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		<title>Stepchild Snowboards 2012-2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After 11 years Stepchild Snowboards is still an independent brand with the heart and soul of riders involved behind it.  With team riders Joe Sexton, Simon Chamberlain and JP Walker holding it down on Stepchild boards, it’s no surprise they’ve secured a place in snowboarding with park/urban destroyers and hilarious graphics. Stepchild Snowboards continues to offer a range of technology in their snowboards.  The constructions range from armorcore (ABS/poplar wood core with glue injection), Kicker I core (poplar wood core), Kicker II core (poplar wood core with beech rails), Kicker III core (poplar wood core with beech rails and beech insert strips) Bamboo Kicker Core (poplar wood core with beech power rails and tip to tail bamboo insert strips).  Stepchild has reverse camber, camber or zero camber options.  For the park destroyers, Stepchild uses RETT (predulled edges between the bindings), park formula sidewall (impact absorption), snag free bases (no die cuts or joints in the base material which is usually how the board will snag) and armadillo plates (strengthens the board around the inserts without interupting the flex pattern). Stepchild Powder Sucks The sucks has been our most popular board in the line since its introduction 6 yeas ago, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 11-12 Stepchild Simon Chamberlain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to ice chunks to slushfests. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Simon Chamberlain with Union Team bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 152cm. First Impression: The Simon Chamberlain steps it up with changes and it&#8217;s a damn fine ride. Weight: Average Flex: Softer flex torsionally between the bindings with a stiffer nose and tail flex.  Overall good stability longitudinally on the Chamberlain. The flex made the board quick and responsive edge to edge with good snap and pop.  Stability wise, the board handled chop and crud better than expected.  The Simon Chamberlain is rocker/reverse camber with 6mm of rocker, just enough for freestyle fun but still continues to be a very consistent ride turning down the mountain. Turning: Quick and responsive was the Chamberlain.  It was easy to ride and the softer flex between the bindings definitely helped the torsional forgiveness of the board.  I really liked the shorter quick turns but it still did good on the longer S turns.  Supposedly the Stepchild rocker is &#8220;pre-flexed&#8221; going into turns and for me, it made turns super comfortable and natural. Stable: I had just rode the Eco Pop that morning and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stepchild Snowboards 2011-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[10 years ago, an independent snowboard company came out of the woodwork that didn&#8217;t plan to take over the world, just create high quality boards and enjoy snowboarding.  Stepchild Snowboards is still an independent brand with the heart and soul of riders involved behind it.  With team riders Joe Sexton, Simon Chamberlain and JP Walker holding it down on Stepchild boards, it&#8217;s no surprise they&#8217;ve secured a place in snowboarding with park/urban destroyers and hilarious graphics. Stepchild Snowboards continues to offer a range of technology in their snowboards.  The constructions range from armorcore (ABS/poplar wood core with glue injection), Kicker I core (poplar wood core), Kicker II core (poplar wood core with beech rails and beech insert strips), Bamboo Kicker Core (poplar wood core with beech power rails and tip to tail bamboo insert strips).  Stepchild has reverse camber, camber or zero camber options.  For the park destroyers, Stepchild uses RETT (predulled edges between the bindings), park formula sidewall (impact absorption), snag free bases (no die cuts or joints in the base material which is usually how the board will snag) and armadillo plates (strengthens the board around the inserts without interupting the flex pattern). Stepchild Street Recession The whole [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stepchild Snowboards 2010-2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Snowboarding was meant to be enjoyed and it&#8217;s no surprise that Stepchild follows through with enjoying snowboarding, good quality snowboards and keeping it real.  Stepchild added a couple new boards to the line  which includes more reverse camber models in a variety of low to high price ranges. Joe Sexton received a pro model and guest pro Scotty Wittlake received a board in the line up for 10-11.  The women&#8217;s PMS board will surely cause women to gasp and men to faint at the sight of a red filled river and tampon riding stepchild. Stepchild Chi Borg [singlepic id=9117 w=509 h=716 float=] Stepchild Simon Chamberlain [singlepic id=9118 w=553 h=717 float=] Stepchild Joe Sexton [singlepic id=9119 w=536 h=731 float=] Stepchild Latchkey [singlepic id=9121 w=547 h=718 float=] Stepchild Jibstick [singlepic id=9122 w=545 h=715 float=] Stepchild Jibstick Slim [singlepic id=9123 w=511 h=723 float=] Stepchild Expat [singlepic id=9124 w=524 h=736 float=] Stepchild Salary Man [singlepic id=9125 w=536 h=728 float=] Stepchild Headless Horseman [singlepic id=9127 w=530 h=726 float=] Stepchild JP Walker [singlepic id=9128 w=539 h=726 float=] Stepchild OG Powder [singlepic id=9129 w=534 h=730 float=] Stepchild Whale Cock [singlepic id=9130 w=521 h=718 float=] Stepchild Scotty Wittlake [singlepic id=9132 w=560 h=695 float=] Stepchild Street Recession [singlepic id=9133 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 10-11 Stepchild Salary Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Salary Man with Ride Bandita Contraband bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 155cm. First Impression: This board is the sucks model (powder sucks, everything sucks) and while some stuff might suck&#8230;this board makes the mountain not suck when you ride it. Weight: average Flex: The stepchild sucks was middle of the road for the flex, it wasn&#8217;t stiff but it wasn&#8217;t soft.  