Anyone got experiences on Hot Blast 178 (03/04)

[mikko]

Help me out here.

I've ridden an older 182 and really liked it (especially the flex pattern and the pop).

Any comments on the 178 03/04 model?

thanks.
Mikko

[outsider]

i rode the 67 all of last season until i broke it. the board was great, and i definately got the feeling that i should have gone for the 78 once i got used to the flex and the pop (the best parts of Hot boards)

[mikko]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

Anybody else?

[hdhu1152]

Blast r great boards. Used to ride one before I switsched to Virus (narrow board) but nothing beats a blast on a day of soft snow or in powder. Very versatile. Never broke mine but killed the edge on a rock. Sometimes bowrrow one for powdering....

Go ahaed - if I understand correct Blasts are made with a horizontal layered wood core (only producers) - this being the reason for its superior riding (but I am a rider not a technican).

Ed