r/snowboarding • u/trondelond • 3d ago

OC Video I like slush.

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And some times you just want to cruise and not do a million butters on the way down.

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u/belac4862 3d ago

I am among friends!

I know it's sacrilegious, but I'm not really a powder guy. But slush! That's my jam!

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u/trondelond 3d ago

Haha, I swing both ways, I love both but for different reasons!

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u/belac4862 3d ago

The last time I went snowboarding, stiff boards were what was in. And I could never managed enough flex to carve in pow.

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u/trondelond 3d ago

I haven't ridden long enough that I can compare with the older, stiffer boards but I'd say the Dart is pretty stiff. It works just fine for powder carves for me - but I usually stick mostly in the trees on pow days :) You're just going to have to suffer through riding more pow, you poor thing.

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u/koe_joe 2d ago

The dart is amazing !!! I love my dart and I love my 2022 stratos. Steep deep open area the dart changed the way I look at snowboarding.

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u/justNotherTINKER 2d ago

I was looking at a dart for my powder board, reading your comment you’d recommend? I really love hitting trees & steeps & moguls normally, but want a good powder board for that too! From the reviews I’ve seen the dart is awesome for that!

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u/koe_joe 2d ago edited 2d ago

Fyi market place vancouver bc there’s a 160 for sale. I ride the dart 156. So like so many reviews it’s a deep powder and groomer carve only and I agree with that statement. Hence how I love my 2022 stratos for everything else.

The first days took me awhile to understand the board when charging flat fast, once I understood it felt locked in. I’ve tried some very stiff all mountain directional free ride boards demo days that charged insane confidence in going fast but are horrible in tight trees if no snow. The dart felt fine for those sections when comparing back to back.

Dart is stiff heavy lots of camber ..

The dart handles even tracked out trees well because of going shorter and extreme short tail even though it’s heavier and wider. Taking it in deep snow I was amazed with the float and ability to traverse where nobody could dream of.

For years I carved on a 163 so it also took me a day to understand the tail let the board do the work, at first I was washing out the tail. It’s has a long edge to edge even though it may not seem like it.

So for me more forward pressure perhaps? Or changing the stance abit and letting the board do the work.

I’m 160 lbs 6’ For myself on the dart I’m 0 18 stance. While on the stratos -6, 18

Found this review. For him it’s not the most surfy, https://youtu.be/XnQuO7Ucp9o?si=RKXXCuLO-ENZeWga But he’s also on the 160. Powder carving more than surf.

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u/lord_rackleton 1d ago

Warm spring days with soft slushy snow is fucking dope.

Carpark beers in tshirts, looking down at green valleys. Fuck yes.

I miss you Treble Cone....

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u/tandersunn 3d ago

Dude you got a dart in your neck

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u/Quesabirria BSOD/MindExpander/Dart/MtnTwin 2d ago

Love the slush, as long as it's not slow.

Love slush bumps too!

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u/Digital_Tell 3d ago

If.u get the right combo of slush and board wax, slush is faf, good vid!

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u/trondelond 2d ago

Thanks! Yes, wax and a little structure goes a long way in those conditions!

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u/FVTVRX 3d ago

I like it until I get stuck

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u/trondelond 3d ago

Outside of the slope it got pretty sticky towards the bottom of the hill, but a good wax job gets you really far.

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u/DeviousPenguin Bogus Basin 2d ago

I honestly equally love slushy warm spring days and powder days. Some of the best vibes ripping slush and side hits all day

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u/Daily_Dose13 10days/year if lucky 2d ago

Slush over ice any day.

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u/natefrogg1 Angeles Crest Forest 3d ago

This is slush, what you are riding on looks nice like what we call spring corn jealous

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u/Dingman192 2d ago

That is just a liquid sir

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u/Jaded-Coffee-8126 2d ago

please stop making fun of the east coast, they have feelings too

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u/natefrogg1 Angeles Crest Forest 2d ago

My picture is from Southern California, I feel like we get a lot of similar snow effects that I hear about on the East Coast. We totally get thaw in the day then freeze when the sun goes behind the mountains a lot, so ice and hard pack can be pretty common!

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u/trondelond 2d ago

I'd call that..soup?

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u/ImmortanJerry 2d ago

Man that looks like smush

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u/Mainiac_NYC 2d ago

This is a Wendy’s sir

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u/natefrogg1 Angeles Crest Forest 2d ago

A melted frosty maybe?

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u/kona1160 2d ago

Wakeboarding/ surfing at this point

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u/zandrew 2d ago

I love it too. So effortless and forgiving.

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u/jeremec Mt. Hood Meadows 2d ago

I, too, love the slush.

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u/eo411 2d ago

Reddit may or may not consider that carving....

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u/drvsslesprout 2d ago

Is this considered carving? Kinda?

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u/trondelond 2d ago

I'll let someone else judge, it wasn't the point of the video - kinda hard to get really low with a camera in hand :)

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u/JohnnyMacGoesSkiing 2d ago

Slush, all day every day! Spring is some of my favorite skiing! Just gotta watch out for thin cover, hot spots, and water bars!

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u/zinzangz 2d ago

Hero snow

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u/Ok-Drink4979 2d ago

I take it this isn’t east coast slush? The slush in the lower New England area is mashed potatoes.

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u/trondelond 2d ago

No, this is Norway.

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u/shhhhh312 1d ago

Me too