I’m new to skiboarding and the Spruce 120 was the board I started on (I have 3 others 103, 105, 110). I’m 5’10/230 uncoordinated and had not been on skis in 20 years and had forget most everything about how to do it. I tried skiing once at the beginning of the season and fell so many times I got frustrated, so I thought I’d try ski boards.
I was recommended the Spruce 120, I got the blue ones and Spruce Pro Prime release bindings. The 120s are a GREAT board to start with as a novice, so glad I chose these first. The length and width gives you plenty of stability fore/aft and it was four days on ski boards before I had my first fall (out of a total of 4 falls in 22 days of riding, I fell more than that in one hour on long skis). They are easy to “ski” like skis for beginners, and also easy to “carve” like ski boards. You can use them with poles or without. All this gives you lots of versatility and forgiveness of bad form for a beginner.
But, these are not just beginner boards. They have so much more to offer that I have not learned yet. They have plenty of room to progress. Even after 22 days of skiing them I still have tons of performance left in the board I have yet to even experience. It’s simply lack of skill on my part, not that boards limit you in anyway. I highly recommend the Spruce 120s for people just getting into the sport, I think you can’t go wrong with these boards as a beginner and they have plenty of room left to grow on before you ever reach their limits.
I only rated the things I have personally tried on the Spruce 120s, so that is why some things are 0, because I have not done those yet.
Rider – Matthies – Beginner Skiboarder
