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Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to ice chunks to slushfests. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Simon Chamberlain with Union Team bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 152cm. First Impression: The Simon Chamberlain steps it up with changes and it’s a damn fine ride. Weight: Average Flex: Softer flex torsionally between [...]

10 years ago, an independent snowboard company came out of the woodwork that didn’t plan to take over the world, just create high quality boards and enjoy snowboarding.  Stepchild Snowboards is still an independent brand with the heart and soul of riders involved behind it.  With team riders Joe Sexton, Simon Chamberlain and JP Walker [...]

Snowboarding was meant to be enjoyed and it’s no surprise that Stepchild follows through with enjoying snowboarding, good quality snowboards and keeping it real.  Stepchild added a couple new boards to the line  which includes more reverse camber models in a variety of low to high price ranges. Joe Sexton received a pro model and [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Salary Man with Ride Bandita Contraband bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 155cm. First Impression: This board is the sucks model (powder sucks, everything sucks) and while some stuff might suck…this board [...]

Location: Whistler, BC Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked icy conditions to softer groomers. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Chi Borg with Union Trilogy’s and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: I shouldn’t have waited to ride a stepchild for this long…not bad, not bad at all. Size: 158cm Weight: average Flex: Consistent flex throughout [...]

Since the Grenade Games Superpipe Finals didn’t start till noon, I hit up the mountain to get to the on-snow demos going on at Whistler Mountain for the morning.   Here’s my write up on the Grenade Games Superpipe Finals  The perk of being on the mountain early was I got to enjoy the Peak [...]

From the catalog to the names of the snowboards, it’s very clear that Stepchild is all about snowboarding and not taking things too seriously.  Seven years of being in business, Stepchild is still a small independent snowboard company that has been admired for doing what they do. While catalogs may be full of bullshit, reading Stepchild’s catalog [...]

Update 6/16/08: Posted the link to the whole 08-09 Stepchild Catalog PDF Version at the very bottom of the page. Briefly stopped by Stepchild at SIA to check out their snowboards. Stepchild this year introduced the Jib Stick that has RET (round edge tuning from tip to tail) and 6mm of rocker/reverse camber. I didn’t [...]