What Board To Buy?

[tnels]

I wanna get a new board but dont even know where to start looking.
I currently am on a 150 Domminant that is just completely trashed now.

Possible options.
Are:
Lib Tech - the travis rice one
Burton twin
k2 darkstar

n e one got n e suggestions?
want it more for jibs and jumps not so much rails. approx a 154.

[Fishy]

I wanna get a new board but dont even know where to start looking.
I currently am on a 150 Domminant that is just completely trashed now.

Possible options.
Are:
Lib Tech - the travis rice one
Burton twin
k2 darkstar

n e one got n e suggestions?
want it more for jibs and jumps not so much rails. approx a 154.

My vote is the Burton Twin.
I've got a Retro Twin (precursor to the twin, essentially the same i believe) and it is such a forgiving board to ride. Depends on what size foot you have, it can take a little more effort to get it over from heel to toe as it is a mid-wide-waist board (little fatter in the middle). I've got a size 9 foot, and the twin does me just fine, i prefer it's forgiveness to overly responsive boards, which for jibs is what we're all lookin for anyway... It's got a mountain of pop all too itself, easy to spin, good build quality etc etc..
At least demo one if you can, they're a top board, and the new twin graphix are very sweet..
My mate runs a darkstar, and i know its supposed to be an "all aces" board, but i just don't see it, it doesnt suit me or my riding...
Can't comment on the Libby...

Cheers.

[MRP]

darkstar is good but thats coming from 2 of my pals that had to warrnty them.. and they still love them.........

coming from someone who goes through 2 boards a season, im in the same boat "what do i get"........
i just smashed the stuffing out of a ride kink took 45days........
but people say the park orientated bordes wont last as long......i then got a friends dominent and well people say its a noodle but there is a difference between flex and pop.......
im gonna move to the fourms, ive ridden some, own 1 (too long for me). there ment to be light and that is key. but im voting with my own money ... im gonna get the forum jiblet 06

you sound like a small guy on a 150...... just get a sick park board with a tech flex pattern and you can ride it anywhere in australia. just if you drop some big ones into powder lean back ...............but how often you gonna do that

also last seasons boards still got warrenty so find one of those in a shop and save some$$$$$$

MRP
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[tnels]

yeh na i wanted a slightly larger board so i can ride some pow while im in canada this season for 5 months.

[headforthehills]

Forum Destroyer PM.
end of discussion.

[jesseguys]

yeah i got a domminant too,
it started to fall to bits 6 weeks after riding. mainly due to a verry slack park crew at remarkables, more worried about punching bongs and riding rather than maintaining large bom holes at the end of every feature. a buddy of mine warriented 3 domminants in a row.
either thrash the living crap out of it an warranty it every year or look after it, which is not going to happen on a rail board. as soon as i got to canada the dominant just wasnt cutting it for anything other than park riding.

so ya need an inbetween board of some description, i chose a rome soloution.
and it was the right soloution. directonal so its good in the pow, still quite flexible for butters and rails. but it has a shitload of pop still. its light and sintered so it goes like a rocket ship off booters. it only cost $320 canadian and it was brand spanking new.

one thing that is gettiing more popular is magnatrac. its fucking sick. all your edges can be blunt as anything but it will still carve through ice like a steak knife. so ya kan keep it blunt for rails and still carve in pow. what more do ya want dude. so go for a lib teck or a GNU. everybody has burton everything. shop around for cheaper better gear.
burton realy isnt that good

[Bob]

I agree. I have had Burton things break on me. My board edge snapped, Burton did nothing about it. My bindings broke and rusted, they did nothing. The sole fell off my boot, Burton did nothing. There are just better companies that have better customer service out there.

[Big Leigh]

Look at www.heresy.com.au and maybe broaden your horizons away from the mass marketed shite you see in the magazines...

[zuccs]

Shameless self promotion there Leigh, but I'll let is slide :p

Reckon you could get someone who owns some of your equipment to write up some little reviews and I'll post it under the Product Reviews section. Try not to be too bias if you can help it!

[Fabio]

ive got an Uninc... found it really nice for spins and jumps but its pretty damn stiff so boxes arent as fun... mines a 56 and went alright in the pow for my size :)

[tnels]

wooohooo just ordered my new board!!! getting a new Forum Seeker 152. scored it cheap for $320!!!

boooya!! soo stoked.
have a looksee here --> http://www.forumsnowboards.com/#p=6&cID=36&pID=565
Its forums higher end freestyle board. I picked it over most other freestyle boards because of its sintered base and its super light weight and poppy.

[tnels]

oh reason i had to buy it was becuase i just recently SNAPPED my dominant. Crummy board.

[chris y]

TTUWOP !! should be a great board , had a forum Jeremy Jones back a few years and it was a great board , can't kill em . Just not so sure now Burton owns them ?

[Brown Raz]

Hey

I was looking at getting Scott Contessa Snowboard All-mountain freestyle

Its on this site http://www.discountsnowboards.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=Scott_Contessa_Board&cat=15

This will be my first board but im not going to be using it till next year in Europe, so im trying to figure out if i should buy it now while its on special or buy one while im over there. Any help?

[zuccs]

Hey

I was looking at getting Scott Contessa Snowboard All-mountain freestyle

Its on this site http://www.discountsnowboards.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=Scott_Contessa_Board&cat=15

This will be my first board but im not going to be using it till next year in Europe, so im trying to figure out if i should buy it now while its on special or buy one while im over there. Any help?

Perhaps start a new thread for this next time mate, but yes usually you can buy boards overseas for a lot cheaper than any Australian company can import them for. I have just got back from my Canada trip, and I noticed Burton gear in particular is a lot cheaper than what you can get it for here. (I got my 2008 Burton Missions for $230 Canadian...)