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Question
Hi,
I just bought a Winterstick board (2000?) for $150 on close out.  Here is a link:  http://www.newsearching.com/snowboarding/Winterstick_All_Mountain.html

My question is, do you know much about this company and/or this board?  I don't ride pipe much, and just carve and do some jumping on a ski hill in Minnesota.  Is this a quality board?  I got a good deal didn't I?  I'm not a real high end rider and don't think I need much higher end of a board.

I've heard some good things about this company but don't know much about their boards.

thanks
Don

Answer
Winterstick has been around for a long, long time. There have even been claims that the company manufactured the first snowboards, but this is untrue. What actually went down is that while the first snowboards were being destributed by Jake Burton, Tom Simms and Chuck Barfoot (this is maybe 3 years after the first snowboard) Winterstick was indeed around, only under various names and exploring a different vein of snowboard design that ultimately didn't catch on. The wintersticks had wide, pointed noses like surfboards, that flowed into narrow waists before flaring out again at the tail, which was a deeply cut swallow design. They had their own take on bindings, too. Rubber straps with the goal being freedom of movement, like a surfboard, rather than the restrictive ski binding-like-control designs other early companies were putting out. As you can probably tell by the shape of these boards and the binding systems, these were powder tools. Big boards for surfing in really deep stuff. The kicker? These boards worked for what they were designed for. They were meant to provide surfboard like feeling and control in the deep stuff, and they performed to perfection. This at a time when the majority of snowboards from the other school of thought didn't perform up to their specifications. In fact, the original powder tool winterstick was being sold, pretty much unchanged except for modern materials, well into the 90's. I haven't gone to that link you provided me with, but I wouldn't be surprised if they still sell it. Try looking for a re-release of some of the other companies early efforts... not likely. Unfortunately, the winterstick design was not to succeed. The other school of thought took over, and to stay competitive, winterstick began to manufacture the snowboards you see today. This is what you bought. Is it a good ride? Sure. To be honest, winterstick is not developing boards with the same level of quality and design that a top money company like, say, Burton is, but they still make a good product. You should be fine on it, and if it is a 2000, then yes, you got a good deal. Hope this helps, have fun.

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