first board - all mountain twin

Posted: 21 February 2011 05:43 PM

Hi,
Hoping that someone with some knowldge may be able to point me in the right direction as I have finally got fed up of riding a mish mash of hire gear and am after something to call my own!

I would say I am a solid intermediate, reasonable black runs are for fun than terrifying now kinda level.

I only do 1 or 2 weeks in a season so basically just ride what ever I can get - mostly pashed up pistes but given th slitest hint of powder I’m on it like a hound. I also enjoy a few hours on the little jumps in the park and grinding little rails. So basically I want a board that does everyhting! When I am on Piste I love going for full on power carves right across the piste rather than straight lining it for speed so love a good bit of grip so I can hold some big loads in the turn and get out flat over the snow for some big old hand plants.

Most all mountain boards would fit the bill, except I do quite often ride switch too as ai ma fairly natural bothways so I was after an All mountain true twin, something like the ‘Jones mountain twin’ or Gnu riders choice. It would be good to know what people think .

I know its good to demo kit, but I live in SE england so chances are pretty slim, so it is going to have be a hope for the best and buy it off th net job!

I would be really interested to know what peoples opinions and recomendations are . Is it worth going for a true twin or sticking with a more directionla twin which are more readily available.?

cheers in advance

t

Posted: 23 February 2011 02:46 PM

I ride a K2 DarkStar (chamber, true twin). 155 cm. And I also ride a Rossignol One magtek (Directional twin, Amptek chamber profile). 163 cm.

I like the boards. I would not say that the DarkStar is bad on the piste. Rather the oposite. Its fun. Not as fun as the Rossi. But really ok. The One works wery well going switch. No problems. Both works wery good in jumps. I think that landing the Rossi is more stable. Then again: it´s a 163. So it´s soild by size.

I don´t have personal experience from any of these boards you are looking at.  I don´t think it matters a lot if you go for a directional twin or a true twin. If you like carving I would see to that the board has some kind of chamber.

I think that having the right boots and bindings are a lot more important when creating your own set up.