Salomon Sleepwalker 2018 Review The Sleepwalker is a new board for the 2018 season, and I’ll call it now and say that this is going to be a pretty popular board. Overall its a twin jib/park board, that rides like a Villain, but costs a whole bunch less. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Salomon Sleepwalker Soft Flex …
Sims Dealers Choice 2018 Review The Sims Dealers Choice is a mid flexing twin shaped park board, that has an easy to ride camber profile. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Sims Dealers Choice Being made in the Never Summer factory, the features of this board have all the same ridiculous names of Never Summer features. …
Niche Theme 2018 Review The Niche Theme is mostly camber, medium flexing freestyle board that is pretty fun to ride. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Niche Theme 2018 Camber Dominant Hybrid Pretty similar to a regular camber profile, though it is a bit flatter between the bindings. It has solid pop, is stable at speed …
Capita Kazu review The Capita Kazu is Kazu Kokubo’s powder and all mountain board. A cambered, smooth turning machine – a solid board all over the mountain. Features of the Capita Kazu Kokubo Pro Directional Shape Radial Taper 0.5″ Setback 6.5/10 Flex Like a few of the higher end Capita boards, I think that that …
Salomon Super 8 2017 Review The Salomon Super 8 is a wider board, that is made to be a mix between a hard charging all mountain board, and a surfy powder board. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Salomon Super 8 2017 Tapered Directional Shape The width of the tail is tapered (compared to the nose/tip) by …
The Never Summer Proto Type Two is a new model for 2017, which is based on a combination of the older Proto, the Funslinger and the Ripsaw.
The Never Summer Warlock is a new board this season, which is made up of the best parts of the Evo and the Proto HD.
The Never Summer Twenty Five is designed as a directional freeride version of the Proto Type Two. It is a special edition made for the 25th Anniversary of Never Summer.
GNU Mullair 2019 Review The GNU Mullair is Nicolas Müller’s pro model snowboard. GNU describe it as a “directional all terrain freestyle/free ride power” board, but to me it rides like a good, old school traditional camber board. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] The GNU Mullair has GNU/Lib Tech’s C3 camber profile, which for all intents …
The Capita Defenders of Awesome is a hybrid camber, medium flexing hybrid camber board, that has won 4 Transworld Good Wood awards.
The Never Summer Swift is a powder board made for those deep pow days, but actually rides well in hardpacked conditions as well.
The Never Summer Ripsaw is an all mountain twin board, that isn’t my cup of tea, but has a few super nice features when you ride it.
The Never Summer Funslinger is a soft flexing, twin and asymmetrical freestyle board made to ride the the park.
Salomon Derby 2017 Review The Salomon Derby is short and wide board, that is made to be quick and easy to turn, and have lots of float on pow days. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Salomon Derby 2017 Tapered Directional Shape The nose is about 10-15mm wider than the tail, which helps makes starting turns easy, as …
The Salomon Assassin is made to be a freestyle and powder snowboard.
It was explained to me as being like a big brother to the Salmon Villain, with a stiffer flex and more features.
DC Media Blitz 2018 Review The DC Media Blitz is Torsteins board, that has had quite a few changes in the last couple of seasons. It has changed from an aggressive camber board, to a playful and easy to ride board. If you read the specs, it sounds like it should be aggressive like it used to …
The Sick Stick is a fun and floaty almost twin shaped powder board, that is just as much fun to ride on hardpacked snow as it is in pow.
Salomon Villain Review The Salomon Villain is a medium flexing, twin shaped park board that rides just as well all over the mountain. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Salomon Villain True Twin Just like you would expect from a park board, it has a true twin shape, so there isn’t any difference whether you …
Burton Custom Flying V 2017 The Burton Custom Flying V is a less aggressive version of the classic Burton Custom. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Burton Custom Flying V Flying V The Flying V profile is made to get the best of both regular camber, and rocker styles, with the least of their …
Bataleon Evil Twin Review The Bataleon Evil Twin is a strong board that can handle riding anywhere on the mountain. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] If you haven’t ridden a Bataleon board before, the one thing that sets them apart from all other brands is the profile and base shape. All of their boards are made …