lundi 3 août 2015
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Hi Guys,
Being my first post here, introductions first:
40yo now, discovered (and hooked on) snowboard 3 years ago.
I started riding (uhumm... falling) on a 6 seasoned board, that was too big for me... (actually the board is 167cm and I am only 175cm/64kg) Anyway, I managed to "tame" the thing and eventually (after 2 years on effort) made some pretty decent descents and now I can have fun all day long on that huge board.
I am not against the "learn with the worse equipment thesis" and so I carried on and eventually succeeded (by my own standards, which are staying on top of that thing, having a lot of fun, linking my turns smoothly and actually being able to stop the damn thing whenever I please... she kind of had a life of her own before).
Well, time to move on has arrived...but not in such a modernized way.
I just got my hands on a 1997 (yes) Nidecker board that was actually NEVER used. The board is as if it came from the factory today. It also came with brand new bindings (although brandless from my perspective) and with 153cm, it falls within my threshold.
Now my question to all of you is...
Will it be handling better than my oversized board?
I understand that there should be significant differences between a 1997 Vs 2015 boards, but are they really THAT significant for someone that is just facing this sport as something to have loads of fun?
How heavier should these "vintage" boards be when compared to today's boards?
Although I do not care about prizes and championships, I do like to evolve a bit and do things better and better. Will this board just "prevent" me to do that? From my experience, no...but I am hearing a lot of guys telling me that I am nuts for getting such a "dinosaur board".
Pictures attached...
http://ift.tt/1N4tGTv
Do you guys still ride so old boards?
Thanks!
Being my first post here, introductions first:
40yo now, discovered (and hooked on) snowboard 3 years ago.
I started riding (uhumm... falling) on a 6 seasoned board, that was too big for me... (actually the board is 167cm and I am only 175cm/64kg) Anyway, I managed to "tame" the thing and eventually (after 2 years on effort) made some pretty decent descents and now I can have fun all day long on that huge board.
I am not against the "learn with the worse equipment thesis" and so I carried on and eventually succeeded (by my own standards, which are staying on top of that thing, having a lot of fun, linking my turns smoothly and actually being able to stop the damn thing whenever I please... she kind of had a life of her own before).
Well, time to move on has arrived...but not in such a modernized way.
I just got my hands on a 1997 (yes) Nidecker board that was actually NEVER used. The board is as if it came from the factory today. It also came with brand new bindings (although brandless from my perspective) and with 153cm, it falls within my threshold.
Now my question to all of you is...
Will it be handling better than my oversized board?
I understand that there should be significant differences between a 1997 Vs 2015 boards, but are they really THAT significant for someone that is just facing this sport as something to have loads of fun?
How heavier should these "vintage" boards be when compared to today's boards?
Although I do not care about prizes and championships, I do like to evolve a bit and do things better and better. Will this board just "prevent" me to do that? From my experience, no...but I am hearing a lot of guys telling me that I am nuts for getting such a "dinosaur board".
Pictures attached...
http://ift.tt/1N4tGTv
Do you guys still ride so old boards?
Thanks!
Riding "vintage"
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