firstly great review!! I’m just wondering how is this evo compare to the 2008 model evo? is there much different or its as fun as it was? And one last thing how does it compare with the Omatic Awesome, which i heard is a pretty good all round snowboard as well.

First off, i never knew what dampening ment. although i saw that it was very low for the EVO-R. But i ride on the east coast and come across with alot of bumpy pain in the butt conditions.. what does dampening have to do with that?

Secondly, i have a hard time pressing, and i was looking into the a rocker because its so much easier, but i liked the EVO-r because i also love just taking some speed runs on the steeps. You guys keep saying that its really stiff. Compared to the Rome agent that i have now.. will it be much easier? or about equal to press on ?

Thanks for the input. It’d really help me out..

I’m hoping you might be able to give a bit of advice to me. This is my first season snowboarding and I’ve gone up 6 times.

I have no interest in hitting up the park or doing tricks, and will most likely be sticking to groomed runs for now.

Would you recommend the EVO-R or SL-R for a beginner like myself? I think a twin would be easier for me (I like switching), but I’ll digress to your expertise here.

Thank you very much!

Paul

ps. if there is some other board (boot and bindings) you’d recommend for a beginner, I’d appreciate any suggestions you might have. Thanks again.

Anonymous. Good question I like my evo and it does handle a lot of the mountain but for really fun days where I’d want a soft board just to play with I’d go for the horrorscope. Box scratcher is still fun but horrorscope was fun and softer.

Anonymous. The evo with reverse is easy to press and butter…even though it’s still a stiffer park board, you shouldn’t have any issues.

Seems like you really like the Evo. What would be the most fun/best park freestyle board you’ve tried? Something that doesn’t have to really perform on powder and is just for playing around on groomers and the park. It would be for specific use (eg, fun noodle days) in a quiver, so it doesn’t have to be totally well rounded. Is the Evo still up there, or is it too all-mountainy? LIB Boxscratcher perhaps? Would like to stay with NS, but not if the Evo is too close my SL-R. I guess they do have those two new ones for 09/10 but the one year warranty is a bummer.

thanks!

The 151 would still be fine for you, it will handle your weight fine.