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Yeah thats the one :p

Anyways....back to the porn please:



Ladies and gentleman, I give you....the Lib-Tech Cygnus X-1.....


Can I get a hell yeah bitches!

When I was living in York, there was so many places selling snowboarding gear, I almost went back into snowboarding..

Nowt wrong them, aside from weight. Combined with the malamutes, they make for a very responsive ride.

Ooooh thats fighting talk! To the park!

oh wait...

not saruman then.

i know what you mean...i'm size 11 and its FUCKING SO HARD to find a good freestyle board. they're all built for 5ft5 60kg skandi/euro rippers - not anyone over 6ft and 85kg.

so different when you're riding. whatever your size/weight you can either custom build perfection or it exists.

as a result i've been through so many boards trying to find utopia. will never buy burton or apo again. seen masses of burton bindings break on the hill. that set of 390's is my second pair. my first pair are still in perfect nick.

i got the board from slopestyle in morzine haggling JP in their end of season sale. he told me about the bindings so i tracked the last pair in the universe down in canada - also in the sale for $100 canadian...result.

if the piste is choppy though this one is too flappy. need a stiffer freestyle board too for the pow...quiver of 2 should do it.

as for saloman, if its good enough for benedek its good enough for everyone.

union will be fucking ballistic in 2 years - especially now they got kass and gigi ruf. i had a pair of force bindings sent to me once to check them out and wasn't that into the toestrap. the overall binding though was incredible - sposed to be the seasonaires choices as they're megaton bomb proof.

rate highly 32's. currently on a set of 3 season old timbas! they're great looking but too low tech. will be either in a set of lashed or a diff colorway in dem AF1's i posted...so sick

buddah - pls no ski porn...start your own shizzle

in fact just take a photo of my stick..., stretch it length ways, stick some magnetron edges on it and a rocker and thats what all skiers will be riding in 2 years. you lot are typically about that far off pace and borrow all our ideas, tricks and handshakes so no borrow this thread grazzi (with the greatest respect, of course).

simples

had a duotone once - nice board...suprisingly good all rounder. would not venture out on 10 yr old bindings tho...you're a brave man!

maybe just yell 'hell' - those graphics are well gnarly! looks like it has the mag on it though?

pffft.
My cross country ski's are like 50 years old, and made from wood laminate ;)

Have you not met CJ? He's pretty gnarly himself, he aint called CrazyJames for nuttin!

hadn't considered that...think my gnarly days (on the road) are over. just recently wronged myself. snow and even ice is a lot softer than steel and tarmac.

think i just found a use for them

I have nearly 30 boards, and about to take delivery of a couple of next seasons Libs, a TRice with the new CBTX, new Danny Kass,and a Lando Phoenix - i have a hook up with Lib/Gnu in the US, already have next years Gnu Park Pickle witch is basically an asymmetric Skate Banana - been riding Unions too for the last 4 seasons.

Been rocking Libs for about 10 years now, but have a couple of Bataleons from the last couple of seasons, a K2 Gyrator for the Pow Pow, always grab a couple of Burtons to see whats up with them, but cant say i like most of em save for my fish, had a couple of Romes too.

Got a Yes on the way too, new brand set up by DCP, RDM and JP from the old Uninc team, made in the nidecker factory with some interesting tech

You call that ^ a scar?

Thats like a light scratch compared to my trashed body haha ;)

latest in a large collection...now need tats to cover it up...could get easily mistaken for a shark attack victim

Yeah its got magna traction, gotta love the magna-traction when my board eventually gives up the ghost my next lib-tech/gnu board is gonna have magnatraction :)

Haha, you wanna see my right lower leg mate, 1 third of it is just a giant frankenstein skin graft scar, its easily ugly enough for me to bullshit that I was involved in a shark attack (which I have done a couple of times, just for kicks :p), but it was just from a car crash I was passenger in way back, joined by a nice skin graft scar on one thigh, and a big train track of a scar all the way down from knee to hip on my other leg, not to mention the countless little ones here and there from bmx over the years.

fuck me villain thats quite the quiver. many questions/comments
1) are you some kind of trustafarian to happy that many rides? you sound too knowledgable for that...sounds like you're in the game (i.e. well connected not whoring yourself)
2) heard about the yes stuff - was really shocked when uninc was axed...thought that was the sickest stuff burton did. didn't know they were ready to go this year though...whats the score with their boards?
3) so if you've got bataleons, you've ridden tpt, bananas, and rockers/cambers. was condsidering a tpt - what out of all this nushit is good and for where...and is this magnetraction noteably different too?

