Burton Elite 145. I have no pictures of it that I can find. Big nose with taper to a swallow-tail.

 

Thing was a tank. And just looking at those bindings hurts my feet. And I wish I still had it. Traded it for a bag of weed.

 

Oh my lord haha.

You see that guy in your pic there
I know that guy, his name is Kurt Heine.
He was a pro with Kemper in the 80's
He just resigned with Kemper last year when they made their comeback.

And he just got his very first pro model deck haha @ 50+ years of age.

TT

 

5150 Covert 163, circa 2006. In retrospect it was a piece of junk, but screw it I didn't know any better.

First high performance board was a year or two later, Ride Decade 160. Also the first board I ever broke lol. Jumped a roller blind during low tide and bent the edge pretty good.

 

I bought a Lib Tech TRS 162 which had the mounting holes drilled incorrectly. Got my money back and went for a Never Summer SL 161 which served me well. Still have it

 

I bought a used signal omni 156cm from 2010 when I started riding last season. I'm a noob but got in a ton of days on the snow. Use that board as a rock board now.

 

First board was a 2nd hand Burton Performer elite, I reckon it was 140/45 or something similar. I remember it was so heavy, bought it in Wagga Wagga around 1994 for day trips out to Mt Selwyn........Sad to hear Mt Selwyn resort was burnt down during the latest bushfires, I know many here in Aus would've cut their teeth there. I still remember first learning the T-Bars

 

Nitro Fabien Roher Pro model 156...I think it was a 2000.

 

Black Snow Edge...approximately 1988

Not mine (just found it using Google), but looks exactly like mine did

 

First board was a '93 F2 Delaney X-Ray M (152ish). It was a monster... it sure was riding me and not vice versa. But still way better than skis

Hate that I don't have it anymore, and for whatever reason, all CL adds I find are always in Australia [emoji85]. Can only recommend to younger folks to keep your 1st board. One day, when nostalgia hits, you would wish you'd kept it .

 

My very first was a 93/94 Never Summer twin that did not have a model name yet, according to @The Chairman. Can't even find pictures of it anywhere.

At about the same time I owned this toy, a Killer Loop Trick 2. Unlike it's namesake, it liked to straightline green and blue runs more than pop tricks. The two white lines going down the length of the board was actually semi transparent when seen from the base. Those rental style tip protectors are factory stock.

For some reason this only occasionally shows up in Russia, as is the pic above taken from an illegible Russian listing.

Wish I'd hung on to my first boards, too.

 

My very first was a 93/94 Never Summer twin that did not have a model name yet, according to @The Chairman. Can't even find pictures of it anywhere.

At about the same time I owned this toy, a Killer Loop Trick 2. Unlike it's namesake, it liked to straightline green and blue runs more than pop tricks. The two white lines going down the length of the board was actually semi transparent when seen from the base. Those rental style tip protectors are factory stock.

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For some reason this only occasionally shows up in Russia, as is the pic above taken from an illegible Russian listing.

Wish I'd hung on to my first boards, too.

The only pics I found of mine were from a Russian site too. I actually do still have mine though, in my garage....in Florida with eight other boards

 

Can't find a good photo online, but my first 'real' board from a major manufacturer was a Sims Enduro 158. Looked like this one, but was still white, not yellowed like the one in the photo, haha. I had the Revolver boots and Sims bindings (can't remember the model, but they had the 'gas pedals') as well.

 

Just found some old photos including one with the first snowboard I ever owned, probably early 90's this was taken. And that's not me 😂

Burton Performer Elite 140 - sadly I probably dumped it in a dumpster many years ago.

 

Morrow Rail, ~1995 from Kleins All Sports in Utica, NY ... ridden at the Parkway Val Bialis ski center

That year I also met my first serious girlfriend on the shred hill. She was a skier, it wasn't meant to be.

 

I'm glad this thread exists, it reminded me to go get my first board tuned so I can ride it this season.

It's kind of a beast so maybe I'll enjoy the hell out of it now.

 

Still riding mine too, though I only started riding 4 years ago so it isn't that old, 2011ish I think. [emoji23]

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First two years, I just used friends and rental boards. In 1996 I bought Sims board, I forgot the model name.
I have 0 memories how this thing was even riding

Good old forgotten times, when the number of stickers represented your dedication to snowboarding