Alpine Snowboard Plate Systems

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Oxess has joined the plate builders.

Additional photo of an Oxess 235cm alpine longboard just for fun!!

[kieran]

Additional photo of an Oxess 235cm alpine longboard just for fun!!

drool.

[Hans]

Where does those pics come from?

I have a WC Oxess on order with UPM inserts. So this plate would be fine....

[pokkis]

Interestingly with fixed stance width

[vapor]

Inte;restingly with fixed stance width

Nothing a portable drill cant fix.
Very interesting they made it so thin between the bindings.

[pokkis]

That depends totally material used for plate material if ou can add inserts
But to be honest my plate will be only with one stance width, but it only for me

[colintkemp]

That Oxess is crazy big.

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That Oxess is crazy big.

It would be really impressive if we didn't already know about the 282cm Tinkler

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Where does those pics come from?

....

Damn, I guess I should have first just said "Have you heard about......"

Maybe the photos were not supposed to be public? I found them on a gallery somewhere?

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drool.

Yes indeed, I would love to give it a go!! Knowing the quality of his designs and construction, I am sure it would be a dream ride.

I had the extreme pleasure of riding the Tinkler 222cm of DD's.(The Big Kahuna) It was tuned and waxed to perfection (as is everything he owns) it was amazing!!! I swear it was like I was in slow motion , although I could tell by all the objects blurring that I was going REALLY fast There were times I would swear It had perpetual energy, you know , going up hill, not slowing down on the flats, that sort of thing. "Altered State" Good fun!!

[kieran]

Yes indeed, I would love to give it a go!! Knowing the quality of his designs and construction, I am sure it would be a dream ride.

i think the ideal .. piste, for that sort of skwal would be a snowbound alpine pass that just happened to have had a groomer pack down. oh. and no tunnels.

it is a skwal, right? looks less than 16cm in the middle.

[www.oldsnowboards.com]

I don't think it is a skwal. It just looks narrow due to the length. Hard to say for sure.

[SunSurfer]

Where does those pics come from?

I have a WC Oxess on order with UPM inserts. So this plate would be fine....

Try the Oxess Facebook site Pictures page.

SunSurfer

[Tscherno-Bill]

Ists one new Board from Oxess. Its not sure that it is the start to a new series.

The XX235 is my new Toy with following Specs:

Over all: 235 cm
Waist: 15,2 cm



by the way: Where are your pics from?

[kieran]

Over all: 235 cm
Waist: 15,2 cm
Sidecut: 35 m

when you find the perfect corner for bending that board like a banana, be sure to get pictures.

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At 15cm, I guess that is a Skwal. Cool, I would suggest that might very well be the longest Skwal in the world?? Sweet piece of hardware for sure.

35M SCR , " I WANNA GO REALLY FAST" ???

[Hans]

No it isn't a skwal. My Cyborg is 14,1cm and it's still a snowboard

A skwal is less than 12 cm width

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Ok, sorry, I have a hard time getting my mind around that zone between 12cm and the 18cm I prefer. Call is NAS , like Lib Tech I guess?

Back to plates.

[Hans]

Oxess plate will be with UPM insert pattern. Still in test phase.

[John H]

And even a skinny Cyborg can get a plate.

[Shred Gruumer]

That looks like an SGP custom.... It think thats a nice thing..
looks nice.. can you get some closer shots of that plate..

Custom looks like a good thing.. who did it..

haha

[John H]

It's an SGP for sure. Great workmanship. I'll get some better pics up tomorrow. There might even be a few pics of a second SGP.

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And even a skinny Cyborg can get a plate.

Cool! I don't know why not!!! Looks very stealth.

[John H]

Here you go Shred, a few more pics of the SGP's. Really looking forward to riding these. Cyborg looks weird in the first pic but it's just because of the huge amount of camber in the board.

[Snowman]

How much on snow time did this SGP get, most of the new offerings are bacically the same in operation but what did you guys learn/change thought the testing process? Only if you care to share of course. And the one with the big monster nose, are you going to use that as a force multiplier to manulipulate and pressure the nose of the board?

Think Snow?

[SunSurfer]

Isolation mechanism principles are very simple, a hinge at one end of the plate and a combined hinge slide at the other. Actual mechanisms and materials for achieving those principles vary widely and will have different wear characteristics. Plate stiffness, torsional rigidity, and binding placement relative to plate/board pivot points are areas ripe for experimentation.
Just mentally doodling here, could a plate be tuned for varying stiffness by attaching a bowstring like adjustable tension strap beneath the plate?

SunSurfer

[SunSurfer]

Just getting to grips with the idea and working through the possibilities .
A turnbuckle type device could adjust the tension. If that was at one end then clearance would not be a problem. The string/strap could be fairly thin in that direction, would depend upon what material was used to make it. Spar makers for yachts use steel wire rope and spreaders/diamonds struts to achieve similar ends.

My latest iteration homebake plate mechanism, with an 8mm axle, has a 23mm gap between board and undersurface of the plate.
http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulleti...1&postcount=12
SunSurfer

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I will work on an xl document to do the same.
This list will start the data collection.

Company----Price----Availabiliy
Tinkler-------500-1K-Now, custom orders
Apex--------1099C$----Now
Donek-------380-----Now-Pre-Ordered (introductory price)
Bomber------UA------Fall*
Oxess------UA------Winter*
Pisst---------UA-----UA
Vist---------550-----Now
Hangl-------650------Now
Raba--------IT-------Now
SGP----------UA-----UA
Kessler------UA------UA
Virus------600-700-----winter
UA = Unannounced or Unavailable
* = Best Guess
IT = Italian only website
Post additional info , I will edit the list as info is added.

[Hans]

Oxess UA UA (probably this winter)

[bobdea]

that it's really great that Sean of donek managed to land in a better price point than Vist with something that's the next level up from the vist.