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I saw a few pentas on their clearance section

Edit : dang. Must have all moved out

 

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I love S-camber. <3

 

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So color me penta-curious.

I rode @WigMar's penta today and it was wild. Trying to get moving I thought it would kill me because it's so torsionally stiff, but once moving it was awesome. I got some edge to edge hops down on the board and Carved harder than ever before. Way more of a leg and back workout though.

Incredibly dialed for what it is but I don't think the board is for me. I had a lot of fun on it ripping up groomers today though!

 

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Yup, I was on the yup. I'd been on a slush slasher all day before that, and the Yup felt playful and fun even in comparison. I was probably over the weight range by a bit. It carved well, and I really noticed the tail has a lot of grip if you want.

I feel kinda silly for not taking out the slush slasher. I've never ridden one and kinda wanted to see what all the fuss was about!

The penta really was wild though. Such a strange feeling to be able to center flex so easily while not being able to turn at all going slowly. Board is definitely a workout.

On the yup, WigMar was basically hopping around all the side hits like a bunny.

 

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Not sure if still available but Amplid currently offer 350€ off their centrifugals (or 250€ off their normal range) via voucher codes.

Have ordered a Surfari now but also intrigued by the penta...

Which Surfari would you suggest with 187cm, 77kg and 10.5US?

What's the code? Or do you have to reach out and ask for it?

 

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Ticket twin looks like it's 210.

Of all their 'all mountain' boards. The paradigma has always spoken to me. Someday...

Oh well. Too many cool boards out there, not enough time!

 

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The board just kind of dances under you when you carve on it. The anti-phase really needs to be experienced to believe it. I'm still not really sure if I'd own one, but the penta really blew me away when I got on it. I was only in my second season when riding it and it just wanted to teach me how to carve pencil lines on the mountain. The torsional stiffness is pretty pronounced at lower speeds, but it feels totally normal when you get going.

Feels incredible for bombing. I scared myself a few times because I was going way faster than intended since there's no real chatter/bucking around to speak of.

It's just a really well designed board.

 

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Paging @WigMar

 

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I think it's worth noting that I rode wigmars board and had a similar experience and I weigh quite a bit less than him and have a way smaller boot size.

 

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I think it's an evolution of that board. It does everything as well if not better and is lighter and more lively.

 

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I think places like this set up a sort of unreal expectation for some 'grail' brands and boards. A lot of people are making really good shit these days so theres really nothing wrong with finding that a similar model from the line of a different brand fits your flow better.

 

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So many boards so little time. All I can say is that I have a damp and heavy fullbag db and light/poppy pantera. If the pentaquark is the combination of both, I’m all in.

The penta was lighter than my yup. @WigMar and I both remarked on that when we traded boards. I'm not sure I can really comment about the pop of the penta because I was too busy freaking out about how fast I was going!