Never Summer West Bound 2020 Review The Never Summer West Bound is a higher end all-mountain board, that has a stiffer flex, a little taper and a bigger floaty nose with the classic Never Summer feel. Features of the Never Summer West Bound Fusion Rocker CamberWith a larger transition area on the nose for better …
The Lobster Aaron Schwartz (which is pretty much just a Bataleon Party Wave) is a short, fat and wide, soft flexing surfy powder board.
The Nitro Fusion is their all-mountain, ride everything board that is one of the best all-around boards that I have ridden.
Burton Skeleton Key 2020 Review The Burton Skeleton Key is a directional shaped board, that has a pretty good mix of camber and rocker which makes it a good board for all-mountain riding. Features of the Burton Skeleton Key Directional CamberRocker on the nose for extra float in deep snow, and smooth entry to turns. …
Capita Mercury Review The Capita Mercury is a slightly set back, all terrain board that is lightweight, fast and really fun wherever I rode it. It is on the higher end, more expensive set of Capita boards, but I think this one is worth it, for my style of riding. Features of the Capita Mercury …
Jones Frontier Review The Jones Frontier is a do-it-all ride everywhere board, and is the most affordable Jones option. Without being super aggressive, the medium flex, base contour and setback stance make it suitable for whatever terrain you like the best. I have ridden the Frontier over a few years now, with a few different …
Jones Ultra Mountain Twin 2020 Review The Jones Ultra Mountain twin is the upgraded, stiffer and faster version of the Jones Mountain Twin. It keeps the majority of the overall features and style of the original, but with a stiffer core, faster base and lighter weight. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Jones …
Jones Mind Expander 2020 The Jones Mind Expander is a weird one, at first it looks like just a powder board, but it actually rides completely differently to how I expected it to. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Jones Mind Expander 3D Contour Base 3.0 The base of the Mind Expander is spooned …
The Ride Warpig is a new board for 2017, that comes in two sizes – small and large. It is made to be an easy carving, park board that floats in pow. It’s one of those boards that is popping up in edits all over the place.
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 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 Never Summer Swift is a powder board made for those deep pow days, but actually rides well in hardpacked conditions as well.
The Capita Slush Slasher is one of the snowboard designs by Corey Smith made for the Capita / Spring Break experiment. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] The Slush Slasher is one of the more affordable boards in the Spring Break / Capita line. They come in 3 sizes, all short ranging from 143 to 151cm. Short, wide and …
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.
The Nitro Uberspoon is designed to be a do it all board, that has a few changes in the 2017 model compared to previous years.
Yes 420 2020 Review I’m not sure if it was the first, but it is the first short ,wide, surfy powder board that I think of when someone says powder board. [tabs type=”tabs”] [tab title=”Description” active=”true”] Features of the Yes 420 Directional Weird Shape Radial Outline PowRock 602 Most of the board has a flat …
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.