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Never Summer Type Two

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#1 ·
Anyone got one?

This is the last on my list to check out.

Resort riding (fast) side hits very occasional run through park a rip through the pow when its on?

5.7 tall 80kg normal clothes and size 9.5 boots. what size should i be looking at?

Good feeling about this one all be it i wasnt keen on the Proto i used for 2 days last season but i thin kit was more the snow that was the problem (spring shit)

:nerd:
 
#7 ·
I got my friend to get one over Christmas before they sold out, I've rode it quite a bit. Its more aggressive than the Proto and the flex is the same as the Proto but isn't at the same time. Its more stable than the Proto and has more pop, the tip and tail aren't as easy to fold and it also holds a better edge on ice and hard pack. If you like how the proto rides and just wanted a little more out of it, then the Type Two is your board. My buddy is in love with it, but he was riding a Proto before that and loved the Proto.


 
#16 ·
The "Which binding goes well with board X?" question is better answered by what sort of riding you'll be doing with the board. Is price an issue? Is comfort a premium? Want canting? Need more response, or a softer binding for tweaking stuff out?

Malavita v Cartel: Vita baseplate has less glass than Cartel, ergo softer. Vita hammockstrap generally regarded as more comfortable than Cartel's reactstrap. $40 more at MSRP for the Malavita.
 
#33 ·
I have one that I will be selling. I got it and tried it out at snowshoe in West Virginia for 3 days. Was a great board but just didn't have the ice hold I need for my East Coast Boarding. It carves amazingly! Such a tight turning radius. Very stable under foot as well. If it had magnetraction I would be keeping it. Let me know if you want to see any photos of it.

Dave
 
#39 ·
The type two is definitely a softer flex but doesn't it have the most camber dominant profile (ripsaw) that Never Summer makes? The Dark Knife has one of the most camber dominant profiles that Lib Tech makes (c3 btx). I would think that they have similar profiles. Less rocker between the feet and more aggressive camber under the feet. You are able to carve trenches because of that. The Biggest difference would be flex rating. When I initiated the carve on softer snow and progressed into the ice, that is when It would wash out.

Dave
 
#40 · (Edited)
Well after oogling over this board for the last few weeks. I finally bit the bullet and drastically overpaid to get this board into Canada.

Two years ago I spend most of my 60 day season on a Lib TRS HP.
Last year switched to RCR boards and spent most of my 60+ days on a process off axis.
This year I have 30+ days on a 2016 Yes Greats. So I'll get 30 days to compare the "best" quiver killer RCR vs CRC boards out there.

Pumped!
 
#42 ·
I bet you didn't pay $750 including shipping to get a previous season model like I did. :laugh: Had no choice, NS isn't even sold where I live right now. I watch that thing closely when on the hill, only seen one other NS here in the country. Even bought a thick lock for it haha
 
#52 · (Edited)
Speaking as someone who learned on camber, and someone who is a certified instructor who gives lessons, I disagree.
Maybe there is a difference in what you and I consider edge hold, but riding in hardpack and ice regularly as I do, magnetraction definitely improves edge hold in those conditions. In the same way, magnetraction serves to grab or slow down a board in soft conditions.
You won't convince me otherwise.
 
#53 ·
That's one thing that I've been thinking about. I've read about lots of people having to adjust to CRC. But I haven't seen anybody say. "I've had to adjust to CRC, and now I love it way more than camber!!!"

IT's always just "I needed to adjust and now it's just like riding camber"

Makes me wonder if there's a benefit to CRC at all vs just being a preference.
 
#55 ·
Personally, I rode only camber for 10+ years and specifically a stiff as a board option pro model for last 5..

First two days this year on a CRC (lib TRS) and had no issues adjusting, unless you are going REALLY SLOW it doesn't ride all that different only thing I really notice is the soft torshional flex and dampness.

I too was really worried since I picked up this board in the summer and spent 6+ months reading about how I will need a few days to adjust and might hate the CRC profile, was not the case for me at least.
 
#56 ·
Had so many different boards and so many different profiles and I swear I'm sticking with RCR boards for my type of riding and conditions.

CRC boards just feels so loose on hard pack/ ice that it just scares me.

Started out on full rocker board.
Then had rocker flat rocker board
Then had a ton of CRC boards, i mean a lot.
Bought a RCR board and it just felt right.


Although I use CRC boards more for switch riding because its so catch free. :)
 
#65 ·
Magnatraction does help but I don't think most of us need it. A lot of people find it too grabby I think this is a case to case basis on the pattern and what board imo.

Why do you think Jeremy Jones puts it on all his boards it is Mellow Mag but still for the steeps that he is hitting that extra edgehold is nice to engage

But I don't think I am hitting a Mountain like Shangri-La anytime soon
so Never Summer boards are fine for me
 
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