Get Blunted!!!

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  • 11-28-2006
    Condro
    Get Blunted!!!
    So what's up with boards with blunted tips and tails? I have seen it on Lib Tech's Travis Rice pro model, Trevor "trouble" Andrew's Burton Se7en, what's the point and is it functional?
    I have seen Trevor ride pow on it too. I thought they weren't for pow, more of park thing...? :confused:
  • 12-20-2006
    Nieto
    Word on the street (from Burton and Lib-Tech) is that the blunted tips are designed to keep rotational weight down and as a park and jib specific shape.
  • 12-21-2006
    Condro
    So then with blunted tips does that change the overall shape of the board, primairily affecting the contact length? I think having a blunted 158 would ride more like a standard 160?
  • 12-21-2006
    Nieto
    According to Burton's specs. blunted boards such as the se7en are actually shorter in their running legnth and effective edge compared to a traditional shaped board such as the Custom. A 158 Burton blunted seems to compare to what would be a 157 traditional.
  • 01-03-2007
    Condro
    Board Size:
    A. Running Length:
    B. Waist Width:
    C. Sidecut Depth:
    D. Sidecut Radius:
    E. Stance Width:
    F. Nose Width:
    G. Tail Width:
    Effective Edge:
    Stance Location:
    Weight Range:
    Binding Sizes:

    Seven 158
    1170
    246
    21.6
    7.93
    555
    289.2
    289.2
    1215
    Centered
    130-180 lbs. / 59-82 kg.
    Medium


    UnInc 158
    1170
    249
    22.5
    7.62
    505
    294
    294
    1220
    Centered
    130-180 lbs. / 59-82 kg.
    Medium / Large


    Custom X 158
    248
    21.9
    8.09
    530
    291.8
    291.8
    1232.5
    25 back
    130-180 lbs. / 59-82 kg.
    Medium / Large

    The difference is there. I had no idea how narrow the Se7eN is... Pretty interesting.

    Well now that I am riding a seven I can say that it pretty cool but I dont think I notice the blunted tips while spinning, but I do notice the centered stance and think that helps much more.