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Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to powder. Setup: I rode the Salomon Salomonder with Salomon Absolute bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 154cm. First Impression: Salomon’s created a fun park board that you could ride out of the park. Weight: Average Flex: It’s on the soft side like the [...]

Ride it for real – a simple idea that often goes unnoticed by companies.  But Salomon Snowboards stands by collaborating, constructing and communicating with riders all over the mountain, all over the world.  It gives the snowboards a commitment of quality, authencity and next level performance that the riders can experience. Salomon Snowboards focuses on [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked groomers to icy death. Setup: I rode the Salomon Answer with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 156cm. First Impression: This board has some snap, crackle and pop to it giving you a lighter all mountain lively board. Weight: lighter than average. [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Salomon Pop Star with Salomon Celeste bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 153cm. First Impression: So far this is a good all around mountain ride and enjoying being back on camber. Weight: Lighter [...]

Location: Whistler, BC Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked ice in the morning turning to softer snow throughout the day. The Ivy was the first board of the day and got the hardpacked icy conditions. Setup: I rode the Salomon Ivy with Union Forces and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: Riding my size board, [...]

Behind each snowboard graphic is someone’s ideas. A graphic can be born from a long car ride with friends, a silly design they walk by, in a dream they have…the list goes on. Each year there are thousands of graphics created, around an image, idea, story. Behind the Graphic is a series of interviews that [...]

Designed for all styles of riders in all conditions, Salomon Snowboards has taken the logical steps for 09-10 to reduce their impact while developing and designing boards. With Wolfgang Nyvelt and David Benedek leading the pack, it’s no wonder that the boards are fun to ride. Salomon Snowboards continues with the G.I.F.T (Green Initiative for [...]

With the one of a kind Relay system, Salomon continues to step it up by designing bindings to make less of an impact on the globe. Apart from their environmental approach, they introduced a lighter base plate for 09-10 and bright colors/designs to set the bindings apart. Two new bindings are the men’s Arcade and [...]

2008-2009 Salomon Sanchez Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Salomon Salomon Sanchez with Salomon women’s relay-e bindings and my Vans Omni Focus boots. First Impression: This is a playful board with a dirty name. Size: 154cmWeight: Didn’t notice at [...]

2008-2009 Salomon Official Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Salomon Official with my Raiden Tigre bindings and my Vans Omni Focus boots. First Impression: This board is plain fun joy. Size: 155cmWeight: Didn’t notice at the time. Flex: It’s a softer flexing board, very soft [...]