Lamar

[Timeless]

Anyone got any first hand experience or views on Lamar boards?

 

They don't seem to rate very well in any magazine tests but I suspect that these are heavily advertiser biased.

[Stevo]

Reading in snowboarder, i guess that they were a big company back in the day, very reputable. But my guess is that they got bought out and aren't made to the same quality or w/e, because i have yet to hear anything good about them.

[Glenn]

Huffy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: HUFC) is a diversified sporting goods company, marketing bicycles and wheeled products under the Huffy®, Royce Union®, and Micro® brands; golf equipment under the Tommy Armour®, Ram®, Teardrop® and Zebra® brands; snowboards and accessories under the LTD®, Lamar® and Sims® brands; Hespeler® hockey equipment; and a variety of action sports items including skateboards, inline skates, and helmets under the UltraWheels®, Rage®, and Dukes® brands, and markets a variety of products as a licensee under trademarks from Disney®.

 

http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/industrynews/a...,708633,00.html

 

What steve said to my recollection is true.

 

Basically what I've seen from Lamar as of late is consistent with Huffy quality. It's not price (cheap) oriented gear with little regard for performance. The gear is rideable, but don't expect to be tearing things apart, unless by things you mean your equipment.

 

I'd stay away from this company.

Edited November 20, 2006 by Glenn

[adrian]

my first board was a lamar, but they are conglomerated now. today they are just mass produced sporting goods chain garbage.

[Stevo]

What steve said to my recollection is true.

 

Basically what I've seen from Lamar as of late is consistent with Huffy quality. It's not price (cheap) oriented gear with little regard for performance. The gear is rideable, but don't expect to be tearing things apart, unless by things you mean your equipment.

 

I'd stay away from this company.

So i guess technically, i had a lamar board for my first shred stick- i had a LTD.

[Timeless]

What steve said to my recollection is true.

 

Basically what I've seen from Lamar as of late is consistent with Huffy quality. It's not price (cheap) oriented gear with little regard for performance. The gear is rideable, but don't expect to be tearing things apart, unless by things you mean your equipment.

 

I'd stay away from this company.

 

It's not for me, I'm more than happy with my current stuff and I would only go upmarket from there.

 

I was asked for an opinion at work and don't have any personal knowledge of their stuff so thought I'd ask those in the know.

 

It's funny that they are owned by Huffy, my daughter had a Huffy bike with tassles on the end of the handlebars...

Edited November 20, 2006 by Timeless

[Dan-]

on a side note, it's sad that Huffy bought out Sims, They were once a good quality snowboard, now they are just garbage.

[librider]

Lamar should be LAMEar

[method9455]

No pussy footing around, the shit is garbage. Straight up. Thats lowest level rental stuff, not worth purchasing if you aren't even getting better than a rental.

[Timeless]

No pussy footing around, the shit is garbage. Straight up. Thats lowest level rental stuff, not worth purchasing if you aren't even getting better than a rental.

 

 

That was his intention, to buy this instead of getting rentals, I'll point him towards a better solution.

[method9455]

If you want a better one, check out low end GNU (Carbon High Beam) some of the Rides go pretty cheap too at the lower end, even a K2. Check especially last years stuff. I'd rather take a last year or even used higher end board with a stone grind, and it will last you a lot longer and ride a lot better.