| Author |
Message |
nathan_burtontwinrider 
|
|
Post subject: FREEBORDS
 Posted: May 20, 2007 - 03:52 PM
|
|
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 73
Status: Offline
|
|
Hi all,
im thinking about purchasing a freebord (the board that allows you to snowboard the streets)
i was just wondering if anyone has one, if there any good and if it does actually feel like snowboarding e.g turn etc...?
thanks |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
soopazee
|
|
|
Post subject: RE: FREEBORDS
Posted: May 20, 2007 - 04:28 PM
|
|
Joined: Jan 17, 2006
Posts: 32
Location: manchester
Status: Offline
|
|
| yeah i would also like to know this... i dont wanna spend so much money if theyr dogturd! |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
nathan_burtontwinrider
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 20, 2007 - 06:27 PM
|
|
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 73
Status: Offline
|
|
yea £160 for a basic one is a bit steep if there not that good,
but it would be worth every penny in down times if its was actually 'like snowboarding the streets' as they claim... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
BoardingJay
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 20, 2007 - 06:29 PM
|
|
Joined: Dec 13, 2006
Posts: 1475
Location: South West London
Status: Offline
|
|
Yeh, I considered getting one as well but as you said, it's a bit steep...
I have read reviews that it is snowboarding on wheels but i've also heard that it isn't worth the money... |
_________________
Since the birth of Chuck Norris, deaths caused by the Roundhouse kick have increased by 45%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
snochick
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 20, 2007 - 06:37 PM
|
|
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
Posts: 1424
Location: Anywhere and everywhere!
Status: Offline
|
|
| I work for the UK distributor of Freebords and have to say that the feedback from people who have bought them has been excellent. They have to be ridden like a snowboard with your weight on you front foot otherwise if you ride them like a skateboard you'll come a cropper. You can also catch an edge like you can on a snowboard. You can carve on them as the outer wheel act like your edges and the middle wheels give you the ability to slideslip/skid. If you want to test one come into the MK Bucks Boarding store as we have one you can demo. |
_________________
http://www.conspiracyboardstore.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/uksnowchick01
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
BoardingJay
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 20, 2007 - 06:41 PM
|
|
Joined: Dec 13, 2006
Posts: 1475
Location: South West London
Status: Offline
|
|
| Where abouts in MK are you? have to stop by next time I go... |
_________________
Since the birth of Chuck Norris, deaths caused by the Roundhouse kick have increased by 45%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
snochick
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 20, 2007 - 06:56 PM
|
|
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
Posts: 1424
Location: Anywhere and everywhere!
Status: Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
nathan_burtontwinrider
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 22, 2007 - 04:47 PM
|
|
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 73
Status: Offline
|
|
thanks for the help,
might make my was down mk then |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
snochick
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 22, 2007 - 04:52 PM
|
|
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
Posts: 1424
Location: Anywhere and everywhere!
Status: Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
soopazee
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 11:18 AM
|
|
Joined: Jan 17, 2006
Posts: 32
Location: manchester
Status: Offline
|
|
| yeah i have another question, im from manchester... is there anywhere up here that does them. and i dont suppose you know what they are like pricewise in america because i will be there coaching football over the summer and whether it will be worth buyoing one or if i can try one there or better yet, anywhere near here! |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh_Kid_Ice
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 11:43 AM
|
|
Joined: Mar 01, 2006
Posts: 1439
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Status: Offline
|
|
never even heard of em, juts took a look though, they look good but a shame our roads are nothing like that over here.
narrow, loads or traffic and pot holes everywhere! |
_________________
Facebook - Adam Clarke-Wilson
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
snochick
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 12:42 PM
|
|
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
Posts: 1424
Location: Anywhere and everywhere!
Status: Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
snochick
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 08:40 PM
|
|
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
Posts: 1424
Location: Anywhere and everywhere!
Status: Offline
|
|
|
soopazee wrote:
yeah i have another question, im from manchester... is there anywhere up here that does them. and i dont suppose you know what they are like pricewise in america because i will be there coaching football over the summer and whether it will be worth buyoing one or if i can try one there or better yet, anywhere near here!
There are some shops in the Manchester area that will possibly be stocking Freebords but we are still in talks. When i know more I'll let you know.
Have a look on the Freebord.com site for US prices. |
_________________
http://www.conspiracyboardstore.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/uksnowchick01
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
snowgirl1324
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 09:24 PM
|
|
Joined: Jan 26, 2005
Posts: 2245
Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire
Status: Offline
|
|
| They look great, if you live in rural US, or you dont have any road congestion, cant see to many places that you could use em, you obviously need hills! |
_________________
Snowghosts......................spooky!
La Plagne Jan 25th, yay!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=652154255
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
snochick
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 09:40 PM
|
|
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
Posts: 1424
Location: Anywhere and everywhere!
Status: Offline
|
|
We have found places in MK to use them and there is a growing piste network throughout the UK where people have mapped and graded hills on roads, parks etc. There is going to be a big meet in Grenwich next month too.
Take a look on the site and you can see one of the guys does street rails on his so you don't entirely need hills. Also there are some videos of people riding down the main streets in San Fran, which i wouldn't say is rural. Steve (head BBC bod) has been towed behind the back of a car wake stlyie. Hills are an important part of using one, but snowboarding needs hills too, hence why its like snowboarding. |
_________________
http://www.conspiracyboardstore.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/uksnowchick01
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SCUK 
FAQ
Search
Register
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
Maximize
RSS Feed
SCUK on Facebook