Comments on: Shay’s take on the 2010 Best of Test

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:39:21 +0000

Well, it is a good list of boards, but what about a list of top ten bindings? and boots? the board is important, but even if ur riding a sweet board, bad bindings will ruin the quality.

By: alexander

alexander — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:57 +0000

hahah right on,the stepchild looks amazing and with the rett its ready too ride,im def gonna be working on my park mostley this year,thanks and good luck too ya too.
i kinda went all out this year since i have been using used snow stuff since this year.
i am waiting on my union dks today were is ups lol hahahah
laters..

By: Shay

Shay — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:36:14 +0000

Awesome Alexander, hop you like your new Stepchild…learning to jib, that’s what I’m doing this winter but I feel a lot better in the park after camp so we’ll see how I progress this season. Good luck with your progression! Mullet for powder sounds good! I’ll definitely try the DK bindings, those are on the list.

By: alexander

alexander — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:07:59 +0000

hey shay hope all is well,ya im glad i got one now,i also got that stepchild jp w rett,it looks sweet,now if i only knew how too jib lol .
and for powder i got the 09 libtech mullet,any reviews on the danny kass turbos bindings would be great ,im assuming there gonna be good for park/jibs/pipe.
the ride dh2 also looks great and so does the society.but if there was any board id want too buy on sale later in the season would be a never summer evo r..
🙂

By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:48:24 +0000

Interesting points Keither…I agree on some. TWS Good Wood covers all the boards, but the Best of Test is dependent on riders and what they have ridden which won’t be every board. It would be interesting to see the list of boards that the riders have been on and then the boards they selected. There’s no way to know the whole list of boards tested, which I wish both mags would put out…like here’s the boards ridden and here’s the winners. No test is perfect though, it is fun to see the different takes on them.

Alexander, totally I keep hearing good things about machete so can’t wait to ride it either.

Grill, I’ll add DH2 to the list for reviews this year, sounds like it’s another good option from Ride for this season. I’m not surprised on the vapor but that’s my opinion, I think it is ideal for pipe.

By: Grill

Grill — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:56:00 +0000

@keither – Different strokes. I highly rate the Decoy and am a big fan of the Jibpan (noodle? hardly, the Draft is a noodle), but I found the C2 I tested felt slow and muted compared to the SL-R. Slayblade and the Rossi Jones are fantastic too. I’m a bit surprised that the Machete is so high on the list as I feel the DH2 rides better.

I can’t take TWS seriously as long as they continue to insist that the Vapor is the top pipe board.

By: alexander

alexander — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:51:45 +0000

i balieve transworld gave the machete a good wood award over 400$ in park,so the shop kids also know there stuff!!! im glad too hear the machete was well liked cuz i got 1 a 155 machete,so i cant wait too ride it.

By: keither

keither — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:56:51 +0000

Talk about a popularity contest, the shop kids just pick what board company they like best. The Snowboarder magazine Best of Test is very biased and inaccurate. The TWSNOW Good Wood test is actually done by people in the industry who have been riding almost all their lives. Not some shop kid trying to land a flow sponsorship. I never really trust shop kids they’re always trying to sell their favorite product or themselves for that matter. Rossi Decoy? come on! K2 JibPan as #1? That thing is a noodle. Obviously some jibkid tested it ONLY on rails because that board is junk on anything else. TWSNOW Good Wood all the way. Did they even test any of the C2 Power Bananas?

By: JP

JP — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:59 +0000

Looking forward to your take on the Slayblade and Machete. I am hoping to demo some boards this year but my short list is those two and Never Summer SL-R.

By: Shay

Shay — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:42:59 +0000

Tim, there are two Jeremy Jones…Rossignol big mountain Jeremy Jones and Burton’s jibber Jeremy Jones. Two different guys.