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snowflakez 
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Joined: Jan/02/2012 Location: 48 Online Status: Offline Posts: 346 |
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 Topic: SnowboardsPosted: Nov/08/2012 at 6:48pm |
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Anyone know any other good boards beside Burton boards.
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/08/2012 at 7:11pm |
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every single other brand in the real snowboard industry. if you exclude brands like 5150 and morrow, which are sold at multi-sport stores (not real snowboard shops), then literally every single brand is "good."
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derbytownjoe
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Posted: Nov/08/2012 at 7:20pm |
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please take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with our forums here and look for pertinant topics/threads that might answer your questions....
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Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier, drum trinken wir es hier.
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keljai
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Posted: Nov/08/2012 at 7:31pm |
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another year...; here we go again..
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gunda pickle
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Posted: Nov/08/2012 at 7:40pm |
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Snurfer.
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snowflakez
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Posted: Nov/10/2012 at 1:07pm |
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sorry :\
i wanted a quick answer and i was kinda too lazy to read through all the threads. i guess ill just start searching... |
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/10/2012 at 1:15pm |
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the answer really is "every brand you could find in a real snowboard shop." it's not like there are "bad" snowboards from real companies.
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jhoang6
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Mt. Seymour Joined: Dec/06/2010 Location: 51 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1557 |
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Posted: Nov/10/2012 at 1:25pm |
worst answer ever.. things like this should be marked spam... but being new to snowboarding i can understand how difficult it can be when choosing a board.. because there are SO MANY to choose from, its quite overwhelming. Good way to start is to read the basic types of boards and what kind of rider are you.
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scuddera
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hitting my first 5 Joined: Dec/03/2010 Location: 37 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1134 |
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Posted: Nov/10/2012 at 1:36pm |
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Dude go check out rome, ride, gnu, lib tech, nitro, and stepchild. sadly no more forum.. I mean they still have boards out but they are no longer a company (they were burton owned then destroyed)
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/10/2012 at 1:53pm |
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haha.. destroyed. i love this place.
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nieve5552
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Joined: May/03/2010 Location: 8 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
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Posted: Nov/20/2012 at 5:20pm |
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I fully recommend handmade brands, I think theyre trustworthy and the boards are of higher quality in regards to finishing touches.
I think arbor, smokin, stepchild, GNU and neversummer are pretty damn awesome. European companies are Allian and Rossignol etc, from what I know some (if not all) Rossignol boards are handmade in spain. Personally I wouldnt usually trust boards that are made in china.. most major brands have most of their boards made in factories situated in china. Since china is pretty much the dodge-est country in Asia (dont call me racist.. im an asian too lol) I wouldnt put my trust into their stuff even though everyones pretty much living in a pile of made-in-china stuff.. The least you could do is to get a quality snowboard made in Canada, US or Europe and help some of those small brands that believe in what they do and provide some quality shred to us riders. |
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/20/2012 at 5:34pm |
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some of the best factories in the industry are in asia. shakespeare and playmaker for example. the country of origin does not dictate the quality as a general rule. if you picture sweatshops or non-snowboard-specific factories, yes of course you will be wary of china production.... but there is simply nothing wrong with it. you can have good or bad factories anywhere. and in all reality, some of the factories in europe used by MANY snowboard brands have had more quality issues than anyone else. on top of that, literally everything else is made in asia and the quality is still top notch.
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Piranha
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Posted: Nov/20/2012 at 7:44pm |
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K2/Ride boards are made in china and they're high quality (at least the ones I owned were)
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snowflakez
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Joined: Jan/02/2012 Location: 48 Online Status: Offline Posts: 346 |
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Posted: Nov/21/2012 at 4:36pm |
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oh i rented a Rossignol board for a while and i didnt really like it. the skis were okay though. my sister has a k2 board and she said it wasnt anything special so... i like burton but its a little too pricy for me
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