New Rockered Board

[krillinakw]

Oh, I see. You want rocker with zero camber and not a combination of both. Sounds like you love(ed) the Blunts. Are you still riding a pair? It's odd how we were all crazy in love with the Blunts when they first came out. There was so much excitement over the shorty fatties, but we quickly fell out of love the following season when the next best thing was introduced (the XLs). Then we did it to a lesser degree for the Spliffs, and then the Ickys. We sure are a fickle bunch.

I unfortunately have broken all my blunts, and xls, a total of 2 pairs of blunts, and 4 pairs of XLs. I would love to be riding them still, but cant keep paying for new ones, Greco did help me for the first pair of each board, but i paid full price after that, i have been hesitant since, even while pushing the brand like crazy. Alan and I will be putting out some videos this year, to show that what I do does not break boards, crappy built boards (despite their great dimensions) when put to the test breaks them. Thats why we just wanted a thinker board. Apparently it costs jeff 8-10 thousand dollars to put some extra layers on the XLs.

Fickle, hahaha, thats the term i use for women!!! 😆

[Wookie]

Fun but expensive.

Cheaper than long skis.

[valmorel]

Fun but expensive.

Yes couple hundred bucks for a top end saddle [emoji4]

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[sempai]

Impossible? Perhaps but likely a worthy quest and certainly a whole lot of fun!!

Fun but expensive.

[valmorel]

Impossible? Perhaps but likely a worthy quest and certainly a whole lot of fun!!

Worthy indeed. And a whole lot of fun lol. Waiting for Crossbow tracking number . . . .

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[Wookie]

...... Maybe searching for the 'perfect' skiboard is like searching for the perfect bike saddle, a personal but impossible quest ....

Impossible? Perhaps but likely a worthy quest and certainly a whole lot of fun!!

[valmorel]

Or maybe it's genuine progress. I rode the Stickies and XLs back to back for a morning last week at Xscape and was amazed at how much I preferred the Stickies even though the XLs are one of my all time favourite boards. Maybe searching for the 'perfect' skiboard is like searching for the perfect bike saddle, a personal but impossible quest lol

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[sempai]

Not comfortable in that there was no in between. You are going fast, or completely stopping. They are like a stage 3 clutch in a car, you cant ride the clutch. You are going down, or stopping. Maybe my use of engaged wasnt proper here.

Simply rockered boards are 1000 times more playful, in my opinion, and you get that surfy feeling all day. That was my appeal to the initial Blunts, and I took them everywhere on any mtn, any conditions.

Oh, I see. You want rocker with zero camber and not a combination of both. Sounds like you love(ed) the Blunts. Are you still riding a pair? It's odd how we were all crazy in love with the Blunts when they first came out. There was so much excitement over the shorty fatties, but we quickly fell out of love the following season when the next best thing was introduced (the XLs). Then we did it to a lesser degree for the Spliffs, and then the Ickys. We sure are a fickle bunch.

[krillinakw]

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I still believe short and super fat is the way to go. The blunts changed my opinion on rocker vs. camber, however, the rocker/camber/rocker did not change my opinion on either previous style.

[krillinakw]

If you would, please explain this statement. Not comfortable in what way? Too much engaged/not engaged, say what? I've had to be engaged in every set of boards I have ridden. That's just the nature of snow sliding in general.

Not comfortable in that there was no in between. You are going fast, or completely stopping. They are like a stage 3 clutch in a car, you cant ride the clutch. You are going down, or stopping. Maybe my use of engaged wasnt proper here.

Simply rockered boards are 1000 times more playful, in my opinion, and you get that surfy feeling all day. That was my appeal to the initial Blunts, and I took them everywhere on any mtn, any conditions.

[sempai]

I do not understand the appeal of the rocker/camber/rocker thing, and probably never will, it isn't comfortable, too much engaged/not engaged style of riding, park or powder.

If you would, please explain this statement. Not comfortable in what way? Too much engaged/not engaged, say what? I've had to be engaged in every set of boards I have ridden. That's just the nature of snow sliding in general.

[krillinakw]

It appears there is not much interest in the kind of setup I’m looking for so I’ve actually setup a meeting with a local ski maker in CO who wants to make them. If anyone is interested from this point on just send me a message and I can get you in on the deal.

Having ridden all these boards before also, and having ridden the '96 lines and other company's fat/short boards, I feel as though I will be working with you, Alan. I have spliffs, but only as backups, I wanted to originally try them out first year, but didn't like them. I have been unfortunately riding them ever since, since XL's do not hold up anymore. Something Blunt or Blunt XL style is the only way to go, they just need to be thicker. I do not understand the appeal of the rocker/camber/rocker thing, and probably never will, it isn't comfortable, too much engaged/not engaged style of riding, park or powder.

I do put boards through their paces, so that is why I need something that can survive. I do not ride park daily, so I think the "park riding" excuse is not necessarily valid. Funny story though, Bluewing had the same issue on original Blunts back when they first came out too, and he doesn't ride park.

[Fun Machine]

Mostly because I prefer the rocker and am currently riding the XLs through everything anyway. I don’t want to go to the parking lot to switch boards out to go to the park, a single run usually consists of groomers, to trees, to park, to lift, so having a dedicated board for one thing and not the other is a waste.

It is all personal taste. I go to the park with whatever I happened to have on my feet and just do what is best and fun with those boards. I avoid ground tricks on DLPs because they catch on rotation, and I don't do jumps on XLs because my balance just isn't that great on landings. A single pair of boards can't excel in every terrain or style, but they could be good enough most of the time.

If you haven't tried Stickys, do. I spent a week on them late last season including a fair bit in the park. Great all-around board.

[Bad Wolf]

Most park skis have a little rocker to help stop the tips from catching on rails. I presume the same would be true for a rocketed skiboard? I know a few folks had fun on the original Blunts in the park, I was hoping someone would try out the Ickys as well.

[alnewt1234]

Have you tried the Spliffs? They are not the length you are looking for but I found them a very capable "jack of all trades" skiboard for top to bottom riding in CO. They worked well conditions where I would roll through light powder at the top of mountain, hit the trees or park mid-mountain, and bust through ice and crud lower down on the hill, as temps warm the hill up in the valley, before hopping on the lift and repeating the process.

As far as the RVL8 rockered line-up goes they are pretty beefy. Not a full "tank" KTP build but certainly stiffer than the RCs and SIIs. You get a board built to handle the park that still has a little pop with the camber underfoot then mixes in rocker for powder, trees, and crud busting. The only thing I wish the Spliffs had is a setback binding inserts.

Thanks for the reply, but I’m very familiar with the RVL8 lineup. I’ve ridden Revolts, BWPs, spliffs, RCs, DLPs, and blunts so I know exactly what I’m looking for. It appears there is not much interest in the kind of setup I’m looking for so I’ve actually setup a meeting with a local ski maker in CO who wants to make them. If anyone is interested from this point on just send me a message and I can get you in on the deal.


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