Who rides a Korua?
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Pintails and classic popsicle shapes just don't want to stand against the wall! It's annoying.
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Ugh, I feel you man. Took my TF the other week and got some dings from the lift line too, albeit not as bad as this
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Nope. I think it does literally nothing... or at least so little that its impact is effectively indistinguishable from literally nothing. Not enough material cut out to meaningfully reduce tail surface area for float or create additional torsional flex for easier turning. I guess it nets out to be a cm or 2 shorter than with a solid tail, so it theoretically reduces swing weight (but again, so little that I doubt you could tell the difference). The cut out is basically like the little nub in the Deep Thinker tail... just for show.
To @Donutz's point, the cutout makes the board less likely to tip over when I prop it up against something. That's about it.
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Anyone interested in picking up a pretty minty Korua Cafe Racer 164? Selling for $350 USD + shipping.
9+/10 condition, some binding rash and minor nicks, but nothing worth noting. About 5 days on it (most of those were half days in the afternoon).
I'd keep it if I could justify it, but the Stealth 163 fits my needs better. If I had bigger feet (I only have size 10 boots) I wouldn't have bought the Stealth to begin with.
Going to post it up on the usual suspects (Snowboard Trader, Craigslist, Marketplace, etc.) but going to give folks here priority. Will post pics for any interested parties.
9+/10 condition, some binding rash and minor nicks, but nothing worth noting. About 5 days on it (most of those were half days in the afternoon).
I'd keep it if I could justify it, but the Stealth 163 fits my needs better. If I had bigger feet (I only have size 10 boots) I wouldn't have bought the Stealth to begin with.
Going to post it up on the usual suspects (Snowboard Trader, Craigslist, Marketplace, etc.) but going to give folks here priority. Will post pics for any interested parties.
Sheeeyit. I'm pretty tempted. You're in the SF bay area, right?
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Yep, I live in SF proper.
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Thanks! Its an insulated Patagonia with custom applied vinyl sleeve, aka "Knapton sleeves"
Bindings are centered, I just have small size 8 feet, IMO better to have heel overhang than toe
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I should come clean...
I just bought an otto.
I definitely need to sell a board or two in the fall. Quiver's getting unwieldy and too overlappy now.
I just bought an otto.
I definitely need to sell a board or two in the fall. Quiver's getting unwieldy and too overlappy now.
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@ridethecliche buy that CR and try to collect every Korua. You know you want to. Think of how much internet cred you’ll get.
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I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I sold the Otto after a few uses or even the spam if it ever shows up. I think the SPAM is lost and gone forever though. Tracking hasn't updated in 2+ weeks. I think it's going to be cool to try, but I'm not sure it would be the daily I'd want.... who knows. Maybe I'll do a full 180 and want to sell the yup after this*.
I honestly think that everyone would call bullshit on this, but I really wish I had just like 2-4 boards that did everything I needed. I don't like having more than like 3-4 because I have to actually think about what I want to ride and that's not fun for me. I'd love a true daily driver and the closest thing I have to that right now is the yup, which is a lot of fun in all conditions except ice and the iguchi which is slightly less fun than the yup but solid in ice.
*Doubtful because at 153.5 it's my shortest board and one that I really like as a tree board for our tighter trees.
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Just a thought: I know you've only been riding a few years, and I suspect ( don't know, but suspect) you'd do well to just settle down on trying stuff and focusing on riding.
After my 3rd or 4th year riding (on 15-20 day seasons), I went HAM on trying different boards. I was demoing boards all the time, buying and selling them at a rapid clip. I rode dozens over a couple season span, sometimes riding them only once or twice before selling them. In retrospect, I should have just focused on riding. I wasn't yet at a point in my riding I could really hone in on what I liked and didn't like. I had generally or bad impressions, but so much was changing so quickly at all times (was also demoing different bindings and boots) that I couldn't really process things in a systematic, coherent way.
Due to grad school I settled down a bit and spent 4 years riding the same board, a Never Summer SL 158... which as it turned out was completely the "wrong" board for my ultimate preferences. Given my preferences now, that board was too short (158cm , typically ride 162-164), too narrow (253 mm ww, prefer 260+), had too tight a sidecut (7.5 m, prefer >8), and completely the wrong camber profile (early CRC, I rock camber underfoot in all conditions these days). Despite all that, I progressed a crap ton and had a lot of fun on the "wrong" board. Not thinking about which board I was going to grab on a particular weekend kind of settled things down. That time and just getting used to one board made me a much better rider in the long term.
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For me it's 2 boards and that's only because I air travel. If I lived within driving distance I'd buy a board a week I reckon and keep flipping them.
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Funny enough riding the "softened" 2020 TF reaffirmed why I only need one korua in the quiver, there's much better options if you're not looking for a stiff carving board, the Niseko pleasures usually takes over after 2 hours. If the korua is a racecar then the K2 is a BMW M3, so dialed in and the changes from the simple pleasures really changes the boards attitude, I hate saying any board is the best, but this K2 is damn close!
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