100% agree with taking it easy on a new board. I made the mistake of going a bit gung-ho on a borrowed board - a fairly short, reverse camber, noodle of a board when I'm used to a long, stiff & full traditional camber ride. It did not go well and I got hurt fairly badly early on in my ride.
I'm an intermediate and waiting for my Burtom Custom Camber to replace my Rocker - camber - Rocker (beginner board Rossignol Evader). I'll ride like a 80y grandma first hour 😂🤣 I love carving 😍
I was just going to say “stay tuned” as in “keep watching” but realized that might be a bit confusing 😂. But yeah, keep an eye out down the line, got a whole series of board maintenance videos in the works! 👍👍👍
Just do like Matt said in the video. The transitions won't be too hard. Most rentals are usually flat/rocker and the DOA is very similar with just some camber in between the feet and rocker in tips so a little more aggressive.
You do not, new boards come waxed from the factory. We actually have a video about exactly that scheduled to go live on the 3rd. As for the edges some people like to do a little "detuning" in some areas (video coming soon as well) but it is not something that is needed.
