samedi 21 février 2015
2015 Trick Pony 154
Posted on 16:05 by Immigration
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Riden with 8.5 DC Lynx and 8 '16 Flow Hylites, Med Cartel LTD and Sm UnInc ESTs with Freedbacks. I'm 5'8 155lbs.
I've had this out on warm groomers, shitty tree pow, crust, decent tree pow, and the park. Overall its a solid ride.
What I like: Good snap and despite feeling a little heavy in hand and it being a midwide felt fluid and easy on hill. It never felt cumbersome or sluggish, even jibbing. It has a deep sidecut and that coupled with side effect contact points made it capable of both short snappy turns or long drawn out ones. When opened up it floats great in pow with minimal effort. Definitely the floatiest twin I've personally been on.
What I didnt like:
Side effects, sorta. It's a drawn out contact point that lowers its effective attack angle but creates more edge that acts as contact. On fresh not firm groomers its fantastic as you have more edge purchase to push into. But get on anything firmer and that wide contact just has too much edge to drive into the snow. With it being flat rocker you can still grip hard pack with the sidecut itself, but if you arent prepared for an ice patch its going to break loose. This is where I'd actually really like to see this shape on their Pure Pop profile to help with grip. The shape does do very well in deep snow though. Helps create that planing effect we've all come to realize works better than ruttering tails. That said, it'll take some adjustment in the trees if you're used to riding something more directional in there like I am (147 Derby Snake). I got put off balance quite a few time from catching my tail on trees as I brought it around. It floats nearly as well as a directional pow deck so I tended to forget that I had just as much tail back there as nose up front. With the couple of sections that opened up and I could pick up some speed in it was awesome.
Overall:
if you're looking for a pow deck and know you still want a twin this one is awesome on resorts or would work great as a build-a-booter deck. If you're trees are more open than what I had access to you likely wont feel the same issues with the tail as I did. If you typically spend the morning hunting pow and if unsuccessfull head right to the park and want one board, this is seriously a good option. It certainly excels in the deep, but I really can't complain how it jumps or presses. It drives primarliry from the sidecut though, not the contact points, an adjustment to make, but not a bad one in decent conditions.
I've had this out on warm groomers, shitty tree pow, crust, decent tree pow, and the park. Overall its a solid ride.
What I like: Good snap and despite feeling a little heavy in hand and it being a midwide felt fluid and easy on hill. It never felt cumbersome or sluggish, even jibbing. It has a deep sidecut and that coupled with side effect contact points made it capable of both short snappy turns or long drawn out ones. When opened up it floats great in pow with minimal effort. Definitely the floatiest twin I've personally been on.
What I didnt like:
Side effects, sorta. It's a drawn out contact point that lowers its effective attack angle but creates more edge that acts as contact. On fresh not firm groomers its fantastic as you have more edge purchase to push into. But get on anything firmer and that wide contact just has too much edge to drive into the snow. With it being flat rocker you can still grip hard pack with the sidecut itself, but if you arent prepared for an ice patch its going to break loose. This is where I'd actually really like to see this shape on their Pure Pop profile to help with grip. The shape does do very well in deep snow though. Helps create that planing effect we've all come to realize works better than ruttering tails. That said, it'll take some adjustment in the trees if you're used to riding something more directional in there like I am (147 Derby Snake). I got put off balance quite a few time from catching my tail on trees as I brought it around. It floats nearly as well as a directional pow deck so I tended to forget that I had just as much tail back there as nose up front. With the couple of sections that opened up and I could pick up some speed in it was awesome.
Overall:
if you're looking for a pow deck and know you still want a twin this one is awesome on resorts or would work great as a build-a-booter deck. If you're trees are more open than what I had access to you likely wont feel the same issues with the tail as I did. If you typically spend the morning hunting pow and if unsuccessfull head right to the park and want one board, this is seriously a good option. It certainly excels in the deep, but I really can't complain how it jumps or presses. It drives primarliry from the sidecut though, not the contact points, an adjustment to make, but not a bad one in decent conditions.
2015 Trick Pony 154
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