Misty thoughts » gear http://blog.kfirbreger.com Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:44:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 New gear http://blog.kfirbreger.com/2008/03/17/new-gear/ http://blog.kfirbreger.com/2008/03/17/new-gear/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:00:39 +0000 Kfir http://blog.kfirbreger.com/2008/03/17/new-gear/ This weekend I spent a shit-load of money. Since I am going snowboarding I figured it was time for me to get my own snowboard. Friday I visited 3 shops but didn't find quite what I wanted. Not to mention I got very little attention. Saturday, following Erwin's recommendation I went to a fourth shop. After 7 hours there (poor Paula, I dragged her with me there) I left with a shinning new board.

The head of the snowboarding department there, Ed, gave me all the attention, asked all the questions and tuned everything exactly to my need. I ended up paying 100 Euro more then other places, but for that service and that precise tunning it was well worth it. Sunday morning I went snowboarding for 2 hours and man oh man. It was amazing. Never have I had such an experience on a board. The faster I went, the better the board felt. Everything felt right. The board was hard enough to carve really well, but still communicate when I was nearing the limit. It was quick to react but very stable. Stuff I couldn't pull off before I was doing now with confidence. It was just an amazing experience. I can't wait to get to the real pistes this weekend!

For the gearheads here are the details on my new set:

Snowboard: Ftwo Real 164 Wide

Binding: Ride rx

Boots: Nitro Anthem

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