If you are a*burton hater you may want to skip this thread.* Ok you will want to skip it for sure.* * So last year in March, the day before I went out west to Whistler (i live in toronto)* I saw a 163 Burton Sherlock on sale and bought it.* It*snowed heavily all week and for my trip and*I felt I had the perfect board for the conditions, except for one long traverse where I found that the flying V shape doesn’t really like really really hard packed flat stuff – it was pretty squirrely, almost a little scary.* I have also heard that this shape is not great on really hard packed snow and ice, which here in Ontario is pretty much what we get all the time.** Anyways I think that whenever the snow is soft I have exactly the Board that I need.* * My other board is a Vapor 159, several years old (another case of deep discount so I grabbed it), both boards have the channel and EST bindings, so if I were to change this board I’d still want a burton board with the channel.* I weigh 185 lbs and had been wondering if the 159 was a bit short for me; actually demo’d a couple boards last spring in 162/163*size that seemed a bit more stable (including a method). The vapor is of course a conventional cambered board.*** * So right now I have Sherlock as the*board for trips out west and the occasional day of decent snow in Ontario/Quebec, and a cambered board in the Vapor*for*hardpacked groomed stuff and icy days.* The only flaw in this is that maybe 159 is*too short.** ** * As far as riding I mostly freeride, might go through the park if my kid drags me there, never any rails or other metal features.* * Questions for those that read this far: * Is this a good pairing*in terms of board style – flying V and cambered?** The Sherlock’s a keeper since it’s so fun when there’s fresh snow.* I was thinking of replacing*the Vapor with something around 162/163.* Should I keep the criteria of cambered board

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Companion Board for Sherlock?