SW


Burton was having a demo day at Camp Fortune last Sunday, I took the opportunity to try out some of their boards.

I've been shopping a bit since last year for a stiffer board and the board on the top of the list is Ride's Timeless. My friend Nelson and Janus is riding one and it looks like a good board. In fact, I almost bought one last year in San Francisco when I saw a 152 for $250US... oh well, I should have bought it!

So, I asked for a stiff deck to try. They suggest Shaun White, one of the Pro models. They put a mission binding on and hand it over to me. When I first hold it in my hand, the first impression was: wow, it's light! I think it's at least 50% lighter than my GNU Carbon Highbeam w/ K2 V8 binding.

So, I strap on and go up for a ride. However, I then realize that the binding is a bit too big. Anyway, I go for a ride! The next thing I notice is the board is quite fast, maybe because it is new. The ride feels very smooth, turn after turn the board is very precise and lively. The pivoting is very quick in response and pop nicely from edge to edge. The deck I was on is a 152cm, which is longer than my GNU Carbon High-beam 150cm. But to my surprise, the board spins around very fast and effortless. It almost feel like I am on a 143 deck. Another thing I noticed is this board is very stable on snow that it feels like I am riding on water, there was very little chatter.

I ride it for a few runs, the only problem I had is that somehow I lost my heel edge every time when I turn really hard on heel side. I didn't realized at first what cause it and why. So, I assumed it's my riding skill that cause such an issue.... until someone suggests that there might be a heel drag. I go back to the demo tent and they change the binding angle, the problem reduces after the change.

Overall, this is a very fun board to ride and I am now trying to find one if it's cheaper than the suggested $700+ here in Canada..... I just can't shake it out of my mind. cool

Since I tried SW, I did some reseach on other boards. It looks like Custom/CustomX (even T6) is a more expensive fit for SW, and Air is a cheaper fit if I can't affort SW. I also check out Ride's No4 and Prophet. They also looks like good board to get.

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