Comments on: Snowboard Review: 09-10 Bataleon Evil Twin

By: Shay

Shay — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:59:44 +0000

me, awesome to hear your experiences with your bataleons! I only get certain amount of time on boards and my reviews are just my experiences with the boards. I also rode a small size which I point out in the review didn’t help in powder because it was on the smaller size so good to know that you find it in pow just fine.

By: me

me — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:40:35 +0000

I want to challenge this review! My husband rides for bataleon and both of us are HUGE fans… He rides an evil twin ( like a 153 and he is 6′ ) in the pow ALL the time, wet heavy NW pow and he can drop anything, can straight line bumps what eves, so it is actually pretty stable outside of the park. I personally think if one is a strong rider they can take it where ever they want… I also think that saying that the evil twin is the go to park board is not necessarily true anymore…. the aerobic and fun kink are far more popular as park boards now.

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By: Shay

Shay — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:42:50 +0000

Thanks Ian!

Kimbo, it sank in pow and it’s not meant to be in pow. My suggestion if you plan to ride pow filled mountains is to get a pow specific board for those days if you are considering the evil twin as your main board. You could always go for a park inspired rocker board that would still give it the float in powder. Surprised to hear your TRS BTX got stuck, what size are you riding and what’s your weight?

It also depends on what “mountains” we are talking about. Small mountains or hills this board would be fine for but big mountains, backcountry, powder…the evil twin won’t hold up unless you go for a bigger size.

By: kimbo

kimbo — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:36:41 +0000

ah. can you elaborate on how the evil twin handles on pow?
ive been doing alot of reading on this board and REALLY want it, but whats holding me back are user reviews on how this board doesn’t hold up too well in pow. the last thing i want is to get stuck in pow! (i used to get stuck in my trs btx too).

i’m planning to ride in pow-filled mountains this season but also a lot of groomers and icy conditions since i’m over on the eastcoast (usa). i plan on riding park/jumps/jibs 50-60% of the time and the rest is freeriding (while doing a lot of flat ground tricks). i know the evil twin isn’t an all-mountain board, but could i make it an all-mountain with more focus on tricks?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:37:39 +0000

agreed Bataleon have really really missed a trick with this years board graphics. Espcecially after such a strong past couple of years or so. The evil twin of this year and last were superb, as well as last years fun.kink and the one before that (butcher = genius). The clockwork orange inspired goliath was just that, inspired so to see this years was very dissapointing. even the new riot they’ve managed to mess up…

anyway! great review Shay. always good to hear your point of view, as opposed to the magazines ‘opinions’.
keep them coming!

By: Zachary Lytle

Zachary Lytle — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:13:22 +0000

I have ridden last year’s version of this board and I loved it. I have been thinking of buying it for a while – Until I saw the new graphics. I could puke. Sometimes, if you really like a board, then you just ignore the terrible graphics (like I do every time I buy a Lib-Tech board) but this is so bad I wouldn’t buy it if it were the best board on the planet. Horrible.