[Snowdaddy]

Finally got to ride the Pocket Rocket. I was going to buy it but @unsuspected beat me to it (luckily?). Rode it for a couple of hours in super wet fresh snow. Lots of it mess due to other skiers/boarders.

What can I say? It was scary one footing it. I kept scratching my head in the lift about how to react to it. Is it brilliant? Is it a contender for the Darwin Awards? Both?

The nose is a shovel, with edges just waiting to dig in, and when you put it on edge you hold your breath waiting for the sides of the nose to throw you. At least when it's not pristine groomers or deep deep snow. I wish they'd given it 5 cm of longer nose and rounded of the corners a bit to make it less lethal.

It was a workout getting the edge angle up. Easy if you wanted it properly on edge at a little bit of speed to put it into a carve. Just halfway there to some scarve or mellow carve was a chore.

This board is fun. I want one. Am I going to get one? Maybe not, but I really want one.

 

[Snowdaddy]

Finally pulled the trigger and ordered a Bullet Train. Seems like Korua are about to discontinue the BT so was last chance to grab one of them.

It says "back soon" on the website.

does anyone know if Korua slightly changed the BT at some point? Seems the setback doesn’t match (30 vs 20mm) and neither does the stance width and reference stance (50-64 vs 49-61).

Send them an email and ask. They're usually very good at responding to questions.

It's not impossible that they've changed the specs from one production to another. If they did, I suppose I must have the old one. Unless the stance width is an issue I'd not worry a lot about it.

 

[Snowdaddy]

Will probably do that yeah and see what they say.

I’ve spoken to them on the phone last week and that was the message. Apparently not decided yet but there seems to be a good chance it’s discontinued with the new CR+

I'm not surprised if they do discontinue it. It felt like very much a niche board to begin with. Maybe the Cafe Racer plus makes more sense and a much easier sell to regular riders. For me, the Pencil plus makes more sense than the Cafe Racer plus.

I don't think I'll ever get rid of my Bullet Train, mostly because it's such an idiot board to own.

 

[Snowdaddy]

I decided to give my TF54 another ago, didn't like it too much the first few times. Need some help adjusting the stance, maybe this time it will be better

I am 175cm, 75kg, size 42 boots, riding medium Katana bindings. I usually ride +21 -9, with 54cm width.
Translation for American friends: 5.7, 165 pounds, size 9 boots, +21 -9 with ~21.5 inch width.

I tried the same on the TF, but it just didn't feel as good as on my Nitro Dropout. Any tips on how to adjust it?

Sometimes boards just don’t match how you want to ride. I tried the old TF 157 and enjoyed it a lot.

What don’t you like about it? I personally find that the Korua boards I’ve tried likes quite a lot of front foot in the turn initiation. At least that’s how I like to ride them.