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I can't talk about the Carveboard without talking about thier Rep, Diamond Don Joslin, he is a snowboard instructor with me at Afton Alps, and he will be the first to tell you (because nobody else cares) that's him doing a big toeside carve in Aftons broshure, he is so into himself all you can do is sit back and laugh.But he is the reason I got this thing so cheap. (cheap being relitive to the retail price)
How does it ride:
With the inflatable slick tires you can get massive grip, pump them up for a flat parking lot, let some air out for hill. The trucks aren't like skateboard trucks at all, they fore go the whole bushing thing all together, isted it has one bolt horizontaly linking the top and the bottom truck, and spings fore suport, not much though when you step on it you notice how wobble and loose it feels (like a skateboard with a broken kingpin), but when you get on a hill it lets you wrench on a turn Hard. All this thing does is carve with the trucks at a 45% angle and the flex of the deck makes for good grip fun, I tucked down dropped into the hill to pick up some speed laided into a big toeside, starting to turn uphill I sprang my wieght off my board, tucked it up set my hand on the ground and hooked it around for a heelside. If you step back off the nose it feels kind of like powder rideing. You can control your speed well with your turns. Like I said all it does is carve, I tried a 180 Boneless, not gonna happed this thing is 43 inches long with big ass tires, I was trying 180s on the deck in traverses. I'll stick those in a while. It's a workout too you fell the burn from all having to ride in a carving stance, and with now chairlifts that half mile hill up is all walk draging your board, do 10 runs well you do the math. And it's a hell of a lot more fun than the gym.
I can't talk about the Carveboard without talking about thier Rep, Diamond Don Joslin, he is a snowboard instructor with me at Afton Alps, and he will be the first to tell you (because nobody else cares) that's him doing a big toeside carve in Aftons broshure, he is so into himself all you can do is sit back and laugh.But he is the reason I got this thing so cheap. (cheap being relitive to the retail price)
How does it ride:
With the inflatable slick tires you can get massive grip, pump them up for a flat parking lot, let some air out for hill. The trucks aren't like skateboard trucks at all, they fore go the whole bushing thing all together, isted it has one bolt horizontaly linking the top and the bottom truck, and spings fore suport, not much though when you step on it you notice how wobble and loose it feels (like a skateboard with a broken kingpin), but when you get on a hill it lets you wrench on a turn Hard. All this thing does is carve with the trucks at a 45% angle and the flex of the deck makes for good grip fun, I tucked down dropped into the hill to pick up some speed laided into a big toeside, starting to turn uphill I sprang my wieght off my board, tucked it up set my hand on the ground and hooked it around for a heelside. If you step back off the nose it feels kind of like powder rideing. You can control your speed well with your turns. Like I said all it does is carve, I tried a 180 Boneless, not gonna happed this thing is 43 inches long with big ass tires, I was trying 180s on the deck in traverses. I'll stick those in a while. It's a workout too you fell the burn from all having to ride in a carving stance, and with now chairlifts that half mile hill up is all walk draging your board, do 10 runs well you do the math. And it's a hell of a lot more fun than the gym.
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you sound like you need them (re: your 3 point update)