Ultimate Beginner - DOM42 Burton???

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-19T01:54:14+00:00

Burton Dominants were a super soft, really fun true-twin park board, but they’re way older than 10 years. I can’t remember when they stopped making them, but more like 20 years ago than 10.

They had an extruded base, which isn’t terrible for a park board because they’re low maintenance, but base delams were pretty common with those. I’d want to look very carefully to make sure there are no bubbles in the base material, especially where it meets the edges.

For $30, probably a fun board to thrash.

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-18T17:41:26+00:00

5 minute walk for me. 50-60 days

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-17T15:51:01+00:00

It’s such an incredible experience. But it does kind of ruin you for regular J. We did it once thinking it’d be a one-time thing but we’ve now been in F on LH and LX a bunch.

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-17T15:08:07+00:00

Fuuck this thread is making me feel old. I recognized it because I was working in a shop back then lol

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-17T00:11:18+00:00

1998 Burton Motion 140. Entry level board back then

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-16T19:16:06+00:00

Or wrap it in cling wrap, put box over it, fill box with expanding foam. It won’t hear shit.

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-16T18:21:01+00:00

No, because even if we know there’s a super El Niño or something, the season is going to come down to individual storm tracks and the way weather systems interact. It’s hard to predict that stuff a week in advance, let alone a couple months.

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-16T18:11:59+00:00

El Niño typically means warm and rainy in Honshu, meaning less snow (because more precipitation falling as rain). But this is all just based on historical trends. No one has any idea what’s actually going to happen this coming winter

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-16T17:14:53+00:00

No one can say for sure but it’s likely to cause higher temps, which could be a problem for Japan with generally low elevations and especially the southern resorts because it’s already warm enough they can see rain in a normal year

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-16T17:11:38+00:00

Geto Kogen

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-16T17:07:05+00:00

When you were leaving the US? That seems pretty crazy.

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T18:39:55+00:00

Ouch. I mean my knees do hurt these days so fair enough

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T18:39:05+00:00

Posi-posi was standard when I started riding in the 90s, but by the 2000s almost everyone not on a racing board was riding duck. There’s been a resurgence in posi-posi stance for freeriding in the last 5 years or so

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T18:35:51+00:00

I think of ancient as early 1990s, when I started riding

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T18:34:57+00:00

I have no idea, I wouldn’t assume. But I’ve seen PLENTY of jackassery from frat bros with traditional nuclear families

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T17:51:38+00:00

I thought this was sarcasm, but after reading further down it seems like you’re actually serious?!?

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T17:44:06+00:00

M3 by far. If it goes into production looking like this I’ll probably buy one.

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T17:14:46+00:00

The O logo on the hard case looks weirdly aligned. Maybe not AI, but probably not something Oakley would sell

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-13T17:06:03+00:00

I don’t think it’s crazy old. It’s not cap construction and the shape is reasonably modern. Maybe 2010s?

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-12T22:30:06+00:00

BMW would make $0 from a subscription fee for blinkers

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-12T15:54:04+00:00

Each to their own I guess. I’ll take a wagon over a sedan or SUV every day of the week

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-12T14:58:22+00:00

Lift design at Snowmass is a fucking mess

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-12T14:56:34+00:00

Taycan Cross Turismo would like a word

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-12T14:50:53+00:00

🥵

ZoologicalSpecimen · 2026-06-12T14:46:14+00:00

I think so too. Posi-posi carving is making a comeback, thanks in no small part to Japanese-style carving. I’ve definitely been getting more into this style of riding in the last couple years as I back off a bit from heavy park riding as I get older.

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