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Never Summer Proto Ct Sizing

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#1 ·
Hello,

I was given a Never Summer Proto CT as a bday gift and wanted to make sure I shouldnt size down. I am 5'10", 210lbs, and usually do all mountain riding but wanted to start hitting the rails and jumps. I was given a size 157 but don't know if I should go even smaller to the 154. Thoughts?
 
#13 ·
I ride a 157 and weigh 180. I find the proto has no speed stability for anything outside the park. It's great when you want skate the mountain going from hit to hit when the hits are close to each other, however if there is a long stretch between hits and you want to put the hammer down the proto quickly turns into a chatter box.

The proto is great with 390s, you can tweak grabs like a MFer.
 
#17 ·
I ride a 157 and weigh 180. I find the proto has no speed stability for anything outside the park. It's great when you want skate the mountain going from hit to hit when the hits are close to each other, however if there is a long stretch between hits and you want to put the hammer down the proto quickly turns into a chatter box.
I totally disagree. I'm amazed that this board can carve as well as it can. Deep trenches on black trails that were not perfectly groomed, and I'm 200 lbs on a 157. You will get chatter with all but the stiffest boards if you want to straight-line double blacks all day.

I bought a T. Rice for shredding fast, but the Proto handles itself so well I find myself only grabbing the T. Rice when it's a powder day cause it's 5 cm longer...
 
#14 ·
Hmmmm. That is interesting. I ride with Bear5001 and he has been on a Proto with Cartels for over a year and hauls ass (50 MPH range) and digs deep trenches carving with no chatter issues. I myself find it very quiet at speed.

I do agree on the 390/390 boss. A perfect flex binding for the Proto.
I read so many reviews about how well it held up at speed, which is why I bought it. But I just don't agree, I tried everything including moving my weight more forward, backwards, squat more, stand more etc, etc,. The only thing that really helped was detuning the tip and tale which I found to have too much bite causing extra chatter. Even though it helped a little it's still sketchy at high speeds unless your on perfectly smooth groomers. Any type of bump gets magnified on this board and I find myself popping off of small little bumps that I should be crushing through. I don't know how fast I go because I was never clocked and I don't really trust those GPS tracking apps for speed accuracy but my app says I ride around the 55-60 mph range. I have gone a lot faster on my premier, but the proto is not a free riding stick. But for me it's not really all mountain either. Although I will say its really fun in fresh pow. Again just not too fast.
 
#21 ·
I made the same mistake. I expected the Proto to ride like camber, but I quickly realized it doesn't. It's a rocker and it rides like one.

I typically ride my misfit (camber and on the stiffer side) at 50 +. I took out the proto on the same slopes to see how it compares and it doesn't come close. Where it does beat out the misfit is in the park. It's more playful and pressy and I have no problems at sub 30mph speeds, which is probably what the average snowboarder stays around.

The main selling point of the NS hybrid profile is it adds edge stability that other rocker boards don't. Which I find to be precisely the case.

I'd like to see how the more all mountain oriented boards in the line stand up to traditional camber, but I have yet to ride them.
 
#15 ·
I ride a 157 proto for all mountain and side country, I weigh 175. While there is some chatter at very high speed (I mean really maching) I find the proto carves well and is a stable all mountain ride.

I do get to ride in very good conditions though, to the previous poster do you ride lots of ice and chop?

I found that high speed mixed with a bumpy icy surface is what creates lots of chatter, other conditions were pretty stable even at high speeds.
 
#16 ·
like I said I don't trust the accuracy of those apps, however I do like to Mach at breakneck speeds, and yes I was pushing the proto beyond it limits just to find those limits however I expected those limits to be little bit higher. But I didn't buy the proto to Mach, I bought it to skate the mountain and it skates like a champ. (I am actually scared now to do 180's as the proto automatically spins me into a 3, I have learned to be more subtle) I do agree it carves really nice with the vario sidecut.
Here in the Alps we get a mix of everything from dry fluffy pow, to wet n heavy cement and in the course of the last three weeks we have had almost every condition imaginable including spring like slush to bullet proof ice.
I have almost finished writing a review for the proto but there is already so many do people really want to read another one?
 
#19 ·
I just put in an order for a 152 proto CTX, I wanted a CT in 155 or 157 but couldn't find it in stock at my preferred retailers. I ride a arbor 156 right now that has a waist width of 251mm, I figure the 258mm waist width on the CTX won't be too much different, Im 5'10" 170lbs size 11 boot with no reduced footprint. 50% east coast mountain and 50% park. Think I made an okay decision?
 
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