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Fullbag Diamond Blade

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#1 · (Edited)
Figured I should do a review on this board since no one knows about it and plenty have sought info on it.

Board: Fullbag Diamond Blade
Size: 163
Camber Option: Traditional CAMBER(they say rocker camber rocker but the blunted tips kinda negate any rocker in the tips from what I feel). It does not fee catchy though had has very smooth edge to edge motion.

Bindings: Flow NX2-GT

Stance: 24

Angles: 15 / -6 Goofy

Boots: 11.5 US - Flow Talon

Rider: 39 y/o, 6', 290 lbs, advanced rider(100+ days a year)

Resort: Bachelor

Conditions: early morning hard pack and 60 degree mid day spring slush
Preconceived Notions: I was a little worried about the flex/build/whatever given that I have never seen these boards and its a boutique brand

Flex: On the stiff side of the scale, about Burton Custom X stiff..... perfect for what I want

Stability: Very stable, first run on this board I was shocked at how well it handled the slushy chop in the sun and then the show that was rolled the night before and frozen still... The edge hold is phenomenal, I forgot what that felt like having ridden CRC for the past 4 or 5 seasons almost exclusively.

Cruising: Very stable cruiser both in a small amount of powder (about 2”) over crusty off piste snow, fresh groomers and mid day chopped up spring groomers. The effective edge is quite long on this board so it is really great for running wide open and feeling confident.

Rider in Mind: This really is an ideal board for ripping around the mountain at full speed. I didnt get to ride in full powder conditions but I can ascertain that it is not the ideal design for this but it would handle it if needed.

Personal Thoughts: This is my new favorite daily rider and I am impressed with the board overall. The asthetics are great, I had 3 people stop and comment on it, one of which was a local pro Ben Ferg. Every lap I take on it I like it more. I have not ridden a camber board in a while, like 5 years, and I am a fan again. This board somehow is smooth even on a flat base and I dont feel like I am going to die of an edge catch. The only thing I wish I did was put a good wax job on it right out of the box, the factory wax does not do the board justice. Also I should add that this board is a few pounds lighter than any other board I have owned. I used ASS WAX, flourinated all temp wax....
 
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#3 ·
Did you consider the Diamond Blunt 162? If so, what swayed you to the Blade?

I've been following the Fullbag Diamond Blunt feedback thread with great interest and nice to hear from those who are actually riding the product. Please keep it coming. :grin:
 
#6 ·
Mig said how some thought the Lifer was a 162 because at the center of board it has FB 62 written on it, so at 230LBS felt 166 Lifer was worth a look. Also Mig's friend won a BX type race at Baker NH, on the Lifer. Thought wow this board needs to be in my quiver.
 
#5 ·
This is what surprised me.

You get 100 plus days a year, you ride 10 or 15 different decks a year & you haven't been on a straight camber board in 5 years

What the fuck??????????????? haha

TT
 
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#10 ·
It's not that I never ride it or anything, just not as a primary board and not full on full length camber. I have ridden alot of "s rocker" types of boards, camber with an early rise nose, and its just not the same. You have way less edge cranked to the ground with the early rise boards.. this blade is basically a race board.
 
#12 · (Edited)
Hattori Hanzo!!!
Love that!!! :D

I think that's a perfect nom de plume for Mig!! Sounds like his decks are becoming the stuff of "Kill Bill" type Legend! :D

Kudos Mig!!! I'm starting to think I seriously F'd up missing out on taking a spin on the Blunt you loaned DaveZ. I was at the hill the day he had it too! :facepalm3: ;)



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(Then again,... that was early season tho and I was still having trouble scraping the rust offa my injury hiatus! Probably couldn't have fully appreciated it at the time!) :sad:

I can assure you, I wont make that mistake next time I have the chance! :D
 
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#13 ·
Thanks for the review Argo. I'd really like to try one of these. Looks like a very similar profile to the Volkl Coal Race or the Virus Avalanche FLP AFT, but I found the Volkl to be way too stiff to be enjoyable all over the mountain.

If you say it's Custom X stiff, that might just be about perfect.

The shape is a lot of fun on hardpack eh? >:)
 
#17 ·
I'll add my review from today to this thread. No need for multiple review threads on this.

Team Duke headed out to Targhee today to test this deck out. The members of team Duke were: Ted Nugent, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and....yours truly...Duke. The temps were below freezing last night but were just above when I arrived. Groomers were hard as a rock at 0900, but softened up by about....10:30 or so. The sun was out and the day was nice.

