Posts Tagged ‘Snowboard Review’

Snowboard Review: 10-11 Arbor Draft

August 25th, 2010

Location: Steamboat, CO & Timberline, OR
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers to powder days.
Setup: I rode the Arbor Draft with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 155cm.
First Impression: Soft buttery goodness for park laps
Weight: average
Flex: The draft is the soft buttery flexing board in the arbor line, it’s meant [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Capita Horrorscope FK

August 16th, 2010

Location: Timberline, OR
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers.
Setup: I rode the Capita Horrorscope FK with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 151cm.
First Impression: The horrorscope is that fun soft board that is just meant for park
Weight: Lighter than average
Flex: The horrorscope is meant to be that soft [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Forum Holy Moly

August 9th, 2010

Location: Breckenridge, CO
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers.
Setup: I rode the Forum Holy Moly with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 152cm.
First Impression: I was told this was a love it or hate it board but I’m actually in the middle of the road on this board…never knew what [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Technine Team Dennison

July 12th, 2010

Location: Breckenridge, CO
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers.
Setup: I rode the Technine Team Dennison with Technine Mass Appeal bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 153cm.
First Impression: For the conditions of choppy bumpy cruddy snow this board just cut through it and was a very comfortable ride.
Weight: Average
Flex: The dennison has a softer [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Bataleon Riot

June 21st, 2010

Location: Whistler, BC
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked and icy to new bumpy snow on the slopes.
Setup: I rode the Bataleon Riot with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 155cm.
First Impression: The Riot is always a favorite board to ride at the demo days…consistently great.
Weight: average
Flex: The riot is the middle of the road [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Lib Tech TRS C2 BTX

June 13th, 2010

Location: Breckenridge, CO
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers.
Setup: I rode the Lib Tech TRS C2 with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 151cm.
First Impression: The addition of C2 to the TRS really delivers a total ripper series.
Weight: Average
Flex: The TRS is that good middle of the road, medium flex [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Jones Mountain Twin

June 2nd, 2010

Location: Blackcomb, BC & Loveland, CO
Snow Conditions: Blackcomb, BC was hardpacked & ice to slushy bumpy snow.  Loveland was powder and groomers to bumpy snow.
Setup: I rode the Jones Mountain Twin with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 157cm
First Impression: I’m don’t ride like Jeremy Jones or Jonaven Moore but I [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Sierra V-spot

May 29th, 2010

Location: Steamboat, CO
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers.
Setup: I rode the Sierra V-spot with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 151cm.
First Impression: This board is soft and so easy to butter up the mountain with.
Weight: average
Flex: The V-spot is one of the softer women’s boards I’ve been on, super [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Omatic Celebrity

May 25th, 2010

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 gave it a lot of stability [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Burton Ration

May 22nd, 2010

Location: Breckenridge, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain.
Setup: I rode the Burton Ration with Burton lexa bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 155cm.
First Impression: Wow, I’ve actually found a board that’s meant to go straight and hit rails.
Weight: Average
Flex: The ration was medium flex from tip to tail and a stiffer torsional [...]

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