sNOw Board AdvIcE

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

Looking for a new setup for the winter....... Found a real good deal on last years Omatic Extr-emo anyone have one ?

My Other option are
Capita stairmaster
Capita Indoor Survival
Or
Forumn Substance.

The Indoor, and the survival have revers camber.

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

or a latchkey......

RollinTrees · Frontside 180 Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 334 City: NorCal

ive been riding the same M3 for the last 4 years. thing is a tank man! i love it

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

PIRATE, I have a Lib-Tech TRice with banana/magnetraction.

Banana / Reverse camber is definitely "fun".

Good deals are available for pretty much all O-Matic boards as they are made in China to keep costs down, but I've heard really good things about them.

Out of your list though, I would probably go with the Indoor Survival, as I almost bought that board last year, but ended up getting a really good deal on my TRice that I couldn't pass up.

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

Im leaning toward the omatic, unless someone can verify that they suck...... Or that the Reverse Camber boards are the way to go.

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

PIRATE, when Lib Tech's skate banana's were first coming out, there were really two schools of thought... One is that reverse camber would change the industry, and that everyone will only ride RC. The other was that it was a fad that would die out.

It definitely isn't dying out anytime soon, as pretty much every major manufacturer has their own version of it now... but at the same time, there are several great boards out there that are conventionally shaped camber wise.

In fact, the reason I like my Lib Tech over my Burton Custom is more on the fact of the detuned magne traction edges. Soft enough to not bite too hard when I don't need the extra hold, but giving me extra traction when I need it. Having reverse camber is a cool feature, but it isn't the defining feature that some people crack it up to be.

Then again the Travis Rice is a stiffer RC board, so it doesn't have as much play as say a Skate Banana would, so maybe a softer RC board would be more fun... I dunno.

So moral of the story, based off what I've heard of the O-matic, I think it would be a good board and you should get it if that's the direction you're leaning.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

senorbueno, I'm seriously looking into a skate banana

would you condone this?

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

Le Jalapeno, yeah. I like Lib Tech a lot... if you are willing to spend the money, then go for either that board or the GNU Park Pickle looks pretty sick too. (both Mervin Manufacturing)

The Bug · Frontside 180 Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 434 City: Redding

Sorry I'm late on this one, but Omatic brother. Local boardshop guy told me that with reverse camber (flat kick, V rocker, etc...) you cannot load the tail on jumps and get as much pop as traditional camber. He said they are like riding one of those aluminum discs down the hill. Kids are dropping huge ched on them though.

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

dylo · Posted: Oct 23, 2009 6:05 am Post subject:

ive got a park pickle as my jib stick but lets get one thing down, reverse camber and a deeper heel sidecut has been around years before Mervin decided to meddle in it. Now you have all these kids who ride 5 times a year and are the biggest banana fanboys going around. it's the new burton.

PIRATE, it all depends one what you ride most dude. can't really recommend one thing from another unless you tell me what you ride. park, BC, pow, groomers or a mix of everything. and all you lib/gnu fanboys dont start telling me banana and MTX is the perfect board for everything, because in reality it isnt.

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

dylo, true.
I see it everyday. Our terrian park is sponsored by Burton and ruled by kids on Libs.
For most people in this forum that don't get the varity you mentioned (ride. park, BC, pow, groomers or a mix of everything) the combination of Banana and MTX is perfect.

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

yookyle · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 1002 City: Reno

i like my ride....................................

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

i cant tell you anything about omatic, but from personal experience, capita, forum and stepchild all break really easy

i think rome and revolution defiantly make the most solid snowboards out there

i agree about the reverse camber thing, its only really good for just rails or just backcountry/pow

labellethrasher · Posted: Oct 26, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject:

dylo · Posted: Nov 03, 2009 5:56 am Post subject:

labellethrasher · Posted: Nov 03, 2009 10:33 am Post subject:

dylo you ski don't you Laughing

Never said it made them a bad company. Your argument is hilarious, ski manufacturers have been doing "things" a lot longer than stepchild? what things? making ski poles? ha, I'm just kidding man but I'd rather support a rider owned company than some suits any day.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

labellethrasher, i snapped the tail off my powder sucks in like 2 weeks of riding, and didnt get a warranty Sad

they claimed it was from a rail impact, but it defiantly wasn't.

my brother's edges on his latchkey got all messed up and the sidewall started popping out halfway through the season and his base started separating, and they wouldn't warranty that either

based on the boards the quality of the boards i've ridden, the bad customer service, and the fact that the local rep was a jerk to me on the phone, i don't think i'll be riding a stepchild for a long time. (even though i love their team and the fact that they're rider owned.)

labellethrasher · Posted: Nov 03, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject:

if you have any pics of either, I'd love to see em, maybe I could help in some way. Do you still have the boards? & what happened to your jibstick?