Ride Fleetwood 2010
January 25, 2010
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
The 2010 Ride Fleetwood snowboard is a freestyle board that is made for the tall guys with big feet. This is a wide directional shape snowboard that Ride created with the bigger rider in mind. Before you continue to read my review you need to know I am not a tall guy with big feet, so this board is not in my sweet spot. I am actually not a fan of wide board as I find them harder to go edge to edge.
The Ride Fleetwood 2010 features some of Ride’s top technology like the 90a Slimewalls, Radial Sidecut and Linear Carbon Laminate. The 90a Slimewalls is some of Ride’s top sidewall construction that is going to give you that smooth feel and quick response. You will notice as you are riding this board that it will notice that when you want it to respond to a quick turn or landing that it will come through. The Radial Sidecut is what makes this snowboard turn on a dime, it basically has a a sidecut that is one radius throughout the board which makes it super smooth on turns. Lastly the Fleetwood features the Linear Carbon laminate, this laminate give the board that extra snap for when you are pushing off the job or just trying to do a ollie off the ground.
Overall if you are a big rider you will probably like this board. For me personally I am not a fan of wide snowboard and it was a little stiff, so this is not a great board for me. Some positives about this board are that it is pretty inexpensive, lightweight, smooth and has some pop.
Features:
Thin Con
90A Slimewalls®
Foundation Tuned Core™
Biaxial Glass
Linear Carbon
Fusion 1500 Base
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Burton Custom V Rocker 2010
January 9, 2010
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
The 2010 Burton Custom V-Rocker is a new Burton board for the 2010 season and some are already saying it is one of their best new additions in a while. This board takes all the top elements that already existed in a Burton Custom and adds the Burton Rocker technology.
The Burton Custom V-Rocker comes with some of Burton’s top following technology like the V-Rocker, The Channel, and Dualzone EDG.
The V-Rocker is basically places a rocker between your feet, with two additional rockers at the tip and tail that to keep each end completely off the snow. For those who have never experience the rocker shape before, this style makes those on ground tricks like spinning and jumping super easy. The Channel I have talked about before and some riders love it… for me I don’t change my binding settings that often so I am not the hugest fan of “The Channel”. And lastly the Dualzone EDG is one of my favorites, it takes the wood grain and positions it along the toe and heel edges, perpendicular to the rest of the wood core, for superior edge hold and added strength. For anyone who has been cranking down the mountain and had that edge give on them and took a hard face plant you will appreciate why I think the is one of my favorite features.
Overall I am a fan of this snowboard.. I have always been a big fan of the Custom and this one with the V-Rocker makes it that much better. If you are looking for a stiff or longer snowboard you are not going to like this board. The Custom V-Rocker rides soft and only comes in 151,154, and 156.
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