Cheetah Ultra Sports reinvents the snowboard, wants $1899 for it

We've already seen the skateboard get re-engineered this year, so why not its most closely related, snow-loving cousin? Cheetah Ultra Sports has apparently developed the Whip F-117 after four solid years of research, development and taking oodles of time off to hit the slopes. In short, it's dubbed the Lamborghini of snowboards, promising to make riders go faster, feel lighter, turn quicker, edge harder, carve sharper and be broker. Yeah, we're just kidding on that last one, though the $1,899 price tag may just disagree. The board is only available in limited quantities due to the hand built nature, and obviously you'll have a difficult time trying one before you buy. So, what say you? The next big thing in boarding, or the next piece of hype sure to flame out in short order?

[Via BeSportier]

[credo Posted Jan 25th 2009 10:58PM]

The only problem is, you have to go down the mountain looking like a wanker. No seriously, it looks great in a picture, but just imagine yourself waiting for the lift and everyone staring at you...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 12:01AM]

Any 3D or Video trial ?
It is designed to look like a man with limbs but no head.

[luija Posted Jan 26th 2009 1:47AM]

Nice

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 9:45AM]

Call it paraeidolia if you like, but can anybody else see two men (the lower one headless) urinating with their back to us?

[TrueDis Posted Jan 26th 2009 11:42AM]

Q: What is it made of?
A: The board (OVH) is made of wool, plastic, steel edges and carbon composite. No dampening rubber sheet is added because of the spider back suspensions (SBS) takes care of all chatters. The SBS is constructed with carbon composite.

Well if it's made of wool, sign me up!

[kingu Posted Jan 26th 2009 12:45PM]

Just like the trabant.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 1:26PM]

You know what this reminds me of? (warning: obscure references)

1. Griff's PitBull from BTTF2
2. (even more obscure) the crazy skateboard the Hulkster pulls out in Suburban Commando

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 4:31PM]

To everyone who thinks this board is designed for the pros and the Olympic team will buy them..YOU ARE ALL MORONS. The shock pads will cause the board to be less responsive to the riders motions, the shitty whole in the middle will cause drag in anything but a perfectly smooth sheet of ice, going from edge to edge is not a problem for anybody with a few days experience let alone the professionals, heli trips are not the only type of pow, the majority of us love to dip into the trees...imagine catching a branch in the piece of shit hole in the board,....I could go on all day about what a piece of shit that thing is. TOTAL FAIL!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2009 11:15PM]

hahahahhha i thought it was the top of a xbox when i first saw it, hopefully that thing is reverse cambered otherwise it wont be able to compete with the new reverse camber boards

[doubleofive Posted Jan 30th 2009 11:59PM]

"go faster, feel lighter, turn quicker, edge harder, carve sharper and be broker."

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