Skwal - anyone tried it?

[oldjeep]

Looks like someone is making them again, used to see some old Volkl Squals around in the 90's. Anyone ever tried Skwall - looks like the winter equivalent of water slalom

http://www.skwalusa.com/

 

I've got a monoski that I bust out occasionally to be the weirdest guy on the mountain - the skwal looks like death on a stick with non-release bindings.

 

[ThePantsManCan]

I've ridden one. A Lacroix SK200, It had a 16 meter sidecut radius and I was doing mach nothing. I fell right over. I REALLY needed to have some more speed, but these small east coast mountains are too narrow for the stick I had. An 8-12 meter sidecut radius and a length of 165-175cm would be most appropriate for the east mountains. I sold it right away.

 

There is a Skwal "Easy Jungle" up on Ebay right now. Not mine though but a Rare ride nonetheless. The Skwal I rode for one day wasn't exactly death on a stick, but if you went OTF the board will bend + you would be wearing very stiff ski or hard snowboard boots. I'd be more afraid of catching the downhill edge at speed. Talk about an ear slammer...

[klindy]

haha....I might take my Wide Ride to Vail....remove the fin and let 'er rip!

 

[ThePantsManCan]

YES. Video.

[Wish]

Hmmm? I may have a second use for my fun ski.

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[jipster43]

There are a few folks at my local mountain that rip on these things. They sure make it look fun.

 

[ForrestGump]

Saw a bunch of people on them at Breckenridge and Vail last winter.

[Chef23]

They look like they would be fun on soft snow. Not so much fun on ice in the east.

[RazorRoss3]

Looks like a good time.

[Marco]

I don't see any benefit of locking both feet onto a single board for downhill applications. Having a ski on each foot allows you to get in the most dynamic positions possible. For the sake of doing something different-OK, but a good skier on 2 skis will smoke a rider on a single board with the same talent every time.

 

Of course I might be biased from being a downhill skier for 40 years, 34 of them living at or near a ski area here in southern Colorado.

[oldjeep]

@Chef23 - ice is exactly where I would want to use it. Looks like it would be miserable in the soft snow.