Anyone ride a Bing Levitator Type 2?

[jmon_wellfleet]

Curious thoughts and feedback.

Specifically - I have a 9-4 Bing BN Lightweight, and a 9-4 Spence Sam (love it). While the BN Lw has been great, occasionally excellent nose rides, its a bit of a horse to turn needs some oomph. I was thinking about a slightly more pulled in nose, and a slightly smaller tail, to have bit more turning and speed. Surfing cape cod sand bar beach breaks, and the Lev 2 looks like might fill my wants better than the Bn Lw and be just a hair more broader on waves.....this would be a sell BN and buy Lev 2. The Sam spoon by Spence is forever staying put!

 

[Alek]

I took out a 9'4 type 2 demo for a couple days recently. Rode it at a bumpy california point break in waves i would usually not ride a longboard in and it definitely turns! Was super impressed with how it handled off the tail. But It didn't noseride as well as I'd have liked but the waves didn't really offer up the best noseride sections and i've been riding super noseride oriented logs the last few years so I am used to getting easy tip time on more forgiving boards. I bet if you gave it some time to figure out it would tick that noseriding box for ya.

I attached two pics of me on it off the tail and on the nose. If you want to see some footage of it in action, message me your email and I can send some clips to you.

 

[RobG814]

I took out a 9'4 type 2 demo for a couple days recently. Rode it at a bumpy california point break in waves i would usually not ride a longboard in and it definitely turns! Was super impressed with how it handled off the tail. But It didn't noseride as well as I'd have liked but the waves didn't really offer up the best noseride sections and i've been riding super noseride oriented logs the last few years so I am used to getting easy tip time on more forgiving boards. I bet if you gave it some time to figure out it would tick that noseriding box for ya.

I attached two pics of me on it off the tail and on the nose. If you want to see some footage of it in action, message me your email and I can send some clips to you.

Absolutely ripping man!

 

[jmon_wellfleet]

thanks ya! appreciate. waves look clean to me from the east coast perspective. and style.

Course now I want the Lev2 and keep the BN LW.

 

[Gulfzer5]

Bumping this thread. Researching for a really soon future purchase. I'm all over the place..lol but keep looking at this one and Izzy Rider Type 2.

 

[jmon_wellfleet]

Hit me up in late Jan probaby Feb of '23, got a Lev2 9-6 on order....

 

[RobG814]

Bumping this thread. Researching for a really soon future purchase. I'm all over the place..lol but keep looking at this one and Izzy Rider Type 2.

I would pick the Izzy for me, that outline looks very nice. The Levitator is a very wide board, never been a big fan of it for east coast waves.

 

[jmon_wellfleet]

Di

I would pick the Izzy for me, that outline looks very nice. The Levitator is a very wide board, never been a big fan of it for east coast waves. Izzy2 and Lev2 at 9-6, is 1/2”.

Width at 9-6 - Izz and Izzy 2 is 23” ,Lev 2 is 23 1/2”, Lev is 23 3/4.

I chose the Lev2 and ride beach breaks mostly, then again I have a 9-4 Sam hull for the other side of life’s single fin waves. Anything of punch and size I’m not on the 9-4 Sam; although it loves its rail jammed into a wall and in trim and it’s been out in some bigger steeper days, more due to laziness of climbing a 60+ ft dune to truck for swap. It’s an amazing ride. It’s not for a beginner or even intermediate.

Point? I’m looking at 2 single fin logs for different waves but all beach breaks. Once l gets dunno stomach chest Plus I’ll typically be on other rides not single fin (longboards).

Personally I dislike large noses in beach break, had a Bing LW was a one trick pony. Did that trick well but had to horse turns. Felt sluggish. I never liked the Tak ITP (albeit not great compare here in the single fin debate ) thick duck lip with a fat nose width to me worse of both works-fat lip and a big nose! Like a bad LA porn star up in the fezz. Some love them. ITP and duck billed ladies.

I landed on the Lev2 as it narrowed up over the original , has a pointier nose and tail. Lost the step. Sacrificing the one trick pure NR focus for some speed and turns, within the context of a more traditional log debate.

Different views….hard choices.

Whether the new Lev2 fits my bill I don’t know all theory right now for me. I would not have ordered the original Lev though.

 

[RobG814]

Di


Width at 9-6 - Izz and Izzy 2 is 23” ,Lev 2 is 23 1/2”, Lev is 23 3/4.

I chose the Lev2 and ride beach breaks mostly, then again I have a 9-4 Sam hull for the other side of life’s single fin waves. Anything of punch and size I’m not on the 9-4 Sam; although it loves its rail jammed into a wall and in trim and it’s been out in some bigger steeper days, more due to laziness of climbing a 60+ ft dune to truck for swap. It’s an amazing ride. It’s not for a beginner or even intermediate.

Point? I’m looking at 2 single fin logs for different waves but all beach breaks. Once l gets dunno stomach chest Plus I’ll typically be on other rides not single fin (longboards).

Personally I dislike large noses in beach break, had a Bing LW was a one trick pony. Did that trick well but had to horse turns. Felt sluggish. I never liked the Tak ITP (albeit not great compare here in the single fin debate ) thick duck lip with a fat nose width to me worse of both works-fat lip and a big nose! Like a bad LA porn star up in the fezz. Some love them. ITP and duck billed ladies.

I landed on the Lev2 as it narrowed up over the original , has a pointier nose and tail. Lost the step. Sacrificing the one trick pure NR focus for some speed and turns, within the context of a more traditional log debate.

Different views….hard choices.

Whether the new Lev2 fits my bill I don’t know all theory right now for me. I would not have ordered the original Lev though.

Good points! I was basing my response on the original Levitator, I have not seen the new ones in person yet. I had an Elevator years ago that was magic, regret letting that one go.

 

[jmon_wellfleet]

Yeah that was my choices - elevator or Lev2. Buddy has a continental it’s ok def a NR take though. I’d lean to one of A ricky carrol JQ model> that.

All that said with 400 shipping I had to man up and get an 7-6 omega in quad also as it added 20 shipping only. Also specc’d S glass. Now I gotta sell Some boards they will Be posted here (Josh hall pin bamboo glassed fin thruster 7-6, maybe 7-10 Mitsven magic, possibly a 7-2 griffin true 5 fin / thruster with fins, maybe a 7-6 pin semi gun Shane smith gathering dust).