badmigraine 0 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 The guys on this page make the "Helmets-Yes or No?" threads irrelevant... Speed! Click on the link to "Carving" and read about the Skwal, which is essentially an ultra-narrow carving snowboard... Now THIS would be worth a try on a boring weather day. Link to post Share on other sites
AsterG 0 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 With a bit of practice they migth go faster. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 Allt för att minska på luftmotståndet. - well of course. I mean why else, although it would make the ladies swoon. Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 that skwal just looks like a ski with the bindings mounted funny.... danz Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 I can only assume that certain people ignore me. everytime a hardboard thread or post showed up in the last few weeks i have posted about this type of board (I see now that it is called a skwal). I even started a thread on it. I tell you, I saw these guys totally slicing the groomers open on them. I am getting one for next season for the days where the hard groomer is all that is available. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 db, this might actually be better value; http://www.donek.com/01_products/axis.htm Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 cheers, it looks pretty interesting. I wonder what type of boots you wear with it? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Hardies I think... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 yes, reading the reviews it seems that stiffies are the order of the day. Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 db, it's all thanks to you...I found the Skwal doing a search after seeing your post in the "hard boards" thread saying something about some people rocking an "ultra-narrow board"...I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I Googled it. Credit where credit is due! It was all you. Now, your next job is to actually get riding on one, then give us a full review! Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 That looks so much like water skiing.... I bet even I could do that, being a water skier... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 The guys even using a open faced helmut. Wind burn!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 wow Skwal I saw one of those in Spotaka shop recently, havent seen one for 5 years. I tried riding one back then, when they first came out and its a really interesting thing, your feet and both pointing foward, one behind the other on a narrow waist with a really big sidecut-wide tip and tail. Anyway its a fairly unstable thing due to the positon of your feet,just try standing like that right now, you have no stability. To make it work your hip must face foward at all times and no twisting so all the motion is conducted from the knees, angling them in the direction you want to go. you need pole for stability but once you are going you can carve a trench deep enough to lay cables in. And its really hard much harder than skiing or boarding. a newcomer to snowsports would really struggle without ever skiing before Link to post Share on other sites
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