Comments on: Snowboard Review: 09-10 Never Summer Evo-R

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:17:41 +0000

Hey Shay,
Is the Pandora-R the women’s equivalent to the Evo-R? I’m looking for a park specific women’s board. 5’4″, 115lbs. Also looking at teh Forum Spinster Chillydog. Any comparison? Thanks in advance.

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By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:43:09 +0000

Eric, nice you got to ride the SL and good to hear you experiences.

Alex, The safe bet is to buy the one you like and if you rode and liked the Kass you’ll know for sure. The evo is softer than the Kass and more playful so depends on what you want.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:04:52 +0000

Shay

I am torn between the Evo R and the Kass C2BTX – how would you compare them? I have ridden teh Kass, but do not have the otipon of testing an Evo R before i buy

By: Eric Nguyen

Eric Nguyen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:19:02 +0000

I had a chance to ride the SL and it’s a pretty sweet board. I sometimes kinda wish I bought the SL instead. But the EVO still doesn’t disappoint. So Chris I suggest the SL. I feel stable on the SL compared to the EVO and I feel safer going faster on it too.

By: Shay

Shay — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:06:10 +0000

Great to hear Eric!

Chris, personally the RC technology gives a added park bonus to all of the boards. I ride the Lotus as my main tree/winter/freeride board and I feel comfortable taking it into the park on boxes and in halfpipe. Now I have the evo and I ride that early/late season but don’t feel as comfortable taking it in powder/trees/freeriding because it doesn’t hold as stable as the Lotus/Premier does in those environments. I’d say if you are spending the majority of your time in a certain spot, find the board suitable for that and then the RC will give you some extra fun when you do take it in park. The SL is the inbetween of those two so I would say you are safer with picking the SL than the Evo.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:54:52 +0000

Man this has got to be one of the toughest questions to answer! I was about set on the SL-R but did a little more research on the EVO-R and I now think I am going to go with it. I spend more time out of the park ( riding trees,Logs, pow) than in but I want a board that is going to perform like no other when I’m there. My resoning is that I think I am a good enough rider to be able to make up what the EVO lacks in all mountain with the but could use the extra help it gives me when I’m in the park. Any opinions on this anyone? Vince whats up buddy! I seem to be running into you on the web alot lately! Hopefully we can meet up on the hill this year. Good riding to everyone!

By: Eric Nguyen

Eric Nguyen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:08:16 +0000

Well, I went to Copper this Saturday with the EVO, and man it was fun. The board grips very nicely and it was definitely a sweet ride. I felt like the board made me a better rider compared to my last board. I didn’t go all out on it but so far it felt like a solid board. Very happy with my purchase.

By: Shay

Shay — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:38:34 +0000

Thanks Eric N!

By: Eric Nguyen

Eric Nguyen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:31:03 +0000

But not by much