I have to decide for a new board and I hope you can help me to figure out which one to purchase.
My Riding style changed during this season because of an injury. So now I look for a board which handles groundtrick with ease. I think of rockershape and a little bit softer for butters but also good enough to handle ollies and nollies.
I used to ride my my Nitro T1 153 + Rome 390 (both 08/09) for park.
Now I need a new one to have fun on slopes with ollies and butters. Should also handle some jibs in the park. The Rome Garage Rocker 152 already cought my attention. Cheap = nice! And also did the Forum Youndblood chillydog and contract 152.
So do you have any experiences with these boards?
Or/And can you give me any futher suggestions?
I personally have a Capita horrorscope and i recommend them definately for buttering, jibs, and anything else you can think of and they are cheap for how good they are, and they are pretty wide too. I have size 13 boots and didnt even need to get the wide board
aside from those above, nitro swindle, subzero, k2 www, burton hero, blunt, rome artifact and also ride kink is a cheap alternative. there are some more I'm sure there'll be more input to come
If you're just going to do ground tricks and jibs, capita horrorscope, burton whammy bar,signal park rocker, rome artifact rocker come to mind but the boards you listed are also good options
Thanks for all your replies.
Seems like there are too many boards out there which are good enough for my preferences.
So probably i will go for the cheapest one.
@Mysticfalcon:
This isn't a normal Tailpress, is it? What are you doing there?
If thats a tailpress then that board is a mad noodle!
No offense, but was taht picture taken just before a bail?
No bail there. That board is what I call my wonder noodle. It is super floppy. It actually rides pretty well in the pow too. Because its so soft you can keep the nose up super easy. Just dont try to take id town an icy black run.
I'm actually looking for a noodle to add! Aiming for the Nitro Haze 157 Wide for cheaps. Possibly the softest noodle board I've ever seen. Want it s for just that... ground tricks. But sub zero might actually be better option (+1 stiffer)! Must see if it comes in wide...
I've just ordered a rome Garage Rocker 152 for just 200€ which is a unbeatable bargain.
No bad things about this board were mentioned here and for others board mentioned here were at minimum half of that money to add. That's why i went for it!
Thanks for all your replies
I could not find teh Haze in 157, but found in 154 wide (11.5 feet). But shop keeps steering me away from it as too soft and has no pop! Boards on the ground trick videos (japan mostly) look super ultra soft. I know they use 011 Artist brand for the most part.
I don't have experience with rockers! But other than the Nitro Haze, what would be the closest in softness with "some" pop. Or someone could recommend something for just this. I have other boards for everything else. Boards suggested or come to mind:
1. Nitro Haze wide (softest there is) 2. Capita Horrorscope (flat kick RC)
3. Rome Artifact rocker
4. Nitro Prime wide (suggested to me)
5. Garage rocker
6. Ride agenda
i have the horrorscope and it is definitely a soft board, but i've never had problems hitting jumps or popping onto rails and stuff.
i just started riding park and the biggest jump i've hit was 40 ft but it seemed to handle it fine. for reference this is a 151 and a weigh 140.
Dice, the Artifact rocker is softer than the Horrorscope IMO. Can't comment on the rest.
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