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How many boards in your quiver?

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#1 ·
I am wondering how many of you have a "quiver" of snowboards, rather than just one board.
Different brands, different profiles (camber, rocker, hybrid, etc.), different purposes (powder, carving, freestyle, park/jib), different flex/stiffness, different shape (true twin, directional twin, directional, tapered...).

So how many boards do you own?
Why do you have more than one?:dunno:
Which one(s) for which purpose?:dunno:


And if anyone knows, how do I set this up as a survey on the main page?

Thanks.
 
#64 · (Edited)
161 Never Summer F-1 it's just stable while hauling ass and can handle crappy snow that bucks little chumps around like the rodeo bull. Kills in Powder!

158 Smokin Big Wig great all around board. Closet board to a quiver killer I've ever ridden. Kills in Powder. You can charge hard on the bigger lines and roll the park. Surprisingly not as buttery and playful.

157 Arbor Blacklist. On better condition days it is a very fun board in the park and can be ridden pretty fast around the moutain but I prefer it for park and screwing around Moderate to fair in Powder. Exceptioanl while riding switch and med size jumps. Not as all world as advertised but still a solid board for playing around on.

159W Never Summer Heritage. Fast and more playful than the F-1 Kind of the all mountain freestyle deal Moderate to fair in Powder. Very solid on bigger jumps and cliffs. More pop than most for the tail is powerful. Not all world but it fits a nice niche for certain days and places.

For 2014 i'm looking for two things: for a split for deep powder as well as a playful damp twin that can hang in powder and hauls ass to replace the Heritage. Not the cobra please or the proto. Love Never Summer but the Cobra is not a freestyle all mountain board and the proto for a guy my size is my next park fun board after I finish off the quickly deteriorating blacklist.

Thoughts?
 
#69 ·
too fuckin' many, probably.

2014 Marhar Throwback - 158
2013 Burton Sherlock - 160
2012 Arbor Blacklist - 157
2012 Marhar Throwdown - 161
2012 Niche Knew - 156
2012 nGravity something or other - 156 (this is a private label/one-off pressed by Marhar basically it's the MyStick)

Also sitting on:

2011 Rome Machine (retired - cracked edges)
2004 Never Summer Legacy (retired)
 
#71 ·
#1-2009-Burton Jeremy jones 159 (had for last two seasons)my freestyle deck

#2-2012-Burton custom or custom X 160 (haven't brought yet) free-riding deck

Always like to have two board's not only to match different condition's but great to have a back-up if I damage one ....

not long now to the snow dumps and the lifts start-up again round 40-50days time
Forecasts looking good for one of the best seasons for years
 
#74 ·
98 NS Wide series 158 (rock board)
12 Billy Goat 159
13 NS Proto 157
13 NS Cobra 161
13 K2 Parkstar 155

43 days this year and most of them on the Proto or the Goat. Proto is far and away my favorite board. I had the 12 in a wide and I got the 13 in a regular width and love it even more.

I did spend a couple hours on my 11 year old Son's Flow 138 board after he tore the edge out and I fixed it. That was fun. Big man on a little board :)
 
#77 · (Edited)
right now i`ve got 4 boards in my quiver.

1.:2010 nitro eero ettala pro in 155,
quite hard standard camber for the fast days, but now for sale. i used it only 20 days in 3 years.

2.: 2010 deathlabel madmax 153,
supersoft flatrocker for the indoorslopes and just for having fun. but it`s almost done. love that board!

3.: 2012 rome artifact rocker in 153
with a broken nose and destroyed base...just for some urban stuff next season.

4.: 2013 capita stairmaster 152, just for the average day, this board is good for everything. simple construction, nothing special, but so much fun because of standard camber AND really soft flex.
 
#78 ·
Joining the necropost bandwagon.

'14 Lib banana magic
'13 Lib trice hp
'13 Lib hot knife (why did I give mervin so much money this year...)
'12 Bataleon Evil twin
'12 Signal park flat
'12 Rome artifact
'12 Omatic EXTR-TXTR
'11 Lib trice hp to run directly into rocks
 
#79 ·
i got a shit ton of boards that can still be considered ride able but my main quiver consists of a 4 boards currently.

149 echelon kill box that i use for jibs and urban,
151 echelon avenger and 152 echelon orion that i use for all around freestyle
then i have a 154 avenger that i use for pretty much the same thing but geared towards bigger jumps.
 
#80 ·
i got a shit ton of boards that can still be considered ride able
So how many people hold onto their old boards and just keep them in a closet collecting dust? I buy (2) boards and sell (2) boards each year. 5 is an easily storable and justifyable quantity for me.

Here is the story for the wife (I think she believes it anyway) :
1 - Rocks
1 - Powder
1 - Bomber
1 - Jack of all trades...everything board
1 - Park
 
#82 ·
3 boards.

1) Jones Mountain Twin - all around fun
2) Jones Carbon Flagship - Freeride / Pow
3) Jones Hover Split - Pow :D

I'll be picking up a true freestyle board next season if we don't get snow.
 
#87 ·
Ice Coast (NH here)...

Neversummer SL 158 - good all around - this is my board when I want to ride bigger mountains (for NH)
splitty - K2 Panoramic 158 - backcountry workhorse good on everything tho I've beat on it a bit
Signal Rocker 156 - super fun for butters/turns but fun all around - cannot wait to ride this in the trees
 
#88 ·
Technically I own 6 but ride 2, perhaps 3 next season.

1. Main board, all mountain: GNU B Pro (C2BTX)
2. Rock/learn park board: Ride Rapture (LowRize rocker)
3. First board, haven't ridden in ages but might see snow again next season hence the 3rd referenced above: Apocalypse Cap 5 (super stiff camber)

4. A promo Mountain Dew board someone gave me years ago. It's never seen bindings or snow. It's a 155 camber with cap construction.

