Hello SBOL,
Wanted to introduce myself. I am from Queens/LI NY. I started skiing this season. I just got down the hockey stop and carving. (not great at it but good enough to do the greens) . I was tierd of lugging my skiis and poles around and i wanted to advance on the slopes quicker. Most of my buddies are experiences snowboarders. so for begnning of the day, im with them on the green but once they start going into the blues and blacks, i don't go with them.
I started looking into alternatives for skiiing. and i've seen a few people with very short skiis and started doing some research on them. from what i've read, this looks like a very fun sport and something that might be suited for me !
I have not yet tried skiboarding yet. Here is some info about me that will lead to questions.
I am 5'11 / 6'0 200 lbs
i have solomon ski boots
I recently purchased Summit Jade 87s. I called Skiboards.com and Summit asking them questions and they both recommended me to start off with the 87s. (this was before i found SBOL forums/store)
I also had some question:
1. Does any body have feedback / reviews on the Jade 87s? (can't find any)
2. Does the Jade 87s suit me? ( i don't want to do any crazy ariel/grinding tricks. I just want to be able to go on any slope and kill it. be able to keep up /beat my buddies down the slopes. The extent of tricks i would want to do is spinning around, going backwards and deep shoulder carves to ground carves. once i am more confident with being able to turn and stop on the dime..i would like to go fast also )
3. Any other boards you guys would suggest? (im am currently going to skiboard in the east coast. once my buddies and i are a lot better on runs we'll probably take trades out to the west cost and other big slopes)
Thanks for the feedback in advance!
Wanted to introduce myself. I am from Queens/LI NY. I started skiing this season. I just got down the hockey stop and carving. (not great at it but good enough to do the greens) . I was tierd of lugging my skiis and poles around and i wanted to advance on the slopes quicker. Most of my buddies are experiences snowboarders. so for begnning of the day, im with them on the green but once they start going into the blues and blacks, i don't go with them.
I started looking into alternatives for skiiing. and i've seen a few people with very short skiis and started doing some research on them. from what i've read, this looks like a very fun sport and something that might be suited for me !
I have not yet tried skiboarding yet. Here is some info about me that will lead to questions.
I am 5'11 / 6'0 200 lbs
i have solomon ski boots
I recently purchased Summit Jade 87s. I called Skiboards.com and Summit asking them questions and they both recommended me to start off with the 87s. (this was before i found SBOL forums/store)
I also had some question:
1. Does any body have feedback / reviews on the Jade 87s? (can't find any)
2. Does the Jade 87s suit me? ( i don't want to do any crazy ariel/grinding tricks. I just want to be able to go on any slope and kill it. be able to keep up /beat my buddies down the slopes. The extent of tricks i would want to do is spinning around, going backwards and deep shoulder carves to ground carves. once i am more confident with being able to turn and stop on the dime..i would like to go fast also )
3. Any other boards you guys would suggest? (im am currently going to skiboard in the east coast. once my buddies and i are a lot better on runs we'll probably take trades out to the west cost and other big slopes)
Thanks for the feedback in advance!
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