Academy Collective Snowboard
May 17, 2008
The Academy Collective Snowboard is created for the intermediate and advanced freestylers who like to ride the park, jumps and rails. This is a durable and lightweight board that you can press really hard and it will not snap. So for those of you like to jib hard, this is your board.
The Collective is a Twin tip FreeStyle board with a core made of a lightweight Canadian aspen wood. The tip to tail aspen wood core provides strength, durability and consistent flex. The base of this board is Sintered 2000, providing amazing speed and durability.
Academy has the following Terrain ratings for this board:
Mountain: 8, Park: 10, Street: 9, Pipe: 7
Features of The Academy Collective Snowboard:
- Twin Geometry
- Tip to tail wood core
- Stainless 10MM inserts
- Sintered 2000 UHMW
- Isocap 5000 Topsheet
Rome Agent Snowboard
May 16, 2008
The Rome Agent is a FreeStyle board that is very close to a Twin shape. The 2008 Agent was created with New Technology and a New Shape to make this a fund board to use on the whole mountain. Rome refers to this as a board that treats the whole mountain like it is the snowboard Park.
The Agent was constructed with the Superpop Core Matrix and the Straight Triax 230 Carbon laminate to give you a board that is superlight, smooth and has a ton of pop. The SinterSpeed Base is know as one of the fastest wax absorbing bases that really cranks. With this base you will not have a problem getting enough speed to clear the big gap jump.
To make this a great park board Rome has used their technology of Impact Plates, Impact Edges, and Park Edge Profiling making the jumps of rails and boxes easier. With this technology you takeoffs and ladings will be smoother, while you do nit have to worry about beating up the base and edges of your board.
Features of The Rome Agent Snowboard:
- Shape: Almost Twin
- Superpop Core Matrix
- StraightTriax 30 Carbon Laminate
- SinterSpeed Base
- Impact Edges
- Park Edge Profiling
Forum Recon
May 14, 2008
The Forum Recon Snowboard is one of the main stay decks made by Forum that they bring back year after year. This snowboard is a great deal for the beginner/intermediate boarder that wants an all-mountain board designed for cruising.
The Forum Recon is great for beginners as the construction of this snowboard makes it easy to carve and control. All riders can remember those first few runs down the mountain where they took a nice face plant or landed hard on their ass. This board is going to make those toe to heal transitions a lot easier to learn for the new riders.
This snowboard is constructed as an all-mountain directionally shaped snowboard that is great for the cruisers. The Bi-Ax Laminates give this board a nice balance of flex throughout the board while also giving the board some nice pop. The P-Tex 4000 Base is a favorite base of riders as it is easy to maintain and ready to rip on all conditions.
Features of The Forum Recon Snowboard:
- Core: Compound Matrix
- Board Shape: Directional
- Core Profile: Directional
- Laminates: Bi-Ax
- Base: P-Tex 4000
Ride Concept TMS
May 13, 2008
The Ride Concept TMS Snowboard is a FreeStyle snowboard, designed for riders who like to ride everything. The boards demonstrates control at all speeds on top of being smooth and fast.
This twin tip FreeStyle snowboard is great for carving up the mountain and transitions nicely between mountain conditions. You will still have the same control under your feet whether it is hard packed or powder.
This snowboard uses Ride’s Thin Con sidewall construction is to give you edges that extra hold when turning, again giving you more control on this board. The New 90A Slimewalls™ and Carbon Array 5 technology make this snowboard forgiving, durable, and responsive. Overall this is a smooth riding fast snowboard that holds a solid edge when carving, has nice snap on the jumps and is responsive on landings.
This snowboard was designed for all-mountain rider who like to ride everything from powder to park. The Rode Concept TMS comes in the following sizes: 153, 156, 159, 161, 164, 168.
Features of the Ride Concept TMS Snowboard:
- Thin Con
- New! 90A Slimewalls™
- Carbon Array 5
- New! Silencer 5 Tuned Core™
- REAL Hybrid Glass
- Linear Carbon Laminates
- Fusion 4000 Sintered Base
K2 Afterblack
May 12, 2008
The K2 Afterblack Snowboard is a wide freestyle snowboard, designed for riders with larger feet who want the control and mobility to do it all. This is a true all-mountain snowboard where the riders with larger feet do not have to worry about there feet dragging or catching on an edge. The construction of this snowboard with the Twin Tip and progressive sidecut give you a board that provides great control under any speed or condition. When cranking this snowboard down the mountain you will feel stable and under full control as the board is extremely responsive when carving.
This snowboard was constructed with a Hybritaper Tip Tech, Twin Tip Hyper Progressive, and Multi Core to give you a board that is light, strong, fast and responsive. The Biax Top, Triax Base, Carbon Torsion Forks and Sintered 4000 Base provide additional stiffness, stability and speed to this snowboard so that it will hold a edge and provide solid landings off jumps.
This snowboard was designed to ride or jump it all, while providing you the feel of total control and stability no matter what the condition presents.
Features of the K2 Afterblack Snowboard:
- Hybritaper Tip Tech
- Twin Tip Hyper Progressive
- Centered Stance
- Multi Core
- Biax Top
- Triax Base
- Carbon Torsion Forks
- Sintered 4000 Base
Burton T6
May 10, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton T6 snowboard is considered one of the smoothest rides on the market. The board developed by Burton uses the same cushioning properties that are used in the Burton Snowboard Boots creating a smooth ride with less impact on your body. This is an all-mountain FreeStyle Board that is super fast and transitions nicely between conditions.
