eli783

So after reading many reviews, I settled on getting 2013 cartels for my riding which is mostly 60% groomers/40 park. But recently I found a sickkk deal on brand new 2012 malavitas for 125. Just yesterday I found a nice deal on a 2012 trs for 300 brand new. Any suggestions on what may be the best? Who doesnt like saving a few bucks?

Lamps

Grab the 'vitas, it's a better binding.

One of the great scams of the skiing and boarding industry is the bs that they try to feed us every year about improvements vs last year. If this year's board is 10% better and last years board is 50% cheaper it's a no brainier.

eli783

lol exactly what Ive been thinking man. It seems like the improvements from year to year for the most part are extremely minimal. If the vitas are really the better than this years cartels I guess Ill give them a go

john doe

Unless there are obvious features you want that only come with the newest year then get the older stuff. My boots were 2 seasons out when I bough them and my bindings were 1 season out. I lost almost nothing by not going to the newest. My board was bought in season but that was the only way to get that feature set. I will be buying the new Flow NX2 bindings for the same reason.

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snowklinger

While what you are saying is generally true, every product should be considered individually. From year to year there are significant changes that would make a HUGE difference to some people. Some examples:

-between 11 and 12 they changed the NS Evo to be blunted and have drawn out rails.

-around the same time, Bataleon did something similar with their decks.

-significant tech is introduced into bindings like "the Hinge"

I have a Bataleon ET that is in the old shape and I paid full price for trying to help out a local shop, when I could have easily bought the upgraded, blunted version for cheaper

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is it late october yet?

david_z

One of the biggest scams about pretty much EVERY industry

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Nito

This is true with one exception.

Stock. I was thinking about doing this also with last year's Burton Prophecy; because Burton always over produces. But I can't find last years model. BTW,if someone finds it; I'm looking for the Red binding.

The binding it was replaced with is the Genesis, but I'm leery of the highback and want to wait on it. Maybe the Genesis will go to the discount rack.

david_z

Truth. If you're waiting for something to go on sale, especially if you are "average" sized, you run a very real risk of not being able to buy it when everyone is out of stock later. IMO I'd rather spend the extra $30-40 now and get to enjoy the gear for a few extra weeks/months, than run the risk of not getting it at all just to save a few bucks.

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snowklinger

Yea like almost every NS deck unless its hidden at a local shop, super long, or a wide.

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is it late october yet?

eli783

Ive had the same feelings about being screwed when everything is sold out. Maybe the extra 50-70 bucks isnt so bad when you think of it like that