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Post subject: Raven Snowboards?
 Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 01:01 PM
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Hi I was looking into buying a new park board.
And after looking at the usual big names I came across Raven
There is not alot of information about them on the net but they claim to make their boards
"in the two best factories in the world: Elan (where also Nitro, Artec or Arbor are produced) and Nobile (where Burton is produced)".
I am very interested in these boards and wondered if anyone had anymore information for me. Or has got/tried one of their boards.
The one i'm looking at is
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
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Post subject: RE: Raven Snowboards?
Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 05:07 PM
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Never heard of them so I can't really pass judgement on what those boards are like. However, I do know that there are a number of companies who have boards made in those factories but that fact doesn't make those boards good.
The fact that there are just two unknown riders on the Raven team rings alarm bells, also the lack of technical information. You have to consider that the boards are cheap for a reason, it's not all brand markup. |
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Post subject: RE: Raven Snowboards?
Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 05:34 PM
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# Level - Beginner to pro-riders
Quite a broad spectrum of ability there... |
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Post subject: RE: Raven Snowboards?
Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 06:16 PM
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I bought a super cheap (£70), brand new board off ebay last year. It was promoted in the same way, i.e. made in same factory as yadda yadda yadda...
Turned out to be a perfectly serviceable board. You could tell it wasn't expensive though - it just seemed a bit thin and didn't exude that feeling of quality you might get when you spend top dollar.
Rode it for a while before selling on to buy something else just for the fun of it, but
I'd buy one again if I needed a board and was having to watch the pennies.
I'll say again though, this wasn't a Raven, just a similar class of board. |
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Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 06:54 PM
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this type of things come sup often, basically you get what you pay for, mots board are about 300 quid so if a board is 100 then...well you get my drift. As charly says they may be made in that factory but doenst mean they are made with the same materials to the same spec, tescos basics are often made in the same factory as they expesnive stuff but using far inferior ingredients. Not saying it will definatly be crap it may well be fine for you for a while but you really do get what you pay for so dont expect much  |
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Posted: May 14, 2011 - 01:08 PM
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Our boards are made with exactly the same materials as all other boards on the market. There is actually only one austrian base and laminates supplier - ISOSPORT. Most of the Raven boards use old (2-3 years old) burton shapes (Nobile was producing boards for Burton) but all flat camber shapes are new. Raven is the most popular brand on the polish market.
Please don't compare Elan to Nobile. 50% of Elan production are "PU-Wood-Core" (it's 90% PU and 10% wood) boards for Decathlon, Intersport or Sport2000 and many of these boards can be found on eBay. Nobile concentrates only on tip-to-tail wood core boards and it can only be compared to GST.
Please let me know if you are going to organise some test. I will eagerly send you some boards for testing.
We are also introducing a new high-end brand Pathron (we will use all available technologies like honey-comb, kevlar, sintered bases) and the retail price should be under 180GBP. It will be available for testing in September.
Greetings from Poland
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Posted: May 14, 2011 - 04:32 PM
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Posted: May 15, 2011 - 01:45 PM
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| Ok. I will come back to you at the end of September. |
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Trigger85
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 03:52 PM
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| Ill have a free board if your giving em away? |
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 04:00 PM
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something a bit odd, the same two team riders are also team riders for these guys:
http://www.screwboards.com/team.html
i'd give it a wide birth, you can get a board from a known entity for £150 in the sales. They might turn out a quality product, but i'd let someone else find out first. |
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 04:13 PM
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Although the chap who replied did seem genuine enough, and if what he says is kosher then fair enough.
But, considering I bought a brand new 2011 K2 WWW from my local store for less that £200 I think your local store would be a better place to start from. |
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 04:24 PM
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| That would be good if you could get a few for the sum-tember bash. That way a wide range of riders can give it a blast and all give there opinions on here. Maybe after the test give them away as prizes aswell. |
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 05:42 PM
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| Honeycomb , Kevlar and a sintered base all for 180.00 GBP ? RRP or cost price?? If it's retail dream on |
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 07:21 PM
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| hes sent me some details, they also do sapient snowboards, im going to get a couple in this year and see what theyre like. |
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Posted: May 16, 2011 - 08:13 PM
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First post: Apr 20, 2008
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| Im up for trying it , esepecialy if its free , would be a nice board for all SCUKERS to try at summer bash at Tam , if it is sent by then ? If he send one ( if he agrees we can get it sent to SCUK office |
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