12/28/2022 0 Comments Clew bindingsI could put my +/- 10 year old Cartels on it or get some new bindings. I recently acquired a new 2019 Libtech Cold Brew (love the name) 161 All Mountain Freeride board. I love to fluidly surf the side banks of the trails. Lots of control, lots of turning, like the steeps and not-to-intense moguls and limit my speed. I’m in my late 50’s now and have slowed down quite a bit. I currently have Burton Cartel bindings and Thirty Two double Boa boots (I forget what the model name is). For the past 25 years or so, I’ve been riding a K2 Electra, 162. Recently came across your site and found your reviews through and unbiased so I thought i would ask a question in an effort to get your opinion. Hopefully that makes sense! I really like that feel personally, but if you prefer that more even/consistent response feeling, then it’s probably likely that you would prefer the Atlas (or Force, if you wanted to go a little softer flexing). It’s closer in terms of feel to Burton’s Re:flex than it is to a standard disc, but it’s, IMO, more energetic than Re:Flex. It’s more of an explosive response – I find it gives more explosive spring out of a turn, but it’s not the same kind of even/consistent response than you get from something like the Atlas, if that makes sense. You don’t have the same kind of smooth response as you get from something like the Atlas or Force. I really like the response out of them and I find they have better response than similar flexing Burton Re:Flex counterparts. The Falcor and Strata certainly have a different feel to standard discs, with their mini discs. Thanks for your message and great question. I would say it would affect you more if you’re out all day – the accumulative effect would be more telling, than if you were doing shorter sessions of a couple of hours at a time. It also depends on how long your days tend to be. Whether or not it’s bad enough for you is hard to say, because everyone has a different tolerance for it. Given that you are doing jumps, you might feel it. But if you have decently shock absorbing boots that would help offset the lack of it in the XF, if you were to go with them. In terms of whether the shock absorption will be enough for you, it’s hard to say. Comparing 2022 to 2022 models, the XF is a little softer overall than the Falcor. They’ve got really good board feel, despite their stiffness (most likely because of their mini-disc), The XF also have really decent board feel (in this case most likely because of that lack of shock absorption – there’s not much between your boots and the board). The 2022 Falcor is stiffer than previous models, but you can still butter with them. You can still enjoy buttering on Falcors and XFs. So in that sense, you will get improvement, IMO. However, the Standard is better/easier for buttering versus the Warpig. By my feel, I don’t think you’ll find the Standard any softer flexing than the Warpig overall.
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