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Intended Purpose: The Rucksac backpack is Ride’s metro pack designed to fit everything you need in one pack.  It features lot of pocket  and organization space which makes it perfect for traveling with lot of items. Size: The Rucksac backpack is 20L which is a decent size.  I like the separate zones for gear, I [...]

Intended Purpose: The Messiah Backpack is designed to carry everything, go anywhere and pack everything kind of bag.  It’s simplistic in design, functional without too many bells and whistles. Size: The Messiah backpack is 23L which makes it a good enough size for packing what you need.  I’ve used the pack to carry my spring [...]

In 1992, Ride Snowboards started with four snowboard models.  Now twenty years later, they have grown their collection of boards, boots and bindings that stays true to their roots.  When it comes to designing snowboard gear, Ride focuses on innovation, quality and style. For snowboards, Ride offers the best of both worlds with their technology. [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Ride Farah with Ride Fame bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 153cm. First Impression: This board handles like a bigger size snowboard and gives women a fast aggressive ride like one. Weight: Average Flex: The Farah is [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Ride Fame bindings on the Ride Farah with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: Average time to set up the binding, nothing major to change and felt comfortable.  I had one issue with [...]

Last year Ride Snowboards introduced their limited edition DH series, taking the quite popular board into a new sphere with artist driven graphics that were released at different times during the fall season. I watched as each graphic came out wondering about the artist driven movement and concept behind these snowboards. With the release of [...]

Job Title: Design Engineer – Snowboards Employer: Ride Snowboards Years on snow: 18 Days on snow: Optimistically ~50 days. Currently Riding: Protos (white top and a single black sprayed paint rat on the left side of tail). Currently I am: plugged into my IPod with: ‘Manic Street Preachers’ – track: ‘Revol’ in a bar in [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to bumpy to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Ride Bandita bindings on the Stepchild Salary Man with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: These bindings require effort to make sure they are adjusted properly before [...]

I’ve heard about Ride Shakedown for years but the logistics of making it to eastern canada to attend the contest was very unlikely, luckily this year Ride Shakedown is expanding to the United States and will be this weekend in Washington State at Summit at Snoqualmie! It’s perfect timing for me because a cancelled trip [...]

Ride Snowboards has been a main component of the northwest’s snowboarding culture since 1992 with quality, innovation and fun as their motto.  They have been constantly growing but keeping with their signature ideas and beliefs that it’s just about the Ride.  They’ve experienced moves in the process but are still in the heart of Washington [...]