It could handle the playful fun riding on the mountain but also charge freeriding.  It was a very ideal middle of the road for an all mountain board and I could still play with it on butters and presses.  The flex was consistent throughout the board, never felt like the tail or nose was stiffer than the other and underfoot a tad stiffer to absorb rougher landings.  Overall it was a fairly forgiving ride on the mountain with no surprises in how it handled. Turning: It was a very predictable ride down the mountain, easy to transition into turns and you felt the board hold the carve each turn whether it was short or long [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboard Review: 09-10 Stepchild Chi Borg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location: Whistler, BC Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked icy conditions to softer groomers. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Chi Borg with Union Trilogy&#8217;s and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: I shouldn&#8217;t have waited to ride a stepchild for this long&#8230;not bad, not bad at all. Size: 158cm Weight: average Flex: Consistent flex throughout the board that was a pretty easy mellow flex pattern. It wasn&#8217;t a noodle nor was it stiff, just a very good mid-flex that could ride any part of the mountain. Pressing or doing butters on the nose and tail was easy to flex and hold without catching an edge. Torsional flex had some give to it, if I need a quick response from it it was capable of quick turns, stops and sprays. Turning: This is where it surprised me and by my expectations, I wasn&#8217;t expecting it to hold S turns very well but it was a really smooth stable ride on the long radius turns. It was easy to initiate into turns and on edge, it held a turn from start to finish. So far when I&#8217;ve ridden the reverse cambers with 6mm of rocker, it&#8217;s enough to have freestyle fun but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whistler 4/23/09</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since the Grenade Games Superpipe Finals didn&#8217;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&#8217;s my write up on the Grenade Games Superpipe Finals  [singlepic id=5494 w=400 h=300 float=] The perk of being on the mountain early was I got to enjoy the Peak to Peak gondola alone, which was interesting having to entertain myself.  Some of that downtime made it in my Superpipe video at the very end.   Whistler Mountain has the on-snow demos going on for the next 3 days.  I love demo days and especially when it means I can try other companies.  On snow today was Salomon, Technine, Ride, Burton, Stepchild and Capita/Union.  Hopefully there will be more tomorrow, but if not I have some boards on my list to try out. [singlepic id=5495 w=400 h=300 float=] Today I tried the Stepchild Chi Borg, their new reverse camber and a good ride everywhere reverse camber.  I spent the morning riding that making laps by myself and then headed back to Blackcomb Mountain to watch the Grenade Games Superpipe Finals. [singlepic id=5496 w=300 h=400 float=]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stepchild Snowboards 2009-2010</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the catalog to the names of the snowboards, it&#8217;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&#8217;s catalog you may laugh, you may cry but you feel like you are being told honest feelings from a company.  The best part is that green to them is just a color.   Stepchild&#8217;s Chi Borg will feature rocker but it varies by size.  The 148cm will feature 4mm of rocker, the 153cm will feature 6mm of rocker and the 156cm will feature 8mm of rocker.   I still have yet to try a Stepchild, it&#8217;s definitely a brand I want to try especially some of the boards they put out so hopefully this year I can get on one. Stepchild Everything Sucks aka Powder Sucks and Latchkey-Ripper Everything Sucks (149, 152, 152mw, 155, 155mw, 158cm) Latchkey Ripper (144, 148, 153, 156, 159cm) Left to Right OG Powder Simon Chamberlain Pro Model JP Walker Pro Model JibStick Corporate Chi Borg Moustache Rider Base of Harlequin Everything [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stepchild Snowboards 2008-2009</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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. I didn&#8217;t get a photo of the snowboard however. Here&#8217;s some photos. Checking out their booth In this photo from left to right: Stepchild Latchkey Twin, Jib Stick, Powder Sucks (2 of them), Simon Chamberlin, Jib Stick and Powder Sucks. Stepchild Jib Stick on the right. In the background on the right propped up is the Stepchild Corporate. Stepchild Simon Chamberlin and JP Walker A glimpse at Stepchild from Transworld Business 08&#8242; Stepchild Catalog Check out the 08-09 Stepchild Catalog here]]></description>
		
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