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Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the K2 Fastplant with K2 Auto Agogo LTD bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 151cm. First Impression: The upgrade to the 11-12 fastplant just adds to the fun of the board! Weight: Lighter than average Flex: Stiffer flex between [...]

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 Lib Tech Box Scratcher with Roxy Rock-it power bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 151cm. First Impression: This is the only smaller size board I’d want to ride all the time. Weight: Average Flex: The box scratcher [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Sherlock with Burton Cobrashark bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 154cm. First Impression: I can see why this board is so popular…it’s so damn easy to ride. Weight: Average Flex: Sherlock was softer in the nose and tail of [...]

Location: Mammoth, California Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers Setup: I rode the Rome Pusher with Rome 390 Bosses and my Vans Veil boots size 8. First Impression: Last year the pusher was a favorite of mine and continues to be that solid all mountain board the second you get on it. Size: 159cm Weight: [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Nug with Malavita bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 146cm. First Impression: Holy tinyness…10cm less than what you normally ride Weight: average. Flex: I was expecting a board similar to the signal park rocker, just straight up soft but [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Mixture of soft packed groomers to choppy powder to some new snow. Setup: I rode the Never Summer Infinity with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 151cm. First Impression: Still remains that all mountain women’s board that you can take anywhere. Weight: average. Flex: Right [...]

It’s always fun to get to try out so many different boards each season; from mens to womens, camber to reverse camber, freestyle to freeride.  Each season I hit the slopes to review the boards you want and as the only reviewer, you know what to expect when the review gets posted up.  This year [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]