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 the board that was a pretty [...]
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 to Peak [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
