Over the past few years, asym snowboards have been getting more and more popular, with most brands having at least one asym board in their range. Because of the way our legs bend, it is much easier for to put their weight over their toes, compared to putting weight over your heels. In snowboarding, this just …
1. Bataleon Disaster The Bataleon Disaster is a soft flexing (2/10), true twin snowboard that comes in 144cm, 148cm, 151cm, 153cm and 155cm lengths. It has the Jib 3BT base, so it has a camber shape but has the widest center base of the Bataleon range, so it is easy to lock on to 50-50s. 2. Rome Butterknife The …
Endeavor New Standard 2014/2015 The Endeavor New Standard is part of the All Terrain Freestyle range. From Endeavor’s site: The goal for this deck was simple: to create a completely new style of board that is stable yet loose, aggressive yet fun and soft yet poppy. Wider than the average deck, this board is designed to …
Here is a list of the gear that some of the riders in the Helgasons movie NoToBo were wearing. Seeing that a few of them are/were on the Nike Snowboarding team, it is pretty hard to find some of their outerwear now that they aren’t making it anymore. Halldor Helgason Snowboards Lobster Parkboard Lobster Jibboard Lobster Freestyleboard …
This is a list of the top 10 jib snowboards of the 2014/2015 season. Slightly different than regular Park snowboards, there are a few things that separate jib boards. In general, they have a softer flex, and if you were going to rate them all together, they sit around the 2-4 out of 10 in flex …
Things to keep in mind for snowboard reviews The most important thing to remember about a snowboard review is that it is a very unique thing to review. There are so many different things that can change how a board feels, but I try to be as consistent as I can in how I ride …
If you are reading this, you have probably seen the types of sales, and huge variety that you can get from the big US online stores. In the last few years, the prices at Australian local shops have gotten much better, and are no where near as expensive as they used to be. But, Australia …
Halldor Helgason Snowboards: Lobster ParkBoard The Artist Version (with the green base) has sold out nearly everywhere, so I just linked to the normal version – same board, different graphics. Boots: Nike Lunavendor Bindings: Switchback Halldor Pro model Jackets: Nike Kampai Heritage Jacket Pants: Nike Budmo Nike Ruskin Nike Northrup Hoodie This isn’t the real Nike Team …
Lobster Parkboard Although the Parkboard has only been around a few years, it has hit that perfect mix of flex, stability and fun that a good park board has. Quick info: Medium soft flex Fast base TBT Read more about the Parkboard See Hallor riding the Parkboard in Hintertux Bataleon Airobic Quick info: Medium soft …
Never Not is Nike’s first full length snowboarding movie. It features riding from Gigi Ruf Nicolas Muller, Justin Bennee, Jed Anderson, Halldor Helgason ,Sage Kotsenburg ,Jess Kimura ,Laura Hadar, Annie Boulanger, Johnnie Paxson and Ethan Morgan. It is a cool combination of backcountry and street riding, and Part 2 (more documentary style) is just as good. This is a fairly …
Two boards that have been getting very popular over the last two seasons are the Lobster Jib Board, and the Lobster Park board. Although there are lots of exceptions, in most videos you will see Halldor Helgason riding the parkboard, and Eiki riding the Jibboard. Shape: Both the Jib Board, and the Park Board are …
Rome Crossrocket 2017 The Rome Crossrocket is a all-mountain freestyle board, that is close to a twin shape, and has a 3d camber profile. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Rome Crossrocket 2017 No Hang-Ups Pop 2.0 Overall the Crossrocket has a regular camber profile, but the main difference is that the contact points (corners …
A snowboard made for jibbing (riding, bonking, tapping anything that isn’t snow) is generally a shorter, softer, twin shaped board. Basically, jibbing a lot of the type of riding you see in the park (except for the jumps). Anything that involves, rails, boxes, barrels, rocks, trees etc can all be called jibbing. Technically, you can …
Here are a bunch of vector logos from some of the big snowboarding companies. Brands included are: Lib Tech, Flow, Lobster, Burton, Bataleon, Rossignol, Jones, Yes, Salomon, Never Summer, Ride, Capita, Rome, Technine, Union, Switchback, Forum and Arbor. They would be good for people looking for a scalable logos for their edits, or to make …
The Lobster Freestyle board is made for exactly what is sounds like – freestyle riding. Just like Bataleon’s boards, Lobster boards use TBT (Triple Base Technology). Basically the board’s base is split into 3 sections, left base, middle base and right base. The video below explains the technology pretty well. The Freestyle board uses their …
Salomon Salomonder Review The Salomon Salomonder is a soft flat jib board. Used by Chris Grenier and Jed Anderson, this is their board of choice for their street and park riding. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Salomon Salomonder True Twin It has a symmetrical shape, and a centered stance, so riding it switch will have …
If you didn’t already know, Lobster boards (owned by the Halldor and Eiki Helgason) are Bataleon boards, with Lobster graphics. So if you are buying a Lobster board, you are really getting a Bataleon. That is definitely not a bad thing, as TBT (Triple Base Technology) is a major plus on a board. It is …
One of the Helgason brothers most popular boards – the Lobster Jib board is a soft flexing board aimed for jibbers of all levels. It has the same TBT (trible base technology) as Bataleon boards, so the lifted edges give the board a forgiving feel suitable for all boxes, rails and street features. It uses the …
Lobster Parkboard 2017 The Lobster Parkboard is a medium soft flexing, twin park board that has the 3BT shape. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Lobster Parkboard Park 3BT The Park 3BT has a fairly wide middle base (only the jib board has wider), which is still going to keep you stable on rails …