winter which is coming up. Probably gonna end up ordering it online from the states, Ive got good experiences with buysnow.com, but as long as the shop has a competetive price and will send it to Australia I dont really care.

Anyways. Last season I first had the Gnu Street 148. This board sucked. First of all, it was waaay to soft for my weight (Im 73kgs) and the tail broke the first day I rode it. Other than this I actually liked the shape of the board. It turned easy and felt light under my feet.

Next board - Lib Tech TRS BTX 157. This board totally sucked for jibbing. Way to stiff for me, hard to control, ollie-pop was bad and hard to jib on it. Generally this board kicked ass in powder and high speed, and I bet it would be fun to hit huge kickers and the pipe on it, however, thats not my thing. I generally like to jerk around, pop 360s and 540s off crests, nosepress, jib on rails etc. This means that I need a board that feels light under may feet, has heaps of pop for ollies, is reasonably soft (the TRS was to stiff) so I can press and yeah, you catch my drift.

My general experience is that the cheaper boards without all the fancy technology does this job quite well. Furthermore, I dont mind if the board has an under-the-radar look, as I dont really like to stand out and look like a stash-whore with all the newest shit.

I cant help remembering my old '02 (I think) Lib Tech Jamie Lynn 145. This board totally ripped, had it only been twin-tip...

Btw. any good, cheap-ass bindings to recommend as well? I sold all my stash after the european winter, except forums stunner SLR boots, which by the way feels like a glove on my feet!

Thanks for your assistance guys! :)

Just a quick remark. How bout the 09 Gnu Street 154? Since I liked the feel of the 08, and the 154 is a bit stiffer that might be an idea?

And another remark. Was jibbing with a dude this winter who had a burton board around 151-152 or something. It looked freaking sweet to jib on (maybe it was just his skills). Anyway, what Burton boards are sweet for jibbing?

And how bout the Ride Kink?

[Edited by erling on 5/22/2009 at 12:06 AM]

[Edited by Double_Cork on 2009-05-23 at 14:25]

How bout Forum? Youngblood or Manual?

Im not to excited about all the new "technology", i.e. banana, magnetraction etc. Want a pure, oldschool jibstick to have fun around the mountain...

If you can find a Signal park series, get it! and for some decent bindings at a decent price look at the bent metals

The Signal board definantly look sweet, however, its hard to find online.

So how bout those Forum boards? Manual/Youngblood... Anyone?

meh..

Posted by erling
The Signal board definantly look sweet, however, its hard to find online.

So how bout those Forum boards? Manual/Youngblood... Anyone?

So how bout helping me instead of making these silly comments?

Or is snowboard.com all about looking cool? So you are those guys who sit in front of the jumps/pipe/rails all day trying to look cool?

Us cool-looking fags who sit in front of shit all day are the ones who can help you.

[Edited by windonfire on 6/11/2009 at 6:39 AM]

Exactly my point. I am obviously asking in the wrong places.

In Norway we call people who are more concerned about the brand of their board/gear than performance stash-whores, and please notice that this works both ways; apparently the guys on this discussion board find it 'cool' to avoid popular brands like Forum.

A note about wasting my money. The Forum boards are just over 200 bucks at Buysnow, and I cant really see how thats wasting my money as most of the boards suggested, even the Signal, is more than 200 bucks where I've seen them.

Having an ignorant attitude towards brands and people asking for advice was what I used to do back in the days when I wasnt good enough to be nice to people. You guys are like the 'gymboys', the guys who just got a sixpack and can bench press more than youre body weight - too good to be called a beginner, but to insecure to give them advice, hence just taking on your "cool" faces.

And windonfire; taking advice from an ignorant fool like you, matching youre googles, beanie and jacket... I should have known better from the start.

I am sorry for inflecting this pain on your loser forum. Hopefully some of you will be one of the stash whores I end up in a fight with the next time Im trashed at your local ski resort. Go fuck yourselves. Have a nice winter everyone!

:)

Because Forum boards are pieces of shit.  They're Burtons Morrow but people are too stupid to realize that. Forum was crap 10 years ago and they're crap now, only thing they ever had going for them was the team which kids got hyped on.  You fall into the category of Sheep or as I say mindless hand holders.

i can sell you a horrorscope for cheap if your interested. its in really good condition too. check the classifieds man. 152.

Posted by erling
How bout Forum? Youngblood or Manual?

Im not to excited about all the new "technology", i.e. banana, magnetraction etc. Want a pure, oldschool jibstick to have fun around the mountain...

I had fun with my youngblood....
[Edited by QCSIM on 2009-06-17 at 18:35]

Ive ridden a few youngbloods and hated them and i've heard the manual just gos in and out of the shop(breaks alot). I don't want to sound like a treand whore but rome make good boards check out the cheaptrick, artifact, and graft. Also check out the salomon scout and sanchez.

Posted by tooscoops

eh... i can see what the guy is sayin... all of those who just always say "your looking the wrong places" or whatever... how bout, since you've already clicked respond and typed a few words, why not type one or two more suggesting a place they could look?

k2 www i loved mine its nice and soft but still has decent pop they also have it in rocker which apparently makes it more playful id go with a 53 to 56 but i dont know the sizes