Older Boards?

[xxxander]

I am new and bought some used skiboards on ebay before I found out about this site. I managed to get my hands on some cheapy's last summer for $20 and loved the shit out of them for 3 days at the mountain so far, so it was time to upgrade.

I bought some NEW/Old stock Journey's and some used Line Five-O's not really knowing what I was buying. Upon recieving the boards I am extremely excited to try the journeys merely based on the look. I'll be heading up this weekend to try both pairs out. (by the way, my girlfriend is pissed that i'm giving up snowboarding for skiboarding)

I was just wondering anyone's thoughts on the boards I now have (the cheapy's are getting given away to get others hooked!)

Journey - I have no idea the model. They look capped by fiberglass. A very unfinished look to them. Kind of yellow in color with a yellow base and red logo

Line Five-O - with FF Cam bindings.

Thanks everyone
Xander

I'll be at either Boreal or Sierra this weekend!!! Jan 22 - 24 '10

[Courtney]

Journeys are pretty hard to find these days.

Both of these boards will be fine starter boards. By comparison to modern skiboards these are much skinnier. The width of newer boards will give you more stability and float in powder. I've never ridden Journey's, but I think they were pretty wide for their time, but still rather short.

If you feel a little unstable you may want to consider getting a new pair off SBOL. The skiboard technology/design has come quite a way since these older boards were made.

[jjue]

xxxander , welcome ! another sacramento guy , great !
You scored some nice old boards ..
A nice resource to get info on old boards is skiboard magazine's data base

http://www.skiboardmagazine.com/data/databoards.html

Here is the data on your Journey boards
Journey
(Out Of Business)

Name N/A (Discontinued)
Length: 87 cm
Tip/Waist/Tail Width: 13.7/10.9/13.7 cm
SideCut: 4.05 m
Tail/Tip Height: 4.1/4.1 cm
Stance Back From Center: 0 mm
Running Length: N/A
Binding Pattern: 4x4
Core: Wood
Base: 1500 FS Base P-Tex
Graphics: Journey made graphics to customers choice of styles and colours

Here is the data on your line 5-0 boards
Line Five-O ( Discontinued)
Lenght: 90 cm
Tip/Waist/Tail Width: 11.9/10.4/11.9 cm
SideCut: 8.5 m
Tail/Tip Height: N/A
Stance Back From Center: 0
Running Length: N/A
Binding Pattern: 4x4
Core: Wood
Base: N/A
Graphics: N/A



Here is the data on a modern high performance 90 cm board similar in length to your two boards
Revel8 Tansho 90 cm (base length) 87.5 (tip to tip length ) turning radius , 4. 80 dimensons 13.5/10.5/13.5 tip and tail height 4.5/4.5

You can see that the Revel8 tansho is quite similar to your Journey skiboard . Although I have not ridden the Journey , those who have really like them .. I think Can , on this forum , has one and can chime in . I would say that your Journey skiboard was very nice and wide for it's day and should perform similar to the Revel8 Tansho and be a great ride . The major problem will be flotation in pow off trail especially in the very deep snow we are currently getting in the Sierras .. for that stuff the much wider and longer modern skiboards will do better.

Here are some reviews of the Tansho which should give you an idea of how the Journey will be like
http://www.skiboardreview.com/tansho.html


The Line 5-0 are nice boards but significantly narrower then the modern 90 cm boards , and a less turnier side cut radius ..
Fookisan on this forum has them and loves them , even likes them better then the wider modern skiboards. the Line 5/0's should be real nice on groomed snow .. the Journey and of course the modern Tansho should do better in variable broken snow .. once you get the taste of going into the pow , you may want longer and wider skiboards... but basically you have a very nice start on skiboarding with your two boards ...

[xxxander]

Awesome!!! thats good to know! I'm glad I got decent equipment. If only I had known about this site beforehand!
Thanks for the info! I hope to see you all on the mountain some day (help teach me some shit!)

[CrazyBoy-1]

I have both models and have ridden both. The Lines are definitely much thinner than most modern boards and will not perform as well. Having said that, they also have much more of a "skate" feel to them, and are a lot of fun in the park.