Bottom Line Up Front: Team Duke, combined with 137cm of effective "Hattori Hanzo steel" edge.....sliced that mountain to RIBBONS!! Ribbons I tell you!! That board rocks! A carving machine!! Can't get the smile off my face!

163 is about the size of board I like and use, but I was a bit worried that this would seem like a giant plank with the LONG EE. Well, not a problem at all! Handled great. Felt much more nimble than it should have for a 163 that is all edge. And by all edge I mean edge all day long... and held through anything. It took me a while to build up confidence in the edge hold because i would get to the normal point I would expect it to give and ...would wince a bit an push it a bit further.....and waited for it to give....but nada! That edge holds through anything. I was flying down the mountain all day. Once the snow softened up a bit I was really railing it! Pencil thin lines in perfect arcs.

I rode right through lunch and didn't pause until 2:30-3 pm. Was having too much fun! I have never felt so much control in a softboot board. With my Salomon Malamutes and this board...it was quite the technical ride, and I loved it.

My beloved Dupraz and a hardboot board sat locked up in the racks ready for my to switch to them if conditions called for it....or just for a change....but this thing kept carving....even in the soft stuff. Not until 2:30, when it was really getting soft/slushy did I switch to the Dupraz and headed off piste. This Diamond blade is a GREAT groomer board for softboots. I have never been on a Virus (ultimate carving deck)...other than some day dreams..... and I wish I had so as to compare....but my guess is that it would be a close call.

Regarding camber: . Not really alot of camber to this deck. Doesn't have the same pop full on cambered boards have....but also isn't catchy at all. I flatbased this one no prob and eventually wasn't even worried about catching an edge. Usually when riding a full camber I have it on my mind...just a bit...all day long. I've caught too many edges in my day and so it always lingers. But not on this one. I think i would call it 1/2 camber. Easy to ride, but no big pop either....but still...it does have camber and I did feel it. Does not ride like a rocker board. it didn't feel like there was any rocker anywhere on it though I think there is juuuuust a bit at the tips.

Board flex: Definitely a stiff board, but didn't seem overly so. I am 170 lbs naked and it seemed perfect. I was riding hard though and I think for my weight....riding hard matches this deck.

One thing that was making me hesitate on this board is the width. I was wanting a skinny deck for carving. Turns out that this seems to be a good width. i was railing this over so hard that I was tappin' boots....and that is for size 8 boots so not big. Not really booting out...but tappin'. I had to adjust the angles a bit, which took care of that, but I'm glad it isn't skinnier after all.

Weight: this board is much lighter than I thought it would be. very light.

My only regret: that I took so long to make my decision. Now i have to spend the entire off season wishing I had snagged this earlier in the year.
 
#27 ·
So this board does ok in powder. It did great in up to 6" over that and the nose would catch if i was not really in the back seat. It was able to plow ahead and not cave in on the deeper stashes but id rather stay on top. It was really pleasant to ride in the aofter under 6" stuff and didn't suck in the deeper stuff. Im convinced i need another one, different style... HH, lifer or DBlunt.
 
#30 ·
I didnt ride the diamond blade all season until 2 weeks ago, we were deep into powder mode all year, seriously tough problems out here. I hopped on it again and have 2 solid weeks of groomer bashing on it. I tried riding groomers on my crc board again and it will never be the same.

My son is going to ride the diamond blade in the boardercross nationals in 2 weeks. He didnt race this season but got a wildcard because of his ranking last year....
@Mig Fullbag what are you doing for snowboards when you sell out of all the current stock? New designs?
 
#35 · (Edited)
Board: Fullbag Diamond Blade
Size: 163
Shoot! I got aware of this too late... Why didn't I insist that the SO takes a lap on yours
:facepalm1:

Bottom Line Up Front: Team Duke, combined with 137cm of effective "Hattori Hanzo steel" edge.....sliced that mountain to RIBBONS!! Ribbons I tell you!! That board rocks! A carving machine!! Can't get the smile off my face!
Because... this ^ sounds like up his alley. As he won't buy a board himself - he's sort of a monogamous one board is enough person - it would need to be a present... and I'm on the watch out for a carving machine for him.

How does it behave in the afternoon bumps n crud, dampening wise? Flex rather like a Coal/Flagship which are unyielding hard work there, or rather like a Custom X which still lets you bend it around the bumps?

Yes, more of all models to come. Everything sold a lot faster than we were expecting. Only positive feedback up to now. People are really stoked on the boards.
Anything in the pipeline for us girls craving for a "carving machine"...?
 
