Comments on: Never Summer Snowboards 2010-2011

By: Shay

Shay — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:58:23 +0000

Mike, maybe put up that you want to buy it on forums and see if you can find someone who knows of a shop or someone who has it. NS boards go pretty quick each year, supply and demand. They got the demand thing down and only supply so many to keep the demand high.

By: Mike Metal

Mike Metal — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:25:32 +0000

I demoed a 2011 Evo earlier this year and fell in love with it. Had to wait til I had some extra cash to buy it, and now I can’t find it. I want the 2011 model (anything available around 153-ish) in white, not the 2012 model. There have got to be some extras somewhere! Where can I find it?! Already spoke to Never Summer and another place that seemed like they may have had some left, but no luck. Also checked ebay, but it only had a 119 kids’ size… so still no luck! :[ Any help would be amazing… I’m desperate!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:39:35 +0000

Hey Jerry,

I ordered my Never Summer SL for the way it rides too. After demo riding the board at Mammoth last Feb. I had an order placed the next week. In my 30+ years of snowboarding and skiing, I had never bought the new years model of anything, (skis, boots, boards).

It was a phenominal ride, but while I certainly bought it for it’s performance, it doesn’t bother me in the least, that the graphics are HAWT! The Black on White Eagle logo is really a sharp, clean and (I think) edgy top deck. I don’t need the really crazy graphics that a lot of other companies seem bent on putting on their sticks.

By: Jerry Dinsmore

Jerry Dinsmore — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:39:38 +0000

All this talk about board graphics .. I bought my Never Summer for the quality of ride and construction NOT for how “pretty” it looks … I got my Never Summer board to ride not to look at … I see a Raptor in my future.

By: Martin D.

Martin D. — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:40:55 +0000

Hey Francis,
I rode a 2011 Raptor in 159 for the last month of the season. My comments are here:
http://www.goneboarding.co.uk/Forum/2011-boards-a-review-of-some-of-next-years-toys/ThreadID/33850/ShowThread.aspx

Hope it helps!

Martin

By: Matte

Matte — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:54:09 +0000

Great site and awesome boards! I’ve been riding 08-09 161 SL-R for two winters, and it’s a real killer in pow! I’d like to test this year’s F1, looks promising.

By: Shay

Shay — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:12:49 +0000

Bruce, awesome to hear your story with NS!

Paul, Thanks so much! With Rome or Union, I think you both get a solid binding. Rome 390 Bosses were a favorite this year at demos and stoked on their tech improvements while Union consistently put out a solid product as well.

Chris, I can definitely see that. I ride my evo in the park but for most of the winter ride the women’s lotus to have some more stability so I can see riding another board for the stability. Definitely the SL would give you more stability than the evo but also depends what you plan to ride more often, if you still ride park or freeride the mountain. SL is a good all mountain in between board that does it all.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:47:49 +0000

Shay, Gags, and Vince,

I have last years Evo 158. Great board by the way! My only problem is I don’t feel that stable when hauling. Im wondering If I should sell the evo and grab up a new Sl, grab up the 161 evo or do I just need to step up my riding ability? Thanks guys love your boards and Shay love your site!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:11:03 +0000

Tim and Tracey have been putting out the best boards with the best R & D around. I have been on Never Summer boards for over ten years, and every time I demo other boards it reminds me why I ride Never Summer. They always seem to be ahead of the curve, they had the best tech board on the market, their rocker design was above all and still hand made in the USA. A word on the graphics, to each his own, but their all siiick. but, no matter what it looks like, NOTHING RIDES LIKE A NEVER SUMMER. Thanks for all the cool pics Shay, your always the first site I check to see what I’m pickin up for next season. Hey, where you stand on bindings, Rome or Union for next year? Figure you got the scoop on Rome’s tech improvments for this year?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:49:34 +0000

Hey Shay, I demo’d the 10/11 SL 158 @ Mammoth and had a blast, it carves great, is quick in transition and floated in the pow. Jeremy & Taco at Olympus hooked me up with an 09/10 SL-R 158, which I rode for two days @ Mammoth. I’m 50 and don’t do the park thing at all. I’ve been on a 162 Nidecker Project FS for the last few years and have to say that the NS was just as tight and solid on everything I hit, as my Project, but the NS was a lot easier to carve and no comparison in pow, I’ve basically avoided trees & pow for years; that ends next season when I hit it with my new 58 SL (B&W graphic). Wasn’t sure about R.C., but I’m a convert now.

As to ‘ugly graphics’, I loved the ride of the 09/10 SL-R, but the graphics were a bit subdued, I love the hi-cont B&W graphic of the NS Eagle on next years SL, I’ve already pre-ordered my new ride! I’ll take a stick that rides like this SL over any ‘cool’ looking board with average performance, NS obviously knows where to focus!