mardi 3 mars 2015
Why no love for Bataleon?
Posted on 04:19 by Immigration
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I'm not nearly the most experienced, or have ridden the most boards. But between demo days and swapping boards with friends on the hill I think I have a decent view on how the different board profiles ride. I'd never strap into a straight rocker board unless I just wanted to only hit some rails and butter all day. All the different combo cam/rock/cam, roc/cam/roc and whatever else just doesn't feel right and they all wash out on high speed carves and don't have the pop or feel for big jumps.
Between demo days over the last couple years I've gotten comfortable with magnetraction and other tech like it, and yeah, it does grip better on ice. But for everything else I'd rather ride one of my Bat's.
All the straight rocker boards just have no pop for jumps, wash out on landings, and feel squirrely at high speed. I'm sure I could get used to it just like TBT takes a learning curve to get used to. But the first time I rode my ET down the mountain I knew getting used to TBT would be a good thing, unlike any board with rocker.
I've demo'd a few boards that I do like with cam/roc/cam, but even after 10+ runs they still dont feel like anything special.
So why am I just about the only one recommending Bataleon boards? Standard camber profile for the best flex and pop. Raised edges at the tip and tail for newbs to catch less edges(although not impossible, my GF proved that...)
Basically the only downside is you have to set the edge a few degrees higher for carving hard, and at first it can feel a bit squirrely flat basing at high speeds. Both of which you'll get used to and forget about, or even like much batter after a couple runs.
Between demo days over the last couple years I've gotten comfortable with magnetraction and other tech like it, and yeah, it does grip better on ice. But for everything else I'd rather ride one of my Bat's.
All the straight rocker boards just have no pop for jumps, wash out on landings, and feel squirrely at high speed. I'm sure I could get used to it just like TBT takes a learning curve to get used to. But the first time I rode my ET down the mountain I knew getting used to TBT would be a good thing, unlike any board with rocker.
I've demo'd a few boards that I do like with cam/roc/cam, but even after 10+ runs they still dont feel like anything special.
So why am I just about the only one recommending Bataleon boards? Standard camber profile for the best flex and pop. Raised edges at the tip and tail for newbs to catch less edges(although not impossible, my GF proved that...)
Basically the only downside is you have to set the edge a few degrees higher for carving hard, and at first it can feel a bit squirrely flat basing at high speeds. Both of which you'll get used to and forget about, or even like much batter after a couple runs.
Why no love for Bataleon?
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