#43 ·
Anything in the pipeline for us girls craving for a "carving machine"...?
Carver? Pow? Jack-in-the-box do it all but nothing excellent all mtn?
The one in the works is tapered (think around 25mm) and setback with flat camber and a slightly rockered nose. Surfy pow slaying and groomer carving machine. An hybrid between the Blunt Diamond and Lifer. So not a "dedicated" carver like the Diamond Blade. But like all the other boards in the line, super effective at making turns in pow or on groomers.

It's our first ladies/small riders board, so did not want to go for something too specialized and wanted to offer them something that fits the Fullbag feel first.
 
#47 ·
Are splits on your radar, Mig? I can see how that may be a riskier business move, but, shit, your shapes would work so well in that application. I think a HH/Lifer cross would be my dream split. Something about 170 long with a 26.5 waist, 4 or 5 cms of set-back, either a flat-to-subtle-early rise nose or micro camber-to-early rise nose profile so it darts quickly through trees, stiff as fuck under and in front of the front foot with a stiff, powerful tail would be the ultimate splitboard, in my opinion. Your construction is definitely nice and tough, so I'd have no worries in that regard (I've put my HH 181 through the ringer, and it takes it like a fucking champ).
 
#51 · (Edited)
:surprise::surprise::surprise:
By the way, we have a sale going on the Lifer and Hammerhead on our website (https://fullbag.com/collections/snowsurfs).

They are 20% off with free shipping to the US and Canada. And exchange rate is still highly in favor of the US customers!

It comes down to about $357 USD for the Lifer and $368 USD for the Hammerhead.

>:)>:)>:)

Hammerhead 181cm, 171cm, and Lifer 166cm.
 
#56 ·
:surprise::surprise::surprise:
By the way, we have a sale going on the Lifer and Hammerhead on our website (https://fullbag.com/collections/snowsurfs).

They are 20% off with free shipping to the US and Canada. And exchange rate is still highly in favor of the US customers!

It comes down to about $357 USD for the Lifer and $368 USD for the Hammerhead.

>:)>:)>:)

Hammerhead 181cm, 171cm, and Lifer 166.


I know the Blade, Lifer and Blunts get a lot of love, but you guys you snatch up the Hammerheads; those things are brilliant. Float like a dream, rail turns, powerful tail. Camber for the win!
 
#52 ·
My credit card exchange was at $345usd for the lifer...

My son rides a 164 as his daily and competition board. He has gone as small as 159 for freeride comps in the past couple seasons. I got him a little 152 yes 420 and he over rotated a cork 7 to his face, lol. It was in powder so no harm.. he is used to more burley boards. The blunt 162 would probably be his cup of tea...
 
#53 ·
Excellent rate!!!!

He might be thrown off on big spins with the Blunt, as it is a heavily setback board with a biiiig loooong nose. It will not feel balanced on big spins. But nothing he can't get used to if he likes the ride, though. But I wouldn't recommend switch landings from big air in deep pow as the tail is very small and kick very low.

But nose is practically unsinkable...:grin:
 
#54 ·
he rides a powder board as his daily ride. Capita Charlie slasher. It is setback also with a big fat nose. 2.2cm taper, 3cm setback. He can ride it switch better than I ride regular, lol.

He only goes up to 5s on spinning in natural terrain with that size board since its like a helicopter blade. If you have seen the Instagram posts with the big 3s he is launching they are all on that Charlie slasher 164.... He is gonna send a few on the lifer while I am out of town too I am sure.....
 
#55 · (Edited)
Board got here super fast. I have the bindongs on it and ready for tomorrow, probably gonna be a day with 18" of fresh on half the mountain that wasnt riden today....

Curious what the 62 on the logo stands for in the middle of the topsheet? Board is obviously a 166... also, what is "fullbag"? I can make something up but its probably more perverse
 
#61 ·
Haha, yeah you could say that.

I don't know how many people have told me I need to start making a journal.

Then write a book at some point.

I can't even say half the shit that goes on in my life, especially lately.
It's out there, way out there.


TT
 
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#63 ·
Yesterday was a perfect groomer day for going stupid fast and being able to edge hard. A combination of 2" of fresh snow groomed into runs, 1-3" of fresh snow on top and cold temps to keep ot dry and super fast. I was cruising on the diamond blade and my kid(of course he is 19) was on my blunt diamond. We both probably did 30k vert of hot laps by 1pm.

The board is just as fun as always. Super fast, holds a hard edge, probably the perfect side cut radius to do nice carver turns on resort groomers and lay some trenches still. Its also very forgiving over the crud, chopped up areas. So glad I got this thing a few years ago. I will probably need another one to replace it next season as i use it alot and its getting well worn.
 
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