[Yeahti87]

From Koruas get the Otto. Hands down the most versatile one with their DNA still there. Fits your requirements the best. I enjoyed both the 161 last year and the 157 last week that my bud is ripping on.

 

[Yeahti87]

A bit slushy is where naturally wider and stiffer Koruas excel. Check their edits

 

[Yeahti87]

Rode the Pencil 164 and Cafe 159 on the same day. The difference is barely noticeable. At somepoint owned both CR 159 and 164, rode both for the whole day to test them and the difference is huge. Almost like another model from Korua with their DNA in there.

 

[Yeahti87]

Has anyone ridden both the Pencil and the Cafe Racer? On paper they are very similar and there’s a CR for sale cheapish near me. Also, is the core profiling the same on different models, aside from the differing nose and tail shapes? I’m wondering if there is any noticeable difference between these two specifically but also more generally with the flex across the whole line.

They are very similar, I’ve ridden CR 159 and Pencil 164. The core and camber profile are the same. The tail on the CR is super stiff, on the Pencil it is a bit easier to flex it as it is longer and curved up but otherwise the board flex is the same. Same geometry.

 

[Yeahti87]

Pencil 164 has different geometry than Dart 164. Way more EE, bigger sidecut radius and less taper on the Dart 164. Pencil 164 = Dart 156 on piste and the difference is a softer torsionally tail that is indeed worse switch. That’s it.

 

[Yeahti87]

I put the Koruas in a snowsurf carving category. A dedicated carving board doesn’t have a long pointy nose - it’s for powder/slush. I also don’t like more than 1 cm of taper for carving hardpack - the board gets very backfoot driven.
Regarding the Bullet Train - I had a chance to ride it last week (my friend owns one). It’s the softest titanal board I’ve been on. It’s pretty medium stiff, I actually very much like that flex for a daily carver but that much taper and only 9.8 m sidecut still limits you in how much you can tilt a board without going uphill too quickly.
For reference my dedicated carver is Nobile N8 titanal 168 - around 160 cm EE with close to 13 m sidecut. A whole different level of carving. If I were to tweak it for my needs I’d make it 14-15 m sidecut while softening the longitudal flex a bit and lowering the taper to around 8 mm from 14 mm or so.

 

[Yeahti87]

Guys, don’t compare sbx carver boards to hb monoskis 😀