"rossignol snowblade : 1.18 M" yay or neigh?

[jago25_98]

What do you think?

I have an email from my hire place offering `rossignol snowblade : 1.18 M`.

Are these skiboards proper or the ones that don't work in powder do you think?

Off mid Jan and hoping Skiboards will help me keep up with girlfriend.

[nate]

I don't think rossi ever made proper skiboards. Put your money somewhere else.

[Roussel]

those are just short skis. rossi always makes high quality stuff, but they really are just short skis, they are the same as the low end scratch skis but in a small package.

if you want a small ski go for it, but if you want a skiboard, you wont regret it.

[SkaFreak]

I think Roussel meant to say that if you want real skiboards, you'll regret buying those, just to clear that up. They are not real skiboards, just short skis.

[winterparkrider]

Anything with the word blade attached to it is going to be just that . A thin skipping board that has the potental to be more hazardess than fun. save that money and a little more and get real boards like r8,allz, spruce,summit, or lokens if you can still get them. Its well worth it.

[jago25_98]

thanks for the tip off! I'm glad I asked.

Don't suppose anyone knows a place to hire in Courchevel?

[anaesthetic]

In Europe I think you will only be able to hire snowblades or similar. See the 'whats wrong with snowblades' thread in skiboarding section.

If thats all you can hire though it'll be ok for first time, but they have limits. If you like it and wanna invest then you should buy some Revel8 skiboards from www.exclaimskiboards.co.uk, they will give you a much better ride all over the mountain and are the best you can get in the UK.

This is the only place in UK to get real skiboards. Ski shops in the UK don't really know what real skiboards are AFAIK, don't let them sell you Salomon snowblades, or any of the other ski brands attempts at it.

Where in the uk are you? If you are near one of the snowdomes one of us can probably give you a feel of some real skiboards.

[Manlenium]

NEH.....:(

[nate]

Gotta love this picture:

http://www.skiboardsonline.com/pics/forum/difference.jpg

[jago25_98]

I'm only going for a week.

If I can't hire and try before I buy it'll have to be normal skis for this trip.

Hopefully I can get the van ready for the cold for next year, then I can justify buying from proper Skiboards.

This year is a surf year. But hopefully later on I can start using my campervan at some resort, save a lot of money and thus spend lots of time out there.

But I won't be able to if no money so better be a good boy and wait until the time is right. Who knows, could be better boards out by then.

[anaesthetic]

Saw these on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Line-Bullet-Skiboards-95cm-with-pro-bindings_W0QQitemZ130184525525QQihZ003QQcategoryZ1 6062QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Its almost worth it for the bindings alone, they are qulity and they stopped making them this year.

Not as fat as modern skiboards but they'd be good to get started and should be lots of fun if you can afford 'em.

This is probably only equivalent to the price of a week's ski hire!