Hey all,
I'm looking for a new longboard and I have been seriously looking at the Bing Elevator model. Has anybody ridden this board?? If so, what did you think? How did it turn/ride off the tail and how well did it noseride? I would really appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks a lot!
You might want to ask on longboard.net. I think you will get some feedback over there.
Ive rode the Bing Levitator and the Elevator… The siver spoon and the Gold Standard… They are nice but the Cj Nelson model from Pearson Arrow noserides and turns better I think… The Aviso CJ model Blows them all away…
I bought a 9’6" Elevator about a year ago and I have been surfing it regularly ever since. I have probably taken it out at least a few times a week in everything from knee high to almost double overhead and I have to say I am absolutely in love with this board.
Initially I played around quite a bit with fin position, and these days I ride it with the fin as far forwards as it will go in the box. It still trims nicely from the front but I really like the snappy turns you can crank with the extra looseness in the tail.
The board rides very nicely…it is not as fast as other longboards I have ridden (the Stewart Hydraglide takes the cake for speed) but it is plenty fast enough. It paddles very fast, and the extra kick in the tail rocker is so good at catching waves that it will seriously increase your wave count and let you get into waves way earlier. I think it also vastly improves your ability to milk a bit of extra power out of whitewash and keep gliding back into some reform…or the beach 
The step-deck feature is something I was curious to try and I have to say that there is a definite flex through the nose as you work your way forward. Even with one foot on the nose and one further back, you can pump down the line and really feel the board “take off”, then step back and crank a turn. I have read that this design is prone to stress cracks, but I have not seen any evidence of that at all, and I suspect that the double stringer does a lot to keep the flex from being too localized.
I find it a remarkably easy board to turn, and I have had no problems hitting the lip or even doing short floaters even on weak mushy waves. With the big fin in the back you can really lean into your turns and the board responds quite nicely.
If I had one complaint is that I feel that the rails could be a little bit softer towards the front. Riding backside, when I tend to lean into turns rather than carve them on the rail, I find that I quite often catch a rail, particularly if I am closer to the front of the board. Still, this is no doubt more of a testament to my still developing skills than the shape of the board. The rails are quite hard in the back, narrowing to a small hard square tail which really lets you dig into turns and make quick transitions. It rides amazingly well in steep and powerful waves too.
Overall, this is my favourite board by far, and definitely my go-to board for any kind of softer mushy beachbreak type waves. On big overhead days at a local beachbreak I used to take an 8’ mini gun that I love for it’s speed and maneuverability, but after snapping the center fin box (it was a thruster set-up), I had it converted to a single-fin and I like it even better. The amazing thing is that the Bing turns almost as fast and tight!
Another aspect I appreciate is the design of the board. You pay good money for a hand-shaped board, and the money is well spent in this case. The colours are fabulous (mine is lime green) the glassing is perfect, and the details are all really nice. Even the old-school logo is a small work of art.
I would highly recommend this board for anybody that is looking for a classic old-school longboard that will let you carve elegant turns and trim up into some epic noserides, but also let you hit the lip and kick their fin out once in a while. Top Shelf.