Just playing with a carbon top sheet and graphics. And it's a split board I just have to order the hardware.
sierrachub019 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
sierrachub004 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
sierrachub005 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
sierrachub009 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
nice look. How did you do carbon and the graphic?
I layed up the carbon after the board was bagged. Burried the carbon in uv epoxy. Wet sanded and urethane coated. covered the whole thing with masking tape and knifed the graphics. Peeled tape and sprayed.
WOWWWW! Nice job man!
the holes for you touring bracket look way to far back. maybe its the perspective but if its not your going to have a hell of a time breaking trail. other than that that thing is the tits.
is it the graphic you masked out on the carbon?
It' the perpective. Not sure of your question about making but I masked the whole board then removed the tape where I wanted to spray on the graphic.
Sweet. Did you do an inside edge on this thing? Wood inner sidewalls?
It' the perpective. Not sure of your question about making but I masked the whole board then removed the tape where I wanted to spray on the graphic.
ya that's what i referring to. because it almost looks like you cut the carbon so that graphic is the knockout
Wow that board is so beautiful
Cheers, Christoph
THIRD board!!!
OMG, respect those skills
Cap. Beautiful work, good eye. Not serious. Really. Rocker on a backcountry? Have you done any break/flex/failure testing? But really beautiful...seriously...just not usable is what I see. I would break that in 2 days...either in construction from delam or with a hammer after using a park camber in back-country.
This board is for me so no edges or ptex. Trying to keep her a light as possible. If you have to lift an extra half pound with every step in the back country you get less runs. Nothing but powder or corn for this ride.
The powder in my area is almost never dry and light it's more like marshmallo fluff heavy and sticky so rocker really helps. Why do you think the board is weak? It has plenty triax under the carbon.
That's not much of a criteria. You can ride the hood of a car in PC powder...or an ironing board. Listen...it's beautiful work. Seriously. There's just a lil bit to go.
I never said it was the best board in the world. It's just what I'm going to have a blast on aaallll winter long. Then I'll build another for next year only a little better and so on.
You never did. I'm a little jealous...your designs, finish and use of materials are awesome.There's just so much more...and not to over-complicate it. You just have no idea yet...
I'm pretty sure.
I haven't been to Tucks in many years, but I would guess it hasn't changed much. Every year I say I'm going but never get around to it. The lunch rocks is a great place to watch people crash and burn.
beautiful split!
i would def sacrifice "weight" for real and durable ptex and edges, especially on a split. what type of bindings are those?
and brazen, i was converted from camber to rocker purely for backcountry riding. i can ride a smaller board with less effort in pow. we feel like its a rider preference as far as camber/rocker, not necessarily what terrain you are planning on riding. and yes, i have ridden an ironing board in pow, look up springbreak snowboards and laugh a lot.
you do however loose a lot of contact area for skinning on the rockered split. just make sure you are out front in fresh pow and not on someone elses trail!
Haaa!! I love that vid! Some parts look like you're ridin a 9 foot longboard in water! I moved to the mainland after 17 years of maui longboarding last year. So I can relate to what you are up to. The bindings are Voile light rails and I like them. I bought a complete Voile mojo rx to get a package deal hopefully I can sell the deck. Ptex & edges are for suckers! Naw if this test board rides like I hope the next one may get the full build. I live in the Tahoe area so we should trade some ideas after the snow flies. Short wide and fully rockered!!
I saw a washing machine size ice block hammer the peanut gallery on lunch rocks not cool. You asked if I had wood side rails. Yes but they are fully capped.
you do however loose a lot of contact area for skinning on the rockered split. just make sure you are out front in fresh pow and not on someone elses trail![/quote]
I wonder what brand skins you're using. I used Voile tractor skins on last winters test board and kept up with my friend in all conditions. He had a cambered 171mm and I had a rockered 135mm short board.
Douchepost
Some people can't handle seeing other people having more fun than them.
It's all about FUN FUN FUNNN!!
The funny thing is that most snowboards built for backcountry freeriding now have some form of rocker. All of T-rices boards have some form of rocker, and his banana hammock is full rocker. All of the Jones boards have rockered tips and tails with varying levels of camber underfoot (which wouldn't even be necessary if they weren't designed for riding icy steeps). All of lib's experimental pow boards are full rocker. K2's Gyrator is full rocker, and marketed for powder only. A lot of split boards and skis that people are using to access the backcountry have rocker.
Thinking that rocker is only for park is even funnier, since the trend is actually opposite. Most professional park riders are finding that in order to stick the biggest airs they have to have some form of camber. In fact the big air freestyle park wizards are all riding cambered boards.
Rocker is finding it's place in snowboard design mainly in freeride and powder boards, not in park boards (although the kids are still eating up rockered park boards).
I don't care if Seth friggin' McFarlane rides rocker (please see definition of "funny"). I prefer the power and edging in regular camber. Thank you. I wasn't saying that it should be the standard...
"K2's Gyrator is full rocker, and marketed for powder only."
Ironing board?
I just checked out the utube review of the gyrator and it looks like it rides fine at the resort. If I ever ride a resort I'd definitely bring a cambered board and rockered. I was checking out some K2 powder skiis and couldn't believe how much rocker they had. They made my boards look flat. It's so inspiring to see a big company doing radical stuff like that.
I know...I also know that people can only provide unbiased opinions about things they have no interest in. DBS' zealous fervour regarding rocker boards is understood but misdirected, as was his comment on my comment. Huck, you're not riding resorts? And, I have to say as much as I love K2, I believe they started the exodus to China...so who cares what they do.
I'm not riding resorts. No job so no big expenses. My friends tell me all about the stress to get fresh tracks on a pow day at the resorts. Not so interested.
haha, yeah
I'll bet poaching 'em will be seeing an increase.
Good friend who is a ripper says that the Gyrator is a first run only machine. He charges and that board is pretty much unrideable at a resort. No control in anything but powder.
Generally K2 can suck a bag of d icks
Ya that and people are going to get more creative. Snowmobiles and shuttling. I found a run between two highways we can shuttle on google earth. I'm going to cut some limbs to open up more terrain soon. Nothing like the lift having a cooler full of beer!!
^ there's just nothing wrong with that sentence
Hey HuckPituee. I'm another admirer of your beautiful boards.
Whats the weight of the carbon mat and how's the riding? Too stiff or just right?
