Submitted on Jul 12, 2002

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---=(Name)=Dave Smith
---=(Age)= 20
---=(Sex)= Male
---=(Weight)= 75
---=(Height)= 6
---=(Years Riding)= 10


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---=(Company)= Option
---=(Year )= 2003
---=(Model )= Vinson
---=(Size)= 158
---=(Style)= freestyle
---=(Warranty)= Yes, 1 year
---=(Rating)= 9/10

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This is a all round excellent board. When i first got it i thought it was VERY stiff, like over stiff. I was a year back from ACL reconstruction and i was wondering what the hell i had done buying a board that required so much bloody force to intiate turns or ollie. But at about day 3 on it, it suddenly got more forgiving, not TO forgiveing (i'm a reasonbly powerfull rider, and like a stiff board), i would compare it too a new burton custom, before it turns into a noodle. Comeing from canada it has a good sized nose for pow rideing and the side cut could be a little larger as sometimes you get caught in turns, especaly when rideing switch. The gallium base is F##KN fast and pulls you infront of your buddys on cat-tracks and traverses easyly, but do use a decent wax (graphite) and a hot-as iorn, as i found it to be quite slow with the factory wax. IT RULES IN THE PIPE, i had it in a superpipe yesterday (5m, 15ft transtions) and the speed required top get out of the lip is achived easly. For a prodomantly freestyle rider, who still likes to throw down a turn or 2, this is a EXCELLENT board. Burtons dead in the water.

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