I’ve got the Chickens with the Pro Prime releasable setup.
The weather wasn’t on my side, but I couldn’t wait to try these things out. Boreal is the closest resort, they have night skiing, & fairly easy terrain, so I headed up there after work. They’d gotten 6″ of new snow the day before & 3″ of powder on my way up (& another inch while I was there).
First run I did the bunny hill. Right off I thought I was completely out of control. I then realized it was simply that the boards were responding to every input of my legs & the terrain. Second run down the bunny hill was just plain boring so I headed off a Blue run.
Hit this run a dozen times or so.
Coming from old-school 200’s, these 105’s are insanely manuverable. Especially if I kept the boards close together & kept my weight centered. Turning was easy, stopping was a bit easier than skis, & speed on steeper hills was easy to gain, but not as fast as skis. The powder slowed me down terribly. I found myself walking down some stuff while skiers where floating by.
Fell a few times & found the bindings to be a little loose (had them set at 5.5 front/ 4.5 rear). Tightened them up one full turn & all was good. Falling was NOTHING like falling with long-ass skis. Didn’t twist my knees or anything. There’s just not enough leverage in the short boards like there is with longer skis. I also noticed that I need tighter boots….gonna take care of that today.
My quads were getting a workout & the powder was getting deeper & slower so I called it a night after a few hours & came home.
The best part about the boards:
Super easy to turn & stay in control when you stay centered & keep the boards together.
(These boards will end up training me to be a better skier)
The worst part:
Walking up to the lifts with no poles to push off of.
Powder didn’t help either for my first time out.
Rider – 93Pony – Beginning Skiboarder (2008 Chicken model)
