Board advice for japan??
Hey guys
Im heading over to japan in jan for a month, but i wanna take two boards…........
I’ve got a stepchild 154 jp walker, and im going to get another one to take with me!!
But i want the next board to have more flex, for hitting rails, boxes and still hit booters as well!!
What do you guys recommend??
Cheers
An ironing board!!!!!
Something that has a longer nose!!!!!
To complement your face!!!!!
Cheers you’ve been very helpful you wanker!!
Glad to be of assistance!!!!!
because a jp walker board is not so good for hitting rails or booters???? have you ever seen him ride?
You have your park board right there. Why don’t you go for a powder board? Or at least one that handles the pow really well?
The JP Walker is flat. I’d get something with full rocker; that way you will have something to handle the deep pow, plus it will be more playful for park and anywhere else.
How do you find the size of your JP Walker? Personally I’d aim to get something around the same length, just with a softer flex and full rocker profile, or at least a hybrid. How much do you weigh? I’m guessing about the same as me, approx 70kg. 154/155 rocker/hybrid is what I’d suggest.
agree with above…jp board = park board…but on stiffer end of scale
sounds like you want a noodle board…like rome artifact/capita horrorscope
noodles can hit booters just sketchy on landing the bigger you go
unsure why you would want to bring it to japow though
The Salomon Powder snake is not a stiff board, you might want to consider that. I can’t think of any soft powder boards right now.
When I opened this thread I wasn’t expecting a question about a park board for Japow!! They have fantastic long groomed runs, dry powder and tree runs but parks didn’t strike me as Japans strong point.
I really shouldn’t be but I’m also fighting the temptation to pickup a new board for my next trip to Japan in January. My current board is a 153 DC board which is reverse camber but very flat until the tips. I’d say it would be perfectly adequate for Japan conditions.
For my next board I’d actually really like a cambered board or hybrid which is mostly camber related (as I really enjoy carving/speed runs and hopefully POW + Trees but not interested in the park at all) To make it more complicated I’ve started to enjoy doing really piss poor tail presses so some flex there would be nice but that could be asking too much.
On the other hand though I think it may be silly looking at cambered boards especially if it gets deep so maybe I should just stick with the board I’ve got…...
In Niseko, the Hanazono section has a pretty good park setup!!!!!
In Niseko
Sorry never been so you lost me there!!!!!
sorry to be so blunt, however improving your technique will enable to ride A LOT better then simply buying another board. The JP Walker is already a board that can easily flex yet still give you support for booters, plus its a 154 which should be even easier to flex (not sure about your weight) its up to you to ride it how its designed.
Board 30% / Technique 50% / Big Balls 20% (that’s roughly how i look at it)
i thought it was closer to
90% rider/ 10% equipment
this said…if you can maximise the 10% part with better/more equipment then why not
(may pick up bad habits)....its not going to make his riding any worse…. 
K2 WWW - it’s a relatively soft board that’s supposed to be more park orientated, but pow is one of the few places I actually enjoy this board. Also heard the Bataleon Disaster is pretty decent in powder.
Depending on what size booters you’re hitting, you’re going to have to either sacrifice stability or flex. The larger you go, the stiffer you’re going to want that deck. Of course if you can get the board in a true camber profile you can have a slightly softer board and still have some stability, another reason the WWW could be good, as there are cambered options for it, as well as the Rome Artifact I believe.
similar to what SamNZ posted in that lib c3 thread, people have to get over this perception that camber = no float. Also that flat camber = no float.
I missed if you put your height & weight in this thread.
for a cheap park board look at the burton process (cambered). It can handle the big jumps and is soft.
Like Rider, I would question why you’re looking at another park board and not looking at powder boards. Or how about a sherlock which does both? or as mentioned the powder snake (more pow-specific than the sherlock).
Another option is to go for a full on pow deck and resell it after your trip. Get a fish!