Looking for a nice freestyle board for snowdome practice
Hi all,
Reasonably new rider looking for a bit of advice regarding a second deck to help me improve before next year’s trip.
Currently have 7 days mountain riding under my belt and somewhere in the region of 80 hours in a snowdome. I ride a 2014-2015 yes the greats in 158, which is a really great board, however I feel it’s a little stiff for the next 11 months of practice indoors and doesn’t have the room to ‘stretch it’s legs’ properly.
Things I want to be able to do for my next trip are:
* Ride switch confidently
* Some buttering / 180’s / other small freestyle stuff
* Jump and land confidently (pretty small jump at my snowdome – can maybe get 4 or 5 feet of air max) maybe 180 / 360 if I’m feeling brave enough.
* Some rail stuff. I’m pretty risk averse generally and for some reason I find these pretty intimidating, but I’m keen to try and give everything a go this year.
After doing a fair bit of reading around, I’m pretty tempted by the Rome Gang Plank. Seems to have a lot of flex for buttering, easy turn initiation, enough stiffness for confident landings and can hold a carve. It’s true twin for switch riding. Flat between the bindings and pretty catch free due to the slightly elevated contact points. Decent enough pop apparently.
Am I overlooking anything here or does this seem like a pretty decent selection? I’ve not really seen a bad review of the 2016 version. Anyone got any other suggestions they could make or point out something I'm overlooking?
Finally if the deck choice is good, my current bindings are burton missions - are they a reasonable matchup with the Gang Plank?
Hi all,
Reasonably new rider looking for a bit of advice regarding a second deck to help me improve before next year’s trip.
Currently have 7 days mountain riding under my belt and somewhere in the region of 80 hours in a snowdome. I ride a 2014-2015 yes the greats in 158, which is a really great board, however I feel it’s a little stiff for the next 11 months of practice indoors and doesn’t have the room to ‘stretch it’s legs’ properly.
Things I want to be able to do for my next trip are:
* Ride switch confidently
* Some buttering / 180’s / other small freestyle stuff
* Jump and land confidently (pretty small jump at my snowdome – can maybe get 4 or 5 feet of air max) maybe 180 / 360 if I’m feeling brave enough.
* Some rail stuff. I’m pretty risk averse generally and for some reason I find these pretty intimidating, but I’m keen to try and give everything a go this year.
After doing a fair bit of reading around, I’m pretty tempted by the Rome Gang Plank. Seems to have a lot of flex for buttering, easy turn initiation, enough stiffness for confident landings and can hold a carve. It’s true twin for switch riding. Flat between the bindings and pretty catch free due to the slightly elevated contact points. Decent enough pop apparently.
Am I overlooking anything here or does this seem like a pretty decent selection? I’ve not really seen a bad review of the 2016 version. Anyone got any other suggestions they could make or point out something I'm overlooking?
Finally if the deck choice is good, my current bindings are burton missions - are they a reasonable matchup with the Gang Plank?