Say it loud, i'm SCARRED and i'm proud!

ok...you win hands down...where'd they find all that extra skin from? second time buffalo bill could get a mention today. he got a shout on the new blb thread today.

the prob with my arm aint the scar...its the plate and 6 screws sitting just below it.

ps...why would anyone want an asymetic park board?!?!

They got it off my thigh, yeah I guessed you had metal work from that scar, how did you do it anyways?
I had metal work to in my left leg for a couple of years, a massive rod knee to hip and a few screws, not pleasant.

seen it before...ouch. some laws of physics you just cant cheat. like at what pressure an innertube bursts.

altercation with a steel grill. had plate and screws before in the same arm but at my elbow. your thigh shit though again totally outgnarls me. ldngrl was right!

new rome shit

http://broblog.snowbroader.eu/2009/0...view-for-real/

and bataleon shit too

http://broblog.snowbroader.eu/2009/0...view-for-real/

Haha yeah my leg was pretty fucked, 4 breaks clean through the femur with about an inch worth of bone turned to dust from the impact lol.
Re the bmx thing though, that kinda gap to flat was pretty fucking insane, and you could see in the air he wasn't going to land perfectly, i'm sure there's been equally gnarly gaps done in the past, but if you fuck up the landing just a little bit you're screwed, you could see he was shitting it because he pretty much froze in mid-air and it nothing would have stopped that from happening, biggest I ever managed was a 10 stair I think, and that took a few bitch runs for me to psyche myself up. My old mate pikey mikey managed a 5 flat 5 double set though I think, that was pretty damn sick, he did flare his head tube when he landed though!

Use them for taking the nippas out for some (very) fresh air.

coming into this from a skate background..hence the elbow. did a few 12's and a few double sets. bailing is way easier on a board...but riding is easier to get and control speed. learnt my lesson...save up all my years gnarlyness and let it out over 3 snow trips/year...if i'm lucky. snowbombing this year for the first time.

You mean next year, this year has gone ;)

sweet. looks like norway

doh...this season or snowboarding 'year'...hah - got out of that

I just watched that MTV scarred thing and feel a bit queasy

Ha . . . no just a well connected 30 year old who now earns enough cash to indulge his habit after many seasons of slumming it!

There's a lot of new tech out there, and even more to confuse you in the upcoming season - K2 alone have 4 different rocker types in their line.

A lot of companies are moving towards having a flat based board with rockered ends, rather than rocker in the middle - K2, Capita and Rome are all going this way, whereas Burton and Lib are sticking with Banana type rocker.

Even within the Lib/Gnu line ups the rocker and MTX on each board changes considerably - i have both a Banana 59, and a Phoenix 57 from last season, and the Phoenix has hardly any rocker compared to the Banana, and hardly noticeable MTX.

This is because a lot of pros found the MTX too grippy, and in recent years Lib has actually toned it down across the range - also most of the pros dont use Banana boards - the boards you see Travis rice winning big air on in the X Games was a regular cambered board. My favortie board is his normal pro model without BTX but with MTX

The thing about rocker is that it makes snowboarding easier, but also lazier, like riding a skate deck with loose trucks - you need to adjust your style to get the best out of it, however for hooning around super fast, you can beat camber, and the Snap it gives you.

If you only board 2 weeks a year, or fuck about indoors, then rocker will make your life a lot easier, but on big jumps and icy slopes, camber still rules.

However - Libs MTX is what makes their rocker design so good, as it compensates for the loss of camber, by providing extra grip, which is why the more rockered boards in their line up have more MTX.

