Prior Kyhber Etc..

Posted: 18 November 2010 05:26 PM

Ok Rich… Now you have me all interested in the Prior Kyhber.

I read the review on the Atomic Banger and seems like you were pretty high on it. Talked at length with the Prior guys - always nice when people respond instantly to you and dont mind hanging on the phone answering an often wandering list of questions.

The question is - have you or any of your testers ridden the Prior line? The AMF looks pretty cool as well. It would seem that the Kyhber is a great board for Pow, trees, etc. Just want to make sure I can still have fun when Im transitioning to join the family on the mountain.

Any thoughts?

Posted: 22 November 2010 10:30 AM

I’m afraid I haven’t ridden a prior deck before, but a friend I did a season with owned one and it was absolutely bombproof, he swore by them!

For me the Kyber’s tapered shape, tight-ish sidecut and early rise profile match exactly waht you said you wanted from the board. Taper makes powder boards super responsive edge to edge even on pistes and rediculously floaty the hybrid profile will make the board even faster edge to edge and even more floaty. The tight-ish sidecut will give you a good carving radius for darting in and out of Whistler’s trees. And the best thing is, you can probably pop into the Prior factory on your trip to Whistler and borrow one for a day before you commit to a purchase. To me it makes the most sense.

Good to hear you had a good experience with Customer servise. We had a chap on the forum last year who bought a Spearhead I think and he echoed your sentiments, he loved the board and though the company was the bees knees.

Posted: 22 November 2010 11:43 AM

Thanks for the feedback.

I like to support small passionate companies that take great care in their work - seems prior fits that bill.

I wont be in whistler until february but have plenty of time in CO before that - may just take the plunge. They look to be beautiful boards.

Wondering how specialized the kyhber is in relation to powder boards likehovercraft (has anyone ridden these?) and a fish versus a freeride board like the flagship. Seems that it fits somewhere in between? Never ridden anything with that much taper.

Its great to have choices though.