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GROUND INDUSTRIES ..the only way to go

PHREERIDER - 15-9-2009 at 05:23 AM

totally sold on the GI, gonna be on the cubes for life

plus there in the neighborhood

my man DAVE at corporate totally backs up there stuff

word and deed folks.

simple as that

HIGH GROUND FREE RIDE DOWNHILL PARK LOOKS SICK ! definitely gonna hit it....Beech Mountain NC

acampbell - 15-9-2009 at 05:53 AM

What board?

PHREERIDER - 15-9-2009 at 06:08 AM

patrol 106 with the bionic trucks and torsion cubes

the vegas hubs they came with were defective and they replaced them immediately without question.

dylanj423 - 15-9-2009 at 06:14 AM

GI's comin up.... love 'em

PHREERIDER - 15-9-2009 at 06:34 AM

i think for a taller, heavier rider, the 106 patrol has benefits of a professional tool and still light for its utility. had 3 really nice sessions with side shore wind, so a ton of trans, jumps and switches. the bindings are top self and have worked even for quick hop outs. even though they are dressy for me i'm good with it

Houston AirHead - 15-9-2009 at 10:52 AM

ive heard that GI's Hubs(rims) break easily.. is this true?????

USA_Eli_A - 15-9-2009 at 10:54 AM

I have 2 106 Patrols, the new one (blue) with the cross airs is great. The old one, I'll never put down, pretty awesome!

When I met the GI guys in Orlando, I could tell the future of boarding with kites looked bright, now and then I get an itch to bomb a hill, now I dream of Higher Ground all the time!

Wonder if we could kite it!

PHREERIDER - 15-9-2009 at 11:09 AM

i haven't broken any. the vegas hubs that came with it didn't seem right , the hub/rim connection point had a fraction of play after about 10-15 hours. i contacted GI and they replaced them cat quick. looks to be a defective run of parts??maybe,, BUT NOT ALL are affected . GI was totally cool with it. there junk comes with a 3 year warranty. thats heavy! they want you to use there stuff. i could see them breaking if not replaced though. i'll drop the news on the replacements when in hand. and then into the mill they go.

if i loose a session because of weak junk...you'll hear about it

PHREERIDER - 15-9-2009 at 11:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by USA_Eli_A
I have 2 106 Patrols, the new one (blue) with the cross airs is great. The old one, I'll never put down, pretty awesome!

When I met the GI guys in Orlando, I could tell the future of boarding with kites looked bright, now and then I get an itch to bomb a hill, now I dream of Higher Ground all the time!

Wonder if we could kite it!


too many trees, yeah the spot is nice for sure

dylanj423 - 15-9-2009 at 01:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Houston AirHead
ive heard that GI's Hubs(rims) break easily.. is this true?????


i think i remember hearing something about a flaw in the first batch of cross-airs ever made, but that was a long time ago... mine are old cross airs, and ive had no issues on some VERY long rides, and some hard knocks, too

f0rgiv3n - 15-9-2009 at 01:34 PM

I've got a set of the Vegas hubs and LOVE 'em!!

USA_Eli_A - 15-9-2009 at 02:06 PM

these are new and awesome cross airs..:eekdrull:

build a new kicker for SOBB this year, and gave them a test

awindofchange - 15-9-2009 at 03:06 PM

The original Vegas hubs did have an issue with breakage. That issue has been long resolved and the new hubs are awesome. It would be very rare that you would ever get some of the original Vegas Hubs as GI went through great efforts to make sure they were all returned and replaced (obviously at no charge to the shops or end users). GI has awesome customer support and backs up their products. Being a U.S. Based company - you can get anything you need within a couple days.....that is if you ever need anything. Their boards rock!

Think these guys aren't serious about boards? Well, they just recently opened a totally radical mountain board park at their brand new facility - complete with chair lift. Check out the home page -> http://www.groundindustries.com/ (check out the slide show of all the images) Nothing like having your very own playland in your back yard! Makes me want to go to South Carolina and give it a run!

McDuck - 15-9-2009 at 03:53 PM

The cross airs are rock solid. I've heard (even from loyal MBS riders) that you can't beat em. I have vegas hubs on my Flight Lite and haven't had any issues. Can't wait to try the Terraintulas though when GI delivers the goods.

tobytobsen - 16-9-2009 at 07:12 AM

Some Kiter here in germany complain about the Hubs and Axles.
For Example Alexander in this threath http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=75325&highlig...

This started in 2007
writes that he bought the Flight Lite, went Kiting and broke two hubs after 10 minutes, and the axles were very loose. He sent it in, and had to wait months for a replacement.

Similar thing happened to the replacement and then to the replacement of the replacement.

Then after he sent it in they told him that they have problems to deliver, and now he waits since 2 years on a replacement.

Some of our german dealers removed GI out of their program for reasons like this.
More people add in this threath that they have big quality problems, one with the patrol 106 from 2008., one with conflict 105...

I hope their 2009 series will be good, because their boards are great, if they would not brake all the time... ;-)

kiteNH - 16-9-2009 at 07:21 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by tobytobsen
Some Kiter here in germany complain about the Hubs and Axles.
For Example Alexander in this threath http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=75325&highlig...

This started in 2007
writes that he bought the Flight Lite, went Kiting and broke two hubs after 10 minutes, and the axles were very loose. He sent it in, and had to wait months for a replacement.

Similar thing happened to the replacement and then to the replacement of the replacement.

Then after he sent it in they told him that they have problems to deliver, and now he waits since 2 years on a replacement.

Some of our german dealers removed GI out of their program for reasons like this.
More people add in this threath that they have big quality problems, one with the patrol 106 from 2008., one with conflict 105...

I hope their 2009 series will be good, because their boards are great, if they would not brake all the time... ;-)


I'm not sure about quality, but I had heard in the past that they had problems with actually getting products stocked and available to dealers. And warranty returns and parts took forever to come through. It sounds like maybe they have gotten their supply chain issues worked out though and I've read mostly good things about quality and customer service on this forum.

Don't think I'll be trying one out for a while though since my Pro 6 looks like it will last for a very long time.

PHREERIDER - 16-9-2009 at 07:26 AM

just got the replacements , all switched

time, tides and wind and we'll see

the mbs trispoke will ride back up


looking for all the good