catfish

Well, I checked at the local REI and they had the Ride Decade for $279 and as a member I can return it at any time – nice safe purchase 😀  I picked it up and will report back !

Yeah – I really really like this board – the Ride Decade.  On my first run, going into my first carve – I was all like “Hell YEAH!”.  To me it feels as if the board actually speeds up as I start a carve – maybe that “slime edge” it touts really does something!On my old board, I was always leery  on my heel side carve – I'd find myself “washing out” (board just slipped out of the carve and I land on my butt), this new board holds the edge all the way through and the increased speed keeps my heart thumping.Ton more pop than I'm used to – can switch stance coming out of a carve like it'

Well, I checked at the local REI and they had the Ride Decade for $279 and as a member I can return it at any time – nice safe purchase 😀  I picked it up and will report back !

Yeah – I really really like this board – the Ride Decade.  On my first run, going into my first carve – I was all like “Hell YEAH!”.  To me it feels as if the board actually speeds up as I start a carve – maybe that “slime edge” it touts really does something!On my old board, I was always leery  on my heel side carve – I'd find myself “washing out” (board just slipped out of the carve and I land on my butt), this new board holds the edge all the way through and the increased speed keeps my heart thumping.Ton more pop than I'm used to – can switch stance coming out of a carve like it's nobody's business.The REI person that helped me out at time of purchase steered me away from waxing the board saying it was a textured stone grind (or something like that) – no wax needed… just bring it in once a year or so, and they'll redo the stone grind on their big expensive machine.  This didn't make sense to me – NO waxing?  This jive with you folks reading this?Thanks for the help frosty!catfish