I think those came from either the 86 or 87 model year before production went to Austria with the foam injected Hypercarve, Antigravity etc. I think in 96 they had the swallow. I will have to look back into my ISMs to get a verdict but I remeber a Bike Factory ad that had that swallowtail model. I got to meet Bob Barci from the Bike Factory a few years ago at the Banked Slalom. Nice guy.
Some very unique boards in th
Some very unique boards in the Oregon Museum... That GNU is badass, I'm guessing the swallowtail is a custom cut out, never seen that before. Cool.
86 I think.
I think those came from either the 86 or 87 model year before production went to Austria with the foam injected Hypercarve, Antigravity etc. I think in 96 they had the swallow. I will have to look back into my ISMs to get a verdict but I remeber a Bike Factory ad that had that swallowtail model. I got to meet Bob Barci from the Bike Factory a few years ago at the Banked Slalom. Nice guy.
Gnu Swallowtail.
the board is an 85 prototype pulled from the press and used for testing at Mt. Hood. It is seen in the Very rare 1st Gnu ads.
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i flipped through my ism's for that swallow tail antigravity and found nothing. thanks for that info-interesting.
Gnu Swallowtail.
I will ask to get a photo of the brochure and post it.