The T6 is not a beginner board, it was designed for the the big boys. This is a responsive snowboard the is super smooth on takeoffs and landings, but not always forgiving. When you have a board that is super fast, stable, and can hold a solid edge at any speed you know you have moved to a new level of riding.
Even though this is a all-mountain FreeStyle board that can do it all, it may be a tough ride in deep powder as this is somewhat of a stiff board. Overall advanced riders will find this board to be one of the best rides on the mountain.
Features of the Burton T6 Snowboard
- NEW Smooth Ride Technology
- Sintered WFO Vision Base
- Alumafly™ Core
- Multizone EGD™
- Triax™ Response Fiberglass
- Infinite Ride®
- Stainless Steel Pressure Distribution Edges
- Pro-Tip™
- Even Core Profile
- Directional Shape
Burton 2008 T6 on sale for $639.95
Lib Tech Youth In Asia
May 9, 2008
The Lib Tech Youth In Asia Snowboard is a mid wide freestyle board, designed for those who love to ride the park all day long. Lib designed this board to be a little thicker than the average snowboard for those riders who wanted to press harder and not worry about the board snapping.
This board was constructed with a Correct Sandwich, Morning Wood Core, and Radical Sidecut to give you a board that is light, fast and smooth with a lot of pop. The Supersized Edges, Sintered Base, and Roll Bottom make for a great jibbing board as you can really hit the rails and boxes hard and not worry about getting hung up or beating up your base or edges.
Notes: Overall great for Jib and park rider. Even though we call this a light board, it is really heavier than some comparable boards as the construction is that much thicker. This board is no means heavy, but not super light.
Key Features of The Lib Tech Youth in Asia Snowboard:
- Correct Sandwich
- Morning Wood Core
- Radial Sidecut
- Supersized Edges
- Skid Plate Sintered Base Material
- Roll Bottom
- Biaxial Glass Weave
- UHMW Sidewalls
Nitro Eero Heads Up
May 8, 2008
The 2007- 2008 Nitro Eero Heads Up Snowboard is second pro model for Nitro team rider Eero Ettala’s and is his second pro model board. Eero wanted a board that could do it all so he took his two favorite boards the T2 and the Misfit to come up with the Eero Heads Up.
This Nitro Eero Heads Up is a twin tip, freestyle board that is super light. The core of this board uses the Powerlite construction to provide a balance light feeling from tip to tail. The board also features the S2 Dyneema Triax laminate and a Hi-Def sintered base to give the board snap and speed to help pullinf off the tricks in the park.
Even though this is all mountain board it excels in the Pipe and Park. For those riders that mostly jib, park or pipe you are going to love this board as it is light, poppy and fast so you can pull off back to back tricks.
Key Features of the Nitro Eero Heads Up Snowboard:
- Powerlite Core
- S2 Dyneema TRI-AX Laminates
- Hi-Def Sintered Base
- Progressive Profile Tip
- Tri-Progressive Sidecut
Capita Outdoor Living
May 7, 2008
The Capita Outdoor Living Snowboard is a twin tip FreeStyle board that can rip the whole mountain. This board’s improvements for 2007-2008 were inspired by Capita team rider Tyler Lepore. Tyler wanted to help create a deck that had more torsional stiffness than the year before to create a better carving ability for this board.
This Outdoor Living is a true twin tip, responsive board with even flex. If you are looking for a smooth ride and a board that is very durable on any condition then this is good board for you. Capita’s technology with the radical sidecut and SS SELECT Core give you the “anytime, anywhere” performance reliability, making this is a true all-mountain, all-the-time board. The board also features a Sintered 4000 base which is the choice of most pro boarders, as if maintained correctly this is one of the fastest and most durable bases.
Key Features of the Capita Outdoor Living Snowboard:
- True twin
- Sidewall construction
- Radial sidecut
- Even flex
- SS select core
- Special blend pre-preg fiberglass
- 4×2 inserts
- Sintered 4000 speed base
- Sublimated diecut base graphics
- Full wrap around steel edges
Gnu Carbon High Beam Mtx
May 6, 2008
The Gnu Carbon High Beam Mtx Snowboard is Gnu’s best selling snowboard that has added the Magne-Traction to the 2008 line. The Magne-Traction is technology that gives you more control on you edges for an easier and smoother ride. This is an all-mountain FreeStyle board that is great for carving at high speeds. You will be cruising down the mountain and not once feel like you are out of control, making for a great riding experience in any condition.
The Gnu Carbon High Beam MTX is a twin tip board using the Mervin Sandwich construction. Mervin Manufacturing is the company that makes boards for both GNU and Lib-Technologies. The Aspen Wood Core makes this a nice lightweight board with a fare amount of flex that will please those all-mountain FreeStyle riders. With any all-mountain board you want a base that will be low maintenance, the CX2500 is hard, fast and virtually maintenance free. You will put on some wax every few rides and this board with crank down the mountain.
Key Features of The Gnu Carbon High Bean MTX Snowboard:
- Proven Mervin Sandwich Construction
- Aspen Core
- Biaxial Glass Weaves
- CX 2500 Low Maintenance Base and Rugged UHMW Sidewalls on Twin Shapes
- Magne-Traction