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		<title>Snowboard Review: 12-13 Burton Root</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Root with Burton Genesis bindings and Vans Ferra boots size 8. Size: 144cm First Impression: Want something more all mountain than the Nug, this is it. Weight: Average. Flex:  The Root continues where the Nug left off. Similar in flex, it&#8217;s medium with a tad softer nose and tail for playfulness. Torsionally it&#8217;s softer, easier to get response from. The Root has flat top technology, a flat profile between the feet for stability, better balance and continuous edge control. The tip and tail kick off with an early rise for catch free. The Flat Top makes it noticeably a bit more stable for handling than the Nug with V-rocker. Turning: Easy to engage into turns and get quick response out of. Easy to get into short radius turns and did a decent job at handling longer radius turns. The effective edge on the Root rides like a longer board so it doesn&#8217;t really feel like you are on a 144cm short board. Stable: The Root definitely handled on the mountain for stability, it didn&#8217;t feel like a 143cm board. Cruised well, turned well and for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 12-13 GNU Ladies Choice C2 BTX</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[singlepic id=14655 w=150 h=176 float=right] Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the GNU Ladies Choice with GNU B-Free bindings and Vans Ferra boots size 8. Size: 151.5cm. First Impression: Offering up the whole mountain on a platter and giving you a deck that can handle whatever you give it. Weight: Average. Flex: The Ladies Choice is a good medium flex range snowboard for women. It&#8217;s a stiffer flex underfoot to help with stability on landings with a softer torsional flex between the bindings. Overall it&#8217;s a mid range for flex, it&#8217;s not a soft board by any means and it&#8217;s not a stiff board. It&#8217;s right in the middle which is perfect for handling everything from park to mountain freeriding. The Ladies Choice features a C2 BTX technology which is banana rocker between the bindings and camber from the inserts to the contact points. Turning: Easy to initiate into turns, making it a bit more forgiving of a ride than I expected. But once into turns, you had total control of the aggressiveness of the handling into each turn. The board was quick and responsive for shorter quicker turns and could still ride [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 12-13 Salomon Powder Snake</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Mission Ridge, WA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Salomon Powder Snake with Salomon Halogram bindings and Vans Ferra boots size 8. Size: 156 cm First Impression: I was hesitant about how this would handle on groomers but the Powder Snake could ride the groomers with ease and a bit of playfulness. Weight: Average. Flex:  The Powder Snake has a softer tapered nose and tail which helps give it the playful feeling on the mountain. In between the bindings it&#8217;s a bit stiffer so you feel more stable on freeriding and holding an edge. Overall it&#8217;s a 5 on the flex scale, it&#8217;s pretty much middle of the road for flex. There&#8217;s softer attributes to it but there&#8217;s a stiffer response you get. Torsionally it&#8217;s stiffer so it&#8217;s not super quick edge to edge but more relaxed and playful. The Powder Snake features pow rocker which is a flat profile between the bindings for stability with more rocker on the tip and tail for playfulness. Turning:  Despite the stiffer mid flex it didn&#8217;t require much effort to get into turns, it just wasn&#8217;t as quick responsively as other boards. The Quadratic sidecut definitely gives the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 12-13 Rome Hammerhead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Rome Hammerhead with the Mob Bosses bindings and Vans Ferra boots size 8. Size: 153cm. First Impression: Woah crazy shape but you don&#8217;t notice it when you are riding. Weight: Average. Flex:  The Hammerhead is definitely built to be a softer park flex for on-mountain jibbing and freestyle fun. Torsionally it&#8217;s a softer more playful board, easy to engage into the next turn and get quick response for turning. It&#8217;s stiffer underfoot to give you support and stability while cruising. The nose and tail are medium range for flex, definitely soft enough to be playful but not overly soft so you wipe out while buttering. Turning: Easy engagement on the Hammerhead. Overall it&#8217;s a pretty forgiving, easy to ride board. The softer flex and thinning between the bindings allows for you to get quick response out of it. Underneath the bindings you have more support with a stiffer flex so you feel like you can still cruise on it. Short turns were the most impressive, longer turns did okay but this board was built for quick. Stable: The Hammerhead is softer so it&#8217;s not as stable [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 12-13 Jones Mothership</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[singlepic id=14656 w=150 h=176 float=right] Location: Mission Ridge, WA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Jones Mothership with Union Trilogy bindings and Vans Ferra boots size 8. Size: 154 cm (but technically this size doesn&#8217;t exist, it&#8217;ll be 152 or 156) First Impression: I started laughing out of excitement when I realized how fast, stable and how the board could carve. It was a good laugh out of delight. Weight: Average. Flex:  The Mothership is based off of the men&#8217;s Flagship so it&#8217;s built for freeriding, charging and riding mountains with smooth lines. The flex is on the stiffer end with a tad softer nose and more stiffer responsive tail to help drive the board into turns and powder lines. Torsionally it&#8217;s a bit softer so you still get good edge to edge response. Overall on the scale it&#8217;s identified as a 6 for flex and I agree. The Mothership is camber underfoot and rocker just a couple inches outside of the inserts to the contact points. Turning: You can make a variety of turns with the Mothership, it was really smooth on long drawn out S turns and locked in without feeling locked in. On [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 12-13 Arbor Swoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Arbor Swoon with NOW IPO bindings and Vans Ferra boots size 8. Size: 155cm. First Impression: Offering up easy all mountain riding that you can count on. Weight: Average. Flex:  The Swoon fits the medium flex description to a T. It&#8217;s longitudinally stiffer so you still have a stable ride down the mountain. The torsional flex between the bindings is a bit softer so you can get quick response from edge to edge. Overall it&#8217;s a pretty easy board to ride and isn&#8217;t too aggressive. The swoon has the mountain system reverse camber which has parabolic rocker which has more rocker in the center of the board and decreases the rocker to the tip and tail of the board.  It’s designed for more mountain riding with the flex. Turning: Turning on the Swoon is easy to engage and an easy board to ride without being too intimidating. You could definitely just enjoy the ride without any consequences on this board. Easy turns on the longer drawn out S turns and when you wanted quick turns, you&#8217;d get them. Stable: The grip-tech noticeably helped on the icy hardpacked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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