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Postby Sam » 16 Jan 2003 15:18

Hello skwallers,
Despite the fact that I had some French in school, I can't understand everything.

I'm skwalling with a lacroix sk200 and I have a lot of fun with it. But, it's getting older and I might need a new board. I'm very curious about the differences between the sk200 and for example the 183° or 173° or maybe the 180.

I'm 186cm and 86kg, so that does probably matter aswel.

What do you recomment for me?

thanx,

Sam

ps. I'm very sorry about my lack of French. I know that in several topics this issue already has been discussed.
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Postby James » 16 Jan 2003 15:31

:D Hey Sam
Thanks for being the first to write some English, Here's a copy of the Thias catalogue so you can see what's on offer <br><br>clearcopy1.pdf
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Postby Playmobil » 17 Jan 2003 11:24

Sam,

As I explained in a previous post, with your 86 kg and your past experience in an SK200, you have to choose
the 183°F.
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Postby Sam » 21 Jan 2003 14:37

:P
Yo, Thanx for the advice!!

My only doubts about the 183°F are caused by the advertisement texts about this Skwal:
'faster than fast', 'only super G-carving', 'Above all speedlimits!',etc.

I'm in the unfortunate situation that mostly I'm sticked to the high season, you know, lot of people on the pistes, not a lot of perfect slopes.

Is it stil possible to carve both wide and smal turns with this 'ultimate carve machine'? Or is that no problem with my weight? More pressure = more bending of the skwal = shorter radius??

By the way, what is the radius of the sk200?

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Postby James » 21 Jan 2003 23:58

Yo bro! B)

The 180 is also a good all round board, it’s got the feel of the 165 but with a 10m radius. Great in powder and is better suited for heavier riders.
Give it a blast! :D
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Postby Dan » 03 Feb 2003 09:11

Hey Sam,

there's a guy on the bomberonline site: http://www.bomberonline.com who's an alpine board instructor and says he can get volkl skwals w/ bindings for not too much money (I think he said $275) Worth looking into if you're considering buying...I think it was Phil Fell.

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Postby pete » 03 Feb 2003 09:16

Thanks dan for this info...
I'll try to find this guy and see if he wants me to post a message for these skwals... some canadian members might be interested too!
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Postby Arjan » 28 Feb 2003 07:53

Sam,

I am only 1.70m and weigh around 70kg. I have bought the 173 Thias skwal. My experience is that you will be able to bend the radius of the 183....no problem. I would go for that one.

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Postby Dani » 09 Apr 2003 15:53

I also would go for the 173°. I bought it in december for 700sFr. Your not really heavily. The board is hard and has a good stability. I'm 182 with a weight of 75kg. I think it's better to drive a shorter board than a longer.
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Postby Gros Chat » 10 Apr 2003 00:22

Sam,

The radius of SK200 is 16 meters... As for the 183° , this is 15 m

I 've tried a lot of skwals, and I suggest you to take the 183° or Lacroix contest (130 Euros for the moment), these are the more adapted boards you can find compared to your weight

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Postby nezdanslapeuf » 12 Apr 2003 20:16

I all,

I'm looking fwd to buy a 180 FC but saw James' message where he seems to be quite certain the 180 board is suited for heavy skwalers.
As I'm 67 kg (perhaps 70 with all the beers that Gros chat makes me drink... :D :blink: ) and 1m88, I was wondering if it was the good choice.
I've got an old SK200 and want something easier when tied... :o

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