the best things in life....

.....are free, or so it's said.

Bollocks! The best things in life (cars, holidays and women) cost a packet!

I should know, I'm know skint after spanking an obscene amount of cash on a new board.

How did this happen?

Well.....

After the affair with the ESF I was left with a few days to kill. So I thought I'd try some new boards out.

I thought I could do with a more free style board to help me jump around a bit more.

So off to the local shop I went to try:

Burton "Dominant" - good all rounder, pity it looks like you're riding a handbag
K2 "Darkstar" - alot of board for your money
Volkl "Squad Flex 3" - R.A.F (Guy will know what this is), awesome board

To cut a long story short I went for the squad. I haven't had so much fun on a board for years! And as a bonus it's loads easier to do my instructor demos on.

The first time I tried it I was in a lift queue and thought I'd have a go at a tail press to pass the time. So, used to the rather stiff nature of my old board, I wound up, rocked back and flexed on to the tail, and just a little bit beyond, ending up falling over the tail and looking like a right prat, nice one Brian!

On the piste it's really soft and allows you to get away with murder on the landings.

The upshot of all this is I'm now a little skint...boo!