That is why this year Lib has bought out C2BTX, which is basically a board rockered in the middle, with camber in the tips to provide snap and response - the pros are actualy using this tech, and i am looking forward to trying it out. Never Summer do something similar with their rockered boards, which are a great ride.

MTX really does work, def worth checking out

I am a big fan of the Bataleons - they are obviously super forgiving, and feel very weird when you first ride them, but the tech really does work. Buttering is a piece of piss, but i have landed shit on them that i would have stacked on other decks, Banana included.

The thing i really like about them, is that the TBT actually works better than MTX at holding an edge in my opinion. This is because the base is bevelled, so when you crank it onto an edge, you are putting way more pressure through the edge, and getting way more grip, whilst keeping the whole edge in contact with the snow - they carve like motherfuckers! They still retain camber too, so lots of snap - my personal favourites are the Jam and Riot.

One area rocker does rule is Powder - My Gyrator shits on anything i have ever ridden in the Pow, unbelievable float both forwards and switch, super manoeuvrable, and still good on the pistes. I havent touched my fish in the 2 years i have had the Gyrator!

Yes boards should be good, as the Nidecker, whilst not a cool brand, actually make some of the best boards out there - their Mega and Ultralight boards are the best i have ever ridden for going fast s fuck on the hard stuff, and the use a similar tech to MTX which i believe the Yes boards will have.

Any way ii could go on for ages - i know way too much about snowboard tech, sorry if i have rambled on a bit

nuh huh you said Snowbombing which is from April 5th 2010 for 5 days.

yep...this (as in coming) 'snowboarding year'

Here are some of my decks . .

ramble? dude - you were only just getting going!!!

woah...so much content will have to consider and get back.

initial reaction is that you've confimed my thoughts on the TPT - ride away from more tricks and still hold an edge super good - sounds like the perfect all mountain freestyle. i can believe that about the bananas in the pow but honestly i couldn't bring myself to buy one. just the name sounds like a joke. this C2BTX sounds like a great combination though.

i usually buy one board a year, part financed by an ebay sale and always find the decision sooo hard especially when really needing a midwide. sounds like this year will be the hardest of all!

alternatively i'll just go riding with you...problem solved

2010 Lib Tech

ok take back the nana comment - gyrator looks sick as fuck. think ed leigh rode one of those on ski sunday. maybe he just made it look gay - yours looks dope. are they unions on that?

so is the C2BTX on the dark series?

Yeah Union Inverters from a couple of seasons back, though i frankenbinderd them with a Burton suoercapstrap - newer unions have a better toe strap though.



I havent got a pic of my Danny Kass, but i am riding Union Contacts on that which i love, but are a bit soft - next years Union Kass pro model has the contact baseplate with a data high back, should be a sick binding

Yup C2BTX option on Dark, TRice, Danny Kass, and some womens boards

Next years Unions are sick . . i have the Rasta Data on order

nice...that matching B&B kass setup is almost as nice as my rome

really love the idea of the unions but the toestrap was a real let down...crushed your boot and toe so glad they're onto it as they're dsigns are unbelieveable, like something out of empire strikes back when they're in white.

was just about to hit send when i saw your binding post. reading my mind with the rasta data...my eyes locked onto them as soon as i saw the image...force look sweet too.

no gigi binding this year then? did you see that telephone pole handplant invert he did, landing on a road at the end of his optimistic section? i'm still in shock. love it that these guys have left and done they're own thing...almost like JP to stepchild...these guys will have a huge impact on these smaller brands. now if only nico muller could go join capita...

+1 For Flow

Current set up

Palmer Honeycomb board
Flow bindings
Burton Rulers

Board and bindings about 5 years old and bought in the US in the sale and when the exchange rate was half decent, boots about 2 years old. Need new board n bindings but don't go enough to warrant the expense.

Last time I went was 1 season ago in Finland, just below the arctic circle. Floodlit pistes for the scary win!

My first deck, a reto lamb rad air. got it off a mate for £20.