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winterfunman - Feb 08, 2010 - 05:58 PM
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http://snojibbs.com/hardgoods.html

DereksDontRun - Feb 08, 2010 - 06:17 PM
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what the f.... madness

http://snojibbs.com/media.html
(btw, drop the w from the link Wink

)

still not found any boardslide vids...

GrahamS - Feb 08, 2010 - 06:39 PM
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Okay that's just bizarre.

The ability to walk in them could completely transform the sport of cross-country snowboarding though Wink

RickBower - Feb 08, 2010 - 06:40 PM
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Why the hell would you buy them. Lol

think I'd rather buy roller blades. Hahahaha

ace_mcgraw - Feb 08, 2010 - 07:23 PM
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Why?

Just why?

They're like snowblades taken to the extreme Laughing

dashie - Feb 08, 2010 - 07:28 PM
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Gayer than flows

SnowAndrew - Feb 08, 2010 - 07:44 PM
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Somehow I don't think i'll be trading in my snowboard.

winterfunman - Feb 08, 2010 - 07:47 PM
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dashie wrote:

Gayer than flows

Never and you have tarnished my thread using that word Laughing

philboarder - Feb 08, 2010 - 07:52 PM
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LOL Brilliant some people have way to much time

SnowAndrew - Feb 08, 2010 - 08:03 PM
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When I see things like thatI just wish the people from Dragons Den were around to tell them they are wasting their time with a pointless invention.

Ger - Feb 09, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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One question:

WHYYYYYYYYY?!

passtherizla - Feb 09, 2010 - 10:31 AM
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Pffft.

Branny - Feb 09, 2010 - 10:56 AM
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pathetic..... but not as pathetic as spring loaded bindings

http://www.angrysnowboarder.com/?p=5825

passtherizla - Feb 09, 2010 - 11:01 AM
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what!!!???? why!!!!???? how could that improve anything!!!???? AAAaaaaaggggghhhhhh!!!!!!

dane_stone - Feb 09, 2010 - 11:05 AM
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Got to give them credit for trying it out and bet they had fun testing them.
If people didn't try new things we wouldn't have snowboards and this would be a ski club so good on them for giving it ago even if nothing comes of them.

Branny - Feb 09, 2010 - 11:14 AM
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read the article mate,

nobody with half a brain cell of physics knowledge would thing that springs would help, how can you put edge pressure down on a board if you have springs in between??

plus upping you're COB is never good

as for the ski remark... if it wasn't for snowboarding, skiing wouldn't have twin tips, halfpipe, parks, an organised series of freestyle events in the UK... or any "normal" youth skiing

Snowboarding has done more for skiing in the last 10 years than the other way around!!

dane_stone - Feb 09, 2010 - 11:26 AM
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Branny wrote:

I was on about the cutting the board in half to give you 2 mini boards which this thread is about not the springs that was posted as I was posting.
Trying new things like this can help you develope old products like you say with skiing.

Oh and about the spings silly idea but now look at how much flex you get in bindings now the idea could of come from having springs under the binding then someone say why not just make the bindings more flexible. (Not saying this is what happened but this is what us designers do)

Branny - Feb 09, 2010 - 11:42 AM
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sorry, yeah

the thread was mad inventions so i added another

but binding flex is all in the highback. not the base plate, springs oscillate and not dampen, which is why vibration dampening is good on binders, but springs not so good.

strange..because us aviation designers and engineers design products that will improve a product in function, reliability or user friendliness.... Zebedee binders do none of that!! Wink

dane_stone - Feb 09, 2010 - 11:48 AM
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Fully understand what your saying mate. I've just seen some crazzy ass designs for machines that would never work in a million years but then they get developed into a finished product that works. You should see what we come up with in the pub on a friday afternoon Very Happy

lol.
Keep thinking about designing my own crazy board with a few different ideas still looking at materieals and tech at the mo.

Mac83 - Feb 09, 2010 - 12:13 PM
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Obviously those springy bindings are mental!! (and not in a good way..)

I wouldn't mind a go at those SnoJibbs tho... They look a bit quirky. I think I would probably still prefer a solid board, otherwise I'd have taken up skiing!

But... "Don't knock it till you try it" and all that! Rolling Eyes

passtherizla - Feb 09, 2010 - 12:15 PM
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but they're fat blades Mac.....!!!!! and we all know what fat blades leads to to! pure liquid evil.

Herbert - Feb 09, 2010 - 01:04 PM
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This looks very very familiar. When its summer and I'm not at my local fridge, I Freeline. These probably move in a similar way I imagine. So I reckon someone was like "Yeah....lets lob off the wheels and Ta-Da! A new invention!"

Gimicky but I'll never trade in my snowboard for these......

passtherizla - Feb 09, 2010 - 01:40 PM
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man if the freeliner thinks it looks gay then it must be because freelining isn't a fad at all.... buy a skateboard. douche.

Mac83 - Feb 09, 2010 - 01:50 PM
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It's still sideways! Razz

tortyv - Feb 09, 2010 - 02:26 PM
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Woah these are definitely a bit crazy. I don't like the idea of the snojibbs. Having 2 individual things attached instead of one solid board doesn't really do it for me. May as well borrow some of Nicks blades! I'm sure he has a few spare.

I'm no scientist, but I don't really see how the springs will help much. Surely it was effect your turning on a board, and not in a good way. Nevertheless, these are both fancinating. Can't say I wouldn't mind trying them though.. just the once!