The Journeys are one of my favorite boards. Treat them well? because they are rare and quite unique. As Jack pointed out, they are similar to the newer Revel8 boards in width, but they have (I think) a more aggressive sidecut and a stiffer flex to them. They will not ride in powder as well as Tanshoes probably would, but they are sweet on groomers. One other similarity to the Revel8's is the blunt tips they have. This gives more effective edge in a shorter package.

Enjoy them. They are a great way to enter the sport.

[slow]

..........I hope to see you all on the mountain some day

Get out and practice :) so you can join us at Shredfest starting February 27th in North Lake Tahoe. Here are details: http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=9165

[CAN]

Hi All,

I did have the Journeys and liked them, I just liked my KTP's better so I sold them to Crazyboy-1. They do ride similar to the Revel 8's. They are a stiffer board that carves well. You will like them xxxander. I had a site bookmarked all about the Journey boards, but when I went to it today it came up page not found. Ride them and have fun, add more boards as you want, but I think you have good quality boards. As slow said please come join us at Shredfest as you can see and maybe try some other boards to make comparisons with.

Chad

[xxxander]

OK, so first day yesterday on real boards. I was only able to try out the Journeys as a friend of mine was trying the five-o's out. One word described my experience! AMAZING! Those things are amazing! I am so in love with this sport. I feel that I progressed so much yesterday. oh, and the difference in feel from the cheapy's 8 hole bindings and the 4x4 patern is huge! I could tell the second I put the boards on!

I will never get rid of the Journeys! I want to find the guy that made them and give him a hug!

[CrazyBoy-1]

Glad to hear that you had a good time. Just don't ride the Journeys too hard in the park. From what I understand, they can be slightly brittle. I've hit some boxes on my one set, and they did well, but I won't ride them in the park regularly.

[xxxander]

Thanks, good advice. I think i'm going to try to get comfy on my five-o's for the park. Thinking about looking into the KTP's for the more powder days. any thoughts on that? I want a longer wider board, but not too long. I've always been an inline skater and the length scares me :/

[xxxander]

. I've always been an inline skater and the length scares me :/
thats what she said! HAHA!

[MitchK]

How tall/heavy are you if you don't mind saying. I'm 6'1 and around 180, and I love my KTPs for everything. I've also got Revolts, but those have become my loaner boards.

[xxxander]

I am 6' 180 lbs. I am still pretty green. Havn't tried any rails or boxes yet. Mostly just riding and jumping. but my friends love the powder and my journeys are a little short (or it could be my lack of experience) :)

[dcox20]

if we can hook up I can let you try out some R8s (I have a few pairs :-)

Dave

[MitchK]

I am 6' 180 lbs. I am still pretty green. Havn't tried any rails or boxes yet. Mostly just riding and jumping. but my friends love the powder and my journeys are a little short (or it could be my lack of experience) :)

If you intend to keep pushing yourself, I'd say they're probably a great board for you. I noticed the width the first couple times after I got them compared to my Revolts (which are probably a fair bit wider already then the Lines), but I got used to that fairly quick.

But the boards love to be pushed, the harder I carve the more they hold it, and I never did much in the way of boxes/rails on my Revolts, but it feels quite natural on the KTPS.

[xxxander]

awesome! thanks for the advice. and Dave, I really appreciate the hospitality! I will deff have to take you up on that soon! as for the width, I was amazed at how skinny the line Five-o's were right away, the pair of cheapy's I have were wider than them! Like I said, I haven't actually ridden them yet, but I am already starting to consider them my thrash boards. but who knows, maybe they will surprise me!

[CrazyBoy-1]

Definitely take Dave up on his offer. Actually riding some boards (especially back to back) is way better than any advice we could give you. I did that with a friend of mine who was considering the Revolts and KTP's. He did half a day on each set of boards and decided from there.

[b00stzx3]

I went from Snowblades for years to Line Mick Nick Pro's. World of difference! Now they're saying these Revel8 boards are evn better.....I'm good for now but will defintley consider some Revels for next season.