5. and 6. Some completely thrashed - like someone ran them over with a vehicle thrashed - decks I thought I could repurpose into a snowboard bench. Also "gifted" to me. I think one is a K2 and the other a Ride? Clearly I've not gotten to the bench project yet.
 
#89 ·
Currently own, and ride:

Birdman in a 180W
Lynn Phoenix in a 157W
Lynn Classic in a 160W
Travis Rice Pro Horsepower in a 164.5

I have next year's Banana Magic pre-ordered ((162W)), and I am planing on picking up the next year's Attack Banana((161W)), after the end of the season........Yeah, I'm a Lib' junkie. Their boards are more big guy friendly, and they charge hard!
 
#91 ·
Realized that I started this thread (11 pages in now) and haven't posted my quiver.

Blew the bank this year and totally overhauled my boards.
All 2013 boards!

LT TRice 157 (stiff C2 BTX)
LT TRS 157 (softer C2 BTX)
LT Banana Magic 157 (enhanced BTX - my favourite board!)
GNU Space Case 156 (elliptical hybrid camber)
LT Skate Banana 156 (BTX)

Yup, inadvertently turned into a Mervin fanboy.
Picked up the Space Case at the end of the season on sale - haven't ridden it yet.
Obviously, I've settled on the size of board with which I'm happy, different camber profiles for different moods/terrain.

Freakin' Mervin owes me a personal e-mail of thanks and some free swag!!

I expect abuse for this list, btw. LOL!
 
#106 · (Edited)
Okay, my ability to multi-quote posts is seriously lacking.

Pouts: on the AMF - meh.
Solid board, will push through anything, but didn't really inspire in any way. Edge hold was lacking, although the woman at the factory admitted they should have sharpened the edges before I got the board.
FYI, having ridden the Yes Great Beauties a couple of years ago in addition to the AMF, I find I much prefer the LT/Never Summer hybrid profiles over the Yes/Nidecker hybrid profiles.

As for Alta/BC, let's just say I'm so ready to retire and move out there - when I CAN retire. While there are "bigger" mountains here on the ice coast than what I get in Ontario, I say West is Best! I'll be out there with my club next year for sure (resorts to be determined...).

hktrdr: Agree on the Skate Banana. As I said earlier in this thread, I'll probably keep it for park, moderate powder, and general screwing around on the slopes. Definitely keeping the Banana Magic - still the one board that works best for me. And with the TRICE and TRS so similar, and me wearing a size 9 small footprint boot, I figure the TRS is a better match to keep.
BTW, it was a thread at the beginning of last season where you suggested I would be better suited to the 157 sized boards verus the 161s I had at the time that got me to size down. You were right. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
#107 · (Edited)
Okay, my ability to multi-quote posts is seriously lacking.
you hit the little "-" symbol at the bottom right of each post. when you hit it, it turns color and into a "+".

go thru the thread and make those little plusses on every post you wanna quote.

then just hit "post reply".

Don't feel bad about missing NS demos, I live here and every time they are demoing its only for "shops" or some other bullshit and they never let me demo anything. They only do consumer demo days on weekends which I don't ride. I bought an Evo and really don't like it compared to the Proto (which I think everyone knows I have a big gay fanboy chubby for).

I know this isn't the exact place for it but I wish NS would make a hardcore twin for serious shit - think something between the raptor and heritage in tech, then twin it. (I'm sad knowing Snowolf won't comment on this, I've been thinking about it for awhile, guess I shoulda mentioned it sooner)...

My "quiver" consists of

155 Bataleon Evil Twin ('10 I think), don't like it, apparently nobody else does either - how dumb is that.
154 '12 NS Evo, its ok but not enough board for me except jibbing.
154 '11 Proto, its amazing. Excited to get an HD next year, I've completely destroyed this one.
 
#108 ·
1. NS Premier F1 (157) - mid-stiff, directional, overall rocker profile.
Now delegated to my trips out west and for any lucky powder days here on the east coast.
2. Libtech Hotknife C3 (156) - mid-stiff, true twin, overall camber profile.
My east coast board. I can lay a carve in this board like I never could on the Premier. But, riding in the soft stuff is noticably lacking on this deck. Particularly compared to the Premier.
 
#109 ·
I got a few.

Pre 4x4 hole pattern
1990 Burton Free 5
1991 Craig Kelly Air
1992 Hooger Booger Blaster. Camber\Rocker/Camber & it's Asymmetrical. It's brand new & has never been ridden. I really want to try this:thumbsup:
199? K2. turned DIY No-Board Swallow tail, the name was on the tail.
1994 Joyride Limited. The Nixon board
199? Kemper Phantom My experimental. Added Rocker to the nose & a swallow tail

Standard 4x4 holes
2X 1995 Burton "The 152" One black, one orange.
1996 Lib Tech Matt Cummins Rad Rick.
199? Sims Noah Salasnek
200? Option Bella

What I ride
2011 Never Summer Heritage X 156 My everything deck
2012 Gnu Carbon Credit 156 My fuckin' arounder
200? Dynastar 3800 163 Pow stick, very much like Burtons Family Tree Cheetah.
2004 Palmer Titanium Channel 164. Oh, you want to race? Ya, ok.
2005 Palmer Titanium Channel 164. $10 bucks says I beet ya to the bottom.
2007 Lib Tech Skate Banana 156. rock board & the lender

I got a couple more, but I can't remember off hand what they are.:dunno:

The Joyride, Rad Rick & the orange "The 152" are gettin' shipped out this morning.


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