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dave78 
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Post subject: Burton Elite, any good for 1st board, advice needed?
 Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 12:59 AM
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First post: Jan 03, 2008
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Location: Merseyside
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been looking at buying a board for the first time, looking for a board for learning and developing on. The burton elite was one board that appealed as did the Clash. I have spent about 2 weeks on snow but wouldnt class myself any more than a beginner/ novice intermediate. Not really into riding parks either. Also looked at the forum recon or the capita stairmaster.
any advice/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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BcustomRider
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Post subject: RE: Burton Elite, any good for 1st board, advice needed?
Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 02:29 AM
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First post: Mar 26, 2007
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| if ur looking to get a begginer board than i suggest the bullet from burton its an okay board |
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boarderboy
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Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 08:24 AM
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| hi there I brought the burton elite last march. It was my first board, think I paid about £180 from SS20 in the sale should have been about 250, I think it's worth paying the extra over the clash. Obviously I don't really have anything to compare it to as it's been my only board. I've found it fine tho, It's stiff enough to ride pretty fast and still feel stable at speed, but also got a bit of flex in it, not much tho so you can find buttering and wheelies difficult. Also I've only rode it up at Cas up to yet. But gonna give it it's first holiday in france next week . Yipee |
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Sartori
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Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 10:20 AM
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First post: Dec 20, 2005
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Hi, welcome to SCUK. I'd strongly suggest having a look at the sticky "Buying a board" thread written by Charliebouy that is at the top of this board - it will answer the vast majority of your questions you've probably got at this point  .
Something that is *REALLY* important is to go and test the boards you're thinking of buying, ideally wherever you will be riding most frequently. The problem with asking for specific feedback on a snowboard that will be your first one is that if you're looking at beginner level boards then the people that have them will probably have only owned one or two boards themselves - this doesn't mean that their comments are worthless but it does mean that often (and this isn't always the case) those comments are based around a very limited comparison of boards, probably their own board, those of their mates, and most commonly rental gear (which is mostly rubbish anyway)
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dave78
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Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 09:13 PM
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First post: Jan 03, 2008
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hi,
thank you for the advice. |
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