If nothing else I hope this gives someone a chuckle.

Ages ago I picked up a cheap stonker board (off these very forums) which I have been learning with.

I don't know much about boards and obviously this one is relatively unsymmetric around the lengthwise axis. It is symmetrical along the breadth axis (so bidirectional, or maybe non-directional)

Previously I have been fitting into them with the toes pointing 'up', according to the orientation of the attached picture. This seemed sensible to me as it orients the text on the board to be readable by me.

Today I noticed that the text on the straps are actually oriented the other way which cast some doubts on how I rode it, so I just wanted to confirm this is the right way to ride it?

And can someone explain what the weird ends are supposed to do?

edit: thought I uploaded a picture with this but lordy me knows where it has gone. Here it is on tinypic

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haha thanks, mystery solved

IanR said...

Agh a Stonker Shark I had one years ago.

Neither theory really worked the reason we don't have asymmetric boards any more. Have fun

Sacrilege! The Stonker Shark was a legend! I rode one in the Schick event in 2001 and took a place in the final.

Dude the Shark ROCKED! Extreme upwind on the long rail, extreme boosting on the short rail. This board was EXTREME! Alex Gillan was a misunderstood Genius and Pioneer in early twin tip and directional Design. Show a little respect!

Funny enough I actually saw my old board not long ago, someone else owned it and still rode it from time to time.

EXTREMEly Funny

DM