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Boards:
2016 Spruce tuned Head Jr. Caddys - 131cm
2013 Spruce "CTS" 120s
2010 Spruce "Yellow/Red" 120s
2018 Spruce "CTS" Crossbows - 115cm
2016 RVL8 Spliffs - 109cm
2008 RVL8 Revolt "City" - 105cm
2017 RVL8 Sticky Icky Icky - 104cm
2011 Defiance Blades - 101cm
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Originally posted by Bad Wolf View PostEmbrace you inner minimalist and learn to ride your Revolts all over the mountain[emoji3]
Nothing 110 cm and under beats the RCs for slaying powder. If you want something that can handle powder and still be competent on hard pack, hold out until the XLs are available again.
As far as the Spliffs go, I'm not a fan.Boards/Bindings:
2013 Spruce Sherpas w/Tyrolia Peak 11s
2023 Spruce Stingers w/Tyrolia Peak 11s
2015 RVL8 Blunt XLs w/Tyrolia Attack 13s
2020 RVL8 Sticky Icky Ickys w/Tyrolia SX 10s
Boots:
Salomon X-Pro 80
Past boards: Salomon Snowblades, Line MNPs 89 & 98 cm, Five-Os, Bullets, Jedis, Spruce 120s, LE 125s, Ospreys, Crossbows
Summit 110s, Nomads, Jades, RVL8 ALPs, BWPs, KTPs, Tanshos, Rockets, DLPs, Blunts, Condors, RCs, Revolts, Spliffs
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Originally posted by sempai View PostNothing 110 cm and under beats the RCs for slaying powder. If you want something that can handle powder and still be competent on hard pack, hold out until the XLs are available again.
As far as the Spliffs go, I'm not a fan.
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Originally posted by sempai View Post........As far as the Spliffs go, I'm not a fan.
Originally posted by macrophotog View Post....... there are some of us that love the RC's on all conditions as much as the XL's - even here on the ice coast!
Besides .... I thought both of you were skiers now (or at least short skiers) given your festering long ski infections should you really be give board advice?Boards:
2016 Spruce tuned Head Jr. Caddys - 131cm
2013 Spruce "CTS" 120s
2010 Spruce "Yellow/Red" 120s
2018 Spruce "CTS" Crossbows - 115cm
2016 RVL8 Spliffs - 109cm
2008 RVL8 Revolt "City" - 105cm
2017 RVL8 Sticky Icky Icky - 104cm
2011 Defiance Blades - 101cm
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Originally posted by Wookie View PostI would hold off on making an alternative decision. Greco has the Blunt XLs shown in his 2017 line up graphic so I would imagine he is ordering more and they may be back in stock for the upcoming season. Shoot him an email and check.
I agree with the two board quiver concept suggested by Jack. The RCs for Pow and Soft Snow days. The Revolts for groomer days. This is one way you could go.
This was going to be my suggestion and Valmorel beat me to it. The Spliffs give you a little more width and length plus tip and tail rocker. They are not a pow specific board but have extended capabilities beyond the Revolts and their footprint is only slightly smaller than the RCs. During my Colorado trip last year I rode the Spliffs exclusively the entire time in all conditions. We did not get heavy pow (over 12") but in everything from ice to light pow to soft Spring snow they did great. The RCs require you to really pay attention to your fore/aft balance with their aggressive rocker (more so than the Blunt XLs) and the fore/aft support of the Spliffs is more forgiving and closer to the Revolts. The only caution with the Spliffs is I really think they respond to an aggressive/up right riding style. They really seem to work for me and they would be my board of choice if I lived in Colorado.
Originally posted by Bad Wolf View PostEmbrace you inner minimalist and learn to ride your Revolts all over the mountain[emoji3]
Originally posted by sempai View PostIf you want something that can handle powder and still be competent on hard pack, hold out until the XLs are available again.Rigs as of 2021
- RVL8 Revolt Trees w/ Tyrolia Attack2 13 Demo
- Summit Invertigo's w/ Salomon Shift MNC 13 AT Bindings
with Dalbello Quantum Free 110
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Originally posted by Wookie View PostI would hold off on making an alternative decision. Greco has the Blunt XLs shown in his 2017 line up graphic so I would imagine he is ordering more and they may be back in stock for the upcoming season. Shoot him an email and check.Rigs as of 2021
- RVL8 Revolt Trees w/ Tyrolia Attack2 13 Demo
- Summit Invertigo's w/ Salomon Shift MNC 13 AT Bindings
with Dalbello Quantum Free 110
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Originally posted by mikeingram71 View PostThanks again, Wookie; Greco just hooked me up with a pair of Blunt XL's.Boards:
2016 Spruce tuned Head Jr. Caddys - 131cm
2013 Spruce "CTS" 120s
2010 Spruce "Yellow/Red" 120s
2018 Spruce "CTS" Crossbows - 115cm
2016 RVL8 Spliffs - 109cm
2008 RVL8 Revolt "City" - 105cm
2017 RVL8 Sticky Icky Icky - 104cm
2011 Defiance Blades - 101cm
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Originally posted by mikeingram71 View PostThanks again, Wookie; Greco just hooked me up with a pair of Blunt XL's.
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Originally posted by alnewt1234 View PostAwesome Mike. Good luck this season.Rigs as of 2021
- RVL8 Revolt Trees w/ Tyrolia Attack2 13 Demo
- Summit Invertigo's w/ Salomon Shift MNC 13 AT Bindings
with Dalbello Quantum Free 110
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For the last few years (aside from some testing of other boards) I've been using softflex Revolt Trees exclusively in ALL conditions - from rolling hills here in Wisconsin, to raw mountain (Mt. Bohemia), to the many big mountain resorts around SLC. Ice or slush, powder or moguls.
I finally picked up some KTPs for this year, which will probably take the Revolts' place as my do-it-all boards. Stiffer, wider, shorter, and a more severe sidecut... literally every single thing I'd want to change about the Revolts are embodied in the KTPs. I anticipate having a more authoritative edge - coming from skis, I've always missed the extraordinary stopping power and hold during aggressive carving that the extra length provided... but I'll be damned if I ever snap in to anything over 110cm again in my life :P From experience, I know the KTPs will also provide better powder float than the Revolts did. The limp edge and poor powder performance were the only things I didn't like about the Revolts. The fact that the KTPs are shorter is just a bonus
Been rocking the original Bomber Elite bindings, totally unmodified, since '13... and am likely going to continue doing so until something breaks. Literally the only bindings that haven't popped open on me in over two decades of skiing/skiboarding. And they're holding up beautifully... the leashes are battered to hell and the plastic clips are broken, but the bindings themselves have zero rust, squeaks, or stickiness. Just a few knicks and scrapes from where I've gone tumbling and couldn't avoid clapping them together.Signatures are the online equivalent of an elevator fart. Here's anther one for you: CUPCAKE!
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