Comments on: Snowboard Review: 08-09 Salomon Sick Stick

By: BisQ

BisQ — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:08:02 +0000

lol, that’s a good answer!
nice review. We all can guess this is a powder board. It is also interesting to know how it behaves in other conditions though.
I have Relay’s and love them… in the park or on jumps and pipe. In the powder, I prefer stiffer bindings.

Thanks for the reviews and keep on the good job!

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:01:00 +0000

So because I’m a woman…I’m limited to only women’s boards that are too small of sizes for me? I’ve been riding men’s boards and owned them since before women’s boards existed. A snowboard doesn’t care if you are a man or woman…it matters if you have the strength to ride it and it suits you. The difference is narrower and the flex is softer for women.

Yep the base was slow because it wasn’t waxed, it was a demo. I certainly don’t have the money to go wax every demo board I ride during demo days.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:17:00 +0000

….once again – this is a men’s board. You are a woman. Hence, you are not the target market. If the base is slow just wax it – it’s a sintered base so it should fly with a bit of wax on it. Nice review though.

ps. Sal Official is sweet!!!!

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Definitely could be, I figured it was a popular board and no one had waxed it recently. It was the slowest board of the 2 days of demos but I blame the wax.

By: hoon

hoon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:29:00 +0000

i was thinking about this a bit more… i think part of the slow wax may be because the factory wax they use is a green wax. not knocking the green stuff, but it’s still new.

re: shape and halfpipe/freestyle. i look at the shape and it reminds me a lot of the burton …5. granted the …5 has a more centered stance but it is similar in the shape of a double pintail. the …5 was billed as both a freestyle and pow board in a ~155 length. man i wish i had one of those.

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:07:00 +0000

Official is coming…

Yeah I’d love to ride the board in powder and despite the whole all mountain description, I disagreed with that. I’ll try to get it on a powder day…cause man it’d be fun.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Lame review. It’s not your fault though: it was the conditions. This board belongs in the San Juans charging lines at Silverton.

By: Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:22:00 +0000

Anyone ride the salomon official yet?

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:43:00 +0000

I question the relay's as well but I rode them on the sanchez and didn't feel unstable from that board.

I wanna try noboard but man...I'd definitely try it in the backcountry, wide open backcountry.

In the 07/08 review I rode the Alt which I liked. Arbors are tough to demo so I'll be trying to track down which shops have them for demo this year.

By: qazrew

qazrew — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:35:00 +0000

oh, just saw your comment in the chatbox 😉