Branny - Feb 09, 2010 - 03:36 PM
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passtherizla wrote:

man if the freeliner thinks it looks gay then it must be because freelining isn't a fad at all.... buy a skateboard. douche.

officially the best rizla quote ever Very Happy

Herbert - Feb 09, 2010 - 03:56 PM
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passtherizla
Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 01:40 PM

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man if the freeliner thinks it looks gay then it must be because freelining isn't a fad at all.... buy a skateboard. douche.

Do you go "Go buy a car!" to every cyclist you see when you haven't got a clue if they own one or not? douche.

passtherizla - Feb 09, 2010 - 04:07 PM
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now now mr Herbert,

I don't go saying stuff like that to cyclists because believe it or not the bike came first....

just face the fact the freelining is a big fat load of toss its the biggest gimmick since soap shoes and is as poor as snakeboarding....

sorry if i offended you... tart.

Mac83 - Feb 09, 2010 - 04:15 PM
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But which is better? Freelining? Or SnoJibbing?

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT....!!

Herbert - Feb 09, 2010 - 04:27 PM
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Say what to cyclist? I'm a cyclist myself! What the?!!!

Generally for someone to have that much of a stong opinion of freelines probably means they lack the skill to use it or haven't tried it at all. So yeah.....I understand your frustration. Wink

To be honest I'm not a massive fan boy of freelines or anything. Its just an alternative to my normal skateboarding or snowboarding. What wrong with that? Hardly a crime mate.

But hey if you want to rant about it still...be my guest......no offence taken....knob Mr. Green

ace_mcgraw - Feb 09, 2010 - 04:46 PM
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Freelining and snojibbs do look extremely similar. And I'm sure they take lots and lots of skill to be able to do.

But then so does standing on a tightrope whilst juggling with a lion and a running chainsaw. The question is why the hell would anyone want to do it!

Branny - Feb 09, 2010 - 04:47 PM
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that's it then, the only way to resolve this is a skateboarder vs eyeliner whoops err freeliner game of H.O.R.S.E to the death over punji sticks and flaming lava pits!! Very Happy

ace_mcgraw - Feb 09, 2010 - 04:54 PM
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It depends what the tricks for H.O.R.S.E are. If the tricks are to stand around on one foot waving things in the air, or looking stupid trying to grab the little bits of wood on your feet when you drop off a curb, I think the freeliners may win it!

Herbert - Feb 09, 2010 - 05:14 PM
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See that why I say I'm not a major fan boy of the thing. Can't really see how standing on one foot is cool. Not sure about these "bit of wood?" What that all about?

However I do enjoy shredding downhill at break-neck speed with them. But hey each to their own....

passtherizla - Feb 09, 2010 - 06:02 PM
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Herbert wrote:

talk sense man!!! I don't even understand that first line to offer a retort!?

bike came before car and anyway, bike aren't douchey. Wink

I've been skateboarding for 17 years so I'm stuck in my ways a little, and have seen these gimmicks come and go....

ace_mcgraw - Feb 09, 2010 - 06:19 PM
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Herbert wrote:

Not sure about these "bit of wood?" What that all about?

I went onto the freelining website and looked at some videos with their pro's on - involved dropping off a foot high curb desperately grabbing both feet to keep things attached!

dashie - Feb 09, 2010 - 08:22 PM
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I used youtube to decide there sh1t. If you want to skateboard why not just do it springs to mind.

Herbert - Feb 09, 2010 - 08:58 PM
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dashie wrote:

If you want to skateboard why not just do it springs to mind.

Who says you can't do both? I also climb and fitting a skateboard in tiny locker is impossible. So sometime I take freelines for convenience. Either that or risk my skateboard being nicked.

passtherizla wrote:

I don't even understand that first line to offer a retort!?

bike came before car and anyway, bike aren't douchey. Wink

I've been skateboarding for 17 years so I'm stuck in my ways a little, and have seen these gimmicks come and go....

We'll just leave it as "you don't understand".....no body is debating with you about about which came first bike or car. So not sure what you're on about mate.

I'm not saying one is better than the other since I skate and freeline. It just an alternative. It'll never make the X-games or anything grand like that. But doesn't say you can't mess about with it and have a laugh.

Just wondering for the peeps who are saying Freeline is naff? Have you actually tried it tho? If not, what are you basing it on? Its like my skier mates saying snowboarding are for people who can't ski and they can quite easily say skiing came first and that snowboarding is inferior even tho they themselves have never touched a snowboard. Hardly a fair opinion I eh?

winterfunman - Feb 09, 2010 - 09:02 PM
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Bloody hell i post a simple thread and all hell lets loose Thumbs Up

Sod what came first car or bike ....i wannna know if the egg or chicken came first .......................did eve ever have a head ache ...both these are more important than bike or car or what ever ....now get my thread abck on track Love

passtherizla - Feb 10, 2010 - 09:21 AM
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We'll just leave it as "you don't understand".....no body is debating with you about about which came first bike or car. So not sure what you're on about mate.

you said to me in an earlier post 'would you tell a cyclist to go buy a car'

...and my answer was, well what it was....

but if you can't even follow your own conversations then there is no hope..

I also climb, but why would you need to be puttinga skateboard in locker? I just go to the wall in my car....and my board lives in my boot.

wierd.

ChasKi - Feb 10, 2010 - 01:11 PM
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I'd definitely have a go just for a laugh, but I'd never buy a pair.

ChasKi - Feb 11, 2010 - 07:10 PM
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Another pic of the springy bindings http://onboardsnowboarding.com/news/201 ... manic-bind