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No companies are exempt from issues whether it’s during manufacturing, business deals and just plan things not working out the way you wanted them to.  The past couple months, there’s been a lot of unknown and silence from Omatic Snowboards.  No sneak peaks into their upcoming line or news from the brand, but now you [...]

Location: Breckenridge, CO Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers. Setup: I rode the Omatic Celebrity with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 155 First Impression: Hands down the most poppy board I’ve ridden in a while. Weight: Average Flex: The celebrity had a stiffer flex longitudinally that really [...]

Omatic marches steadily into the future as a company for the riders by riders and they won’t BS their way into your heads.  Since Omatic was introduced to the public they’ve developed with the changes, seen riders come and go but continued to be about having a fun ride built with honesty.  With legendary Todd [...]

With the motto “handcrafted by expensive machines” its easy to love O-matic snowboards with their fun no-BS approach to snowboarding.  Beyond the company and the names behind it, once you ride the boards you aren’t disappointed by the little shred company that could. O-matic snowboards was the last stop on Day 2 and located in [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Overcast with hardpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the O-matic Sweet with Technine Nines and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: Probably the best graphics I have seen and just a good around board. Size: 158cm Weight: average Flex: All around the flex was midway between stiff and soft which [...]

If you get the chance to meet the people behind O-matic or even just check out their catalog, they just radiate with fun and humor.  That fun and humor goes into their boards and making them fun to ride without making it too techy or serious.  From the first time I checked out O-matic I [...]

Here’s a look at O-matic softgoods for 2008-2009, just a small way to show your support for a company. And really…how else will you pick up a t-shirt featuring a rabbit with a chainsaw? I came back from SIA with an O-matic bandanna with polka dots which I intended to keep since it was really [...]